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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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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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1 Why Stephen Miller has become one of Trump's closest aides on some of his signature issues 4:58
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We examine the role of one of President Trump's longest-serving and closest advisers: Deputy Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller.
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1 The impact of the Signal security breach, according to a former intelligence officer 4:27
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Steven Cash, former CIA officer and staff member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, about the fallout from the security breach involving defense plans and a group chat.
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1 A Wisconsin Supreme Court race has Trump's attention — and Elon Musk's money 4:24
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It's breaking fundraising records. It's turning out voters. It's about redistricting, President Trump and perhaps even abortion rights. We look at the race for one seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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1 Bryan Ferry and Amelia Barratt discuss 'Loose Talk,' their new spoken word album 7:53
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with musician Bryan Ferry and artist Amelia Barratt about their new spoken word album, "Loose Talk."
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1 Saturday Sports: Final rounds of March Madness, MLB new season 4:37
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NPR's Scott Simon and Michele Steele of ESPN talk about the final rounds of March Madness, the men's and women's college basketball tournaments, and Major League Baseball's new season.
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1 Florida's Haitian population reckons with losing temporary legal status 3:46
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Miami's Haitian community is hoping a lawsuit can postpone the return of many in the community to a country still roiling from violence.
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1 Rob Currie on his latest novel, 'The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne' 7:52
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Ron Currie's new novel, "The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne," tells the story of a small-town drug mobster, a formidable woman of French descent. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Currie about it.
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1 Trump's changes to the Smithsonian are the latest in his takeover of the arts 6:00
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From taking over the Kennedy Center to halting federal funding of DEI programs, President Trump's actions have had a tremendous impact on artists, audiences and arts institutions.
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NPR's Scott Simon celebrates Weekend Edition's Executive Producer, Sarah Lucy Oliver, who is retiring.
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1 Over 1,000 people are dead after a major earthquake hit Myanmar 3:31
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An update on the violent earthquake in Myanmar, where the death toll is climbing.
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1 Black cat adoptions are up. An Oscar-winning animated movie may have helped 2:34
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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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1 Meet Jerry Weinstein, the 81-year-old newest recruit of the Chicago Cubs 4:07
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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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1 Artists descend on Idaho's Treefort Music Festival 4:03
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A visit to the Treefort Music Festival 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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1 Week in politics: Top FDA official forced out, auto tariffs take effect 4:53
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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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1 How a 2015 shipwreck off the Greek coast shows the human cost of the refugee crisis 7:41
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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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