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By: Scott Simon, Olga Maltseva
Mourners pay respects to late Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov during a memorial service at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on November 21, 2024.
By: Scott Simon
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Michele Steele of ESPN about the NWSL championship, Geno Auriemma's record-breaking night and a now-rare event in the NFL: playing in the snow.
By: Scott Simon
Janet Martin, aka the Mayor of Armitage Brown Line Station, is retiring from the Chicago Transit Authority after a 29-year career marked with kindness.
NPR's Scott Simon talks with musician Father John Misty — real name Josh Tillman — about his new album. Its title comes from a Sanskrit word, "Mahashmashana."
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to actor Billy Crystal about his new show, "Before" — a psychological thriller on Apple TV+. Listeners note that this conversation mentions self-harm.
By: Scott Simon
Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai took the stand this week. He faces charges in connection with the 2019 anti-government protests in the region. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with his son, Sebastien Lai.
NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the death of ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov. Reports from Russian media say he fell from a 5th floor balcony.
By: Scott Simon, Scott Horsley
President-elect Trump plans to nominate hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to be Treasury Secretary. He's been on of Trump's biggest cheerleaders in the financial world.
We look at Matt Gaetz removing himself from his nomination as Attorney General as well as a few of the cabinet nominations that President-elect Donald Trump announced on Friday night.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with paleoanthropologist, Donald Johanson, about the 50th anniversary of his biggest discovery, Lucy, an early human ancestor.
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