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Scott Simon/ Audie Cornish

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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Author Interviews
4:27 am
Sat November 17, 2012

What Makes A City 'Walkable' And Why It Matters

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Jeff Speck is a city planner, architectural designer and coauthor of the bestselling Suburban Nation. Previously, Speck served as the director of design for the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Jeff Speck is a city planner, architectural designer and coauthor of the best-selling Suburban Nation.
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Originally published on Sun November 18, 2012 2:37 pm

Watching Mary Tyler Moore while he was growing up, city planner Jeff Speck saw a different view of urbanity. It stood out amongst the crime-ridden urban settings of other favorite TV series.

Millenials, Speck says, have an even broader vision of what city life means, thanks in part to Seinfeld, Friends and Sex and the City.The neighborhood coffee shops and carless characters show viewers a "walkable" city.

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Music Interviews
12:03 am
Sat November 17, 2012

Vintage Trouble: Rock 'N' Roll Finds Its Soul

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Vintage Trouble recently reissued its 2010 debut, The Bomb Shelter Sessions.
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Originally published on Sat November 17, 2012 6:48 am

Vintage Trouble has enjoyed a pretty quick rise since forming just two years ago.

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Politics
10:29 am
Sat November 10, 2012

In Second Term, Obama Has New Opportunity

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

With his election victory behind him, President Obama now turns his focus to planning his second term. He again faces a divided Congress - a Republican-controlled House and a Senate led by Democrats. But a second term presents an opportunity for the president try to set a new agenda and maybe change his approach to governing.

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U.S.
10:29 am
Sat November 10, 2012

Grab And Go: N.J. Residents Get Quick Trip Home

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By Scott Gurian, New Jersey Public Radio

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. In parts of New York and New Jersey, life is returning to the way it was before Hurricane Sandy hit. Power has been restored. Schools have reopened. But there are still thousands of people without electricity and areas where homes are unlivable. This is the case of New Jersey's barrier islands. Yesterday, residents of Seaside Heights returned to their homes for the first time since the storm struck.

Scott Gurian of New Jersey Public Radio was with them and filed this report.

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Sports
10:29 am
Sat November 10, 2012

Sports: A Possible Super Bowl Preview And Letting Go

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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: The NFL season at the half-way point. Big game this weekend. Sunday, tomorrow night, two 7-1 teams in a classic face-off. Ha-ha. One of them's the Bears. In college football, Notre Dame and Kansas State are in the top 5. What is this, 1997? And the L.A. Lakers send their coach packing. Are they already chanting ohm in Santa Monica?

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