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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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director Carson Lund discusses his new movie 'Eephus'
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to director Carson Lund about his new movie, "Eephus," about an amateur New England baseball league's last game before their stadium is demolished.
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Kate Bush and Imogen Heap's new album against AI joins an age-old protest tradition
There's a long history of musicians using silence to protest unfair economic treatment.
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Comedian Andy Huggins on getting his first standup special at 73
NPR's Scott Simon talks to comedian Andy Huggins about aging, his long career in stand-up comedy and his first full-length special, which he taped at age 73.
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Trump is a professional wrestling fan. Here's how his politics echo the sport
It's well known that President Trump is a devotee of professional wrestling. Pundits often describe his moves in the White House in wrestling terms: smackdowns, cage fights and so on. We ask how the wrestling world may be informing his second term.
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DOGE cuts at NOAA will impact hurricane forecasting and data gathering on storms
Cuts at NOAA mean fewer hurricane-hunter aircrafts will be gathering real time data on developing storms and that the team developing computer models for forecasts will be "gutted," insiders say.
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Saturday Sports: Diana Taurasi's retirement, NBA drama
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about basketball legend Diana Taurasi's retirement, drama in the NBA, and a political statement by Canada's men's national soccer team coach.
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Consumer confidence is down. Here's why economic numbers don't tell the full story
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Eugene Ludwig, former Comptroller of the Currency, about how some government statistics get the economy wrong.
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John Bolton discusses the implications of a tense Trump-Zelenskyy press conference
NPR's Scott Simon talks to former National Security Adviser John Bolton about the foreign policy implications of Friday's shocking press conference between President Trump and President Zelenskyy.
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Supreme Court to weigh in on Trump administration's foreign funding freeze of USAID
We look at the anticipated impact of of the USAID funding freeze, which helped some of the poorest people around the world. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the matter.
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Thousands in Greece protest the government's role in deadly train crash 2 years ago
Thousands demonstrate in Greece on anniversary of deadly train crash that killed 57 and injured scores more in 2023.
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Ukrainians express shock and outrage at Trump berating Zelenskyy at the White House
We look at the response in Ukraine to Fridays shambolic press conference at the Oval Office between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Trump.
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Week in politics: Contentious Trump-Zelenskyy press conference, federal agency cuts
We look at Friday's contentious press conference at the Oval Office, as well as updates on the Trump administration's cuts at federal agencies. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the matter.