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Scott Simon

Redemption For The Phillies

October 11, 2008 · The Phillies are leading the Dodgers for the National League championship — thanks to the inexplicable success of pitcher Brett Myers. Scott Simon talks about the baseball playoffs with Joe Queenan, lifelong...

Sesame Street: The World Is A Playground

Sesame Street has been around for almost 40 years and airs in 120 countries. A new CD, Sesame Street Playground, features songs and Muppets from Sesame Streets around the world. Big Bird and South Africa's Zikwe join host Scott...

World Powers Pledge To Combat Credit Crisis

Audio for this story will be available at approx. 12:00 p.m. ET Weekend Edition Saturday, October 11, 2008 · Clive Crook of The Atlantic magazine talks with Scott Simon about the latest developments in the global economic...

Vlogging Weekend Edition

The new Weekend Edition blog, "Weekend Soapbox," is featuring a number of behind-the-scenes videos of hosts Scott Simon and Liane Hansen. This week, CNN and Fox News anchor Rudi Bahktiar joins Scott and Liane to give them some...

Troopergate Report Accuses Palins Of Abuse

October 11, 2008 · The report says Governor Sarah Palin and her husband used their influence to try to settle a grudge against the governor's ex-brother-in-law. Scott Simon talks to Martin Kaste about the decision. Share this...

More than two alternatives besides bail or nothing

Only slightly bigger than my complaint that the bail out was ridiculous, is my utter contempt for Congress and the Executive for its failure to seek out and consider other alternatives. This morning on NPR’s Weekend Edition...

Concert Tonight! Maine Legends Schooner Fare in Rockport

ROCKPORT (Oct 3): Schooner Fare has performed at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York, NY, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in...

The Noble Bowzer

Two members of Sha Na Na take to the pages of Columbia College Today to explore the recent scholarly interest in ... Sha Na Na. An excerpt: During the revolution the year before, the Vietnam-era culture wars had escalated...

JFK adviser to speak at forum

Ted Sorensen, who was an adviser to President John F. Kennedy, will speak next weekend in Kansas City. Sorensen will appear as part of a Truman Library forum, “The Media and the Presidency: Playing Politics,” scheduled for...

Squirm Factor Propels Two New Films

Two popular movies are making audiences squirm. Towelhead addresses cultural tensions in the story of an Arab-American girl blossoming into womanhood, and Lakeview Terrace is about a cop who is wary of the interracial...

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