Scott Simon

Scott Simon speaks with Friends University student Caitlyn Fox about the recital she was not allowed to perform on campus. It was comprised of songs that were banned from musical theater.

Scott Simon speaks with musician Araya about his new album, "Ethos."

Scott Simon speaks to Gulbahar Haitiwaji, a Uyghur woman who survived three years in a Chinese detention camp. Her memoir is titled "How I Survived a Chinese Reeducation Camp."

For fans of the Iditarod, there's a way to get up close to the sled dog race without ever going outside: fantasy mushing. It's a collaboration between coder David Hunt and musher Danny Seavey.

Scott Simon talks with Vice News Correspondent Emily Green about the increased role of Mexican drug cartels in the avocado and lime business.

The fight by an Indian reality television star to get websites to erase his driving under the influence arrest recalls a larger movement to be forgotten.

Scott Simon remembers writer and satirist P.J. O'Rourke, who died this week at 74.

Scott Simon speaks to Rachel Weiskittle, a psychologist specializing in the aging process, about the impact loneliness has had on elderly people during the pandemic.

Scott Simon talks to novelist David Wright Falade about his new book, "Black Cloud Rising," about the leader of an all-Black brigade in the Civil War.

Scott Simon speak with Jason Bardsley, president of the State Police Officers Council in Iowa, which represents park rangers who are being evicted from government-owned homes.

Scott Simon talks to former Olympics figure skater Polina Edmunds about the current controversies and the future of the sport.

Scott Simon talks with Alejandro Zambra about his new novel, "Chilean Poet," which follows the lives and loves of two would-be poets in Santiago.

NPR's Scott Simon recalls two elephant cufflinks his mother gave his father for Valentine's Day years after their divorce, and how that gift speaks of a love greater than romantic love.

Scott Simon speaks with the Rev. Dr. Justin Lester of Congdon Street Baptist Church in Providence, R.I., about Black pastors trying to bring the younger generation back to church.

The Apple TV+ series "Severance" is about a company that has severed employees' work lives from their personal ones. Scott Simon speaks with actor Adam Scott about the show, in which he stars.

Maine residents have been having a hard time finding the state's official drink on grocery store shelves: Moxie. It tastes a bit like root beer, but with a bite.

Scott Simon speaks to Foreign Policy columnist Lynne O'Donnell about President Biden's decision to give half of Afghanistan's $7 billion in frozen assets to victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Scott Simon talks to political scientist Harun Yilmaz, who argues that Russia will gain less by actually invading Ukraine than by threatening to do so.

In Ottawa, health care workers have reported being harassed by protesters who oppose Canada's vaccination policies. Scott Simon speaks to Dr. Alison Eyre, who works in the city center.

A senior U.S. military official gave additional details in a background briefing Friday on the intelligence that led the U.S. to warn that Russia could invade Ukraine in the coming days.