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Soccer fans can now bring bagpipes to the stands of the Euro 2024 cup

Saturday, February 10, 2024

Soccer fans will be allowed to bring bagpipes with them at this summer's Euro 2024 cup.

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New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin's new book collects his reporting on the media

Saturday, February 10, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon asks writer Calvin Trillin about his new collection of reporting on reporters. It's called "The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press."

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Yangsze Choo on her new novel 'The Fox Wife'

Saturday, February 10, 2024

A fox's spirit, able to take the form of a woman, hunts for the man who killed her daughter in Yangsze Choo's new novel. Choo talks with NPR's Scott Simon about "The Fox Wife."

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China's economic influence in the Middle East could potentially help it broker peace

Saturday, February 10, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon asks Prof. Dawn Murphy of the National War College about China's economic influence in the Middle East and how the U.S. hopes to manage it.

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Wim Wenders on his Oscar-nominated film 'Perfect Days'

Saturday, February 10, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon talks to the German film director Wim Wenders about his new, Oscar-nominated film. "Perfect Days" is a story about a cultured Japanese toilet cleaner in Tokyo.

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The U.S. hit over 85 Iran-linked targets in retaliatory strikes

Saturday, February 03, 2024

The U.S. says it has struck more than 85 targets at seven facilities used by Iran or Iran-allied groups in Iraq and Syria.

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Saturday Sports: NFL and gambling, NHL allows players to compete in the Olympics

Saturday, February 03, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the NFL's embrace of gambling, a stolen Jackie Robinson statue, the NHL allowing hockey players back in the Olympics, and the NHL all-star game.

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C.L. Miller on her debut mystery novel and growing up in the antiques business

Saturday, February 03, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon talks with C. L. Miller about her debut mystery set in the English countryside. Its title is "The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder."

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Texas National Guard takes over city park, blocks federal agents from operating there

Saturday, February 03, 2024

The Texas National Guard has taken over a city park that was a popular migrant crossing point and blocked federal border agents from operating there.

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How one Maryland phone box turned into a work of art connecting people to nature

Saturday, February 03, 2024

In Takoma Park, Md., an old phone box has been transformed into an art piece that visitors can use to dial up birdsong.

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Ai Weiwei's graphic memoir uses the animals of the Chinese zodiac to tell his story

Saturday, January 27, 2024

In a new graphic memoir, "Zodiac," artist and activist Ai Weiwei uses the animals of the Chinese zodiac to tell his life story.

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Frederica von Stade on being inducted into the Opera Hall of Fame

Saturday, January 27, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon asks mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade about her career and commitment to arts education. She has been inducted into the Opera Hall of Fame.

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'Hard by a Great Forest' traces a family's journey back to a land they fleed

Saturday, January 27, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon asks Leo Vardiashvili about "Hard by a Great Forest," his novel about fleeing civil war in post-Soviet Georgia and returning to track down loved ones.

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ICJ finds genocide case against Israel 'plausible', orders it to stop violations

Saturday, January 27, 2024

The International Court of Justice stopped short of ordering a cease-fire in the Israel-Gaza war as part of the genocide case South Africa has brought against Israel.

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A pair of parrots at a zoo in England have a swearing problem

Saturday, January 27, 2024

African gray parrots at a zoo in England have a dirty word problem. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Steven Nichols of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park about attempts do to curb the birds' speech.

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Saturday Sports: NFL conference; Australian Open without Djokovic

Saturday, January 27, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant preview the NFL conference championship and an Australian Open final without Novak Djokovic.

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Trump backs out of Arizona fundraiser after allegations surface against state GOP chair

Saturday, January 27, 2024

Former President Donald Trump cancelled an event in Arizona after a recording leaked of the state G.O.P chair seeming to bribe Senate hopeful Kari Lake not to run for office.

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New Apple TV+ series 'Masters of the Air' follows two young American WWII pilots

Saturday, January 27, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon asks Callum Turner about playing a World War Two aviator in the new Apple TV+ series "Masters of the Air."

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Biden campaign hits the campaign trail in South Carolina

Saturday, January 27, 2024

The Biden campaign wants to shore up support by Black voters, starting in the marquee state of South Carolina, where Biden travels Saturday.

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Week in politics: Trump owes E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million, aims to tanks border deal

Saturday, January 27, 2024

Former President Trump owes former columnist E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her. Meanwhile he wants to scuttle a Senate deal on tightening restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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