Patrick Jarenwattananon

Patrick Jarenwattananon appears in the following:

A Minnesota man has grown the world's largest pumpkin... again

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

On Monday, a man beat his own record for the largest pumpkin ever grown in North America. This one was 2, 749 pounds — almost 200 pounds heavier than last year's fruit!

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23-year-old runner sets mindboggling world record at Chicago Marathon

Monday, October 09, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Scott Douglas, contributor for Runner's World, about 23-year-old Kelvin Kiptum's record-breaking marathon run on Sunday.

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How this week in Washington was viewed around the world

Friday, October 06, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with three journalists from different parts of the world who report on Washington for their home publications, about this week in U.S. politics.

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How McCarthy's removal as speaker will impact the White House

Tuesday, October 03, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Leon Panetta, one time a member of the House of Representatives, about what comes next now that Kevin McCarthy has been voted out as speaker.

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Republican strategist weighs in on what comes next after McCarthy ouster

Tuesday, October 03, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Republican strategist Ron Bonjean about the U.S. House vote to remove California Congressman Kevin McCarthy has speaker.

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Talking with the U.S. representatives behind a bill to address the rape kit backlog

Tuesday, October 03, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with U.S. Representatives Nancy Mace and Barbara Lee about their bipartisan bill to address the backlog of rape kits in the country.

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Remembering Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield

Monday, October 02, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Red Sox reporter Ian Browne about the life of Major League Baseball player Tim Wakefield, who was known for throwing a knuckleball.

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Bob Boilen — the Tiny Desk mastermind — retires from NPR after 35 years

Monday, October 02, 2023

NPR's Bob Boilen, the former director of All Things Considered who later co-founded the Tiny Desk Concerts, is retiring after 35 years at the network.

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Lead negotiator for 2009 auto bailout weighs in on strike

Friday, September 29, 2023

Steven Rattner, who led the Obama administration's restructuring of the auto industry in 2009, weighs in on the current strike against the big three automakers.

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Tech industry group weighs in on FTC's case against Amazon

Thursday, September 28, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Adam Kovacevich, CEO of the tech industry coalition Chamber of Progress, about the FTC's lawsuit against Amazon for alleged abuse of monopoly power.

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FTC Chair Lina Khan breaks down the lawsuit against Amazon

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan about the FTC's lawsuit against Amazon over alleged abuse of monopoly power.

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A look at the person behind the Amazon lawsuit

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Wall Street Journal's tech policy reporter Ryan Tracy about the FTC Chair Lina Khan.

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Hollywood writers and studios strike a deal. What's next?

Monday, September 25, 2023

The union representing Hollywood writers has reached a tentative deal with the major studios, potentially ending a months-long strike. What does this mean for the industry, and still-striking actors?

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This Republican senator wants an expanded child tax credit — with work requirements

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says the U.S. has lost focus over the last 20 to 30 years and economic policies need to be geared towards creating stable work for families.

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Philly's 'pastor of the hood' Carl Day weighs in as another election cycle kicks off

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Philadelphia pastor Carl Day about how he's feeling ahead of the 2024 presidential race and if he has any takeaways from the 2020 election.

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Meeting the Philadelphia team that embroiders presidential flags

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

A small workshop on a northeast Philadelphia military base exclusively manufactures the presidential and vice presidential flags. The tradition has been going on for more than 150 years.

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30 years after Oslo Accords, peace is far away for Israelis and Palestinians

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Aaron David Miller about the Oslo Peace agreement and what has happened since that historic handshake and signing ceremony.

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In a Portuguese town, the wine flows as free as a river — but no one is drinking it

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Roughly 581,000 gallons of wine poured out of two burst tanks at Destilaria Levira in Portugal Sunday, which led to a viral video of a "river of wine" coursing down a hilly street.

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Google's antitrust showdown begins this week

Monday, September 11, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rebecca Haw Allensworth, a professor of antitrust law at Vanderbilt Law School, about the federal government's first major monopoly trial of the Big Tech era.

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A 150-year-old shipwreck was found in Lake Michigan

Friday, September 08, 2023

A long-lost shipwreck has been discovered in Lake Michigan by two maritime historians. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Brendon Baillod, one of the historians who discovered the shipwreck.

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