"The Paterson Project" won a national Emmy, as did his two-hour special from the Rio Earth Summit meeting. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." When she met Mr. Simon, she lived in a tiny Chinatown apartment in Manhattan, furnished with a futon, flowering plants and piles of books. Excerpted from Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other by Scott Simon Copyright 2010 by Scott Simon. He has appeared as a guest and commentator on all major networks, including BBC, NBC, CNN, and ESPN. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. I was hooked; and stayed on to hear the effervescence of Susan Stamberg on All Things Considered, the rock-steadiness of Bob Edwards and the sharp insights of Linda Wertheimer, Nina Totenberg and Cokie Roberts, at a time when the voices of women in the news business were scarce. Pouty little mouth, tiny, endearing little downy baby duck's head, fuzzy patch of hair, and amazed eyebrows, crying, steaming, red-faced, and bundled into a small, puffy pink coat. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to. We saw smiling middle-aged women in white smocks holding babies, cooing, singing, and hefting them in their arms. Our little girl's tears fell like soft, fat, furious little jewels down her face. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. She was about six months old at the time of the picture. (He did an obituary for her on the air. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. She was introduced to Mr. Simon, who liked her right away. We saw Elise. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. hide caption. January 14, 2023 NPR's Scott Simon remembers Charles Simic, former U.S. poet laureate who was born in Belgrade right before World War II. A tiny white T-shirt. [8][24], In 2006 Simon and his wife were contacted by police as part of the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning investigation. [21], As of 2009[update], Simon lives in Washington, D.C.[22] He has been married to French documentary filmmaker Caroline Richard since September 2000. Excellent, Beautiful, Jia-Mei Simon. Raindrops rattled the roof of our small bus, seeped through the windows, and pitted the windshield with great wet gobs. "We'd both been in places where there are a lot of children who'd been abandoned," he tells NPR's Steve Inskeep. I've been fortunate to play a small part in NPR's growth. When people called to ask, "What time is All Things Considered?" Simon says he was shocked when a friend asked Caroline if she felt guilty for taking her daughters away from their native culture: "My wife just answered, 'No, not really.' ''She has a very quick and a wide-ranging, probing, searching mind,'' he said. Today, you can get whatever news you want to hear, on platforms that place audiences into different foxholes of opinion, where they can dig in against any idea they don't like. "Now, we couldn't have cared less, but what we didn't want was them coming back in a couple of hours and saying, 'Oh, there's been some terrible mistake. It was at the top of several non-fiction bestseller lists. Get a quick look at the most important local stories of the day with KUOW's Today So Far newsletter. Add a bio, trivia, and more. He has also received the Barry M. Goldwater Award from the Human Rights Fund. (She had been an intern at NPR in the early 1990's, when Mr. Simon was away covering the Persian Gulf war.) What kind of people are we?". His new memoir, "Life on Delay," details his struggle with stuttering. At some point, after all the intimate injections and intrusions, and the hopes that rise and deflate, many spouses look at each other across a field of figures scratched on the back of an envelope and ask, "Why are we doing this? 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. Book's We Love returns with 400+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. The daughter of Andrea Heinemann Simon, a civil rights activist, and Richard Simon, co-founder of the book publisher Simon & Schuster, she found singing an effective way to overcome a childhood . His latest books is My Cubs: A Love Story about his lifelong fandom of the Chicago Cubs, and their historic World Series victory. Excerpted by permission of Random House, a division of Random House Inc. All rights reserved. we'd say, "When would you like to hear it?". (She had been an intern at NPR in the early 1990's, when Mr. Simon was away covering the. Friends looked at her photo and wept. Not enough kids here?" He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. She grew up in San Francisco in a household of European tradition. Flyers defenseman boycotts Pride night, cites religion. NPR is in North Korea as the country celebrates 70 years of existence. The Bridge connects music lovers with music makers and engages in the community, supporting musicians, venues, and listeners. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. This book will change lives, restore hopes to the brokenhearted, and remind the rest of us what is truly important." "They knocked on our door, and sat this baby down on the conference table, and she did not look like the girl in the picture [that we had received]," he says. She put her into my wife's arms. Everyone's out of the pool at former Cherry Hill swim club. We laid those small clothes aside to keep for the ages. "Get something to eat.". . They were having as much fun as we were. Resides in Mc Kees Rocks, PA. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. I first heard of National Public Radio when it broadcast the Senate hearings into the Watergate scandal live, in the summer of 1973. Friends looked at her photo and wept. But most of all, I've gotten to share the stories of thousands of people who opened their lives to us. Adoption is a miracle. Find out why. How? Breathtaking. Each layer smelled of coal smoke and pee. Caroline Richard Simon holds an 11-month-old Elise Simon on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nancheng. We also know that the hardest parts are still ahead. We looked at the other happy new families across the room. Jokes are sometimes the only sensible answer to some of the astoundingly impertinent questions people can ask, right in your children's faces. Caroline Richard Simon holds Elise Simon, 11 months old, on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nanchang. But, I am told, so does childbirth. Our independent, nonprofit newsroom produces award-winning stories, podcasts and events. "[14] He questioned nonviolence at greater length in the Quaker publication Friends Journal in December 2001,[15] provoking many angry letters, to which he replied in the May 2003 issue. "For a lot of people, the assisted-fertility industry is just an obvious alternative to that.". 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. KUOW is the Puget Sound regions #1 radio station for news. Simon also wrote the book Just Getting Started with Tony Bennett. Caroline Richard Simon holds an 11-month-old Elise Simon on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nancheng. As we say in this business, there is more to come. [20], Simon is a laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois, receiving the state's highest honor, the Order of Lincoln from the Governor of Illinois in 2016 in the field of Business, Industry & Communications. Some interviews have been difficult, or painful like when we asked Bill Cosby about the sexual assault allegations against him and he stayed silent. We ate and talked and tried to amuse, divert, and win over our daughter with songs, food, and funny voices, leaving her sullen and unmoved, all the while asking ourselves, "What have we done? Get the latest news and those driveway moments delivered directly to your inbox every weekday morning by signing up for the WBFO Newsletter: The WBFO Daily. ), ''I once heard Scott interviewing a steelworker, and he said, 'If you could make pink plastic flamingos and earn as much money as you do making steel, would you make pink plastic flamingos?' Renting a two bedroom apartment in the zip code 21212 may cost you $1,250 per month, PD&R says. As we say in this business, there is more to come. Tomorrow, the Silk Museumand Gift Shop! Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. Simon says moments like these have made him extremely glad he became a father -- and that the process of adopting his daughters has changed his life. Resides in League City, TX. 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. Our small bus pulled up before a great gray file cabinet of a building in central Nanchang. Because Martin's birth certificate stated that he was Native American, that ethnicity became a large part of his identity. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. '', See the article in its original context from. In the wake of Buffalo's recent tragedy on the east side, WBFO brings you a program that unapologetically confronts what led to the shooting. A little red and white shirt. Family pharmacy, builder at odds over planned location. "A happy day," Julie added, "but also sad," and then we just listened to the ping of raindrops. Caroline Anne Simon Baltimore, MD (Northern Baltimore) AGE 60s AGE 60s Caroline Anne Simon Baltimore, MD (Northern Baltimore) Aliases Caroline Anne Eerdmans Phone NumberAddressBackground Report Aliases Caroline Anne Eerdmans Addresses Tunbridge Rd Baltimore, MD Indigo Ct Forest Hill, MD Daisy Dr Egg Harbor Township, NJ Relatives Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. 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. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. "How much did they cost? ", Caroline Richard Simon holds an 11-month-old Elise Simon on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nancheng. ''She goes over our heads a lot.''. "The Paterson Project" won a national Emmy, as did his two-hour special from the Rio Earth Summit meeting. Part of a collage of images of Scott Simon reporting for NPR News from Cuba, San Salvador and Iraq.Caroline Richard Simon. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. "), during which we talked about the sundry things strangers do to be companionable. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. He's using his platform to galvanize investments in clean energy, but is also backing fossil fuels. "It is difficult, time-consuming and expensive to adopt a child in this country," he says. In his new book, Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other, Simon shares the journey -- from struggling to conceive, to deciding to adopt, to traveling halfway around the world -- that ended with him and his wife, Caroline, adopting two little girls from China. A little girl named Excellent-Beautiful. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. I think I would have had a tougher time holding my tongue.". I don't mean just that it's amazing, terrific, and a wonderful thing to do. Her age is 69. Simon says it's best not to invest too much of one's identity in ethnicity. There are children in the world now who need our love, and we sure need them.'". We sure need them.". "Get something to eat.". For one reason or another, the traditional result was not achieved. He co-anchored PBS's "Millennium 2000" coverage in concert with the BBC, and has co-hosted the televised Columbia-DuPont Awards. A month before, this moment couldn't have happened fast enough. Simon has won every major award in broadcasting, including the Peabody, the Emmy, the Columbia-DuPont, the Ohio State Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and the Sidney Hillman Award. Her small cheeks burned so, I wondered if her tears would sizzle. Excellent, Beautiful, Jia-Mei Simon. Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball, Order of Lincoln from the State of Illinois, Remarks on Accepting The Order of Lincoln. As if there would have been anti-aircraft shells without the US war", "Governor Rauner Announces Recipients of 2016 Order of Lincoln Award", "NPR Host Scott Simon: Riding on Airwaves", Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, "Scott Simon Releases First Novel: Pretty Birds", "Reflections on Welcoming a New Family Member", "NPR Host's Lunch in London Intersects Spy Case", "Review of "Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime" by Scott Simon", "Scott Simon On Life With The Cubs And The Manager Who Cursed Out Chicago", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scott_Simon&oldid=1128460699, This page was last edited on 20 December 2022, at 07:18. So much so, that his high school friends described him as part Cherokee and his father even became a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. His book, and Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball, was Barnes and Noble's Sports Book of the Year. At the age of 50, NPR has a renewed sense of purpose: to appeal to and sometimes challenge an audience that is more diverse in all ways, and help reach across some of those divides. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. There are all kinds of wizardly things that can be done in laboratories these days; most of us had tried one or two. NPR was founded with a mission, not just a business plan: to deliver news and share stories that can move and enchant, in a diversity of voices from around the nation and the world, in a way that is fair, nonpartisan, professional and accessible. The drinks flashed through us like tap water. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters, having reported from all over the world and many wars. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." "Complete rapture. 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. Richard Drew/AP We had Cheerios, wipes, and diapers in our hands. 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 . She was five months older than in the picture we had, but still recognizably the little girl in the thumbnail portrait. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. Courtesy of Scott Simon For Simon, the vignette is proof of. NPR's Scott Simon talks with writer John Hendrickson. From a giant celebration to the number of American journalists on hand to observe, there's a lot going on in Pyongyang. So why did you go overseas? First the puffy quilted pink coat came off. Carlos Lozado of The Washington Post called it, in a rave review, "a book that easily matches its title.". We sure need them.". There are all kinds of wizardly things that can be done in laboratories these days; most of us had tried one or two. We shucked raindrops from our shoes and coats. 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. 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