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A survivor of the UNICEF aid convoy struck by gunfire in Gaza speaks out

Saturday, April 13, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with UNICEF's Tess Ingram about surviving the gunfire that struck an aid convoy in Gaza and the effort to deliver food and water to the warzone.

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Sam Evian's new LP 'Plunge' is his most personal yet

Saturday, April 13, 2024

Scott Simon talks with musician and indie producer Sam Evian about his fourth LP, "Plunge." Evian says the record is his most personal yet and it touches on themes of family, depression and sobriety.

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Saturday Sports: College basketball final four

Saturday, April 06, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss college basketball's Final Four. Can anyone stop South Carolina's women and UConn's men this year?

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Oakland is losing the A's but gaining a minor league team

Saturday, April 06, 2024

Oakland is losing the A's but gaining a minor-league baseball team. Scott Simon talks with Don Wakamatsu, head of baseball operations of the Oakland Ballers and former major league player and coach.

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Week in politics: Biden under pressure for Israel policy after attack on aid workers

Saturday, April 06, 2024

We look at the Biden administration's response to Israel killing seven aid workers in Gaza this week, as President Biden comes under increasing pressure from his party to change his policy on Israel.

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Ezra Koenig on the new Vampire Weekend album 'Only God Was Above Us'

Saturday, April 06, 2024

There's a lot of New York City in the new Vampire Weekend Album. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Ezra Koenig, lead singer/songwriter of the band, about their latest, "Only God Was Above Us."

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Critics of forced drug treatment say it could lead to more fatal overdoses

Saturday, April 06, 2024

More people suffering from drug addiction are being forced into drug treatment and threatened with prison if they don't comply. Some say it's "tough love." Critics say it's unethical and ineffective.

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As General Electric completes a series of spinoffs, a look back at its historic past

Saturday, April 06, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with writer William Cohan, author of "Power Failure," on the history of General Electric, once one of America's largest companies. It finished a series of spin-offs this week.

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UAW gets closer to unionizing Volkswagen, Mercedes workers in the South

Saturday, April 06, 2024

The United Auto Workers union is inching closer to unionizing plants in the South. Workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant will soon vote on a union, with Mercedes workers in Alabama not far behind.

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Annabelle Tometich on her memoir 'The Mango Tree'

Saturday, April 06, 2024

NPR Scott Simon talks with journalist Annabelle Tometich about her book, "The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit Florida, and Felony."

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Celebrating Clark, the bald eagle

Saturday, April 06, 2024

We celebrate Clark, a famous bald eagle. The celebrity eagle is an ambassador for his species. His father, Captain, was gifted to President Ronald Reagan by West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.

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Chicago is a hotspot in the measles outbreak. Here's how to stay safe

Saturday, April 06, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon asks Dr. Allison Bartlett of the University of Chicago about the dangers of measles and why Chicago is a hotspot in the current outbreak.

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Chicano Batman keeps its style, but returns to roots in new album 'Notebook Fantasy'

Saturday, March 30, 2024

NPR's Scott Simons speaks with Bardo Martinez, the lead singer of the Latin rock band Chicano Batman, about their fifth album, "Notebook Fantasy."

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A South Korean company is paying employees to have more children

Saturday, March 30, 2024

A company in South Korea is offering financial incentives to help boost the country's lagging birth rate.

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Carys Davies' 'Clear' follows a reverend's journey to evict an island's lone tenant

Saturday, March 30, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Carys Davies about her new novel, "Clear." The novel is set in Scotland during the 1840s, when tenant farmers were moved off the land and to cities and the coast.

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Saturday sports: Elite Eight begins; Colorado and Iowa face off in women's Sweet 16

Saturday, March 30, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about UConn's dominance in the March Madness basketball tournament. Also, a heartwarming update.

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NBC hires, then immediately fires, former Republican party chair as commentator

Saturday, March 30, 2024

Scott Simon talks with Jonah Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the conservative website The Dispatch, about former Republican party chair Ronna McDaniel very brief stint at NBC.

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The U.S. and Israel's relationship is at a contentious balancing point

Saturday, March 30, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Princeton Professor Daniel Kurtzer, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, about how the relationship between the U.S. and Israel has changed with the war in Gaza.

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Army Corps continues efforts to remove wreckage of Baltimore's Key Bridge

Saturday, March 30, 2024

Scott Simon talks with Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, commanding general of the Army Corps of Engineers, about his agency's efforts to remove the wreckage of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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Don Winslow ends trilogy, and his writing career, with final novel 'City in Ruins'

Saturday, March 30, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon talks to best-selling suspense author Don Winslow about what he says is his final novel, "City in Ruins."

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