NPR Weekend Edition Saturday
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Weekend Edition Saturday 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. The two-hour program is hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon.
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Weekend Edition Saturday 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. The two-hour program is hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon.
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English
Episodes
This metalworker is creating suits of armor for mice
12/6/2025
Calgary artist Jeff De Boer has spent decades learning, perfecting, and teaching the art of making suits of armor. For mice.
Duration:00:03:53
Week in Politics: Defense Secretary Hegseth; gerrymandering; birthright citizenship
12/6/2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under scrutiny over strikes in the Caribbean and Yemen, and the Supreme Court sided with Republicans in a case over gerrymandering in Texas.
Duration:00:04:24
What does the CDC's advisors' vote to overturn hepatitis B vaccines for infants mean?
12/6/2025
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to overhaul how children get vaccines took a major step forward. An advisory committee voted to narrow hepatitis B immunization guidance for newborns.
Duration:00:03:55
How consumers feel about the economy as the holidays approach
12/6/2025
New numbers from the Commerce Department show inflation is still elevated, but it doesn't appear to be getting worse. The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates next week by another quarter percentage point.
Duration:00:03:53
Linguist Esteban Touma from Babbel reviews the app's 2025 most mispronounced words
12/6/2025
NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Esteban Touma, language expert from the app Babbel about 2025's most mispronounced words.
Duration:00:04:10
The San Francisco Bay Area's beloved albino alligator, Claude, has died at age 30
12/6/2025
The San Francisco Bay Area lost a beloved resident this week. Claude, an albino alligator that lived at the California Academy of Sciences, died at the age of 30.
Duration:00:02:49
What's your college football gameday ritual? Some fans share theirs
12/6/2025
It's college football championship weekend. Many fans have rituals to make sure their team wins. It goes beyond just wearing the same clothes or eating the same snacks.
Duration:00:03:54
Saturday Sports: FIFA World Cup 2026 matchups; MLS finals; NFL; College football
12/6/2025
NPR's Eyder Peralta talks to sports reporter Michele Steele about the FIFA World Cup draw, the MLS Cup Final this afternoon, and a classic NFL rivalry matchup this weekend.
Duration:00:04:12
The aftermath of the assassination of Carlos Manzo, a former mayor in Mexico
12/6/2025
Carlos Manzo was the mayor of a city in Michoacan, Mexico. He launched a full-frontal assault on organized crime. Last month he was assassinated by a lone gunman, sparking protests across the country.
Duration:00:10:07
A look at Australia's upcoming social media ban for children under age 16
12/6/2025
NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Susan Sawyer of the University of Melbourne about Australia's new ban on social media for children under 16. It goes into effect next week.
Duration:00:05:32
Luis Moreno Ocampo, founding chief prosecutor of the ICC, examines war crimes
12/6/2025
NPR's Eyder Peralta talks to Luis Moreno Ocampo, former prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, about U.S. strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Duration:00:06:09
Skip the holiday parties. NPR's Books We Love offers many fantastic recommendations
12/6/2025
Ahead of the holidays, NPR staffers give their recommendations for some of their favorite books of the year, covering everything from a sci-fi graphic novel to historical fiction.
Duration:00:05:50
The group stage matchups for the FIFA World Cup 2026 featuring 48 nations are set
12/6/2025
After months of waiting, most teams participating in next summer's FIFA World Cup 2026 now know who they'll play. The world's biggest soccer tournament is being co-hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Duration:00:02:49
Musician Tobias Jesso Jr. explores 's h i n e,' his first album in a decade
12/6/2025
NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with singer-songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr. about "s h i n e," his first new album in 10 years.
Duration:00:10:03
U.S. ski resorts are bracing for a steep drop in international travel due to politics
12/1/2025
Canadians usually head south for the skiing, shopping and nightlife in American ski towns. But due to cross-border politics, tourism to the U.S. is down, and some resorts are worried.
Duration:00:04:04
Opinion: My kind of holiday song
11/29/2025
NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and heartache.
Duration:00:02:19
Retired Maj. Gen. James Hoyer on the shooting of 2 West Virginia National Guard members
11/29/2025
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to retired Gen. James Hoyer of the West Virginia National Guard following Wednesday's shooting that left one guardsperson dead and another critically injured.
Duration:00:05:58
How the small hometown of the accused shooter of 2 National Guard members is reacting
11/29/2025
Authorities say the suspect who shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, drove from his home in Bellingham, Washington, to carry out the attack. Here's how that city is reacting.
Duration:00:02:21
Afghans seeking asylum voice concerns as all U.S. migration is halted
11/29/2025
Afghans seeking asylum say they're stuck in a hellish limbo as all migration suspended to the U.S.
Duration:00:04:08
Airbus orders immediate repairs for 6,000 of its A320 family of jets
11/29/2025
Aviation regulators have ordered urgent inspections of the Airbus A320 family of jets. The order follows a JetBlue plane's experience of an uncontrolled "pitch down" event last month.
Duration:00:03:49