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Weekend Edition Saturday

Saturday from 8:00 - 10:00am on WBOI 89.1
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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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Music Interviews
2:03 am
Sat October 20, 2012

Placido Domingo On Pop Singers And Karaoke

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Placido Domingo's new album, Songs, is his first collection of pop music in more than 20 years.
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Originally published on Mon October 22, 2012 4:21 pm

Placido Domingo is one of the most influential people in classical music. During a 50-year career, he's played more than 140 roles, conducted more than 450 operas, and won just about every award that a human being can win in opera and life.

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Simon Says
8:44 am
Sat October 13, 2012

The Pirate Prince Of Sealand, Remembered

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British pirate radio broadcaster Paddy Roy Bates with his wife, Joan, and daughter, Penny, in 1966.
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The sovereign principality of Sealand is an artillery platform built during World War II about seven miles off the coast of Essex, England. Paddy Roy Bates founded Sealand in 1967, proclaiming it an independent state.
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Originally published on Sat October 13, 2012 12:58 pm

Paddy Roy Bates, the self-proclaimed prince of Sealand, was almost 80 when I met him in the summer of 2000. He was silvery and straight-backed — very much the model of a modern major, which he was in the British Army during World War II, when he survived frostbite, malaria, snakebites and a German bomb that shattered his jaw so badly a surgeon told him no woman would ever love him. So he married a former beauty queen named Joan and made her the princess of Sealand.

Let me explain.

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The Salt
7:01 am
Sat October 13, 2012

When It Comes To Falafel, The Flavors Of Home Can Vary

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The reporter's mother, Nawal Elbager, of Khartoum, Sudan, shows off her falafel.
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This Eqyptian-style falafel is made with fava beans, not garbanzo beans.
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Leila Sfeir mixes her Lebanese-style falafel, which includes lots of green herbs.
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Originally published on Sat October 13, 2012 5:38 pm

Falafel — those crispy, filling fried balls of mashed beans, herbs and spices — is found in cafes and homes all over the Middle East and parts of Africa. It's like a common language shared among sometimes fractious nations.

But until recently, I always thought falafel was made one way — garbanzo beans, onion, garlic, parsley, cilantro and cumin. (That's how my Sudanese mother taught me.) But it turns out there are many recipes out there, each with a flavor distinct to its region.

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Movie Interviews
6:17 am
Sat October 13, 2012

Hoop Dreams Land Basketball Player An 'Iran Job'

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Originally published on Sat October 13, 2012 10:15 am

Weekend Edition host Scott Simon talks with filmmaker Till Schauder and basketball player Kevin Sheppard. Schauder's new film goes behind the scenes in Iran, where Sheppard played professionally for a time. The film is called The Iran Job.

Presidential Race
6:17 am
Sat October 13, 2012

Candidates Return To The Trail After VP Debate

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Originally published on Sat October 13, 2012 10:15 am

One day after the only vice presidential debate, Rep. Paul Ryan and Vice President Joe Biden took to the campaign trail. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

Middle East
6:17 am
Sat October 13, 2012

Border Incidents Ratchet Up Turkey-Syria Tensions

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Originally published on Sat October 13, 2012 10:15 am

Weekend Edition host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Peter Kenyon and NPR's Kelly McEvers about the latest news in Turkey and Syria, where fighting from Syria's internal conflict has spilled across the border the two nations share.

Author Interviews
2:03 am
Sat October 13, 2012

Michael Feinstein: What I Learned From The Gershwins

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Composer and educator Michael Feinstein's new memoir is called The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs.
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Michael Feinstein is an award-winning musician. He serves as the artistic director of the Palladium Center for the Performing Arts.
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Originally published on Sat October 13, 2012 11:38 am

Michael Feinstein, the singer and pianist known as the "ambassador of the Great American Songbook," has a serious pedigree to back up that title: a real-life connection to one of America's greatest songwriting teams. It's the subject of Feinstein's new memoir, The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs. (A CD of Feinstein singing those songs also comes with the book.)

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Economy
10:18 am
Sat October 6, 2012

Jobs Report Has Surprising Results

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Originally published on Sat October 6, 2012 7:55 pm

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. The jobless rate fell sharply to 7.8 percent in September, which happens to be exactly where it was when President Obama took office. That's according to the U.S. Labor Department's latest monthly jobs report. But even though the unemployment rate dropped, the Labor Department's payroll survey reveals that businesses did not significantly hire new people. NPR's Yuki Noguchi has this report on how experts are interpreting the numbers.

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Author Interviews
10:18 am
Sat October 6, 2012

Fallen 'Lion': How The 'House Of Assad' Came Down

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Originally published on Sat October 6, 2012 7:55 pm

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Sports
8:05 am
Sat October 6, 2012

Wild-Card Wins And Anxiety-Prone Players

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Originally published on Sat October 6, 2012 7:55 pm

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Time for sports.

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SIMON: Major League Baseball premiered its new high-stakes, single game wild-card playoff round last night. But a controversial call involving a famously vague old rule is at the center of attention today. The - eh-eh - defending world champion St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves in that game. The Baltimore Orioles put away the Texas Rangers. NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman joins us now. Morning, Tom.

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