Weekend Edition
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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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Amanda Fennell, a cybersecurity expert, about CAPTCHA tests that verify if a website visitor is human or bot. They are getting harder.
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Starting as early as the 60s, thousands of babies were stolen in Chile and put up for adoption overseas. Now families are being reunited. NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to adoptees Sean Ours and Emily Reid.
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On this week's StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, Cynthia Alvarez remembers her late husband, Marine Corporal Daniel Mark MacMurray.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with artist Ed Dwight about his recent trip to space and legacy as America's first Black astronaut candidate.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Lenny Kravitz. The musician and style maven is out with a new album, "Blue Electric Light."
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We look at the spate of campaign offices being opened by the Democrats in battleground states, as well as whether Nikki Haley's voters are likely to vote for Donald Trump given how she characterized him during her own campaign.
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We look at criminal trial of former president Donald Trump, which will be concluding this week, with closing arguments being presented in a Manhattan court on Tuesday.
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There's trouble in the town of Bad Göodsburg! A wishing well has stopped working! NPR's Tamara Keith talks with Jess Hannigan about her new children's book, "Spider in the Well."
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A London court could decide the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday: Will he be freed, or will he be sent to the U.S. to face 18 charges under the Espionage Act?
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A just-released, fictionalized film looks at the life of British singer Amy Winehouse. The music and career of the real Amy Winehouse still fascinate.