Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Matthew Wilson, Associate Professor of political science at Southern Methodist University about the divide in United Methodist Church over sexuality and gender identity.

We take a look at the markets in 2023 — a year marked by high inflation and an anticipated recession that has yet to materialize.

We hear the latest news out of Gaza, where an estimated 20,000 people have been killed since the start of the war on Oct. 7, and the need for humanitarian aid is dire.

A holiday music challenge between NPR hosts with favorite songs of the season, as well a few that aren't so loved.

NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss the end of two sports dynasties that have dominated this century: the Golden State Warrior's and the New England Patriots.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, about the group's 2024 Watchlist highlighting 20 countries facing humanitarian crises.

This year's Booker Prize winner is a dystopian novel about an Irish biologist and mother of four whose husband is taken by the government. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Paul Lynch about "Prophet Song."

This week, three former San Antonio, TX police officers were indicted in the shooting death of a woman with mental health issues.

We look at President Biden's use of the word "indiscriminate" to describe Israel's bombing in Gaza, as well as the ongoing quest by some House Republicans to impeach him.

We look at YouTuber and former NASA engineer Mark Rober's war on thieves breaking into cars in San Francisco. His weapon of choice? High-tech stinky glitter bombs.

Israelis react to news that the military mistakenly killed three of the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza.

The year is 1789, and a New England midwife is called to investigate a dead man pulled from the ice. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Ariel Lawhon about her novel, "The Frozen River."

In World War II, hundreds of U.S. planes crashed in the Himalayas. NPR's Scott Simon asks William Belcher, a forensic anthropologist, about a new museum that displays artifacts from the crashes.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with fabled copy editor Benjamin Dreyer. He's retiring after three decades working with literary greats at Random House.

We have an update on the Biden administration's newest federal student loan repayment plan, known as SAVE, which has been popular with borrowers but stirred the anger of Republican lawmakers.

We look at the outrage caused by the released images of Palestinian men detained by Israeli soldiers and stripped down to their underwear. The men are not proven to be Hamas fighters.

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes, the NBA Cup Final and the Army-Navy game.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Edward Geist, a policy researcher at the RAND Corporation, about his new book, "Deterrence under Uncertainty: Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Warfare."

NPR's Scott Simon talks to former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, William Taylor, and war studies expert, Phillips O'Brien, about Ukraine. There's a stalemate on two fronts, the battlefield and funding.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers television producer Norman Lear, who died this week at age 101.