Scott Simon

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Rosanne Cash on rereleasing her album 'The Wheel'

Saturday, January 06, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Rosanne Cash about rereleasing her album "The Wheel," love lost and gained, and lessons learned.

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T-46, an orca off the Pacific Northwest presumed dead, leaves behind a mighty legacy

Saturday, January 06, 2024

T-46, an orca active off the Pacific Northwest, is presumed dead. Public outcry over her pod's capture in 1976 led Washington State to ban killer whale captures.

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Saturday Sports: College football; new women's hockey league

Saturday, January 06, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the college football national championship, what's next for Michigan's head coach, and the popularity of a new women's hockey league.

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A new COVID variant is gaining strength, wastewater samples from across the U.S. show

Saturday, January 06, 2024

Wastewater samples across the country find that the virus that causes COVID is plentiful as a new variant gathers strength. Treatments and vaccines still work against the new variant.

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Outdated provider lists on health insurers' websites may be costing you

Saturday, January 06, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with The Lever's Helen Santoro about her reporting on outdated health insurer directories and lower reimbursement rates for providers and patients.

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Will Charlamagne Tha God's views on Biden impact other voters?

Saturday, January 06, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon asks Politico's Brakkton Booker if the souring relationship between radio host Charlamage tha God and the Biden administration is indicative of Black support for Biden's reelection.

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What the rules of war say about Israel's attacks in Gaza

Saturday, January 06, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to David Scheffer, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, about the limits of international laws governing how wars are fought.

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Week in politics: Biden and January 6, Senators negotiating border legislation

Saturday, January 06, 2024

President Biden points to January 6, 2021, as a reminder of what's at stake in the 2024 presidential election.

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NRA chief steps down days before a pivotal corruption trial in New York

Saturday, January 06, 2024

Wayne LaPierre, the longtime head of the National Rifle Association, is stepping down. That announcement comes days before a corruption trial in New York that could upend the NRA.

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Alvaro Enrigue's novel imagines the clash of two great empires in the 16th century

Saturday, January 06, 2024

The Spanish and the Aztecs don't know what to make of each other in Alvaro Enrigue's new novel, "You Dreamed of Empires." He talks with NPR's Scott Simon about getting into a 16th-century mindframe.

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For the first time in her 7-decade career, Cher has released a Christmas album

Saturday, December 23, 2023

Cher now has a Christmas album. NPR's Scott Simon spoke to the singer/actress/icon earlier this year about why she's finally recorded one. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition on November 6, 2023.)

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Saturday Sports: LA Dodgers' offseason, holiday feast, NFL and Brock Purdy

Saturday, December 23, 2023

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the Los Angeles Dodgers' billion dollar offseason, a pigskin holiday feast, and how everyone in the NFL missed Brock Purdy.

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Week in politics: Trump's language around immigration, Colorado Supreme Court ruling

Saturday, December 23, 2023

We look at former President Donald Trumps characterization of immigrants as well as the Colorado Supreme Court's decision on whether he can participate in the state's presidential primary.

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As Gaza death toll surpasses 20,000, Israel says its offensive will continue

Saturday, December 23, 2023

We hear the latest news out of Gaza, where an estimated 20,000 people have been killed since the start of the war on Oct. 7, and the need for humanitarian aid is dire.

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People are quitting the United Methodist Church over its views on gender and sexuality

Saturday, December 23, 2023

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Matthew Wilson, Associate Professor of political science at Southern Methodist University about the divide in United Methodist Church over sexuality and gender identity.

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'Ferrari' is an inside look at the legendary family from the director of 'Heat'

Saturday, December 23, 2023

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michael Mann — director of "Heat" and "Ali" — about his new movie about the legendary family behind Ferrari sports cars.

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Understanding the push behind more U.S. aid to Ukraine

Saturday, December 23, 2023

NPR's Scott Simon asks Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum about giving seized Russian assets to Ukraine.

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Despite inflation and fears of a recession, markets close out the year on a high

Saturday, December 23, 2023

We take a look at the markets in 2023 — a year marked by high inflation and an anticipated recession that has yet to materialize.

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From posadas to matching clothing, how Christmas is celebrated around the world

Saturday, December 23, 2023

Christmas traditions vary from country to country: we hear how the holiday is celebrated in Iceland, Mexico, Nigeria, and Australia.

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U.N. approves aid, stops short of calling for ceasefire in Gaza due to U.S. opposition

Saturday, December 23, 2023

After days of delays, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution calling for more aid to Gaza but not demanding a ceasefire - which would have drawn a U.S. veto.

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