Scott Simon

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Saturday Sports: Start-Up League Eyes NCAA's Turf, Unlikely Pro Teams' Hot Streak

Saturday, April 24, 2021

The NCAA may soon find itself in competition with another collegiate league, and some professional teams — the New York Knicks and the Oakland A's — are on a winning streak.

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Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 Vaccine Is Back In Use In The U.S.

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Federal health officials have lifted the pause on use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. States can resume distributing it, now with a warning about rare complications involving blood clots.

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Tutor Helps Students Hit Hard By Pandemic, Language Barriers

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Ramiro Lobo's students speak English as a second language. During the pandemic, the Oakland, Calif., tutor has helped them navigate remote learning while trying to make them feel less isolated.

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Opinion: Remembering The Late Comedy Writer Anne Beatts

Saturday, April 10, 2021

NPR's Scott Simon remembers comedy writer Anne Beatts, who died this week at the age of 74. She worked in male-dominated writers' rooms at Saturday Night Live and National Lampoon magazine.

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Through Decades Of Addiction, Hunter Biden Says His Family Never Gave Up On Him

Monday, April 05, 2021

Hunter Biden's new memoir is a story of his years of alcohol and drug addiction. He tells NPR that the one constant was the love of his family: "Their light was never not seeking me out."

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Opinion: Animals Deserve Gender Pronouns, Too

Saturday, April 03, 2021

Referring to animals as "she" or "he" or "they," rather than "it," may more accurately reflect their importance. Dr. Jane Goodall and others are urging AP Stylebook editors to change their guidance.

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Opinion: The Gun Violence All Around Us

Saturday, March 27, 2021

Scott Simon recounts some of the lives lost to gun violence in the past weeks, in and out of the spotlight.

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Eddie Izzard: 'Hopefully Hitler Is Revolving In Some Trench'

Saturday, March 27, 2021

Izzard is the co-writer and director of a new movie, Six Minutes to Midnight, based on the real story of a 1930s British finishing school for the daughters of high-ranking Nazis.

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How Black Players Propelled Cleveland's Baseball Team To Win The 1948 World Series

Saturday, March 27, 2021

In 1948, Cleveland's baseball team won the World Series. It wouldn't have made it without the team's first two Black players, and the team owner's willingness to hire them, says author Luke Epplin.

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'A Beginner's Guide To America' Shows Us The States Through New Eyes

Saturday, March 20, 2021

Roya Hakakian was a teenager when she came to the United States from Iran. she says she hopes her book will help native-born Americans see all the small signs of democracy they don't usually notice.

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Opinion: The 8 We Lost

Saturday, March 20, 2021

We learned more about the suspect in the Georgia shootings than the victims, possibly because the women who died may have been too busy working to leave long histories on social media.

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'Silence Is A Sense' Works To Dispel The Terrible Abstractions Of Syria's Civil War

Saturday, March 13, 2021

Layla Alammar's new novel is about a journalist who's fled the Syrian civil war for a new life in London — but can only tell anonymous stories about her neighbors because trauma has left her silent.

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Opinion: The Comfort of Cow Cuddles

Saturday, March 13, 2021

Americans are paying $75 an hour to hug a cow. The bovine cuddles can boost oxytocin levels in humans.

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Sanders: Americans Care More About $1,400 Checks From Aid Plan Than Lack Of GOP Votes

Saturday, March 13, 2021

Sen. Bernie Sanders, who helped shepherd the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan through Congress, says the package is "the most consequential piece of legislation for working families" in decades.

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Opinion: Death Of A Teenage Protester in Myanmar

Saturday, March 06, 2021

A teenager, Kyal Sin, also known as Angel, was killed during recent protests in Myanmar. NPR's Scott Simon considers her final moments and her legacy.

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OPINION: It's Hard To Shake Hands And Kiss Babies On Zoom

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Pandemic social distancing has made candidates for New York mayor both more and less accessible.

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'It's Hard To Leave Him': 'Sympathizer' Spy Story Continues In 'The Committed'

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize-winning spy novel The Sympathizer told the story of a communist double agent just after the Vietnam War — his quest for revolution resumes in The Committed.

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OPINION: When Baseball Cards Sell For Millions, They Lose Their Real Value

Saturday, February 20, 2021

NPR's Scott Simon offers his thoughts on why the value of baseball cards shouldn't be measured in dollars.

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'I'll Meet You There': A Dancer Finds New Rhythm In Her Culture

Saturday, February 13, 2021

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to fimmaker Iram Parveen Bilal about her new movie, set in a Pakistani Muslim community in Chicago.

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In 'Dark Horses,' A Secret Circles An Aspiring Equestrian

Saturday, February 13, 2021

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Susan Mihalik about her debut novel about a teenager's love for horses, the sexual abuse she endures at home, and how she prevails.

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