Scott Simon
Air Date: July 10, 2009
He is the soothing voice millions of Americans wake-up to every Saturday morning. Scott Simon’s "smooth, Midwestern cornhusk purr," as his voice has been described, has been a fixture on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday since 1977. The Peabody-Award-winning journalist and former war correspondent brings listeners a faithful blend of news, analysis and features, covering everything from mainstream issues like the current financial crisis, to the off-the-wall stories such as dental credit cards, and even reading entire children’s books over the air.
Now, Simon is branching out into a new career as an author. In this edition of Conversations at KCTS 9, Enrique Cerna talks with Simon about his new novel, Windy City, a comic look at Chicago politics. Plus, a rare glimpse of Simon’s personal life, as he shares he and his wife’s recent decision to adopt two girls from China.
