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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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'Ping Pong Diplomacy's' Legacy Challenged, 50 Years Later
It's been 50 years since the U.S. and China engaged in "Ping Pong Diplomacy" - opening dialogue by having teams compete in the table top games.
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Saturday Sports: Normalcy Returns To Sports World After Year Of Canceled Games
Sports schedules seem to be slowly going back to normal while the scrutiny on the NCAA persists beyond March Madness.
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Opinion: Animals Deserve Gender Pronouns, Too
Referring to animals as "she" or "he" or "they," rather than "it," may more accurately reflect their importance. Dr. Jane Goodall and others are urging AP Stylebook editors to change their guidance.
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Uyghur American Association Discusses Sanctions Against China
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Kuzzat Altay, president of the Uyghur American Association, about the joint sanctions leveled against China by the U.S., EU, UK and Canada over Uyghur treatment.
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Saturday Sports: MLB Moves All-Star Game From Georgia Due To New Voting Law
Major League Baseball is pulling its All-Star game from Georgia in response to voting rights restrictions recently passed there.
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Emma Seligman On Directing Her First Feature Film, 'Shiva Baby'
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with director Emma Seligman about her debut feature film, Shiva Baby.
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Migrant Arrests At Southwest Border Soar
The number of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border is reaching record numbers. The vast majority are single men, many from Honduras who have walked hundreds of miles.
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Opinion: The Gun Violence All Around Us
Scott Simon recounts some of the lives lost to gun violence in the past weeks, in and out of the spotlight.
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Satellite Launched On Mission To Remove Space Trash
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Jason Forshaw, an aerospace engineer at Astroscale, about ELSA-d, a machine used to clean up junk in space.
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Northeast Kansas City Newspaper Publishes Blank Front Page As Message In Trying Times
The blank front page of Wednesday's issue of the Northeast News was a warning sign to the community about what might come if it ceased publication. The newspaper is in dire financial straits.
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Dawnie Walton's 'Opal And Nev' Are So Compelling You Might Forget They're Not Real
Dawnie Walton talks with NPR's Scott Simon about her debut novel, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, an oral history of a 20th century rock duo so detailed, you might forget it's fiction.
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Violence Erupts Again In Myanmar On Armed Forces Day
Myanmar's security forces have cracked down on new protests as the leaders of its military junta marked Armed Forces Day. Dozens of protesters are believed to be dead.