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
In France, a family reckons with World War II Allies' legacy of rape and murder
11/16/2024
In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: a murder and sexual assault so traumatic they are only now coming to terms with it.
Duration:00:06:43
Nursing aides plagued by PTSD after 'nightmare' COVID conditions, with little help
11/16/2024
Some of the lowest-paid essential workers during the pandemic also suffered the most trauma. Nursing aides have had trouble getting healthcare officials to pay attention to their plight.
Duration:00:03:55
Israel's escalating attack on Lebanon is destroying entire communities
11/16/2024
We look at the efforts to broker a ceasefire between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel. Fighting has escalated between the two, pushing the conflict deeper into Lebanon.
Duration:00:03:41
Elk are back and attracting tourists in the Appalachian mountains
11/16/2024
Elk have made a comeback in part of the Appalachian mountains and they're attracting tourists during mating season.
Duration:00:03:02
New data shows efforts to stop the spread of STIs are working
11/16/2024
Federal data shows that rates of new sexually transmitted infections are slowing in the U.S. It's a rare sign of improvement that suggests prevention efforts are working.
Duration:00:03:27
The Kansas City Chiefs will meet the Chicago Bears in the Wheelchair Super Bowl
11/16/2024
The Kansas City Chiefs are undefeated this season and looking to win another Super Bowl. The USA Wheelchair Football League championship game, that is, where the wheelchair Chiefs will meet the Chicago Bears wheelchair team, in what's described as "the most violent game on asphalt".
Duration:00:03:46
The first week of the U.N.'s annual climate conference comes to a close
11/16/2024
We look at what happened during the first week of the United Nation's annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Duration:00:03:50
Remembering former former Solicitor-General Ted Olson
11/16/2024
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.
Duration:00:04:31
Trump's national security team lacks experience but has proven loyalty to him
11/16/2024
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.
Duration:00:04:49
What life is like as a woman in Afghanistan, three years into Taliban rule
11/16/2024
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.
Duration:00:05:59
Week in politics: Trump's cabinet choices point to a different second term
11/16/2024
We look at some of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominations and how his choices might distinguish his second term from his first.
Duration:00:04:08
Saturday Sports: Undefeated runs in the NFL and NBA, ATP Finals
11/16/2024
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.
Duration:00:04:56
The journalist behind 'The Big Short' turns focus to sports gambling in new podcast
11/16/2024
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.
Duration:00:06:56
'Even the Forest Hums' is a new compilation of music from Ukraine
11/16/2024
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."
Duration:00:06:20
Barry Keoghan plays the father of a teen girl growing up in low-income housing in 'Bird'
11/16/2024
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Barry Keoghan about his new movie, "Bird." The Irish actor was nominated for an Oscar for "The Banshees of Inisherin" and also starred in "Saltburn."
Duration:00:08:13
Bonnie Kistler's psychological thriller follows high school sweethearts, reunited
11/16/2024
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with novelist Bonnie Kistler about her new psychological thriller, "Shell Games."
Duration:00:06:15
This county is the most religiously diverse in the U.S.
11/16/2024
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.
Duration:00:03:32
Opinion: Uranus was having a bad hair day. Hey, it was the '80s!
11/16/2024
Scientists are reconsidering old information about Uranus. NPR's Scott Simon explains the problem with photos taken of the planet 38 years ago.
Duration:00:02:39
Opinion: Witnessing my daughters' first votes was a moment to remember
11/9/2024
NPR's Scott Simon accompanied his daughters to the polls, as they voted in their first presidential election.
Duration:00:02:29
Violence broke out after a soccer match in Amsterdam
11/9/2024
Violence after a soccer game in Amsterdam shocks both Dutch and Israeli authorities.
Duration:00:03:37