An art installation called The Portal was shut down this week in New York and Dublin because of rude gestures and other bad public behavior, as NPR's Scott Simon explains.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/18/1252231540/opinion-a-tale-of-two-cities-portal-pandemonium
Afuá, a remote town in the Brazilian Amazon, banned motor vehicles over 20 years ago. Writer Mac Margolis and photographer Stefan Kolumban paid the town a visit to see what life is like.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/12/1248537199/climate-net-zero-amazon-rainforest-brazil-cycling
What is so dangerous about the song, "Glory to Hong Kong"? NPR's Scott Simon explains that the Chinese government is cracking down on any singing, quoting, or use of the song.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/11/1250616386/opinion-glory-be-to-thee-hong-kong
The newest iPad ad depicts instruments, books and art supplies flattened into Apple's thinnest product ever. But anyone who owns and loves art in any form knows: The practicality isn't the point.
Forget the saber-toothed tiger steaks: a new study published this week reveals that ancient humans also ate their veggies. NPR's Scott Simon marvels at the menu.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/04/1249100783/opinion-ancient-gastronomy-from-mammoths-to-muesli
NPR's Scott Simon muses about the passage of parental time, now that his eldest daughter has turned 21.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/27/1247584259/opinion-we-do-anything-to-make-our-kids-smile
NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the long career of John Sterling, the New York Yankees' play-by-play announcer, who is retiring at the age of 85.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/20/1245988938/opinion-the-voice-of-yankees-legends-bids-farewell
NPR Public Editor examines claims of bias in NPR's story choices
https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2024/04/17/1245346337/the-relentless-focus-on-gaza
An art gallery worker lost his job in February after hanging up his own art. NPR's Scott Simon thinks an Open Wall night might be a good way to give artists who are not huge names a chance to shi...
Journalists with sticky fingers: NPR's Scott Simon talks about items missing from Air Force One, prompting the White House Correspondents Association to remind reporters to leave these things be.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/06/1243168456/opinion-air-force-one-and-the-great-pillowcase-plunder