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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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Actor Don Cheadle On Showtime's Newly-Timely 'Black Monday'
Little did actor Don Cheadle know that markets would be falling through the floor just as he was appearing in Season Two of Showtime's Black Monday.
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Coronavirus Quashes Iran's New Year Celebrations
Norooz, which means "new day," is meant to be a holiday of hope and celebration. But Iran has been hit particularly hard by COVID-19. Foreign policy analyst Ali Ahmadi, political analyst explains.
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Outbreak Voices: A Virginia Teacher On Working At A Distance
Kyanna Stallworth, a 5th-grade teacher in Fairfax, Va., shares how the outbreak has upended her plans for the year and what she's doing to help students remotely.
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U.S. Expands Europe Travel Ban To U.K. And Ireland
President Trump and administration officials announced an expansion of a ban on travel from Europe to include the U.K. and Ireland.
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Ages Ago, Beads Made From Ostrich Eggshells Cemented Friendships Across Vast Distances
A new study shows that ostrich eggshell beads were more than just decorative jewelry for the hunter-gatherers in sub-Saharan Africa, as archaeologist Brian Stewart explains.
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New Documentary Examines How Black Girls Are Disproportionately Punished In Schools
NPR's Renee Montagne speaks to Monique Morris who produced the documentary "Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools," based on her book of the same name.
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Son Talks About 89-Year-Old Dad's Recovery From COVID-19
Eugene Campbell, 89, contracted COVID-19 while at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington. His son, Charlie Campbell, tells NPR's Renee Montagne that his father has recovered and is doing well.
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A Special School In Turkey For Kids Of Uighurs Caught In China's Crackdown
A boarding school in Turkey is a somber home for Uighur children whose parents are missing or detained back in China.
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Coronavirus Outbreak Means An Idle March For American Sports
In an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus, sports events across the country, and the globe, are being canceled or postponed.
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Opinion: 1 Unfathomable Toll Of The Coronavirus Outbreak — Dying Alone
NPR's Scott Simon reflects on how people who die from complications related to COVID-19 might spend their last days isolated and alone.
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Counterterrorism Expert Explains U.S.-Taliban Peace Deal
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Seth Jones of Center for Strategic and International Studies about the situation in Afghanistan where violence continues after the U.S.-Taliban peace deal.
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How First Responders Are Dealing With Coronavirus
Local ambulance and emergency medical service agencies were already on tight budgets before coronavirus. A local ambulance crew and the head of a national EMS organization tell us their concerns.