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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First Student With Autism To Join Kent State Basketball Division 1 Team
Kent State university believes basketball player Kalin Bennett is the first student athlete with autism to sign a letter of intent for a Division 1 team. Bennett speaks with NPR's Scott Simon.
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Former Speech Writer Of George H.W. Bush Discusses President's Legacy
NPRs Scott Simon speaks to Christopher Buckely who was President George H.W. Bush's speechwriter when he was Vice President.
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Saturday Sports: NFL Suspends Kareem Hunt
Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine joins NPR's Scott Simon to talk about sports.
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Pop Culture Comfort Food
What are the books, TV shows, movies, podcasts and board games that get you through the dark, lonely winter? We talk about Pop Culture Comfort food that gets us through the tough times.
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Discussing Operation Desert Storm
NPR's Deb Amos speaks to Scott Simon about covering Operation Desert Storm.
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Protesters And Police Clash In Paris
Police in the French capital fired teargas at thousands of protesters marching on the Champs Elysees Saturday.
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How The 'New World' Symphony Introduced American Music To Itself
Sometimes it takes an outsider to see a culture clearly. Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's Ninth Symphony was an ode to what American music could become.
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First DACA Recipient Awarded A Rhodes SCholarship
Jin Park is the first DACA recipient to win a Rhodes Scholarship. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Park about what this accomplishment means to him and other DACA recipients.
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New Climate Change Report Places Blame On Human Actions For Natural Disasters
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Katherine Hayhoe of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University about a new report showing that recent extreme natural events are due to climate change.
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Saturday Sports: Basketball, Football and Golf
Scott Simon talks with NPR Sports Correspondent Tom Goldman about basketball, football, and golf.
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Spitting Cobra Finds It's Way Into The Backyard Of NPR's East Africa Correspondent
A reporter's notebook from our correspondent in Kenya on finding a cobra in his backyard
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New York's Adirondack Mountain Received Snow Earlier Than Usual
Winter arrived early in New York's Adirondack Mountains. The high country is locked in snow and ice. We have a Thanksgiving week postcard from a trek to the summit of Algonquin Mountain.