NPR's Scott Simon talks with "Hamnet" author Maggie O'Farrell, whose new novel, "Land," draws on her own family's history with Ireland's Great Famine.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with David Haig, who co-wrote the screenplay of the new movie "Pressure." It's based on Haig's play about the meteorologist tasked with predicting the weather on D-Day.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Maggie Rowe and Emily Garcés, the hosts of the podcast "50 Words for Snow," about words English needs but does not have. We use words to try to express ourselves, but ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Dan Billheimer, owner of the Lighthouse Café in Sanibel, Florida, about reuniting with an artifact from his restaurant that had disappeared after Hurricane Ian in 2022. When ...

Musicians Elizabeth Ziff, Alyson Palmer, and Amy Ziff have been in the band BETTY for 38 years. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to them about their latest album, "Eat," and about what keeps them going. Let ...

NPR's Scott Simon asks ESPN's Michele Steele about who will be in and who will be out of the men's and women's college basketball tourney. March Madness - who goes on, who goes home - for both men and ...

New data from the Labor Department shows stronger than expected jobs growth. NPR's Scott Simon asks Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, for her reaction. We look at the economy ...

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.