Matt Ozug
Stories
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Checking in with a refugee nine years after he fled Syria for the U.S.
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Mohammed al-Refaai, who we first met nine years ago when he moved to Ohio from Syria.
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Health
This weightlifting gym helps older people build more than just strength
At Fivex3 Training, a gym in Baltimore, several mornings a week are reserved for older people to train.
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Health
At the Florida Senior Games, pickleball is the crown jewel. Here's why
Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport and it's also popular with older athletes. All Things Considered went to the Florida Senior Games to find out why.
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At Florida Senior Games, pickleball is the crown jewel
Last week's earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County triggered a tsunami warning urging people across a huge swath of California and Oregon to evacuate. Why aren't tsunami warnings more precise?
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Mall walkers find accountability and companionship in exercise routine
A group of women who've been walking their local mall together for decades share the ways their commitments to movement, and each other, have enriched their lives and health.
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Senior swimming champ calls 25 years of learning and laughing in the pool 'bliss'
DeEtte Sauer, 83, went from being a girl who wasn't allowed to participate in sports, to an elite swimmer as a senior. She talks with NPR's Juana Summers about what being active means to her.
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Older folks build muscle and independence at a Baltimore weightlifting gym
Older folks interested in lifting weights flock to a gym in Baltimore, where the trainer has special expertise in working with people in their 60s, 70s and 80s to build strength and independence.
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Business
O-S-C-A-R M-A-Y-E-R Bologna song turns 50
Fifty years ago this year the Oscar Mayer Bologna commercial first appeared on TV. We speak to an advertising professor about the staying power of this ad.
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Elwood Edwards, the voice behind AOL’s famous 'You've got mail' alert, has died at 74
Elwood Edwards, whose voice has spanned generations recorded the iconic "You’ve Got Mail" alert audio in 1989, has died at age 74.
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Politics
Democrats have been winning the Latino voters by less and less. Why?
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with political consultant Mike Madrid on the causes that motivated the Latino voting bloc in this year's election.
