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News Articles: Weekend Edition Saturday

Former Indiana basketball head coach Bobby Knight made an appearance at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., Feb. 8, 2020.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Bobby Knight wasn't a teddy bear

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Indiana Hoosier's basketball coach Bobby Knight, who died this week at the age of 83.

November 04, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
The Inn of Chicago houses migrants from Venezuela. It used to be the Hotel St. Clair when Scott Simon and his father lived there.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: We're related through place and spirit

NPR's Scott Simon visited the Inn of Chicago this week, where migrants are now being housed. The building is the same one his father died in 55 years ago.

October 28, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
Hubert Sobecki is a spokesperson for Love Does Not Exclude, an association that represents Poland's LGBTQ+ community. Sobecki says while he's encouraged that Polish voters have rejected the ruling right-wing Law and Justice party, he's not convinced that Donald Tusk's Civic Coalition represents a big change for the LGBTQ+ community in Poland.

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  • Europe

As Europe applauds Poland's election results, civil rights groups prepare to fight

LGBTQ+ and abortion rights advocates are thrilled Poland's ruling, right-wing Law and Justice party is unlikely to form Poland's next government. But they are skeptical of the commitment of who will.

October 21, 2023
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been using artificial intelligence to make robocalls that contort his own voice into several languages he doesn't actually speak, posing new ethical questions about the government's use of the rapidly evolving technology.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Did he really say that?

NYC Mayor Eric Adams has used AI for robocalls in Mandarin, Yiddish, and other languages he doesn't speak IRL. NPR's Scott Simon ponders the downsides of this.

October 21, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
GPB News NPR

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Remembering Charles Feeney, a life richly lived

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Charles Feeney, the philanthropist who quietly gave away $8 billion before his death this week.

October 14, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
An illustration photo taken on January 25, 2021 in Berlin.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Fewer dings, please!

NPR's Scott Simon considers the plight of the average American's over-notified life, with cellphones beeping and chiming around 70 times a day.

October 07, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
Conservation professionals learn how to respond to cultural heritage emergencies following disasters at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on Sept. 20.

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  • Climate

Have an heirloom ruined by climate disaster? There's a hotline to call for help

The National Heritage Responders help figure out how to save important objects and buildings after disasters. With climate change, they're busier than ever.

October 07, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman
U.S. President Joe Biden's dog, Commander, is walked on the south side of the White House before a signing ceremony for the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 on August 9, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Who's a bite-y boy?

The Biden's German shepherd, Commander, is a bit bite-y.

September 30, 2023
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  • Scott Simon

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  • Education

What a shutdown would mean for student loan borrowers

October loan payments will still be due, but an extended shutdown could impact customer service.

September 30, 2023
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  • Cory Turner
In <em>The </em><em>Enchanted Symphony</em>, a young boy named Piccolino harnesses the power of art, nature and community.

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  • Author Interviews

A concert audience of houseplants? A new kids' book tells the surprisingly true tale

The latest children's book from Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton and illustrator Elly McKay is about the power of nature and music. They discussed their creative process in an interview with NPR.

September 23, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Samantha Balaban
<em>The Real Housewives of New York</em> was a hit. So ... why not Real Houseplants of Scottsdale?

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Let's make this Fall TV slate a 'reality'

As the writer's strike continues into the fall TV season, NPR's Scott Simon imagines a fresh crop of reality show substitutes for regular programming.

September 23, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
A family of five who said they were from Guatemala and a man in a pink shirt from Peru walk through the desert after crossing in the Tucson Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border last month.

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  • National

Despite efforts of 3 U.S. administrations, migrant families keep crossing the border

Immigration authorities arrested more families in August than in any month on record. U.S. officials have long grappled with discouraging families from coming — and found there are no easy solutions.

September 23, 2023
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  • Joel Rose
GPB News NPR

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  • Author Interviews

Historian Simon Schama's new book traces the roots of today's distrust of vaccines

NPR's Scott Simon asks historian Simon Schama about his latest book, Foreign Bodies, and about attitudes to inoculation.

September 16, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
Eight of Ohio's prehistoric monumental earthworks built 2,000 years ago by Native Americans are poised to become Ohio's first UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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  • History

Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are about to be a UNESCO World Heritage site

UNESCO World Heritage Sites are considered "outstanding works of human genius." There are just 24 in the U.S., including the Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon.

September 16, 2023
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  • Tana Weingartner
The museum's former library space on the ground floor — most often used for the Met's beloved story time — is now the <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/families/81st-street-studio">81st Street Studio</a>, a hands-on learning space for kids.

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  • Arts & Life

A new kids' space at an art museum is actually about science

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is trying something new to introduce kids to the materials that make art.

September 16, 2023
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  • Jennifer Vanasco
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