Shigu, our trip coordinator, came by our room. Friends looked at her photo and wept. Caroline Richard (I) Additional Crew + Add or change photo on IMDbPro Contribute to IMDb. NPR's Scott Simon talks with writer John Hendrickson. Not much of whatever it was. Then there's the emotional toll that not everyone is prepared to pay. How do you explain China's one-child policy?". 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. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ''She goes over our heads a lot.''. She immediately became our child, and our identity with her deepened every day and deepens every day even now. Excellent, Beautiful, Jia-Mei Simon. Courtesy of Scott Simon January 14, 2023 The NFL playoffs kick off today; the Australian Open opens tomorrow; and the Olympic figure skating doping scandal continues. 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. ''When Caroline began to giggle during the two minutes of silence, it confirmed everything for me,'' Mr. Simon said afterward. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. Caroline A Simon, 32. There are children in the world now who need our love, and we sure need them.'". 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. January 14, 2023 Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wants Congress to raise the federal debt limit fast to avoid a default. [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]. Thinking about selling your car, boat, motorcycle, truck or other vehicle? Look back at the network's history through a linear timeline. But wizardry does not always deliver. Simon also wrote the book Just Getting Started with Tony Bennett. There are already children in this world who need us right now. He has appeared as a guest and commentator on all major networks, including BBC, NBC, CNN, and ESPN. 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. 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. 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. Shigu, our trip coordinator, came by our room. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. "Get something to eat.". Our little girl's tears fell like soft, fat, furious little jewels down her face. Well, he had seen that several hundred times before. Everyone's out of the pool at former Cherry Hill swim club. 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NPR's Scott Simon talks with White, the longtime Illinois secretary of state who is retiring at the age of 88. Raindrops rattled the roof of our small bus, seeped through the windows, and pitted the windshield with great wet gobs. Caroline Richard Simon holds an 11-month-old Elise Simon on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nancheng. He also became familiar to viewers in Great Britain as host of the continuing BBC series, "Eyewitness," and a special on the White House press corps. "It is difficult, time-consuming and expensive to adopt a child in this country," he says. Carlos Lozado of The Washington Post called it, in a rave review, "a book that easily matches its title.". Grinning bureaucrats received us and showed us to a staircase. Affirming. [29], This article is about the NPR journalist. Courtesy of Scott Simon For Simon, the vignette is proof of. "For a lot of people, the assisted-fertility industry is just an obvious alternative to that.". 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. Caroline C Simon, 37. [8][24], In 2006 Simon and his wife were contacted by police as part of the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning investigation. Some interviews have been difficult, or painful like when we asked Bill Cosby about the sexual assault allegations against him and he stayed silent. Our small bus pulled up before a great gray file cabinet of a building in central Nanchang. Flyers defenseman boycotts Pride night, cites religion. The Bridge connects music lovers with music makers and engages in the community, supporting musicians, venues, and listeners. Simon has hosted television series and specials, including PBS's Need to Know in 201113. A little girl named Excellent-Beautiful. "You should go downstairs," Shigu advised. Aren't they impossible? [Copyright 2021 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. Conflict Between Israelis and Palestinians Continue In Jerusalem, What You Need To Know About The CDC's New Mask Guidance. government. Before I met her, I'd hardly been lonely, but this was the first time I'd been hit over the head by a two-by-four. His latest books is My Cubs: A Love Story about his lifelong fandom of the Chicago Cubs, and their historic World Series victory. Do you know that little Indian place just off Thirty-second? 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). And I will never forget that our oldest daughter, Elise she just reached out with her little hand, with a kind of tenderness you usually don't see in 5-year-olds, and she said, 'It doesn't matter.' He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. "Feng Jia-Mei?" His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. View the profiles of people named Caroline Simon. Some interviews have been difficult, or painful like when we asked Bill Cosby about the sexual assault allegations against him and he stayed silent. Because Martin's birth certificate stated that he was Native American, that ethnicity became a large part of his identity. Raindrops rattled the roof of our small bus, seeped through the windows, and pitted the windshield with great wet gobs. I don't remember what we ate. 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. A little red and white shirt. NJ wants 'fairness' over 'sameness' in education. We have information on 57 results for Caroline Richard, including phone numbers and addresses . I first heard of National Public Radio when it broadcast the Senate hearings into the Watergate scandal live, in the summer of 1973. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. Something in her face, and in her tiny, tender shoulders, seemed to call out. The drinks flashed through us like tap water. The Sundance Film Festival will take place in person next week after streaming online for the past two years. He has appeared as a guest and commentator on all major networks, including BBC, NBC, CNN, and ESPN. There are already children in this world who need us right now. We put something over them and we keep on going. She sat in Caroline's lap, then mine. 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." Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He co-anchored PBSs Millennium 2000 coverage in concert with the BBC, and has co-hosted the televised Columbia-DuPont Awards. Let's make a switch right now.' She put her into my wife's arms. "Get something to eat.". Simon has been with NPR for over four decades, beginning in 1977 as Chicago bureau chief. Jokes are sometimes the only sensible answer to some of the astoundingly impertinent questions people can ask, right in your children's faces. 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." 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. 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. A few weeks before, we had received a few photos in an envelope: a small girl with rosebud lips, quizzical eyebrows, and astonished eyes. And his kids are in their 40s. Part of a collage of images of Scott Simon reporting for NPR News from Cuba, San Salvador and Iraq.Caroline Richard Simon. They took us down a flight and into a room. ''That's exactly the reaction I want from my life's companion. I don't mean just that it's amazing, terrific, and a wonderful thing to do. They have two daughters, both adopted as babies from China: Elise, in 2004, and Lina, in 2007. 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. "Jia-Mei Simon" was imprinted along the bottom, like the name under a photo in a class yearbook. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. It was at the top of several non-fiction bestseller lists. 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. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. He co-anchored PBS's "Millennium 2000" coverage in concert with the BBC, and has co-hosted the televised Columbia-DuPont Awards. But wizardry does not always deliver. 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 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). 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. Family pharmacy, builder at odds over planned location. As Caroline lifted her slightly from her lap to hold her, Elise soaked her own tufted little legs with a hot surge of pee. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. 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. He will receive the Order of Lincoln from the State of Illinois in 2016. It is a marvel of technical finesse, close observation, and a perfectly pitched heart." We also found 57 background checks for Caroline Richard, including criminal records . He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. Her eyes were dull, defiant, and blistering. 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. 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