NPR's Scott Simon speaks to novelist Siri Hustvedt about her new book, "Ghost Stories" - a memoir of her 43-year marriage to American novelist Paul Auster, who died of cancer in 2024.

Iran's economy was fragile before the war. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, a professor of economics at Virginia Tech, about the current state of the country's economy.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with novelist and teacher Lucy Ives about about her new collection of daily prompts to inspire creative writing, "Three Six Five." ...

A phone booth has been installed at the Boston Public Library where visitors can leave messages. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Meredith Goldstein from the Boston Globe about her project.

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant talk about the first round of the NBA playoffs and the bad start to the Major League Baseball season for the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox.

Many majority-Black legislative districts could be redrawn after a landmark Supreme Court Case. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Mississippi State Rep. Kabir Karriem about the impacts in his state.

Never forgetting the incident with the substitute choir instructor, Simon took action 35 years after it occurred. At age 45, he went to a busy restaurant on a Sunday morning, armed with his guitar, ...

The latest batch of inductees to the Radio Hall of Fame are out, including NPR's very own Scott Simon. Before he hosted "Weekend Edition," he started with NPR in 1977 as Chicago bureau chief. Before ...

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant look back on the year in sports, from the the rise of sports gambling to the most momentous games of 2025. SIMON: What sport didn't have a gambling ...

July 2, 2025; Washington, D.C. – The Museum of Broadcast Communications has named Scott Simon a 2025 Radio Hall of Fame Inductee. He is part of a class of ten inductees representing current and former ...

No, it's not the weekend yet, but we do have some weekend news. The latest batch of inductees to the Radio Hall of Fame are out, including NPR's very own Scott Simon, who started saying this in 1985.