NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about basketball legend Diana Taurasi's retirement, drama in the NBA, and a political statement by Canada's men's national soccer team coach.
Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.
We look at the anticipated impact of of the USAID funding freeze, which helped some of the poorest people around the world. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the matter.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Johns Hopkins professor Sergey Radchenko about what Russia hopes to gain from negotiations with the United States over ending its war in Ukraine.