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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Singer Blake Rose on his new EP 'You'll Get It When You're Older'
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with pop singer Blake Rose about his new EP, "You'll Get It When You're Older," which was inspired by his sister's battle with substance abuse.
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Saturday Sports: Oakland A's; Chicago Cubs; Tom Goldman says goodbye
The Oakland A's take a step toward moving to Las Vegas, and an ALMOST perfect game for the Chicago Cubs. Plus, Tom Goldman says goodbye - he's retiring!
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Wastewater surveillance could be a new way to track trends for illnesses like COVID
Public health officials say wastewater surveillance could help them track trends for many kinds of diseases - from COVID to polio - but only if they can keep the testing system going.
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Ramona Ausubel on her novel 'The Last Animal'
NPR's Scott Simon interviews author Ramona Ausubel about her novel, "The Last Animal," about a family finding solace, after tragedy, in a scientific expedition to the Arctic.
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'Phantom of the Opera' takes a final Broadway bow after 13,981 performances
On Sunday night the curtain will fall on the longest-running show in Broadway history: Andrew Lloyd Webber's mega hit ran for more than 35 years. "I got the gig of a lifetime," says one cast member.
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'Phantom of the Opera' takes a final Broadway bow after 13,981 performances
On Sunday night the curtain will fall on the longest-running show in Broadway history: Andrew Lloyd Webber's mega hit ran for more than 35 years. "I got the gig of a lifetime," says one cast member.
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Poet Maggie Smith on her new memoir 'You Could Make This Place Beautiful'
Maggie Smith's poem "Good Bones" went viral in 2016. She talks with NPR's Miles Parks about her work and her divorce, both subjects of her new memoir "You Could Make This Place Beautiful."
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Biden's visit to Ireland was deeply personal
Joe Biden checked a big item off his bucket list this week when he visited Ireland, his ancestral home, as president. It was a deeply personal and wistful journey.
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Saturday Sports: Washington Commanders sale; historic streak in the MLB; NBA playoffs
NPR's Miles Parks talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the sale of the NFL's Washington Commanders, a historic streak for the Tampa Bay Rays in the MLB, and the NBA Playoffs.
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Crash, the one-eyed cat, won Cadbury Chocolate's 2023 Easter Bunny Tryouts
We hear from Patty Cutler, executive director of the Simply Cats non-profit shelter, about how Crash the one-eyed cat came to win Cadbury Chocolate's 2023 Easter Bunny Tryouts.
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Chicago will vote between two candidates with distinctly different ideas of being a Democrat
Chicago is on the brink of choosing a new mayor in a run-off election this Tuesday, after incumbent mayor Lori Lightfoot lost in the first round.
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A Mongolian boy has been declared an important leader for Tibetan Buddhists
A Mongolian boy has been named a top leader of Tibetan Buddhism. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Julian Dierkes of the University of British Columbia on the implications for Mongolian-Chinese relations.