At the end of the interview, Simon offered Cosby an opportunity to comment on the accusations of sexual assault against him. They inspired his New York Times bestseller book Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime. His novel, Pretty Birds, the story of two teenage girls in Sarajevo during the siege, received rave reviews, with Scott Turow calling it, "the most auspicious fiction debut by a journalist of note since Tom Wolfe's. On the November 15, 2014, episode of Weekend Edition Saturday, Simon interviewed Bill Cosby and his wife Camille about a 62-piece art collection they had loaned to the National Museum of African Art. . Are they healthy? She was five months older than in the picture we had, but still recognizably the little girl in the thumbnail portrait. The only world they've known is behind them -- and the idea of another change just when they were getting comfortable in a world they knew, in an orphanage -- the idea of change is obviously obnoxious. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. I mean that it is, as the dictionary says, "a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of divine agency.". It was at the top of several non-fiction bestseller lists. And I think our two daughters are going to be very strong, in part, because of that.". Excerpted by permission of Random House, a division of Random House Inc. All rights reserved. January 14, 2023 NPR's Scott Simon asks De'Shawn Charles Winslow about his new novel "Decent People," which is set in the same fictional North Carolina town as his widely praised debut. Courtesy of Scott Simon January 14, 2023 The NFL playoffs kick off today; the Australian Open opens tomorrow; and the Olympic figure skating doping scandal continues. And you can't drink for months!") ", On becoming a father relatively late in life, "I'm aware of the fact that I'm not going to be around for a lot. First the puffy quilted pink coat came off. It wasn't until later in life that Martin finally met his biological mother and discovered he wasn't Native American at all. She immediately became our child, and our identity with her deepened every day and deepens every day even now. His books include My Cubs: A Love Story (2017); Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan (2000); Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball (2002); Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption (2010), about his experiences adopting two daughters; and the novels Pretty Birds (2005) and Windy City: A Novel of Politics (2008).[11]. ("Pregnant! A little girl named Excellent-Beautiful. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. While I talked to Caroline, I had to hold a cold compress on my head, alternating between my right hand and my left.''. '', She went to the University of California at Berkeley, studied international politics in Paris and wound up in New York at Gabriel Films, which specializes in prison documentaries. ", Caroline Richard Simon holds an 11-month-old Elise Simon on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nancheng. I went on to cover 10 conflicts, from Africa and the Middle East to the siege of Sarajevo. We told people that the look of surprise in her eyes was because she had just read our dossier and said, "I thought you said that I was going to first-rate people!". It is a marvel of technical finesse, close observation, and a perfectly pitched heart." Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Admir Masic, professor of civil and environmental engineering at MIT, about what made concrete used by Ancient Romans so incredibly durable. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. We opened the network's first bureau in a war zone El Salvador, in 1982. Excellent, Beautiful, Jia-Mei Simon. The woman in the white smock looked down at a tag -- as if checking the size -- and smiled. We told people that the look of surprise in her eyes was because she had just read our dossier and said, "I thought you said that I was going to first-rate people!". We checked cameras and cell phones. Raindrops rattled the roof of our small bus, seeped through the windows, and pitted the windshield with great wet gobs. She put her into my wife's arms. Part of a collage of images of Scott Simon reporting for NPR News from Cuba, San Salvador and Iraq. It was a reminder of something we do uncommonly well at Richmond. Join Facebook to connect with Caroline Simon and others you may know. Before I met her, I'd hardly been lonely, but this was the first time I'd been hit over the head by a two-by-four. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. I first heard of National Public Radio when it broadcast the Senate hearings into the Watergate scandal live, in the summer of 1973.. "Yet it's hard for a 7-year-old to understand. Weekend Edition Saturday has been called by the Washington Post, "the most literate, witty, moving, and just plain interesting news show on any dial," and by Brett Martin of Time Out New York, "the most eclectic, intelligent two hours of broadcasting on the airwaves." January 14, 2023 The Sundance Film Festival will take place in person next week after streaming online for the past two years. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters, having reported from all over the world and many wars. we'd say, "When would you like to hear it?". [13], After the September 11 attacks, Simon spoke and wrote in support of the "war on terror", publishing an op-ed in the October 11, 2001, Wall Street Journal titled "Even Pacifists Must Support This War. Some interviews have been difficult, or painful like when we asked Bill Cosby about the sexual assault allegations against him and he stayed silent. House Republicans say they'll use the negotiations to win concessions on government spending. Tomorrow, the Silk Museumand Gift Shop! Carlos Lozado of The Washington Post called it, in a rave review, "a book that easily matches its title.". What kind of crib did you get? He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. "I have never loved a human being or a human moment more," he says. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. hide caption. But wizardry does not always deliver. When people called to ask, "What time is All Things Considered?" Last Sunday, they were married in a Methodist, Quaker, Jewish service in Ridgefield, Conn., at the home of Alexander Julian, the men's wear designer, a family friend of the bride. '', Then, in April, Caroline Richard, 33, visited NPR to talk about a documentary film she was working on. Anyone can read what you share. I've interviewed all three astronauts who flew on the first mission to the moon, and profiled three people who've been made saints, including Mother Teresa. Courtesy of Scott Simon Scott received the Order of Lincoln from the State of Illinois in 2016, the states highest honor. Simon also wrote the book Just Getting Started with Tony Bennett. Simon has written eight books and has one of the largest personal media followings on Twitter. [3][4][5] He had a sister who died at a young age. And finally, pink socks that had been tucked beneath red socks: as tiny and dear as a kitten's paws. "A happy day," Julie added, "but also sad," and then we just listened to the ping of raindrops. [23][24][25][26] They consider themselves a Jewish family (Simon's father was Jewish and his mother was Irish Catholic). Since 1985, I've had the blessing to get together with you most every Saturday, for what I've grown to see as a weekly road trip through hearts and minds, and, expressions of joy. Today, the initials NPR mean something special to tens of millions of Americans for whom we provide not only the news, music and entertainment, but a life's companion. "No comparison whatsoever," he said. [8][24], In 2006 Simon and his wife were contacted by police as part of the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning investigation. Do you know that little Indian place just off Thirty-second? The drinks flashed through us like tap water. "Get something to eat.". And then, as we laughed, cried, and hugged her even more fiercely, Feng Jia-Mei opened her small robin's mouth and burped up a geyser of phlegm, fear, and breakfast. Simon says the decision to adopt changed his life -- but it wasn't easy. I went on to cover 10 conflicts, from Africa and the Middle East to the siege of Sarajevo. Do you know that little Indian place just off Thirty-second? always gripping, always tender, and often painfully funny. NPR is in North Korea as the country celebrates 70 years of existence. Windy City, Simon's second novel, is a political comedy set in the Chicago City Council. We put something over them and we keep on going. "The instinct to adopt -- to take children into our lives -- is, I think, practically as old as childbirth.". NPR was not well known when we opened the first bureau in America's interior. His novel, Pretty Birds, the story of two teenage girls in Sarajevo during the siege, received rave reviews, Scott Turow calling it, the most auspicious fiction debut by a journalist of note since Tom Wolfes. In February, a small group of us gathered for dinner in the Brown-Alley room with NPR's Scott Simon. "And what do you do? Caroline Richard Simon. Grinning bureaucrats received us and showed us to a staircase. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, and Mexican cooking and bleeding for the Chicago Cubs. He has thrown out the first pitch at Wrigley Field (low and outside) and appeared as Mother Ginger in the Ballet Austin production of The Nutcracker. NPR was not well known when we opened the first bureau in America's interior. Simon's weekly show, Weekend Edition Saturday, has been called by the Washington Post, "the most literate, witty, moving, and just plain interesting news show on any dial," and by Brett . He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to. always gripping, always tender, and often painfully funny. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Kim Yutani, the festival's director of programming. First the puffy quilted pink coat came off. We bathed her. Simon received the Presidential End Hunger Award for his coverage of the Ethiopian civil war and famine, and a special citation from the Peabody Awards for his weekly essays, which were cited as consistently thoughtful, graceful, and challenging. He has also received the Barry M. Goldwater Award from the Human Rights Fund, the Studs Terkel Award, and the Charles Osgood Lifetime Achievement Award. Four pairs of pants, white, black, gray, and pink, each with a cunning little slit in the backside (among the greatest Chinese inventions since the compass and printing). Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Simon tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that he fondly recalls Elise's reaction to seeing her little sister for the first time. we asked softly. Carlos Lozado of The Washington Post called it, in a rave review, "a book that easily matches its title.". ", Over careful conversation between stops, we began to make some fair assumptions about the meandering paths of hope, frustration, and paperwork that all of us had navigated to get here. A little red and white shirt. Friends looked at her photo and wept. Friends looked at her photo and wept. We saw Elise. Simon has contributed articles to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times of London, The Guardian, and Gourmet among other publications, and won a James Beard Award for his story, "Conflict Cuisine" in Gourmet. Scott received the Order of Lincoln from the State of Illinois in 2016, the state's highest honor. He died this week after a long career of writing and teaching. Part of a collage of images of Scott Simon reporting for NPR News from Cuba, San Salvador and Iraq. Then a black quilted coat. He also hosts public television specials and does stories for CBS Sunday Morning. Our baby was famished. ''At that moment, I knew I was going to spend the rest of my life with him,'' Ms. Richard said. Campbell Soup planning a big change for Camden headquarters, Campbell Soup will combine Snacks division offices now in Connecticut and North Carolina at Camden campus. [8] His father died when Scott was 16,[9] and his mother later married former minor league baseball player Ralph G. Newman, an American Civil War scholar and author who ran the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop in Chicago.[10]. They took us down a flight and into a room. What's important, he says, is that his children are comfortable with being adopted and that they know the truth about it -- sad though it may be. 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