Gus Contreras
Stories
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Sports
What's it like when a childhood dream leads you to the World Series
A pair of New York Yankees players grew up as fans of the team, and now they get to live out their childhood dream of playing for them in the World Series.
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Television
Reba McEntire on mentors, bridging generations and her TV return with 'Happy's Place'
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with country music icon Reba McEntire about her new NBC sitcom Happy's Place, about a woman who inherits her father's restaurant with a half sister she's never met.
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North Gaza is starving as humanitarian aid declines
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Antoine Renard, the World Food Programme Country director for Gaza, about how people in north Gaza are starving and aid shipments reached their lowest level in September.
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Sports
WNBA playoffs update
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Sports
NFL legend Tom Brady wants young people to donate blood
NPR's Juana Summers talks with NFL legend and current Fox football analyst Tom Brady about his efforts to get more young people involved in donating blood.
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Health
The body transforms in remarkable ways during pregnancy. So does the brain
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Jacobs of UC Santa Barbara about how pregnancy reshapes the brain, the subject of a study out this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
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Latin America
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori dies
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with professor Julio Carrión about the death and legacy of former authoritarian leader of Peru Alberto Fujimori.
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Mental Health
New Biden administration rule aims to make mental health covered like physical health
The Biden Administration announced a new rule that will require private health insurers to cover mental health and addiction services like physical conditions.
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The new movie 'Ezra' stars an actor with autism playing an autistic character
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Ezra producer Alex Plank and screenwriter Tony Spiridakis -- who said the story comes from his own life with his son -- about portraying autistic people in their film.
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Sports
Heading into playoffs, these are the WNBA players delivering the goods
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with The Athletic's Ben Pickman about the closing of the WNBA regular season, and the performance of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and A'ja Wilson.