He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. People named Caroline Richard Find your friends on Facebook Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. Not enough kids here?" 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." 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. "), during which we talked about the sundry things strangers do to be companionable. 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. As we say in this business, there is more to come. Possible wind farm could power more than 700,000 homes. [8][24], In 2006 Simon and his wife were contacted by police as part of the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning investigation. A little girl named Excellent-Beautiful. NPR's Scott Simon remembers Charles Simic, former U.S. poet laureate who was born in Belgrade right before World War II. Caroline Richard Simon holds Elise Simon, 11 months old, on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nanchang. 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? we asked softly. He has received numerous honorary degrees. Scott Simon (born March 16, 1952)[1][2] is an American journalist and the host of Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR. 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. Our baby was famished. Philly native & @dailypenn alum. She was about six months old at the time of the picture. Adoption is a miracle. We had Cheerios, wipes, and diapers in our hands. At 7 years old, Simon's daughter Elise is at an age where she's starting to ask some pretty difficult questions -- like why her biological mother gave her up -- and the answers aren't always easy for her to understand. Caroline A Simon, 32. The drinks flashed through us like tap water. For Simon, the vignette is proof of the power of suggestion -- but that's a subtlety his daughters aren't yet aware of. 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. There are all kinds of wizardly things that can be done in laboratories these days; most of us had tried one or two. Caroline Richard Simon holds an 11-month-old Elise Simon on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nancheng. 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. I don't remember what we ate. In February, a small group of us gathered for dinner in the Brown-Alley room with NPR's Scott Simon. Affirming. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. Friends looked at her photo and wept. NPR broadcast its first on-air original programming 50 years ago today: May 3, 1971. In a state notorious for rough and tumble politics, Jesse White has had lasting appeal. January 14, 2023 The discovery of classified documents at President Biden's home and former office puts him in a tricky political situation. I think I would have had a tougher time holding my tongue.". ), ''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?' hide caption. A few weeks after they met, Mr. Simon invited her to a party at Ms. Lyden's apartment in Brooklyn to celebrate the publication of his memoir, ''Home and Away.'' I've interviewed all three. I began reporting for NPR from Chicago in the late 1970s, about crimes, corruption, blizzards, mob hits and political ferment. Simon has been with NPR for over four decades, beginning in 1977 as Chicago bureau chief. What kind of crib did you get? He also hosts public television specials and does stories for CBS Sunday Morning. My wife and I, not having had children in the traditional, Abraham-and-Sarah-begat manner, have learned to make jokes about the way we've had our family. You walk in recollecting long romantic dinners, nights at the theater, and carefree vacations. '', See the article in its original context from. Those clothes! NJ wants 'fairness' over 'sameness' in education. It was at the top of several non-fiction bestseller lists. I first heard of National Public Radio when it broadcast the Senate hearings into the Watergate scandal live, in the summer of 1973.. He has received numerous honorary degrees. [1] They have two daughters, both adopted as babies from China. He adds, "If you prick me, I'll bleed Chicago Cubs blue.". "How much did they cost? I don't remember what we ate. I first heard of National Public Radio when it broadcast the Senate hearings into the Watergate scandal live, in the summer of 1973. 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. 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). Featuring interviews with leaders and emerging voices, we look at the last 50 years of NPR, examine its historical weak spots and hear how change is being made in the present and decades ahead. hide caption. She was five months older than in the picture we had, but still recognizably the little girl in the thumbnail portrait. His book, and Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball, was Barnes and Nobles Sports Book of the Year. 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. 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. ", 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. WEDDINGS: VOWS; Scott Simon and Caroline Richard, https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/10/style/weddings-vows-scott-simon-and-caroline-richard.html. 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. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. 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. NPR's Scott Simon talks with White, the longtime Illinois secretary of state who is retiring at the age of 88. The woman in the white smock looked down at a tag -- as if checking the size -- and smiled. 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? Poet Charles Simic is photographed at the City University of New York, May 13, 2003. 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. We blinked back tears and cleared our throats. 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 . "Jia-Mei Simon" was imprinted along the bottom, like the name under a photo in a class yearbook. ''I realized he was human and full of a great sense of humor about the world and also about himself,'' she said. Now it was here; and we weren't ready. ", 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 National Weather Service official says a twister carved a 50- mile path across the state. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. 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 received numerous honorary degrees. I went on to cover 10 conflicts, from Africa and the Middle East to the siege of Sarajevo. Caroline Richard Simon. He 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." But not everyone sees it that way. 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. As narrated by Simon, Cosby refused to comment, only shaking his head no when prompted. "I have never loved a human being or a human moment more," he says. Five sets of strangers were together on the bus, about to share one of the most intimate moments of our lives. 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. She was nevertheless charmed. I don't mean just that it's amazing, terrific, and a wonderful thing to do. Log In or Sign Up Caroline Richard See Photos Caroline Richard See Photos Caroline Richard See Photos Caroline Richard See Photos Caroline Richard See Photos Caroline Richard See Photos Caroline Richard He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. Now it was here; and we weren't ready. So why did you go overseas? This book will change lives, restore hopes to the brokenhearted, and remind the rest of us what is truly important." Grinning bureaucrats received us and showed us to a staircase. His new memoir, "Life on Delay," details his struggle with stuttering. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. Then a black quilted coat. hide caption. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. There was a traditional Quaker period of silence during the service, and although the bride was clearly trying to stay quiet, little laughs kept escaping from her like bubbles. [But] she just didn't become happy about it for another couple of days. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. As I say that, I have just delivered the eulogy at Dan Schorr's funeral and he was even older when he became a father and he was told the same thing and he lived to the age of almost 94. Simon also wrote the book Just Getting Started with Tony Bennett. House Republicans say they'll use the negotiations to win concessions on government spending. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. Do you know that little Indian place just off Thirty-second? His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." 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