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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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There's a shortage of RAM (computer memory). How is this affecting the industry?
Memory chips (aka RAM) are in short supply, globally. Why and what does that mean for consumers
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Saturday Sports: Winter Olympics; MLB Players Association resignation
NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss the end of the Winter Olympics.
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Week in Politics: SCOTUS shuts down Trump's tariffs; U.S.-Iran update
We look at the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down many of President Trump's tariffs, as well as a look as the possibility of another military clash with Iran.
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It's a kids' — and robots' — world in Oscar-nominated animated film 'Arco'
In the new animated film, "Arco," a time-traveling boy gets trapped in the year 2075 and must evade captors, robots and wildfires. NPR's Scott Simon talks to writer and director Ugo Bienvenu.
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New book details how Hannibal Lecter went from character to franchise
He will have you for dinner: what is it about an unapologetic cannibal that so captured readers and audiences? NPR's Scott Simon talks with Brian Raftery about his new book, "Hannibal Lecter: A Life."
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At the Rhode Island SPCA, you can pay for a cat to defile your ex's heart
For some Valentine's Day isn't about love, it's about revenge. The Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has a stinky opportunity for those wishing to express a grudge.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio pulls out of a high-level meeting on Ukraine
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Fiona Hill, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center on the United States and Europe, about the Trump administration's strategy to end Russia's war with Ukraine.
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New research shows sibling rivalry is also a phenomenon among chacma baboons
Sibling rivalry might not unique to humans. New scientific research shows that baboon siblings in southern Africa also feel jealousy toward each other.
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Fan-favorite U.S. figure skater 'Quad God' places 8th, citing nerves
Ilia Malinin of the U.S. was heavily favored for men's figure skating gold, but a series of falls and downgraded jumps landed him in eighth place.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to trans-Atlantic partnerships at Munich Security Conference
Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany amid growing tensions between the U.S. and its European allies.
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The president of Bard College and a Yale University professor are among the names in the Epstein Files
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Emmy Martin from The Chronicle of Higher Education about what the Epstein files have revealed about his links to higher education.
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Chinese journalists detained after publishing an investigation into a Communist Party official
Chinese lawyers and writers are calling for the release of two journalists detained by authorities after they published an investigation into a senior Communist Party official.