Stahl is portrayed as just about the most wryly likable junkie you'll ever come across ... or, at least, that's how everybody treats him.

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This is where you, the tech junkie and loyal reader, enter the picture.

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What does a data junkie like you do outside of work?

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Regardless of whether you are a rewards junkie or a rewards novice, the way to get the most value from your credit card usage is to ditch the points and find some plastic that offers cash-back rewards.

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You can also catch his Political Junkie column which appears at npr.org every week, even when you're on vacation?

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And back from a week long hiatus at the beach is Ken Rudin, NPR's political editor, podcaster, and author of the Political Junkie column, which you can read on NPR's Web site npr.org.

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If you too are a social media feedback junkie, consider my thirty-day practice.

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As you can tell, I am a junkie for history.

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Admittedly, if you yourself aren't a flight sim junkie this may not be the most attractive controller in the world, but there's something to be said about a company spending three years studying, crafting, and refining a controller to make it virtually indistinguishable from the real thing.

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"It doesn't get stuck in your head and annoy you but it doesn't lull you to sleep and bore you either, " says Russell Jones, from Condiment Junkie.

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Ken Rudin, thank you for being with us and we'll look forward to hearing the Political Junkie every Wednesday on TALK OF THE NATION.

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