Matt Ozug
Stories
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Competitive eating is more than simple amusement on the Fourth of July
The 4th of July traditional hotdog eating contest got us thinking about why food and the holiday are so intertwined. Some experts have gone deep on the subject of competitive eating.
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After decades on NPR, this familiar voice is retiring
NPR's Ari Shapiro and longtime newscaster Jack Speer chat about his early years covering business for the network, his retirement, and what he'll miss about covering the daily news.
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Here to Help: A man's decades-long history with Habitat for Humanity
Gerard Van de Werken is a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity Austin, a non-profit housing organization. For our series, Here to Help, he discusses his decades-long history with the organization.
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Trump wants to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for controlling HIV/AIDS
President Trump has sent Congress what's known as a rescission request. That's where the White House asks Congress to take back funding for programs it had previously approved.
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Volunteering and service to others could help with the loneliness epidemic
As part of our series on community and service, called Here to Help, Mary Louise Kelly speaks to former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about the benefits of volunteering.
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NPR's president and CEO talks about lawsuit over executive orders
NPR and several public radio stations are suing the Trump White House over an executive order that purportedly bars the use of Congressionally appropriated funds for NPR and PBS.
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Within the new novel 'The Emperor of Gladness,' a love letter to fast food workers
In his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong lovingly describes characters who worked together in a Connecticut fast food restaurant.
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Here to Help: Diaper bank volunteer
For one volunteer, helping get the basics out to new parents is an endorphin rush.
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Author Ocean Vuong on 'the shared bond of survival' and his new novel
Author Ocean Vuong talks about his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness. It centers on the unlikely friendship between a 19-year-old college dropout and an 82-year-old with dementia.
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Here to Help: The benefits of volunteering
Do you volunteer? In a new series called "Here to Help," we are presenting the stories of people across the U.S. who volunteer, and the benefits of volunteering.