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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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Episodes
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Remembering former former Solicitor-General Ted Olson
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Harvard professor Cass Sunstein about Ted Olson. The legal great, who argued 65 US Supreme Court cases, including the one that legalized gay marriage, died this week.
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Trump's national security team lacks experience but has proven loyalty to him
President-elect Trump assembled his national security team with a series of rapid-fire choices. There's a clear pattern: Most nominees are best known for their support of Trump rather than their national security experience.
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What life is like as a woman in Afghanistan, three years into Taliban rule
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sahar Fetrat a researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the lives of women in Afghanistan now, as the Taliban continue to limit their presence in public life.
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Week in politics: Trump's cabinet choices point to a different second term
We look at some of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominations and how his choices might distinguish his second term from his first.
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Saturday Sports: Undefeated runs in the NFL and NBA, ATP Finals
NPR's Scott Simon and Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media discuss a pair of undefeated runs in the NFL and NBA, plus the latest from the ATP Finals in Italy.
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The journalist behind 'The Big Short' turns focus to sports gambling in new podcast
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with journalist Michael Lewis about the new season of his podcast "Against The Rules," which covers the rise of legal sports gambling.
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'Even the Forest Hums' is a new compilation of music from Ukraine
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Vitalii Bardetskyi, a Ukrainian DJ and music journalist, about a new compilation of music from that country called "Even the Forest Hums."
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Bonnie Kistler's psychological thriller follows high school sweethearts, reunited
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with novelist Bonnie Kistler about her new psychological thriller, "Shell Games."
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This county is the most religiously diverse in the U.S.
This stretch of New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland is so packed with houses of worship, it's been called the Embassy Row of Religions. But locals know it as the Highway to Heaven.
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Opinion: Uranus was having a bad hair day. Hey, it was the '80s!
Scientists are reconsidering old information about Uranus. NPR's Scott Simon explains the problem with photos taken of the planet 38 years ago.
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MINN GOP TRIES FOR DIVIDED GOVERNMENT:
State house elections this fall will determine whether Minnesota continues to pass progressive laws on abortion and health care or if the GOP can stem the trend led by Gov. Tim Walz.
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Opinion: Witnessing my daughters' first votes was a moment to remember
NPR's Scott Simon accompanied his daughters to the polls, as they voted in their first presidential election.
