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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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A Songwriting Mystery Solved: Math Proves John Lennon Wrote 'In My Life'
John Lennon and Paul McCartney have differing memories of who wrote the music for "In My Life." A mathematics professor has spent 10 years working with statistics to decide once and for all.
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Ralph Nader On What He Thinks Apple Should Do With Its Excess Billions
The longtime consumer advocate says that now that Apple is a trillion dollar company, it could be doing more for its employees and shareholders.
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Rural America Faces A Crisis In 'Adequate Housing'
Small towns have their own version of the housing crisis: not enough homes being built, plus a lack of move-in ready homes. Local leaders say it's hard to expand the tax base without more homes.
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What We Learned From Elections This Week
The 2018 midterm elections are just around the corner. NPR's Scott Simon asks Perry Bacon of FiveThirtyEight what recent primary and special elections have to say about November.
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Opinion: Critics Nix Pop Flicks Pick For Oscar Fix
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is being criticized for changes to the annual awards. Do we really need a category for "Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film"?
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A Year After Charlottesville, Not Much Has Changed For Trump
President Trump's response to the Charlottesville rally drew sharp criticism from his own party, but the backlash from Republican leaders was short-lived.
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Immigration Lawyer On Separated Children
Priya Konings is an attorney with KIND, Kids in Need of Defense, a New York based nonprofit that has been working to reunite migrant children and families in New York. She talks with Scott Simon.
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Director On Dystopian Thriller 'The Darkest Minds'
The Darkest Minds is a film adaptation of dystopian young adult novels with some similarities to current events. NPR's Scott Simon talks to director Jennifer Yuh Nelson about it.
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Constant Wildfires Leave California Firefighters Strained
California hasn't had a month without a wildfire since 2012. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Mike Feyh of the Sacramento Fire Department about the strain on firefighters.
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Saturday Sports: Football Coming Back, Ohio State Scandal
The NFL's new helmet rules and controversy for football coach Urban Meyer at Ohio State in this week's sports roundup.
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Historian On Think Tank Resignation Over Former Trump Official's Hiring
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with William Hitchcock, a historian who resigned from a University of Virginia think tank to protest its hiring of a former Trump administration official.
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Hawaii Businesses Struggle With Uncertainty Of Volcano
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been violently spewing lava since early May. There is no way to know if or when the lava will stop and businesses are struggling with the uncertainty.