Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks to the German film director Wim Wenders about his new, Oscar-nominated film. "Perfect Days" is a story about a cultured Japanese toilet cleaner in Tokyo.

A special counsel questioned Pres. Biden's mental acuity while saying he should not be indicted concerning his handling of classified documents. Meanwhile former Pres. Trump faces criminal charges.

NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss the Super Bowl, more Super Bowl and, finally, the Super Bowl.

NPR's Scott Simon asks writer Calvin Trillin about his new collection of reporting on reporters. It's called "The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press."

NPR's Scott Simon asks Prof. Brent Seales of the University of Kentucky about deciphering tightly wound, charred scrolls from the 1st Century C.E. using X-rays and artificial intelligence.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Mandy Patinkin, Kathryn Grody and Gideon Grody-Patinkin about the family stage "performance" in which Gideon talks with his performer parents about their lives.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he remains focused on eliminating Hamas and has ordered plans to be drawn up to evacuate Rafah in order to target militants there.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the NFL's embrace of gambling, a stolen Jackie Robinson statue, the NHL allowing hockey players back in the Olympics, and the NHL all-star game.

The Texas National Guard has taken over a city park that was a popular migrant crossing point and blocked federal border agents from operating there.

In Takoma Park, Md., an old phone box has been transformed into an art piece that visitors can use to dial up birdsong.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with C. L. Miller about her debut mystery set in the English countryside. Its title is "The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder."

The U.S. says it has struck more than 85 targets at seven facilities used by Iran or Iran-allied groups in Iraq and Syria.

The Biden campaign wants to shore up support by Black voters, starting in the marquee state of South Carolina, where Biden travels Saturday.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Leo Vardiashvili about "Hard by a Great Forest," his novel about fleeing civil war in post-Soviet Georgia and returning to track down loved ones.

NPR's Scott Simon asks mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade about her career and commitment to arts education. She has been inducted into the Opera Hall of Fame.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Callum Turner about playing a World War Two aviator in the new Apple TV+ series "Masters of the Air."

African gray parrots at a zoo in England have a dirty word problem. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Steven Nichols of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park about attempts do to curb the birds' speech.

Former President Donald Trump cancelled an event in Arizona after a recording leaked of the state G.O.P chair seeming to bribe Senate hopeful Kari Lake not to run for office.

In a new graphic memoir, "Zodiac," artist and activist Ai Weiwei uses the animals of the Chinese zodiac to tell his life story.

NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant preview the NFL conference championship and an Australian Open final without Novak Djokovic.