Weekend Edition Saturday

Episodes

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  As Europe applauds Poland's election results, civil rights groups prepare to fight

  LGBTQ+ and abortion rights advocates are thrilled Poland's ruling, right-wing Law and Justice party is unlikely to from Poland's next government. But they are skeptical of the commitment of who will.

  Oct 21, 2023 at 6:00 am

• Peace activists in Israel speak about their hopes for the end of war

  NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Israeli peace activists Sally Abed, who is also Palestinian, and Alon-Lee Green, of the group Standing Together, about their hopes for the conflict in Gaza.

  Oct 21, 2023 at 5:30 am

• Saturday Sports: Baseball playoffs; WNBA champions Las Vegas Aces

  NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele talk baseball playoffs and Las Vegas, America's hottest sports city.

  Oct 21, 2023 at 5:30 am

• Flag football will be an Olympic sport at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles

  Flag football has long been a staple for gym classes in the U.S. Now it's hitting the big time. It'll be an Olympic sport at the 2028 Los Angeles summer games.

  Oct 21, 2023 at 5:30 am

• 'Julia' is a retelling of George Orwell's 1985 through a different perspective

  Big Brother is watching her: NPR's Scott Simon talks with Sandra Newman about her novel, "Julia." It's a retelling of George Orwell's "1984" through the eyes of the protagonist's girlfriend.

  Oct 21, 2023 at 5:30 am

• Raul Palma on his debut novel 'A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens'

  NPR's Scott Simon Speaks with Raul Palma about his debut novel, "A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens."

  Oct 14, 2023 at 4:59 am

• 12 UNWRA aid workers were among the over 2,000 killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

  NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Hani Almadhoun at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. He has lost 14 members of his extended family in the airstrikes.

  Oct 14, 2023 at 4:59 am

• Saturday Sports; Upsets in the MLB playoffs; league championship series

  NPR's Scott Simon and Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media talk about the surprising series of upsets in the MLB playoffs and preview the league championship series.

  Oct 14, 2023 at 4:59 am

• The security implications of the Hamas attack and Israel's declaration of war

  NPR's Scott Simon talks with Natan Sachs of the Brookings Institution about the attacks by Palestinian militants on Israel today.

  Oct 07, 2023 at 7:10 am

• Israel ramps up military response to attack by Gaza militants

  We'll have the latest on the attack by Gaza militants on Israel, as well as the Israeli military's response.

  Oct 07, 2023 at 4:58 am

• Benjamín Labatut's novel 'The Maniac' follows an AI scientist troubled by his work

  NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Benjamín Labatut about his new novel, "The Maniac," a fictionalized account of a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence.

  Oct 07, 2023 at 4:58 am

• House Speaker McCarthy appeals for bipartisan support with a stopgap measure

  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is attempting to keep the government funded for 45 days.

  Sep 30, 2023 at 10:30 am