Weekend Edition Saturday

Episodes

• Saturday Sports: MLB Moves All-Star Game From Georgia Due To New Voting Law

  Major League Baseball is pulling its All-Star game from Georgia in response to voting rights restrictions recently passed there.

  Apr 03, 2021 at 4:54 am

• Emma Seligman On Directing Her First Feature Film, 'Shiva Baby'

  NPR's Scott Simon speaks with director Emma Seligman about her debut feature film, Shiva Baby.

  Apr 03, 2021 at 4:54 am

• Migrant Arrests At Southwest Border Soar

  The number of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border is reaching record numbers. The vast majority are single men, many from Honduras who have walked hundreds of miles.

  Apr 03, 2021 at 4:54 am
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  Opinion: The Gun Violence All Around Us

  Scott Simon recounts some of the lives lost to gun violence in the past weeks, in and out of the spotlight.

  Mar 27, 2021 at 4:59 am

• Satellite Launched On Mission To Remove Space Trash

  NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Jason Forshaw, an aerospace engineer at Astroscale, about ELSA-d, a machine used to clean up junk in space.

  Mar 27, 2021 at 4:59 am

• Northeast Kansas City Newspaper Publishes Blank Front Page As Message In Trying Times

  The blank front page of Wednesday's issue of the Northeast News was a warning sign to the community about what might come if it ceased publication. The newspaper is in dire financial straits.

  Mar 27, 2021 at 4:59 am

• Dawnie Walton's 'Opal And Nev' Are So Compelling You Might Forget They're Not Real

  Dawnie Walton talks with NPR's Scott Simon about her debut novel, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, an oral history of a 20th century rock duo so detailed, you might forget it's fiction.

  Mar 27, 2021 at 4:59 am

• Violence Erupts Again In Myanmar On Armed Forces Day

  Myanmar's security forces have cracked down on new protests as the leaders of its military junta marked Armed Forces Day. Dozens of protesters are believed to be dead.

  Mar 27, 2021 at 4:59 am
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  'A Beginner's Guide To America' Shows Us The States Through New Eyes

  Roya Hakakian was a teenager when she came to the United States from Iran. she says she hopes her book will help native-born Americans see all the small signs of democracy they don't usually notice.

  Mar 20, 2021 at 5:58 am

• Over A Year: Canadian Border Closure Extension Keeps Families Apart

  A year after the closure of the U.S.-Canada border, cross-border families appeal to authorities to lift restrictions brought on by the pandemic.

  Mar 20, 2021 at 5:58 am
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  More Black And Latinx Americans Are Embracing COVID-19 Vaccination

  Surveys show that support for COVID-19 vaccines is rising among Black and Latinx populations, now that tens of millions of Americans have safely received the shots.

  Mar 20, 2021 at 5:58 am

• Saturday Sports: March Madness Continues Inside And Outside Basketball

  Athletes in the women's NCAA tournament say their workout facilities are far from equal to those afforded the athletes in the men's NCAA tournament.

  Mar 20, 2021 at 5:53 am