Weekend Edition Saturday

Weekend Edition Saturday

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.

Episodes

A new book on James Gandolfini takes us behind the Tony Soprano persona

April 26, 2025 • 8 mins
NPR's Scott Simon talks to film historian Jason Bailey about his book, "Gandolfini: Jim, Tony and the Life of a Legend." It details how different he was from the gangster he portrayed on "The Sopranos."
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The first Latin American pope gets a special farewell in Mexico City

April 26, 2025 • 2 mins
Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the first Latin American pope when he was elected 12 years ago. People on his home continent are mourning his death and paying their respects.
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A closer look behind the scenes of New Orleans' annual Jazz Fest

April 26, 2025 • 3 mins
Jazz fest starts this weekend in New Orleans and one of its headliners is rapper Lil' Wayne who made it to the main stage with the Roots.
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Saturday Sports: NFL draft, Stanley Cup playoffs, Pope Francis' love for soccer

April 26, 2025 • 5 mins
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the soccer fandom of Pope Francis, the NFL draft and hockey's Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Federal employees find themselves without health insurance despite being told otherwise

April 26, 2025 • 4 mins
Some federal employees who were fired, reinstated, and fired again by the Trump administration are now learning their health coverage lapsed despite being told otherwise.
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How the funeral of Pope Francis exemplified his values

April 26, 2025 • 5 mins
The funeral of Pope Francis demonstrated the values he held dear, from the theme of the gospel passage to the music he chose for the Mass. He also broke tradition with his final burial wishes.
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Sudan's capital city is finally repaired — but shattered beyond recognition

April 26, 2025 • 5 mins
Sudan's capital city has been liberated after more than two years of civil war, but it's been left in ruins.
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U.N. says it has run out of food in Gaza amidst Israel's blockade

April 26, 2025 • 3 mins
The World Food Programme says it has run out of food. It's been eight weeks since Israel stopped all aid coming into Gaza. The U-N agency warns of mass starvation.
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A look at the Kremlin's negotiating strategy

April 26, 2025 • 7 mins
As the Trump administration continues to flood the news cycles with its efforts to end to the war in Ukraine, NPR looks at the Kremlin's negotiating strategy.
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40 years ago, tariffs rescued the auto industry during a different trade war

April 26, 2025 • 3 mins
In the 1970s, threats of trade tariffs convinced Asian and European automakers to move some production to the U.S. But that battle's already been won – and history is unlikely to repeat itself.
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Behind '60 Minutes' executive producer's departure: Trump's lawsuit against CBS

April 26, 2025 • 4 mins
The departure of "60 Minutes" executive producer Bill Owens comes as the news program's corporate owner is trying to sell it off, and amid President Trump's lawsuit against CBS.
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Crowds of mourners and dignitaries pay respects to Pope Francis at funeral service

April 26, 2025 • 8 mins
The funeral of Pope Francis draws the Catholic faithful to St. Peter's Square, as well as royalty and world leaders. The Vatican estimates about 200 thousand people participated in the open-air Mass.
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Week in politics: Almost 100 days into Trump's second term, a look back

April 26, 2025 • 4 mins
Nearly 100 days into his new term, President Trump has set an aggressive agenda, spending his political capital and losing some of the public approval he began with.
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A high schooler stays back as his family, separated by deportation, returns to Guatemala

April 26, 2025 • 4 mins
Alex Villatoro is finishing high school in the U.S. without his parents after his father was deported back to Guatemala in January and his mother decided to move there with her three younger children. As immigration enforcement ramps up, families like Villatoro's are being confronted with hard choices.
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Opinion: Pope Francis's sympathy for migrants was personal

April 26, 2025 • 2 mins
Pope Francis often spoke with great sympathy for immigrants and refugees. NPR's Scott Simon reminds us that the Pope's father fled Mussolini's Italy, immigrating to Argentina.
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40 years ago, New Coke was introduced

April 19, 2025 • 1 min
Fans of Classic Coke mark the 40th anniversary of the travesty that was New Coke, released On April 23, 1985.
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'Midway Through' tells the story of a woman in her 40s going back to college

April 19, 2025 • 3 mins
A Miami college student in her 40s shares her experience returning to school and how motherhood has prepared her for this challenge.
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How Trump's tariffs, aims for the Federal Reserve impact the global economy

April 19, 2025 • 5 mins
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Gillian Tett, a columnist at the Financial Times, about the global economic fallout from President Trump's tariff policies.
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Meet the chocolatier behind the world's largest Cadbury Creme Egg

April 19, 2025 • 3 mins
The confectionary company, Cadbury, says it's made the world's largest Creme Egg - about as tall as a USPS mailbox. NPR's Scott Simon talks to chocolatier Dawn Jenks about the creation.
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Rick Atkinson reflects on 250 years since the first battles of the American Revolution

April 19, 2025 • 9 mins
NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Rick Atkinson in Lexington, Mass., about the first book of his forthcoming trilogy about the American Revolution, "The British are Coming."
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