Not enough kids here?" 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. Five sets of strangers were together on the bus, about to share one of the most intimate moments of our lives. His latest book is My Cubs: A Love Story about his lifelong fandom of the Chicago Cubs, and their historic World Series victory. Yet Mr. Simon's observations and questions never put you to sleep, whether he is reporting on Al Gore, a hospital in Kosovo, surfing or the death of his cat. She was five months older than in the picture we had, but still recognizably the little girl in the thumbnail portrait. Laura Hillenbrand, the author of Unbroken and Seabiscuit, called the book "poignant, funny, intimate, and unforgettable." It was a reminder of something we do uncommonly well at Richmond. ''We both felt it, and we acted on it.''. Affirming. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. Anyone can read what you share. I've been fortunate to play a small part in NPR's growth. "That baby is so much more to you than its ethnicity," he says. Those clothes! But we cannot imagine anything more remarkable and marvelous than having a stranger put into your arms who becomes, in minutes, your flesh, your blood: your life. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. Simon has written eight books and has one of the largest personal media followings on Twitter. NPR's Scott Simon remembers Charles Simic, former U.S. poet laureate who was born in Belgrade right before World War II. 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. Do you know that little Indian place just off Thirty-second? 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. There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. 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. (He did an obituary for her on the air. They inspired his New York Times bestseller book Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime. 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. As we say in this business, there is more to come. We looked at the women in the smocks and then realized -- they held our children in their arms. A month before, this moment couldn't have happened fast enough. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. Caroline Richard Simon. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. He and his wife, Caroline Richard, are the parents of two cheri Sun., Oct. 26, 2008 Scott Simon, the host of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday, has reported from Iraq, Kosovo and . Scott Turow called it "a treasure. He has appeared as a guest and commentator on all major networks, including BBC, NBC, CNN, and ESPN. "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. I first heard of National Public Radio when it broadcast the Senate hearings into the Watergate scandal live, in the summer of 1973. We looked at the women in the smocks and then realized -- they held our children in their arms. Laurie Halse Anderson just called the book, "Amazing. What kind of crib did you get? "There is no way that we're going to spare them the sting and the hurt of feeling that at some point there was someone who gave them up," he says. A dossier prepared by Chinese adoption officials told us that she was smart, active, funny, hungry, energetic, and impatient (all of which remain a good description to this day). "), during which we talked about the sundry things strangers do to be companionable. I went on to cover 10 conflicts, from Africa and the Middle East to the siege of Sarajevo. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." A little red and white shirt. Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other, an essay about the joys of adoption, was published in August 2010. 2023 Western New York Public Broadcasting Association. They took us down a flight and into a room. Our daughter looked up into Caroline's unfamiliar face without warmth or disdain; one more stranger was handling her. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." Well, he had seen that several hundred times before. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. [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. With over 4 million listeners it is the most-listened to news program on NPR. '' said Jacki Lyden, a host for ''All Things Considered'' on NPR. 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. A month before, this moment couldn't have happened fast enough. We saw smiling middle-aged women in white smocks holding babies, cooing, singing, and hefting them in their arms. As we say in this business, there is more to come. Scott Simon and his daughters Elise (right) and Lina (left) tour a temple in Nancheng, China, not long after Lina's adoption. 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. It was a reminder of something we do uncommonly well at Richmond. And while Simon and Caroline are determined to expose their daughters to Chinese culture through history and travel, he says their ethnicity is still only a feature of their personality, not a defining trait. ", Caroline Richard Simon holds an 11-month-old Elise Simon on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nancheng. Please stay tuned. [28], Jack Brickhouse, a Chicago broadcaster (19161998), is Simon's godfather, whom he refers to as an uncle. But most of all, I've gotten to share the stories of thousands of people who opened their lives to us. [27], In July 2013 Simon began tweeting his emotions and conversations with his mother during the last days of her life. Those clothes! Also, what's ahead for Congressman George Santos and the nation's economy. 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. Friends looked at her photo and wept. Donate it to WBFO instead. ''Unlike so many people, men especially, Scott sees that whimsy is a necessary part of life. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. 50 And Forward: An Anniversary Celebration Of NPR. A little girl named Excellent-Beautiful. 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.". ), ''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?' We have information on 57 results for Caroline Richard, including phone numbers and addresses . He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. Lived In Galveston TX. 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 . At the end of the interview, Simon offered Cosby an opportunity to comment on the accusations of sexual assault against him. Excerpted from Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other by Scott Simon Copyright 2010 by Scott Simon. Some interviews have been difficult, or painful like when we asked Bill Cosby about the sexual assault allegations against him and he stayed silent. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." Family pharmacy, builder at odds over planned location. Our little girl's tears fell like soft, fat, furious little jewels down her face. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. So that's the only con I can think of. We explore these changes and what role the network. As we say in this business, there is more to come. we asked softly. His new memoir, "Life on Delay," details his struggle with stuttering. Caroline Richard Simon holds an 11-month-old Elise Simon on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nancheng. On top of this work, he's also raising his two daughters, ages 12 and eight, with his wife Caroline Richard, whom he married in 2000, aged 48 (he's very effusive about how wonderful she is). Then, in April, Caroline Richard, 33, visited NPR to talk about a documentary film she was working on. "I just realized: she once had to let me go into the big wide world. Each layer smelled of coal smoke and pee. They took us down a flight and into a room. 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. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Harry Melling, who plays Poe. She sat in Caroline's lap, then mine. "[18] Journalist Jon Schwarz from The Intercept criticized Simon on Twitter, referencing his comments on Fahrenheit 9/11 to accuse his journalism of allocating excessive benefit of the doubt to the U.S. Scott received the Order of Lincoln from the State of Illinois in 2016, the states highest honor. Related To Jacqueline Simon, Kristen Simon, Charles Simon. Simon also wrote the book Just Getting Started with Tony Bennett. Then the Great Wall and Gift Shop! His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. We also found 57 background checks for Caroline Richard, including criminal records . 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. Her small cheeks burned so, I wondered if her tears would sizzle. Simon says the decision to adopt changed his life -- but it wasn't easy. Send tips and pie recipes: carolinesimon@cqrollcall.com. I began reporting for NPR from Chicago in the late 1970s, about crimes, corruption, blizzards, mob hits and political ferment. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. Update information for Caroline Richard More at IMDbPro Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro Known For The King of Staten Island Additional Crew (2020) Like Plastic Additional Crew (2013) 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. Every second, Whitepages helps 19 people do reverse phone lookups , find people, and get background reports, including public records, in order to make smarter, safer decisions. Caroline Anne and Richard S Simon are connected to this place. Most of us had probably tried to start families in the traditional manner. 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. But not everyone sees it that way. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. This book will change lives, restore hopes to the brokenhearted, and remind the rest of us what is truly important. Carlos Lozado of the Washington Post called it, in a rave review, a book that easily matches its title.. Simon has hosted many television specials, including the PBS's "State of Mind," "Voices of Vision," and "Need to Know." From a giant celebration to the number of American journalists on hand to observe, there's a lot going on in Pyongyang. 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." 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. I began reporting for NPR from Chicago in the late 1970s, about crimes, corruption, blizzards, mob hits and political ferment. He has also received the Barry M. Goldwater Award from the Human Rights Fund. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. I've interviewed all three. Aren't they impossible? 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. Simons tweets to his 1.25 million Twitter followers from his mothers bedside in the summer of 2013 gathered major media attention around the world. We opened the network's first bureau in a war zone El Salvador, in 1982. Simon graduated from Nicholas Senn High School in 1970. . Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll: Jerry Carino's ballot, SJ chef Joe Brown spills the recipes and stories in his book 'Melange', Eagles can accomplish this first against a familiar foe in playoffs, Georgia football star Devin Willock of New Milford killed in crash, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. She immediately became our child, and our identity with her deepened every day and deepens every day even now. Changes on tap for NJ bars, restaurants. His book, and Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball, was Barnes and Noble's Sports Book of the Year. Copyright 2021 NPR. [8] His career also encompasses writing and television. In his book, he writes about the experience of Martin Simon, the adopted son of the late Illinois Sen. Paul Simon (no relation to Scott Simon). I first heard of National Public Radio when it broadcast the Senate hearings into the Watergate scandal live, in the summer of 1973.. "And what do you do? Then the Great Wall and Gift Shop! His career also encompasses writing and television. A tiny white T-shirt. NPR turned 50 this week. January 14, 2023 The NFL playoffs kick off today; the Australian Open opens tomorrow; and the Olympic figure skating doping scandal continues. hide caption. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. Simon married Caroline Richard, French documentary filmmaker on September 10, 2000. Tomorrow, the Silk Museumand Gift Shop! I began reporting for NPR from Chicago in the late 1970s, about crimes, corruption, blizzards, mob hits and political ferment. Caroline Richard Simon holds Elise Simon, 11 months old, on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nanchang. A National Weather Service official says a twister carved a 50- mile path across the state. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. The woman in the white smock looked down at a tag -- as if checking the size -- and smiled. 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 . Let's make a switch right now.' "You should go downstairs," Shigu advised. For Simon, the vignette is proof of the power of suggestion -- but that's a subtlety his daughters aren't yet aware of. Not enough kids here?" 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. 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Simons 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 Martin of Time-Out New York the most eclectic, intelligent two hours of broadcasting on the airwaves. He 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. "A sad day," sighed Julie from Utah, while the cityscape of Nanchang, China, slabs of brown and gray with wet laundry flapping, rolled by our windows. 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. I don't remember what we ate. We opened the network's first bureau in a war zone El Salvador, in 1982. Excerpted from Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other by Scott Simon Copyright 2010 by Scott Simon. A few weeks before, we had received a few photos in an envelope: a small girl with rosebud lips, quizzical eyebrows, and astonished eyes. We opened the network's first bureau in a war zone El Salvador, in 1982. [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]. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. So why did you go overseas? Laura Hillenbrand, the author of Unbroken and Seabiscuit, called the book "poignant, funny, intimate, and unforgettable." Windy City, Simon's second novel, is a political comedy set in the Chicago City Council. Reporter for @RollCall/@CQNow covering immigration policy. Also, what's ahead for Congressman George Santos and the nation's economy. Then there's the emotional toll that not everyone is prepared to pay. Mr. Simon added: ''I had what amounted to a war wound. Grinning bureaucrats received us and showed us to a staircase. It was at the top of several non-fiction bestseller lists. I tried to point a video camera, snap pictures, roll audio, and hug them, all at the same time. 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. Five sets of strangers were together on the bus, about to share one of the most intimate moments of our lives. 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]. He has received numerous honorary degrees. 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? [But] the initial reaction is there's no Hallmark card moment when your little girl is put into your arms. Here is her phone number (410) 323-1173 (Verizon Maryland, Inc). It's a huge part of his life. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Kim Yutani, the festival's director of programming. And her beauty is breathtaking. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. 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. As narrated by Simon, Cosby refused to comment, only shaking his head no when prompted. Facebook gives people the power. 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. Simon's tweets to his 1.25 million Twitter followers from his mother's bedside in the summer of 2013 gathered major media attention around the world. always gripping, always tender, and often painfully funny. How much did the alcohol industry give to Phil Murphy? Carolinne Simon, 28 years of Moorestown, NJ passed away on October 6, 2022. "We learn from hurts in life, don't we? 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. Resides in League City, TX. Recently, he was awarded the Studs Terkel Award. I have been with the place long enough to understand why all those great talents sometimes grimace to be told, "I've listened to you since I was in the backseat of my parents' car.". 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. Sports Illustrated called his book Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan "extraordinaryuniformly superba memoir of such breadth and reach that it compares favorably with Fredrick Exley's A Fan's Notes." The Sundance Film Festival will take place in person next week after streaming online for the past two years. January 7, 2023 In the film, "The Pale Blue Eye," a detective investigates a series of murders linked to his own past alongside a young Edgar Allan Poe. He is the award-winning host of Weekend Edition Saturday. 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. Part of a collage of images of Scott Simon reporting for NPR News from Cuba, San Salvador and Iraq. We saw Elise. It wasn't until later in life that Martin finally met his biological mother and discovered he wasn't Native American at all. Find 10 years of recommendations all in one place that's more than 3,200 great reads with handy filters to help you find the perfect book. His hobbies are books . Jokes are sometimes the only sensible answer to some of the astoundingly impertinent questions people can ask, right in your children's faces. The drinks flashed through us like tap water. Laura Hillenbrand, the author of Unbroken and Seabiscuit, called the book poignant, funny, intimate, and unforgettable. Scott Turow called it a treasure. January 14, 2023 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. And you can't drink for months!") So: this is where we are going to become parents. Please stay tuned. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. 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