Weekend Edition Saturday on PRE News And Ideas
Saturdays, 8am - 10am
From civil wars in Bosnia and El Salvador, to hospital rooms, police stations, and America's backyards, NPR's Peabody Award-winning correspondent Scott Simon brings a well-traveled perspective as he hosts Weekend Edition Saturday.
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Mason Hereford, owner and chef of the Turkey and the Wolf restaurant in New Orleans, has made his mark in the food world by infusing regional favorites with refined touches.
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IKEA Norway released a list of 800 names of its products that parents may wish to use to name their children. It comes in the midst of a pandemic baby boom in Nordic countries.
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NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with writer, actor and director Cooper Raiff about his new film, "Cha Cha Real Smooth," about a college graduate who becomes a "party starter."
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Africans on board a slave ship in 1803 rebelled and drove their enslavers into the water right as they were arriving in Georgia. Then some of the Africans walked into the water and disappeared.
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NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the NBA championship, WNBA legend Sue Bird's retirement and the host cities for the 2026 World Cup.
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Two sisters in Tennessee each got pregnant when they were young. The paths they took and the secrets they kept have shaped their lives.
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Russian forces are now concentrating their attacks on three cities in Ukraine's southeast which are key to the country's agriculture and logistics.
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The FDA has given emergency approval for the use COVID-19 vaccines on kids as young as 6 months of age. Now, the decision moves to advisers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Two economists, Tara Sinclair and Justin Wolfers, speak with NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben about what's causing inflation and how likely is it that a recession is coming.
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The South American music joropo often deals with horses and cowboys. The Colombian band Cimarrón has made the genre more inclusive by adding Indigenous and Afro-Colombian themes and sounds.
