'', Like Mr. Simon, Ms. Richard loves Coney Island, Graham Greene novels and riding the subway for whole weekend afternoons. Simon says it's best not to invest too much of one's identity in ethnicity. Part of a collage of images of Scott Simon reporting for NPR News from Cuba, San Salvador and Iraq.Caroline Richard Simon. "A happy day," Julie added, "but also sad," and then we just listened to the ping of raindrops. Send tips and pie recipes: carolinesimon@cqrollcall.com. Lived In Galveston TX. He co-anchored PBSs Millennium 2000 coverage in concert with the BBC, and has co-hosted the televised Columbia-DuPont Awards. NPR's Scott Simon talks with White, the longtime Illinois secretary of state who is retiring at the age of 88. Then a black quilted coat. Most of us had probably tried to start families in the traditional manner. Then, in April, Caroline Richard, 33, visited NPR to talk about a documentary film she was working on. 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A National Weather Service official says a twister carved a 50- mile path across the state. A month before, this moment couldn't have happened fast enough. Also, what's ahead for Congressman George Santos and the nation's economy. For the country music entertainment executive, see, Last edited on 20 December 2022, at 07:18, "Weddings: Vows; Scott Simon and Caroline Richard", "Three Americans: Abraham Lincoln, Aaron Copland and NPR's Scott Simon", "Scott Simon's Family: 'In Praise of Adoption', "NPR Host Scott Simon to Cover Every Beat for Chico Audience", "In NPR Interview, Bill Cosby Declines to Discuss Assault Allegations", "When reporters sound off, eyebrows rise", "Reflections on the Events of September 11", "Opinion: What The Death Of A 7-Year-Old Migrant Says About This Country", "In 2004 Scott Simon attacked Fahrenheit 9/11 for not investigating whether bombs that killed Iraqis during the invasion had come from US planes or were errant Iraqi anti-aircraft shells. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. It was a reminder of something we do uncommonly well at Richmond. Grinning bureaucrats received us and showed us to a staircase. The health of the family was not affected. 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. The drinks flashed through us like tap water. 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. Those clothes! I've interviewed all three. For Simon and Caroline, that instinct was so strong that it drowned out any concern they may have had about there being an ethnic barrier between them and their adopted children. Scott received the Order of Lincoln from the State of Illinois in 2016, the state's highest honor. Anyone can read what you share. Scott Simon and his daughters Elise (right) and Lina (left) tour a temple in Nancheng, China, not long after Lina's adoption. Shigu, our trip coordinator, came by our room. He's using his platform to galvanize investments in clean energy, but is also backing fossil fuels. His latest books is My Cubs: A Love Story about his lifelong fandom of the Chicago Cubs, and their historic World Series victory. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. Related To Jacqueline Simon, Kristen Simon, Charles Simon. Shigu, our trip coordinator, came by our room. Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition, remembers the moment he and his wife decided to adopt. Also, what's ahead for Congressman George Santos and the nation's economy. 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 hobbies are books . Join Facebook to connect with Caroline Simon and others you may know. Excerpted from Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other by Scott Simon Copyright 2010 by Scott Simon. Recently, he was awarded the Studs Terkel Award. Five sets of strangers were together on the bus, about to share one of the most intimate moments of our lives. When people called to ask, "What time is All Things Considered?" 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. We also know that the hardest parts are still ahead. I was hooked; and stayed on to hear the effervescence of Susan Stamberg on All Things Considered [But] she just didn't become happy about it for another couple of days. We opened the network's first bureau in a war zone El Salvador, in 1982. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. For one reason or another, the traditional result was not achieved. And his kids are in their 40s. 50 And Forward: An Anniversary Celebration Of NPR. 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. 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.". It is as poignant and tender and wise as Tuesdays with Morrie, with the added virtues of being unflinching and, quite often, very funny." He has also received the Barry M. Goldwater Award from the Human Rights Fund. '', Then, in April, Caroline Richard, 33, visited NPR to talk about a documentary film she was working on. "[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. "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. But wizardry does not always deliver. I've been fortunate to play a small part in NPR's growth. Not much of whatever it was. 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. Scott Turow called it "a treasure. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Kim Yutani, the festival's director of programming. ", 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. I went on to cover 10 conflicts, from Africa and the Middle East to the siege of Sarajevo. When people called to ask, "What time is All Things Considered?" Breathtaking. I had a glass of wine, my wife had a beer, and we toasted our daughter. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. We shucked raindrops from our shoes and coats. 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. Resides in Mc Kees Rocks, PA. 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. (She had been an intern at NPR in the early 1990's, when Mr. Simon was away covering the. I went on to cover 10 conflicts, from Africa and the Middle East to the siege of Sarajevo. She was introduced to Mr. Simon, who liked her right away. Those clothes! "We learn from hurts in life, don't we? Now it was here; and we weren't ready. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Kim Yutani, the festival's director of programming. We also know that the hardest parts are still ahead. Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other, an essay about the joys of adoption, was published in August 2010. 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." 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. Now I have to let her go the same way", read one tweet. From the Feng township. 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. Simon was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of comedian Ernie Simon and actress Patricia Lyons. We opened the network's first bureau in a war zone El Salvador, in 1982. Caroline Richard Simon holds Elise Simon, 11 months old, on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nanchang. They smiled back wanly. 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. How? Feng Jia-Mei, Jia-Mei. These resources can help, How Rutgers' Mawot Mag has grown into elite defensive player, NJ Wrestling Top 20 with big rivalry matches on the schedule, Rutgers football offseason tracker: Recruiting, coaching, transfer news & analysis, Kids with physical disabilities struggle with access to sports, Last call for liquor licenses? ''When Caroline began to giggle during the two minutes of silence, it confirmed everything for me,'' Mr. Simon said afterward. 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.' We looked at the other happy new families across the room. Caroline Richard (I) Additional Crew + Add or change photo on IMDbPro Contribute to IMDb. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. 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. Her age is 69. In March 2015, he published a memoir about her titled Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime. Resides in League City, TX. 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. I tried to point a video camera, snap pictures, roll audio, and hug them, all at the same time. 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). Aren't they impossible? . They were having as much fun as we were. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. Then the Great Wall and Gift Shop! 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.". 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. "The instinct to adopt -- to take children into our lives -- is, I think, practically as old as childbirth.". For one reason or another, the traditional result was not achieved. It was at the top of several non-fiction bestseller lists. Scott Simon is one of Americas most admired writers and broadcasters. 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 will receive the Order of Lincoln from the State of Illinois in 2016. 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. Because Martin's birth certificate stated that he was Native American, that ethnicity became a large part of his identity. 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. And I think our two daughters are going to be very strong, in part, because of that.". We looked at the other happy new families across the room. She grew up in San Francisco in a household of European tradition. It's a huge part of his life. NPR's Scott Simon talks with White, the longtime Illinois secretary of state who is retiring at the age of 88. You got the baby that was meant for [another] family and they got yours. 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). The discovery of classified documents at President Biden's home and former office puts him in a tricky political situation. 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. His book, and Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball, was Barnes and Noble's Sports Book of the Year. January 14, 2023 In a state notorious for rough and tumble politics, Jesse White has had lasting appeal. Copyright 2021 NPR. 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 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. government. As we say in this business, there is more to come. 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). Her small cheeks burned so, I wondered if her tears would sizzle. I was voted most unique in high school, and it was not a compliment. In the 50 years that NPR has been around, the journalistic landscape has changed massively. The officials had given her a name: Feng Jia-Mei. Some interviews have been difficult, or painful like when we asked Bill Cosby about the sexual assault allegations against him and he stayed silent. Laura Hillenbrand, the author of Unbroken and Seabiscuit, called the book poignant, funny, intimate, and unforgettable. Scott Turow called it a treasure. A little girl named Excellent-Beautiful. Excerpted by permission of Random House, a division of Random House Inc. All rights reserved. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. The Sundance Film Festival will take place in person next week after streaming online for the past two years. I don't remember what we ate. We opened the network's first bureau in a war zone El Salvador, in 1982. 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. "Feng Jia-Mei?" They took us down a flight and into a room. Some interviews have been difficult, or painful like when we asked Bill Cosby about the sexual assault allegations against him and he stayed silent. Tomorrow, the Silk Museumand Gift Shop! Changes on tap for NJ bars, restaurants. He has appeared as a guest and commentator on all major networks, including BBC, NBC, CNN, and ESPN. 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." 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? 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's Scott Simon remembers Charles Simic, former U.S. poet laureate who was born in Belgrade right before World War II. "[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. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." I think I'm a much better father than I would have been when I was younger and I think everyone who knows me would probably agree.". Facebook gives people the power. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." [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]. 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. 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. We saw smiling middle-aged women in white smocks holding babies, cooing, singing, and hefting them in their arms. 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. So: this is where we are going to become parents. 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! As Caroline lifted her slightly from her lap to hold her, Elise soaked her own tufted little legs with a hot surge of pee. I began reporting for NPR from Chicago in the late 1970s, about crimes, corruption, blizzards, mob hits and political ferment. Look back at the network's history through a linear timeline. It is as poignant and tender and wise as Tuesdays with Morrie, with the added virtues of being unflinching and, quite often, very funny. Laurie Halse Anderson just called the book, Amazing. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." He has thrown out the first pitch at Wrigley Field (low and . ". We sure need them.". Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. From a giant celebration to the number of American journalists on hand to observe, there's a lot going on in Pyongyang. 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). Excellent, Beautiful, Jia-Mei Simon. '' said Jacki Lyden, a host for ''All Things Considered'' on NPR. 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. Raindrops rattled the roof of our small bus, seeped through the windows, and pitted the windshield with great wet gobs. "I would like to open that door for people," he says. Find out why. "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. Courtesy of Scott Simon Here is her phone number (410) 323-1173 (Verizon Maryland, Inc). Our small bus pulled up before a great gray file cabinet of a building in central Nanchang. '', See the article in its original context from. Adoption is a miracle. Friends looked at her photo and wept. Laura Hillenbrand, the author of Unbroken and Seabiscuit, called the book "poignant, funny, intimate, and unforgettable." 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. Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball, Order of Lincoln from the State of Illinois, Remarks on Accepting The Order of Lincoln. Most of us had probably tried to start families in the traditional manner. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. Caroline Richard Simon I began reporting for NPR from Chicago in the late 1970s, about crimes, corruption, blizzards, mob hits and political ferment. Our daughter looked up into Caroline's unfamiliar face without warmth or disdain; one more stranger was handling her. January 14, 2023 The UAE has picked a top oil executive to lead global climate talks this year. ''He always knows how to make an entrance,'' Ms. Lyden said. Do you know that little Indian place just off Thirty-second? always gripping, always tender, and often painfully funny. We had Cheerios, wipes, and diapers in our hands. January 14, 2023 The discovery of classified documents at President Biden's home and former office puts him in a tricky political situation. Simon has hosted many television specials, including the PBS's "State of Mind," "Voices of Vision," and "Need to Know." "It is difficult, time-consuming and expensive to adopt a child in this country," he says. It turned out that Martin's mother was a woman of Scandinavian origin who, stumped by the "ethnic" section of the adoption form, had simply identified herself as "All American. Not enough kids here?" Simon also wrote the book Just Getting Started with Tony Bennett. Courtesy of Scott Simon Baby, We Were Meant For Each Other: In. They inspired his New York Times bestseller book Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. [12] He guest-hosted BBC World News America, filling in for Matt Frei,[citation needed] and anchored NBC's Weekend Today in 199293. "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. "Jia-Mei Simon" was imprinted along the bottom, like the name under a photo in a class yearbook. A tiny white T-shirt. [28], Jack Brickhouse, a Chicago broadcaster (19161998), is Simon's godfather, whom he refers to as an uncle. While I talked to Caroline, I had to hold a cold compress on my head, alternating between my right hand and my left.''. I don't remember what we ate. 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. 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. NPR was not well known when we opened the first bureau in America's interior. They inspired his New York Times bestseller book Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime. 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. 'Meant For Each Other': Scott Simon's Adoption Story, The Joys And Struggles Of International Adoption. Not much of whatever it was. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later as a family. [19], Simon has won Peabody and Emmy awards, and received many honorary degrees. I tried to point a video camera, snap pictures, roll audio, and hug them, all at the same time. [But] the initial reaction is there's no Hallmark card moment when your little girl is put into your arms. Reporter for @RollCall/@CQNow covering immigration policy. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wants Congress to raise the federal debt limit fast to avoid a default. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." [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. We put something over them and we keep on going. [23][24][25][26] They consider themselves a Jewish family (Simon's father was Jewish and his mother was Irish Catholic). How much did the alcohol industry give to Phil Murphy? Our little girl's tears fell like soft, fat, furious little jewels down her face. Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other, an essay about the joys of adoption, was published in August 2010. Five sets of strangers were together on the bus, about to share one of the most intimate moments of our lives. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later as a family. 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. 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