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.
Episodes
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Before Cormac McCarthy's death, he gave fans 2 new novels after 16 years of waiting
A look back at how Cormac McCarthy's last two novels, published late last year, came to be. The author died this week at 89.
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Yemen is in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises
After years of fighting, hunger and destruction, people in Yemen reflect on what they've lost and their low expectations for ending a war that has devastated the country.
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Philadelphia I-95 bridge collapse will cause more issues than just traffic
Workers are beginning to rebuild the collapsed section of Interstate 95 outside Philadelphia. Construction is expected to take weeks or months, and have ramifications up and down the East Coast.
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Why the FDA tightened rules around antimicrobial medications for animals
NPR's Scott Simon asks William Flynn, a deputy director at the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine, about the agency's tightening of regulations around antimicrobial drugs for animals.
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Saturday Sports: PGA merger; Messi heads to Florida; Denver Nuggets on the brink
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the the PGA merger with LIV Golf, Lionel Messi heading to Florida, and the Denver Nuggets on the brink of the NBA title.
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The firefighters helping with the Canadian wildfires are facing a looming pay cut
The infrastructure bill gave wildland firefighters a temporary pay boost. As many of them head to Canada to contain wildfires there, a group of U.S. senators is pushing to make the raise permanent.
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Week in politics: After the indictment, independent voters will hold the key
The indictment of Donald Trump may end up emboldening many of his followers, but independent voters will hold the key to the next presidential election.
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Henry Hoke on 'Open Throat', his novel inspired by Los Angeles's mountain lion P-22
Henry Hoke's new novel "Open Throat" follows the perspective of a hungry mountain lion. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Hoke, who was inspired by the real life story of the cat "P-22" in Los Angeles.
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Saturday Sports: Horse racing suspension; Stanley Cup Finals; NBA game two
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about the suspension of horse racing at Churchill Downs, the Stanley Cup Finals in hockey, and game two of the NBA Finals.
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A drought triggered by climate change has led to famine in the Horn of Africa
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to aid worker Daud Jiran about a drought, linked to climate change, that has led to famine in the Horn of Africa.
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Rachel Louise Snyder on her coming-of-age memoir 'Women We Buried, Women We Burned'
Scott Simon talks with journalist Rachel Louise Snyder. After writing an acclaimed book about domestic violence, she's out with a new coming-of-age memoir, "Women We Buried, Women We Burned."
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Tell all the Kyles you know: Texas is gathering people of the same name to break a record
It's Kyle Fest in Kyle, Texas. The city is trying to break the record for the most people with the same name in one place by besting a gathering of 2,325 Ivans six years ago.