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    <description><![CDATA[Each week 4 million listeners turn to NPR's Scott Simon on Weekend Edition Saturday for his take on the week's news, many for his special reflection on a news item of the week.  From the Don Imus controversy to a heartfelt goodbye to colleague and mentor David Halberstam to how to share baseball's joys with non-Americans, Scott opens his heart and shares his insights with listeners.]]></description>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Each week 4 million listeners turn to NPR's Scott Simon on Weekend Edition Saturday for his take on the week's news, many for his special reflection on a news item of the week.  From the Don Imus controversy to a heartfelt goodbye to colleague and mentor David Halberstam to how to share baseball's joys with non-Americans, Scott opens his heart and shares his insights with listeners.]]></itunes:summary>
    <itunes:subtitle>Each week 4 million listeners turn to NPR's Scott Simon on Weekend Edition Saturday for his take on the week's news, many for his special reflection on a news item of the week.  From the Don Imus controversy to a heartfelt goodbye to colleague and mentor David Halberstam to how to share baseball's joys with non-Americans, Scott opens his heart and shares his insights with listeners.</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Did ATMs Represent The Dawn Of The Digital Era?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<em>Weekend Edition Saturday</em> Scott Simon remembers the controversy when the first automatic teller machines started popping up in the 1970s. Today there's an electronic transaction, and record, of just about everything we say, read, purchase or do.]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[<em>Weekend Edition Saturday</em> Scott Simon remembers the controversy when the first Automatic Teller Machines started popping up in the 1970s. Today there's an electronic transaction, and record of just about everything we say, read, purchase or do.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Speech Eisenhower Never Gave On The Normandy Invasion</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Allied invasion of the French coast of Normandy took place this week in 1944. In case that highly risky invasion had failed, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had drafted a speech taking full responsibility. Fortunately, he never had to deliver it.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:17:46 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Allied invasion of the French coast of Normandy took place this week in 1944. In case that highly risky invasion had failed, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had drafted a speech taking full responsibility. Fortunately, he never had to deliver it.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>High School Newspapers: An Endangered Species</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<em>The New York Times</em> reported this week that only 1 in 8 of New York's public high schools still has a student newspaper. National figures are only a bit better. NPR's Scott Simon says student newspapers are the latest victims of social media.]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[<em>The New York Times</em> reported this week that only one in eight of New York's public high schools still has a student newspaper. National figures are only a bit better. NPR's Scott Simon says student newspapers are the latest victims of social media.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Words Of Wisdom For The Graduating Class Of Moore, Okla.</title>
      <description><![CDATA[High school seniors in Moore, Okla., will hold commencement ceremonies Saturday, despite the death and destruction wreaked by this week's tornado. Scott Simon asks two Oklahoma writers to offer advice to the graduating classes.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 14:03:41 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[High school seniors in Moore, Okla., will hold commencement ceremonies Saturday, despite the death and destruction wreaked by this week's tornado. Scott Simon asks two Oklahoma writers to offer advice to the graduating classes.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Astronaut Chris Hadfield's Most Excellent Adventure</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hadfield just spent 146 days up at the International Space Station, during which time he performed rock concerts and shared his dazzling photographs with nearly a million Twitter followers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:03:20 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Hadfield just spent 146 days up in the International Space Station, during which he performed rock concerts and shared his dazzling photographs with nearly a million Twitter followers.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Mom's X-Ray Vision Also Sees The Best In Us</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Mothers know us better — sometimes better than we know ourselves. As any child will tell you, they really do have eyes in the back of their heads. When times are tough, they also have our back.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 14:03:21 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Mothers know us better — sometimes better than we know ourselves. As any child will tell you, they really do have eyes in the back of their heads. When times are tough, they also have our back.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Ever-Changing Pace Of Obsolescence</title>
      <description><![CDATA[This week, an Apple fan blog leaked word that the company will declare its first-generation iPhone "obsolete," just six years after it was introduced. Host Scott Simon contrasts that with the world's longest known ongoing experiment in a bell jar in an Australian lab.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 14:03:27 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This week, an Apple fan blog leaked word that the company will declare its first-generation iPhone "obsolete," just six years after it was introduced. Host Scott Simon contrasts that with the world's longest known ongoing experiment in a bell jar in an Australian lab.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Athlete Brings New Meaning To 'Taking One For The Team'</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<em>Weekend Edition Saturday</em> host Scott Simon considers the story of Cameron Lyle, a varsity athlete at the University of New Hampshire. Mr. Lyle forfeited his final season on the track team in order to donate his bone marrow to a 28-year-old cancer victim he's never even met.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:13:58 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[<em>Weekend Edition Saturday</em> host Scott Simon considers the story of Cameron Lyle, a varsity athlete at the University of New Hampshire. Mr. Lyle forfeited his final season on the track team in order to donate his bone marrow to a 28-year-old cancer victim he's never even met.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A 'Tough, Smart, Proud Town' Meets Terror With Determination</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The bombing attack at the Boston Marathon Monday could have caused scrambling and panic. Instead, the tragedy revealed the city's character as people rushed to help each other.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:03:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The bombing attack at the Boston Marathon Monday could have caused scrambling and panic. Instead, the tragedy revealed the city's character as people rushed to help each other.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>At The Spelling Bee, Spelling Is No Longer Enough</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Starting this year, competitors in the National Spelling Bee will not only have to know how to spell a word, but they'll also have to know what it means.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:03:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Starting this year, competitors in the National Spelling Bee will not only have to know how to spell a word, but they'll also have to know what it means.]]></itunes:summary>
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