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. 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. I've interviewed all three. 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. 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. Resides in League City, TX. He also became familiar to viewers in Great Britain as host of the continuing BBC series, Eyewitness. He has appeared as a guest and commentator on all major networks, including BBC, NBC, CNN, and ESPN. And finally, pink socks that had been tucked beneath red socks: as tiny and dear as a kitten's paws. Scott Simon, the host of NPR's Weekend Edition, became a father for the first time at the age of 50, when he and his wife, Caroline, adopted the first of their two daughters from China. And his kids are in their 40s. ''We got teased endlessly. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later as a family. Our little girl's tears fell like soft, fat, furious little jewels down her face. A month before, this moment couldn't have happened fast enough. 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. 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." 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. They inspired his New York Times bestseller book Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime. 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. hide caption. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to. "I have never loved a human being or a human moment more," he says. We bathed her. I tried to point a video camera, snap pictures, roll audio, and hug them, all at the same time. On the initial reaction of his daughter Elise upon meeting her new parents in China, "We were feeding her, holding her. There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. hide caption. 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 . But most of all, I've gotten to share the stories of thousands of people who opened their lives to us. 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 co-anchored PBS's "Millennium 2000" coverage in concert with the BBC, and has co-hosted the televised Columbia-DuPont Awards. [23][24][25][26] They consider themselves a Jewish family (Simon's father was Jewish and his mother was Irish Catholic). It was at the top of several non-fiction bestseller lists. Not much of whatever it was. I began reporting for NPR from Chicago in the late 1970s, about crimes, corruption, blizzards, mob hits and political ferment. But most of all, I've gotten to share the stories of thousands of people who opened their lives to us. There are children in the world now who need our love, and we sure need them.'". He has hosted the Saturday edition of Weekend Edition since its inception in 1985, excepting a period in 1992 and 1993 when Alex Chadwick hosted the show. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. So: this is where we are going to become parents. For one reason or another, the traditional result was not achieved. Mr. Simon added: ''I had what amounted to a war wound. Do you know that little Indian place just off Thirty-second? January 7, 2023 NPR's Scott Simon speaks with conductor Marin Alsop about concerts she is conducting this weekend in Chicago, which feature exclusively works by female composers. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. Scott Simon is one of Americas most admired writers and broadcasters. Simon has been with NPR for over four decades, beginning in 1977 as Chicago bureau chief. It is a marvel of technical finesse, close observation, and a perfectly pitched heart." Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. Changes on tap for NJ bars, restaurants. 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. Friends looked at her photo and wept. It is as poignant and tender and wise as Tuesdays with Morrie, with the added virtues of being unflinching and, quite often, very funny." 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. I went on to cover 10 conflicts, from Africa and the Middle East to the siege of Sarajevo. we'd say, "When would you like to hear it?". Caroline Richard Simon holds an 11-month-old Elise Simon on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nancheng. We blinked back tears and cleared our throats. Simon also wrote the book Just Getting Started with Tony Bennett. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. The officials had given her a name: Feng Jia-Mei. You leave worrying about where to get diapers, milk, and Cheerios. Laurie Halse Anderson just called the book, "Amazing. He adds, "If you prick me, I'll bleed Chicago Cubs blue.". Carlos Lozado of The Washington Post called it, in a rave review, "a book that easily matches its title.". Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. Philly native & @dailypenn alum. 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. Simon says the decision to adopt changed his life -- but it wasn't easy. He's using his platform to galvanize investments in clean energy, but is also backing fossil fuels. NPR's Scott Simon talks with White, the longtime Illinois secretary of state who is retiring at the age of 88. It wasn't until later in life that Martin finally met his biological mother and discovered he wasn't Native American at all. 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. 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. We explore these changes and what role the network. [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. 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. 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. There are all kinds of wizardly things that can be done in laboratories these days; most of us had tried one or two. Resides in Mc Kees Rocks, PA. 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. 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. Well, he had seen that several hundred times before. 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. His new memoir, "Life on Delay," details his struggle with stuttering. The family was staying at a hotel near the restaurant at the center of the poisoning incident, and had bought food there for one of their daughters. NPR's Scott Simon talks with writer John Hendrickson. We blinked back tears and cleared our throats. First the puffy quilted pink coat came off. Days later, they had their first real date, at a tiny downtown bistro, talking in the back garden until closing time. There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. And he was around for a lot. What does this mean? Some interviews have been difficult, or painful like when we asked Bill Cosby about the sexual assault allegations against him and he stayed silent. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. Our independent, nonprofit newsroom produces award-winning stories, podcasts and events. Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other, an essay about the joys of adoption, was published in August 2010. From the Feng township. always gripping, always tender, and often painfully funny. I went on to cover 10 conflicts, from Africa and the Middle East to the siege of Sarajevo. 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.". We had Cheerios, wipes, and diapers in our hands. . Caroline C Simon, 37. January 14, 2023 NPR's Scott Simon talks with writer John Hendrickson. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. Add a bio, trivia, and more. "And what do you do? His latest book is My Cubs: A Love Story about his lifelong fandom of the Chicago Cubs, and their historic World Series victory. ''I realized he was human and full of a great sense of humor about the world and also about himself,'' she said. [3][4][5] He had a sister who died at a young age. Her age is 69. Caroline Richard Simon. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. THE host of ''Weekend Edition With Scott Simon'' on National Public Radio has a voice that's just right for reading a bedtime story to a child. But wizardry does not always deliver. A little red and white shirt. There are all kinds of wizardly things that can be done in laboratories these days; most of us had tried one or two. How do you explain China's one-child policy?". Breathtaking. So: this is where we are going to become parents. Caroline A Simon, 32. 50 And Forward: An Anniversary Celebration Of NPR. Are they healthy? We made copies of the photos, slipped them into our wallets, sent them around to friends and families, and doled them out like business cards, often to total strangers. He adds, "If you prick me, I'll bleed Chicago Cubs blue.". "[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. "We tell her, 'Your mother loved you and she wanted to take care of you for the rest of your life and she wanted to be a mother to you but she just couldn't,' " Simon says. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. The discovery of classified documents at President Biden's home and former office puts him in a tricky political situation. Courtesy of Scott Simon Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition, remembers the moment he and his wife decided to adopt. ''It is always interesting to pay a visit to it. You got the baby that was meant for [another] family and they got yours. Then a black quilted coat. You've had an incredibly successful career how does that compare to being a long time Cubs fan and seeing them win (L-R): Caroline Richard, Scott Simon, and Library Foundation President & CEO, Rhona Frazin the World Series? Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. Please stay tuned. "For a lot of people, the assisted-fertility industry is just an obvious alternative to that.". 'Meant For Each Other': Scott Simon's Adoption Story, The Joys And Struggles Of International Adoption. January 14, 2023 Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wants Congress to raise the federal debt limit fast to avoid a default. In February, a small group of us gathered for dinner in the Brown-Alley room with NPR's Scott Simon. Part of a collage of images of Scott Simon reporting for NPR News from Cuba, San Salvador and Iraq. Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other, an essay about the joys of adoption, was published in August 2010. He also hosts public television specials and does stories for CBS Sunday Morning. It was a reminder of something we do uncommonly well at Richmond. ", Caroline Richard Simon holds an 11-month-old Elise Simon on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nancheng. Excerpted from Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other by Scott Simon Copyright 2010 by Scott Simon. A mustard-colored crocheted sweater. When she met Mr. Simon, she lived in a tiny Chinatown apartment in Manhattan, furnished with a futon, flowering plants and piles of books. I don't mean just that it's amazing, terrific, and a wonderful thing to do. 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. ("Pregnant! always gripping, always tender, and often painfully funny. 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!". government. Excellent, Beautiful, Jia-Mei Simon. Most of us had probably tried to start families in the traditional manner. She was about six months old at the time of the picture. "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. 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. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. Get a quick look at the most important local stories of the day with KUOW's Today So Far newsletter. "And what do you do? 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. We checked cameras and cell phones. "Feng Jia-Mei?" They smiled back wanly. . 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. Our little girl's tears fell like soft, fat, furious little jewels down her face. He has also received the Barry M. Goldwater Award from the Human Rights Fund. You walk in recollecting long romantic dinners, nights at the theater, and carefree vacations. I first heard of National Public Radio when it broadcast the Senate . We saw smiling middle-aged women in white smocks holding babies, cooing, singing, and hefting them in their arms. "We just looked at each other and said, 'Why are we doing this? What kind of people are we?". 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). "It is difficult, time-consuming and expensive to adopt a child in this country," he says. 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). 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. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. I don't remember what we ate. And you can't drink for months!") The drinks flashed through us like tap water. '', See the article in its original context from. Our small bus pulled up before a great gray file cabinet of a building in central Nanchang. She put her into my wife's arms. 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. 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. NPR turned 50 this week. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. I went on to cover 10 conflicts, from Africa and the Middle East to the siege of Sarajevo. 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 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. Simon tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that he fondly recalls Elise's reaction to seeing her little sister for the first time. 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. I first heard of National Public Radio when it broadcast the Senate hearings into the Watergate scandal live, in the summer of 1973.. Feng Jia-Mei, Jia-Mei. Those clothes! Carolinne was born in 1993 in Vienna Austria and graduated from Pemberton High School. 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. . 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). Includes Address (2) Phone (2) Email (3) See Results. Jokes are sometimes the only sensible answer to some of the astoundingly impertinent questions people can ask, right in your children's faces. We laid those small clothes aside to keep for the ages. She sat in Caroline's lap, then mine. A tiny white T-shirt. Simon has been with NPR for over four decades, beginning in 1977 as Chicago bureau chief. Why would you do that? '', At NPR's offices in Washington, Mr. Simon, 48, is known for his dapper clothes and for broadcasting in suits with pocket handkerchiefs to match his (sometimes red) socks. How? 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. 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. I've been fortunate to play a small part in NPR's growth. January 14, 2023 The Sundance Film Festival will take place in person next week after streaming online for the past two years. forces. I went on to cover 10 conflicts, from Africa and the Middle East to the siege of Sarajevo. ''We both felt it, and we acted on it.''. ), ''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?' [1] They have two daughters, both adopted as babies from China. 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). (She had been an intern at NPR in the early 1990's, when Mr. Simon was away covering the Persian Gulf war.) As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Not much of whatever it was. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. They took us down a flight and into a room. It was at the top of several non-fiction bestseller lists. Thinking about selling your car, boat, motorcycle, truck or other vehicle? There are already children in this world who need us right now. 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. ("Pregnant! 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. Please stay tuned. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. 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. We saw Elise. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. Our baby was famished. 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. They inspired his New York Times bestseller book Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime. Our daughter looked up into Caroline's unfamiliar face without warmth or disdain; one more stranger was handling her. hide caption. 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. Laura Hillenbrand, the author of Unbroken and Seabiscuit, called the book "poignant, funny, intimate, and unforgettable." His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs.". He has appeared as a guest and commentator on all major networks, including BBC, NBC, CNN, and ESPN. When people called to ask, "What time is All Things Considered?" Not enough kids here?" 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. 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 has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. With over 4 million listeners it is the most-listened to news program on NPR. I've been fortunate to play a small part in NPR's growth. A National Weather Service official says a twister carved a 50- mile path across the state. Our daughter looked up into Caroline's unfamiliar face without warmth or disdain; one more stranger was handling her. Father: Ernie Simon Mother: Patricia (Lyons) Simon Wife: Caroline Richard adopted daughter: Elise Simon Born in 2004 adopted daughter: Lina Simon Born in 2007 References Your purchase helps support NPR programming. "How much did they cost? 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). He died this week after a long career of writing and teaching. "The instinct to adopt -- to take children into our lives -- is, I think, practically as old as childbirth.". [But] the initial reaction is there's no Hallmark card moment when your little girl is put into your arms. You walk in recollecting long romantic dinners, nights at the theater, and carefree vacations. 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! We put something over them and we keep on going. Caroline Richard Simon holds an 11-month-old Elise Simon on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nancheng. (He did an obituary for her on the air. It is a marvel of technical finesse, close observation, and a perfectly pitched heart. Windy City, Simons second novel, is a political comedy set in the Chicago City Council. 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 the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. . He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. I've interviewed all three. 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. Raindrops rattled the roof of our small bus, seeped through the windows, and pitted the windshield with great wet gobs. He has hosted the Saturday edition of Weekend Edition since its inception in 1985, excepting a period in 1992 and 1993 when Alex Chadwick hosted the show.
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