Weekend Edition Saturday
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Saturday mornings are made for Weekend Edition Saturday, the program wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories.
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Episodes
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Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus says U.S. must act now to assist Ukraine
Scott Simon talks with Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican from Pennsylvania and co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, about what the U.S. should do to deter Russia.
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Russia could cyberattack Ukraine — again — and disrupt the entire world
Security analysts are concerned that Russia could launch cyberattacks against Ukraine, as it did in 2017. That could compromise government agencies, banks, and energy infrastructure.
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Opinion: A case for Hong Kong's hamsters
Hong Kong's government is directing anyone who bought a hamster in the past five weeks to surrender their pets for euthanasia after 11 of the animals tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Winter storm hitting the East Coast could produce 4 inches of snow an hour
Scott Simon talks with Boston-based meteorolgist Dave Epstein about the blizzard that's expected to punch much of New England and parts of the mid-Atlantic today.
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A Mexican journalist remembers her 2 colleagues murdered in Tijuana this month
Scott Simon talks with Tijuana journalist Gabriela Martinez about the recent murders of two colleagues, and the continuing violence against journalists there and in other parts of Mexico.
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Week in politics: U.S. troops on alert at Russia-Ukraine border; Breyer retiring
Tensions at the Ukraine-Russia border. Plus, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's resignation and President Biden's pledge to nominate the first-ever Black woman Supreme Court justice.
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Edmund White's new novel 'A Previous Life' is a steamy, but very real, romance story
Scott Simon asks Edmund White about his new novel, "A Previous Life."
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This TikTok creator makes the recipes she finds on gravestones
Scott Simon talks with University of Maryland graduate student Rosie Grant about her TikTok account, ghostlyarchive, and the food she's cooked from recipes found on gravestones.
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Opinion: Sea shanties written for the digital age
Scott Simon imagines a world where beleaguered IT workers gained the recognition they deserve through the use of sea shanties.
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Saturday sports: Olympics in less than 2 weeks; no Djokovic at Australian Open
Two television networks are keeping key on-air personnel in the U.S. for the Winter Olympics. Also, the Australian Open proceeds without the top-ranked male player.
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Ethnic tensions are mounting in Bosnia-Herzegovina again
A quarter century after the end of a brutal civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, tensions are once again on the rise and threatening to tear apart the multi-ethnic government.
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An airplane pilot details the issues 5G could have on flights
Scott Simon speaks to Dennis Tajer of the Allied Pilots Association about the use of 5G spectrum for wireless internet and its impact on flight safety.