Best Weekend Edition Saturday Podcasts (2025)

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Elizabeth Threlkeld, a Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center, about rising tensions between India and Pakistan.By Scott Simon

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Tariffs force a rubber duck museum to move across the border to Canada 4:41

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The Rubber Duck Museum in Pt. Roberts, Wash., is moving because Canadians are no longer coming to the border town. Neil and Krystal King tell NPR's Scott Simon why.By Scott Simon

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Composer John Adams' opera 'Antony and Cleopatra' opens in New York 5:00

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John Adams has been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, next week.By Jeff Lunden

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'Class Clown' looks back on Dave Barry's sometimes-dark past with his trademark humor 8:36

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Dave Barry says he's always been the "class clown." His new book looks back at his "first 77 years," examining the funny but also the tragic. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the Pulitzer Prize winner.By Scott Simon

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Part 1 - Are We All Really Sinners? 30:00

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Hosea 10:12 KJV Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. https://www.ccel.org/ccel/f/finney/revivals/cache/revivals.pdfBy Clark Covington

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India and Pakistan continue attacks even as they say they are open to de-escalation 3:41

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After targeting each other's airbases, Pakistan and India say they are open to de-escalation.By Diaa Hadid

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U.S.-China trade talks kick off in Geneva 3:56

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with Chinese officials in Geneva, Switzerland, for trade talks as the Trump administration pushes for progress in its trade wars.By Willem Marx

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Week in politics: U.S. stays away from new conflict, shakeup in Trump's appointees 4:40

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The Trump administration is not eager to involve itself in international conflicts like the one between India and Pakistan.By Scott Simon

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Russia marks the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany 3:55

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Russia's celebration this weekend of the Soviet victory over the Nazis 80 years ago comes under the shadow of its invasion of Ukraine.By Charles Maynes

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After lynx were spotted in the Scottish highlands, experts suspect 'rogue rewilding' 4:58

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The reappearance of lynx in Scotland raised concern about an illegal reintroduction effort. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Peter Cairns of Scotland The Big Picture about what rogue rewilding entails.By Scott Simon

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How soap operas got their start in Chicago 7:27

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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Natalie Moore about the legacy of soap operas. She is host and writer of "Stories Without End," the new season of the WBEZ podcast "Making."By Scott Simon

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Opinion: My hometown pope 2:26

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News of an American pope, and a Chicagoan, causes NPR's Scott Simon to remember what it was like attending Mass in his hometown.By Scott Simon

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SHOWDOWN SPECIAL: Chad Cornes | Sauce Jacobs | Rioli Saga Fallout 41:18

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1. Opener 2. Did Willie Rioli get off lightly? Calls 3. SA’s Best Community Footballer 4. Chad Cornes 5. Dunce of the Week 6. IPL 7. Wrap See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M Network

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Part 2 - Is Revival Needed in America Today? 30:00

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Psalm 85:6-8 KJV 6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? 7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation. 8 I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.By Clark Covington

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Likely Stories - The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig 3:30

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Have you ever found yourself inexplicably moved by something incredibly simple and innocuous? A blinking street light in the dead of night. A solitary shopping cart in an empty parking lot. If so, then you might like to know, that sudden shift of emotion is known as a heartspur.By Malcolm Foster

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Likely Stories - Bitter Soil by Mahasweta Devi 3:30

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This is Guilherme Feitosa DeAlmeida, senior lecturer of Musical Theatre at Baylor University. I'm here with this week's edition of Likely Stories. Award winning author Mahasweta Devi is an environmental crusader. Bitter Soil is her narrative manifesto.By Guilherme Feitosa DeAlmeida

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The Sports Cubicle Special Edition - Liverpool wins the Premier League 52:06

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Liverpool are the 2024-25 Premier League Champions. Paul Chivari breaks down their historic run in this special edition of The Sports Cubicle.By WCPT 820 Weekend

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The Sports Cubicle 04.20.25 50:00

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The Sports Cubicle 05.04.25 53:02

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Devils Advocates 05.04.25 48:32

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Around the Town Chicago 05.04.25 54:52

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Around the Town Chicago 05.04.25 by WCPT 820 WeekendBy WCPT 820 Weekend

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1001 The Homebuyers Hour May 3rd 2025 55:58

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1001 The Homebuyers Hour May 3rd 2025 by WCPT 820 WeekendBy WCPT 820 Weekend

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Mind Over Matter 05.04.25 53:30

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Mind Over Matter 05.04.25 by WCPT 820 WeekendBy WCPT 820 Weekend

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Final Segment of WCPT's 20th Anniversary Live Broadcast 28:37

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In this final segment of WCPT's 20th anniversary live broadcast from Max and Benny's Restaurant in Northbrook, Illinois, WCPT General Manager Mark Pinski joins Hal Sparks, Patti Vasquez, Richard Chew and Scott Duff, with reflections on 20 years of WCPT and the now-defunct Air America radio network.By WCPT 820 Weekend

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Joel Ostrow and Brian Endless at WCPT's 20th Anniversary Broadcast 8:30

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At WCPT's 20th anniversary live broadcast at Max and Benny's in Northbrook, Illinois, Joan Esposito and Scott Duff are joined by Brian Endless, senior lecturer and director of African Studies and the African Diaspora at Loyola University Chicago and co-host of "The World Discord" podcast, and Joel Ostrow, professor of political science at Benedicti…

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Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, William Muck, Kurt Mullett at WCPT's 20th Anniversary Broadcast 18:10

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At WCPT's 20th anniversary broadcast, Richard Chew and Scott Duff talk to William Muck, professor of political science at North Central College and regular WCPT fill-in host; Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (the phone interview begins at the 3:42 mark), and Kurt Mullett, "Chew's Views" contributor (every Wednesday) and a social media influencer …

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The Lightning Strike Radio Program May 4 2025 54:23

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The Lightning Strike Radio Program May 4 2025 by WCPT 820 WeekendBy WCPT 820 Weekend

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Ald. Waguespack, Marj Haperin and Tom Moss at WCPT's 20th Anniversary Broadcast 12:41

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At WCPT's 20th anniversary live broadcast from Max and Benny's Restaurant in Northbrook, Illinois, Joan Esposito is joined by Ald. Scott Waguespack, member of the Chicago City Council representing the 32nd Ward; Marj Halperin, Democratic analyst, political commentator on "The Mincing Rascals" podcast, fill-in host for WCPT, and a moderator of the H…

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