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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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Outbreak Voices: A Crisis Shuts Down Senior Year
New York City high-schooler Ishah Diop is upset her senior year ended due to the pandemic. New Orleans history teacher Chris Dier understands: Hurricane Katrina ended his senior year before it began.
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Opinion: What Our Children Will Remember
NPR's Scott Simon lays out what he hopes today's teenagers will remember about these times, including his own daughters.
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Saturday Sports: NFL Draft Satisfies When Games Can't
The NFL draft does a great job of distracting fans who've been missing sports. Plus: Notre Dame's Muffet McGraw retires after coaching women's basketball for 33 years.
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Connecting While Apart: StoryCorp Launches New Remote Platform
In these times of self-isolation, connecting with others is more important than ever. StoryCorps founder David Isay describes a new platform allowing people to share their stories remotely.
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Uganda Cracks Down On Dissidents During Pandemic
Uganda's government has used the coronavirus as a pretext to arrest dissidents, including a novelist whose fiction satirizes its strongman president.
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Shut Indoors For More Than A Month, Spanish Children Allowed Out Starting Sunday
After mounting pressure from parents and political leaders, the Spanish government announced that children will be allowed outside, accompanied by an adult, for one hour each day.
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Opinion: There Is No 'Get Tough' With Coronavirus; We Need A New Slogan
NPR's Scott Simon says slogans and bromides fall short when it comes to dealing with the new coronavirus.
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Mississippi Prison System Faces Investigation, Lawsuits After Rash Of Inmate Deaths
At least 30 inmates in Mississippi have died since the end of last year. The state is facing lawsuits and a federal investigation over decrepit conditions and a culture of neglect and corruption.
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She Meant To Order 10 Bananas In Her Grocery Delivery. Then 10 Bunches Arrived At Her Door
An odd problem for our age: Order one banana for grocery delivery, do you get a one banana or one bunch? And what do you do when you order 10 bananas and get 10 bunches of them? NPR explores.
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Louisiana Couple Reunites After He Spent Over 2 Weeks In Hospital With COVID-19
Louis Reese, who is undergoing chemotherapy for colon cancer, spent 18 days in the hospital with COVID-19. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Louis and his wife, Tara, about being separated during this time.
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Sanitation Workers Around The Country Worry For Their Safety Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Cindy Neuroth of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, talks about how the pandemic affects her job as a sanitation worker. Much of the garbage she picks up is unbagged, and she's worried about her safety.
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Set 1,500 Years From Now, 'The Last Emperox' Is Still Pretty Timely
In the last installment of Scalzi's Interdependency trilogy, a ruler must fight to save a galactic empire threatened by greed, complacency and the collapse of vital resources. Sound familiar?