NPR’s “All Things Considered” is getting a new weekday voice.
Scott Detrow will become a full-time weekday host of NPR’s afternoon radio show starting Sept. 29, while maintaining his role at “Consider This,” the outlet’s daily news podcast, the public radio firm said.
“I can’t wait to bring listeners the news five days a week now. And at this moment where we are all focusing on strengthening the entire public media network and working together more closely than ever before,” Detrow said in a statement.
This news comes a week after journalist Ari Shapiro announced his departure from the news magazine show. Shapiro had been hosting the show for nearly a decade.
For the last two years, Detrow could be heard on weekend episodes of “All Things Considered.” He steered coverage of breaking news events, including the attempted assassination of President Trump in Pennsylvania, earning him the Edward R. Murrow Award for breaking news.
He initially joined NPR in 2015. From getting his start as a Fordham student at WFUV in New York to working as a statehouse reporter at WITF in Pennsylvania and at KQED in the Bay Area, he has spent his entire career in public radio.
Since becoming a part of the national nonprofit, he has helped launch segments such as “Reporter’s Notebook,” in which listeners get a behind-the-scenes look at how journalism is produced, and most recently, he anchored live coverage surrounding Pope Leo’s election. He has also co-hosted the “NPR Politics Podcast” for seven years, focusing on the White House, Congress and two presidential campaigns.
“All Things Considered” is one of NPR’s longest-running shows, first airing in 1971. The flagship program presents a mix of news, commentary, interviews and analysis on a daily basis.
In a full-circle moment, Detrow’s first job out of college was working on the local version of “All Things Considered” in central Pennsylvania.
“I’m proud that I started out as an ATC host at a NPR Member station, and now will be doing that job nationally,” he said.
July 4 (UPI) — The United Parcel Service has announced that it is offering buyouts to full-time drivers as part of its execution of “the largest network reconfiguration” in the company’s history.
The plan was announced in a statement Tuesday, explaining it is “the first time ever” that they have offered full-time drivers the ability to volunteer to “receive a generous financial package if they choose to leave UPS.”
Specifics of the financial package were not revealed, but UPS said it will be in addition to any earned retirement benefits, including pension and healthcare.
“Each driver would have the ability to decide if this voluntary program is beneficial to their family and the plans they have for their future,” UPS said.
The company added the drivers’ union has been informed of the plan and that UPS remains committed to their 2023 agreement.
The union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, issued a statement rejecting the buyout plan as violating their commitment not only to protect 340,000 delivery workers but to create 22,500 more jobs.
“UPS is trying to weasel its way out of creating good union jobs here in America by dangling insulting buyouts in front of Teamsters drivers,” the teamsters general president, Sean O’Brien said in a statement.
“It’s an illegal violation of our national contract.”
In the five-year contract, ratified in August 2023, UPS guaranteed to fill at a minimum 22,500 permanent full-time jobs. The announcement of the buyout also comes as the union says UPS is failing to provide at least 28,000 air-conditioned vehicles to drivers by 2028.
“Our members cannot be bought off and we will not allow them to be sold out,” O’Brien said.
“The Teamsters are prepared to fight UPS on every front with every available resource to shut down this illegal buyout program.”
The announcement comes after UPS said in late April that they expected to reduce their workforce by about 20,000 positions during this year.
DENTIST Matt Vogt is determined to extract as much joy as possible from his emotional homecoming, as he makes his US Open debut just a couple of months after losing his father to cancer.
The fact that the tournament is being played at Oakmont in Pennsylvania – where Vogt caddied for six years as a youngster before earning a college scholarship – makes the event even more poignant.
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Matt Vogt is a full-time dentistCredit: INSTAGRAM @thedentistsatgc
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He will tee it up at the US Open golf major for the first timeCredit: AP
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Vogt will go up against giants of the sport like Rory McIlroy and Scottie SchefflerCredit: Getty
Vogt, 34, was born and brought up a few miles from Oakmont.
So he is guaranteed plenty of support this week, especially as TV stations in the US have been portraying his story as a modern-day fairytale.
At 6ft 6in, the big-hitting amateur will not be hard to spot.
And he expects to experience an emotional roller-coaster over the next few days.
Back-to-back 68s at Wine Valley in Washington saw him finish ahead of plenty of seasoned PGA Tour players.
So he has plenty of game, despite the fact he has never even considered turning professional himself.
Vogt alternated between smiling broadly and fighting back tears, as he explained what it meant to be teeing off in a Major championship just a few yards away from where he used to hang out in the caddyshack.
He commented: “Oh, wow. Oh my goodness. I don’t know where to start.
“I just hope that what has happened to me will be an inspiration to anyone who is going through a tough time, wondering when the next good thing will happen.
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“I think everyone knows about my dad’s passing, and it’s bound to be on my mind a lot this week, especially with it being Father’s Day on Sunday.
“Even walking up the ninth fairway today after signing some autographs for some little kids – which was pretty awesome, by the way – I kind of looked up and thought about it.
“Anyone who’s lost a parent, you feel these brief spurts of emotion, from time to time.
“He had colon cancer. I wear the blue ribbon for that, and I say a prayer every night for people who have been affected by cancer.
“It’s a horrible, horrible thing. He got that diagnosis last year, and it wasn’t good.
“Over the past few months before his passing, you could see it was starting to take a toll. So it’s emotional, but honestly, I know he’s in a better place.
“He was beginning to suffer, and that’s something no one ever wants to see.
“Although I wish he was still here with us, there’s a sense of peace among our family. And I hope he’s at peace as well, because it was hard.
“And for me, I have a 15-month-old daughter now, and the last few months, I feel like in a way I’ve gone from a boy to a man, and like matured as a person and as a dad.”
Vogt, who has played in the US Amateur and Mid-Amateur golf tournaments, has been inundated with good luck messages from his patients, fellow dentists, other players – and the local caddies, who are all rooting for him.
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Vogt knows he will have plenty of colleagues rooting for himCredit: INSTAGRAM @thedentistsatgc
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He admitted it will be an emotional week after losing his dad to cancerCredit: AP
