I first heard of National Public Radio when it broadcast the Senate hearings into the Watergate scandal live, in the summer of 1973.. "We just looked at each other and said, 'Why are we doing this? I began reporting for NPR from Chicago in the late 1970s, about crimes, corruption, blizzards, mob hits and political ferment. Related To Jacqueline Simon, Kristen Simon, Charles Simon. . 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(She had been an intern at NPR in the early 1990's, when Mr. Simon was away covering the Persian Gulf war.) Scott Simon and his daughters Elise (right) and Lina (left) tour a temple in Nancheng, China, not long after Lina's adoption. Looking back, the transition is very quick. You got the baby that was meant for [another] family and they got yours. Courtesy of Scott Simon Caroline Richard Simon holds Elise Simon, 11 months old, on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nanchang. Excerpted by permission of Random House, a division of Random House Inc. All rights reserved. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." Adoption is a miracle. Resides in Mc Kees Rocks, PA. [6][7] He grew up in major cities across the United States and Canada, including Chicago; New York City; San Francisco; Los Angeles; Montreal; Cleveland; and Washington, D.C.[4], Simon's father was Jewish and his mother was Irish Catholic. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to. We put something over them and we keep on going. January 14, 2023 The Sundance Film Festival will take place in person next week after streaming online for the past two years. Simon has hosted television series and specials, including PBS's Need to Know in 201113. Please stay tuned. January 14, 2023 NPR's Scott Simon talks with writer John Hendrickson. [But] she just didn't become happy about it for another couple of days. Jokes are sometimes the only sensible answer to some of the astoundingly impertinent questions people can ask, right in your children's faces. I first heard of National Public Radio when it broadcast the Senate hearings into the Watergate scandal live, in the summer of 1973. Five sets of strangers were together on the bus, about to share one of the most intimate moments of our lives. 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.". 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 You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later as a family. Thinking about selling your car, boat, motorcycle, truck or other vehicle? I've been fortunate to play a small part in NPR's growth. Monday, May 3, 2021, marks the 50th anniversary of NPR's first on-air original broadcast. 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. We had Cheerios, wipes, and diapers in our hands. I don't mean just that it's amazing, terrific, and a wonderful thing to do. Grinning bureaucrats received us and showed us to a staircase. 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. Then the Great Wall and Gift Shop! 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. Back in our hotel room, Caroline zipped, snipped, and unbuttoned four layers of Chinese clothing. Courtesy of Scott Simon We opened the network's first bureau in a war zone El Salvador, in 1982. "We'd both been in places where there are a lot of children who'd been abandoned," he tells NPR's Steve Inskeep. And you can't drink for months!") We saw smiling middle-aged women in white smocks holding babies, cooing, singing, and hefting them in their arms. It was a reminder of something we do uncommonly well at Richmond. "The Paterson Project" won a national Emmy, as did his two-hour special from the Rio Earth Summit meeting. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. Do you know that little Indian place just off Thirty-second? They smiled back wanly. "How much did they cost? Her eyes were dull, defiant, and blistering. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wants Congress to raise the federal debt limit fast to avoid a default. A little girl named Excellent-Beautiful. We saw Elise. Please stay tuned. "Feng Jia-Mei?" 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. His book, and Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball, was Barnes and Nobles Sports Book of the Year. 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). 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). Grinning bureaucrats received us and showed us to a staircase. 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]. always gripping, always tender, and often painfully funny. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ProPublica's Peter Elkind about a provision in the latest federal budget intended to end "syndicated conservation easements," a problematic tax break. She inhaled a soft egg custard and plain white rice and stopped crying for a few moments, sobbing being hard to do while you are swallowing (though she tried, she tried). . Caroline A Simon, 32. ", 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. 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. Anyone can read what you share. They inspired his New York Times bestseller book Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime. Part of a collage of images of Scott Simon reporting for NPR News from Cuba, San Salvador and Iraq. 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.' 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. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. We laid those small clothes aside to keep for the ages. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. The discovery of classified documents at President Biden's home and former office puts him in a tricky political situation. Caroline Richard Simon holds Elise Simon, 11 months old, on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nanchang. His latest book is My Cubs: A Love Story about his lifelong fandom of the Chicago Cubs, and their historic World Series victory. 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 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. . They took us down a flight and into a room. She inhaled a soft egg custard and plain white rice and stopped crying for a few moments, sobbing being hard to do while you are swallowing (though she tried, she tried). 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. We've ripped a baby away from the only place she's ever known, to bring her some place on the other side of the world that might as well be the moon. Then a black quilted coat. Then there's the emotional toll that not everyone is prepared to pay. When people called to ask, "What time is All Things Considered?" We told him that our daughter seemed inconsolable. Scott Turow called it "a treasure. Richard Drew/AP Now it was here; and we weren't ready. we'd say, "When would you like to hear it?". January 14, 2023 NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ProPublica's Peter Elkind about a provision in the latest federal budget intended to end "syndicated conservation easements," a problematic tax break. "), during which we talked about the sundry things strangers do to be companionable. There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. It is a marvel of technical finesse, close observation, and a perfectly pitched heart." We had endured three days of what we had come to call "adopto-tourism" together ("You will now visit the Pearl Museum and Gift Shop! Part of a collage of images of Scott Simon reporting for NPR News from Cuba, San Salvador and Iraq.Caroline Richard Simon. 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." Our small bus pulled up before a great gray file cabinet of a building in central Nanchang. Flyers defenseman boycotts Pride night, cites religion. I went on to cover 10 conflicts, from Africa and the Middle East to the siege of Sarajevo. 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. It wasn't until later in life that Martin finally met his biological mother and discovered he wasn't Native American at all. 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). 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. 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." They inspired his New York Times bestseller book Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime. Scott Simon and his daughters Elise (right) and Lina (left) tour a temple in Nancheng, China, not long after Lina's adoption. He has received numerous honorary degrees. "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. we'd say, "When would you like to hear it?". We saw smiling middle-aged women in white smocks holding babies, cooing, singing, and hefting them in their arms. ", 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. His new memoir, "Life on Delay," details his struggle with stuttering. Donate it to WBFO instead. 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? I first heard of National Public Radio when it broadcast the Senate . we asked softly. He died this week after a long career of writing and teaching. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. [8][24], In 2006 Simon and his wife were contacted by police as part of the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning investigation. A mustard-colored crocheted sweater. "Feng Jia-Mei?" 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.". 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. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. Jokes are sometimes the only sensible answer to some of the astoundingly impertinent questions people can ask, right in your children's faces. We looked at the other happy new families across the room. "How much did they cost? You know, you hear stories. Affirming. Get a quick look at the most important local stories of the day with KUOW's Today So Far newsletter. Community Resources for Those Impacted by Mass Shooting, Comprehensive Coverage of the Crisis in Ukraine, Invisible Army: Caregivers on the Front Lines, If you're looking for a new read for the new year, NPR has 400+ suggestions, Turn Your Car Into The Public Radio Programs You Love, How NPR Shattered The Old Model Of Broadcast Journalism, 1A Reflects On The Last And Next 50 Years Of NPR. We saw Elise. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. You leave worrying about where to get diapers, milk, and Cheerios. Her eyes were dull, defiant, and blistering. "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. 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. He adds, If you prick me, Ill bleed Chicago Cubs blue.. On the initial reaction of his daughter Elise upon meeting her new parents in China, "We were feeding her, holding her. "Get something to eat.". Basically, its college radio for adults. 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. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to. Her small cheeks burned so, I wondered if her tears would sizzle. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. "Complete rapture. Copyright 2021 NPR. We shucked raindrops from our shoes and coats. ''She goes over our heads a lot.''. The officials had given her a name: Feng Jia-Mei. He has hosted many television series, including PBSs State of Mind, Voices of Vision, Need to Know and Backstage With The Paterson Project won a national Emmy, as did his two-hour special from the Rio earth summit meeting. 50 And Forward: An Anniversary Celebration Of NPR. hide caption. In his new book, Baby We Were Meant For Each Other, Simon describes how he and Caroline decided to adopt after struggling to conceive, and then traveled to Nanchang, China, from their home in Washington, D.C., twice -- first to bring Elise home, and then five years later, when they went to pick up Elise's little sister, Lina. Recently, he was awarded the Studs Terkel Award. He co-anchored PBS's "Millennium 2000" coverage in concert with the BBC, and has co-hosted the televised Columbia-DuPont Awards. [16] In 2004, Simon criticized the film Fahrenheit 9/11 for perceived inaccuracies and what he characterized as an unfairly harsh depiction of the U.S. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. 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? 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