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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A professor found a bug in Walmart. Years later, he realized it was a rare species
A University of Pennsylvania entomologist discovers, live on Zoom, that an insect was not nearly as ordinary as he thought it was.
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Saturday Sports: MLB's new rules; NBA star player moves; Bruins set a new NHL record
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about Major League Baseball's new rules, star player moves in the NBA and the Boston Bruins setting new NHL scoring record.
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Jenny Jackson on her debut novel 'Pineapple Street'
NPR's Scott Simon asks book editor Jenny Jackson about her debut novel, "Pineapple Street," set in the well-to-do Brooklyn Heights section of New York City.
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Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been banned from making movies or leaving Iran
Filmmaker Jafar Panahi is banned from making movies or leaving Iran. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Vulture critic Roxana Hadadi about the work he manages to produce despite government restrictions.
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California's solution to regulations around hazardous waste: send it across state lines
California government agencies have found an easy way around the state's strict regulations about dumping hazardous waste: send it across state lines.
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55,000 non-incarcerated felons will soon be eligible to vote in Minnesota
As many as 55,000 formerly incarcerated people in Minnesota will become eligible to vote under a bill about to become law. It's part of a voting-access push in a state where Democrats call the shots.
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A budding journalist was killed while covering a shooting. His professor remembers him
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Rick Brunson, who taught journalism to Dylan Lyons. Lyons, a TV reporter, was killed this week while covering a shooting in Orlando, Fla.
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Saturday Sports: Controversy for Alabama basketball players; USWNT goes undefeated
Alabama basketball players are the subject of controversy. The U.S. Women's National Soccer team went undefeated in a tournament this week. A Mississippi pitcher throws fastballs ... with either arm.
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A conversation with a Ukrainian war refugee and the American who's sponsoring her
NPR's Scott Simon talks to a Ukrainian who came to the U.S. after fleeing war in her native country, Svitlana Yavenko, and the American who is sponsoring her, Shane Little.
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Jac Jemc on her new novel 'Empty Theatre'
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author Jac Jemc bout her new novel, "Empty Theatre." It's a satirical re-imagining of the relationship between King Ludwig of Bavaria and Empress Sisi of Hungary.
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The Oakland Zoo rescued two orphaned mountain lion cubs
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Alex Herman, vice president of veterinary services at the Oakland Zoo, about two orphaned mountain lion cubs that the zoo recently helped rescue.
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Saturday Sports: NBA All-Star weekend; sports broadcasters' financial trouble
Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about NBA All-Star weekend, MLB spring training, and financial trouble for regional sports broadcasters.