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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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Biden's Campaign Shifts To Winning Over Supporters Of His Former Rivals
Vice President Joe Biden won the primaries, but the question remains: Will he win over the progressives in his party who were backing other candidates?
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Opinion: Remembering Folk Legend John Prine
NPR's Scott Simon remembers the renown Americana singer/songwriter John Prine, who died this week at the age of 73 from COVID 19.
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People Who Have Addictions Face Increasing Isolation Amid Pandemic
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with a member of Alcoholics Anonymous about addiction in the time of the coronavirus.
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The Week In Sports: How To Have Sports Events While The World Fights Coronavirus
NPR's Scott Simon and Tom Goldman discuss robot umpires, purchasing private islands and other desperate measures considered in major sports during the pandemic.
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Judge Calls System's Treatment Of Those Who Have Mental Illnesses 'The Definition Of Insanity'
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Steven Leifman, who advocates for people with mental health issues in the criminal justice system. He's the focus of a PBS documentary.
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Opinion: Seen And Remembered: Our Essential Workers
NPR's Scott Simon remembers those beyond of the front lines of hospital rooms, but those who're cleaning up after us, making sure we're fed, and kept safe in the midst of a global pandemic.
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As Holy Week Begins, Churches Seek Safe Means For Togetherness
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Darron Lamonte Edwards, the lead pastor at United Believers Community Church in Kansas City, Mo., about how he and his congregation are adapting to a new, dispersed normal.
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Guffawing Through Face Masks: Some Turn To Gallows Humor To Cope With Pandemic
After others were aghast at her jokes, Lori Day formed a Facebook group to share dark coronavirus humor. "There are people in the group who are COVID-positive ... literally laughing from their beds."
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18 Years After Murder And Arrests, Convictions In Daniel Pearl Killing Are Reversed
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was looking into jihadi terrorism, was beheaded on camera in early 2002. The Pakistani prosecutor is appealing the ruling to his country's supreme court.
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Laura Linney Tackles Morally Flexible Opportunism In 'Ozark'
NPR's Scott Simon talks with the actor about season three of the televsion drama about a family laundering money for a drug cartel, as well as how she and loved ones are living now.
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Week In Sports: Rerouting Resources, And Planning For Fall Football
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of ESPN about the NFL's plans to start its season in September and Wimbledon being canceled for the first time since World War II.
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Opinion: Remembering Some Of Those We've Already Lost To The Pandemic
We often think of fatality rates as statistics — numbers on a chart. But each one represents a real person. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on some of those who have been lost so far in the pandemic.