Scott Simon

NPR

Scott Simon appears in the following:

A N.Y. Cop's Good Intentions, Complicated Results

Saturday, December 08, 2012

After an act of kindness by a New York City cop, Jeffrey Hillman went from being an anonymous, overlooked street person to a public figure whose life was dissected as if he were running for office.

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Jesse Jackson Jr.: Great Hopes And Disappointments

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Jesse Jackson Jr. has a famous name and fabulous contacts, and had what looked like boundless prospects when he was first on the national stage in 1988. But this week, he resigned fro...

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Jimmy Hoffa: Still Searching. Still Waiting.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

"What happened to Jimmy Hoffa?" is one of the great persisting questions of the past generation. The latest tip has lead to a spot under a driveway outside Detroit, in the long search for the former teamster union head.

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'A Chance To Start Over': Wounded Vets Ride Again

Saturday, April 21, 2012

An annual four-day bike ride organized by the Wounded Warrior Project is being held across the country this week. One Marine says the ride gives them back the camaraderie they had in ...

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It's A Girl! The New iPhone Speaks

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Siri is the name of a new talking virtual assistant feature on the latest iPhone that can tell you when you have an appointment, where to find a Thai restaurant, and what the pollen...

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Guest Picks: Scott Simon

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

What is Scott Simon listening to right now? Find out what he told us after his recent appearance on The Leonard Lopate Show

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Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Scott Simon, host of NPR’s Weekend Edition, tells the story of how he and his wife found true love with two tiny strangers from the other side of the world. In Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption, he shares the anxieties, along with the joy, of adoption, and includes the stories of other adoptive families.

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Novel Politics

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

As New York reels from political scandal, NPR’s Scott Simon writes about the perils of political succession in his new novel about local Chicago politics, Windy City: A Novel of Politics (Random House, 2008).

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Scott Simon

Sunday, February 02, 2003

When Scott Simon takes a break from his job as host of NPR's Weekend Edition, it's usually to get closer to news making events. Reporting from trouble spots all over the world, he's covered wars, famines, sieges, earthquakes and presidential campaigns. He's also the author of the books Home and ...

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Covering Diseases (hour 1); Language and Journalism (hour 2)

Sunday, May 21, 1995

Outbreak! Covering Ebola and other infectious diseases.

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