Matt Ozug
Stories
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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.
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Remembering former Justice David Souter
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter died at his home in New Hampshire Thursday. He was 85.
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NPR CEO Katherine Maher addresses future of federal funding for public media
Katherine Maher, president and CEO of National Public Radio, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the White House proposal to eliminate federal funding for public media.
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Salt-less Jamaican soup a 'transformational' experience
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Genevieve Villamora about adapting healing soup recipes from around the world with ingredients commonly available in the U.S.
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Why one of Greenland's biggest bands makes music in their native language
Music by the Greenlandic indie-rock band Nanook is part of the country's history of calling for social and political change through art.
