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Weekend Edition features interviews with news makers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The program has covered news events from Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison to the capture of Saddam Hussein.
Every week listeners tune in to hear a unique blend of news, features and Sunday's regularly scheduled puzzle segment with Puzzlemast
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NPR's Scott Simon celebrates Weekend Edition's Executive Producer, Sarah Lucy Oliver, who is retiring. -
An update on the violent earthquake in Myanmar, where the death toll is climbing.
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The Oscar-winning animated movie "Flow," which stars a black kitty, may be causing an increase in black cat adoptions. Superstitions about bad luck have often caused these felines to be overlooked.
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There's probably not many 81-year-olds with new jobs this spring, but the new Chicago Cubs coach isn't typical. NPR's Scott Simon talks to coach Jerry Weinstein.
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A visit to the Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho. It started as a springboard to catch artists wrapping up at South by Southwest in Austin, but is becoming a national fixture itself.
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In the new romantic comedy, "A Nice Indian Boy," a son brings home his new boyfriend to meet his Indian parents. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to writer-director Roshan Sethi.
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It was an eventful week in politics, one that was dominated by the fallout from a security breach involving a commercial messaging app and the announcement of steep tariffs on imported cars.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with journalist Jeanne Carstensen about her new book, "Greek Tragedy," about the wreck of a ship filled with refugees off the Greek coast in 2015.
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The Women's National Football Conference kicks off its sixth season this weekend. The Jersey Shore Wave is one of the new teams joining the league this year. -
President Trump's new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government's workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.
