Matt Ozug

Matt Ozug appears in the following:

A short history of the American tradition of competitive eating

Tuesday, July 04, 2023

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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Do you you keep ketchup in the fridge or cupboard? We're here for the debate

Tuesday, July 04, 2023

Fridge or cupboard: Where do you keep your ketchup? Dr. Melvin N. Kramer, the president of a group that consults on food safety, joined NPR to bring science to this condiment conundrum.

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How force-feeding ourselves hot dogs became a 'sacred American ritual'

Tuesday, July 04, 2023

Competitive eating has found a particular foothold in the American zeitgeist — even becoming entwined with ideals like patriotism.

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Joseph Pedott, man behind the ch-ch-ch Chia Pet, dies at 91

Monday, July 03, 2023

Joseph Pedott, the advertising executive who popularized the Chia Pet, died June 22 at age 91.

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FEMA is staging supplies for Guam ahead of Super Typhoon Mawar

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

FEMA's Anne Bink talks about the typhoon headed for Guam. Its set to be the strongest storm to hit the island in more than 60 years.

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NBA star Carmelo Anthony retires after 19 seasons

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

After 19 seasons in the NBA, Carmelo Anthony retires as the 9th top scorer in the league's history, and holds 3 Olympic gold medals.

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The 'More Perfect' podcast examines the Supreme Court

Friday, May 12, 2023

Julia Longoria, host of the Supreme Court podcast "More Perfect," talks about the launch of their new season.

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#MeToo movement comes full circle with Trump verdict, columnist argues

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Michelle Goldberg, who wrote the New York Times column "The Fury of #MeToo Finally Comes for the Man Who Inspired It," about former President Trump's verdict.

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Solved: The mystery of the pasta in the New Jersey woods

Monday, May 08, 2023

Hundreds of pounds of pasta was found dumped illegally in the woods in New Jersey last week. Neighbors say they know how it got there.

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DOT Secretary Buttigieg wants to hold airlines accountable for delays, cancelations

Monday, May 08, 2023

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about new rules that would compensate airline passengers for flight delays and cancelations.

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Behind one Nebraska lawmaker's filibuster to oppose anti-LGBTQ legislation

Monday, April 10, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nebraska state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, a Democrat, about her weeks-long filibuster over a bill she says is "legislating hate."

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court election has given hope to the state's medical community

Thursday, April 06, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks OB-GYN Kristin Lyerly what doctors and patients in Wisconsin have been dealing with before the Supreme Court election — and how it affects abortion in the region.

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Podcast 'You Didn't See Nothin' looks into the 1997 beating of Lenard Clark

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Yohance Lacour, host of the podcast You Didn't See Nothin.

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World's biggest ice carousel starts spinning

Monday, April 03, 2023

On Saturday, the Northern Maine Ice Busters created the world's largest ice carousel, a rotating disk of ice on a frozen Long Lake in Madawaska.

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Jimmy Carter's relationship with the Allman Brothers Band helped him become president

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Former President Jimmy Carter had a relationship with the Allman Brothers Band, and that relationship played a role in helping get him elected.

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A woman convicted in Poland for aiding abortion says she did what was right

Friday, March 17, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Justyna Wydrzynska, co-founder of Abortion Dream Team, who was convicted in Poland for helping a woman acquire abortion pills.

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Meet the D.C. teen choir that joined Bono and The Edge at the Tiny Desk

Friday, March 17, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Kirsten Holmes and Jevon Skipper from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C., about their role in a recent Tiny Desk — with Bono and The Edge.

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The dirty secret to credit card rewards

Thursday, March 09, 2023

Credit card perks are being subsidized by people who have less, argues Chenzi Xu, a finance professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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Senegal's artists are fighting the system with a mic and spray paint

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

A cultural center in Senegal is creating a safe space where artists can use their platform to speak about climate change while also finding opportunities in the art and music scene.

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People smugglers keep trying to recruit this boat captain. Here's why he says no

Saturday, February 25, 2023

By day, Saint-Louis native Pape Dieye is a boat captain-turned-tour guide for a fancy hotel that caters to Westerners. By night, he turns down requests to smuggle human beings across the ocean.

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