Embedded
Episodes
Capital Gazette: "We Are The Newsroom"
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part 4: In our final episode, the Capital Gazette is swept up in the troubles of the newspaper industry. Its corporate owners are making painful cuts,...
Capital Gazette: "I Know He Did It"
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part 3: The Capital Gazette takes on a new beat: itself. As the shooter's case works its way towards trial, the staff tries to balance coverage obliga...
Capital Gazette: "It's OK That We're Alive"
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2: How do you try to return to normal after a mass shooting? The Capital Gazette moves into a tiny, temporary office, and staff members confront ...
Capital Gazette: "A Damn Paper"
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1: Five colleagues are shot dead. Everyone is traumatized. On that day, June 28, 2018, what can the remaining staff of the Capital Gazette do tha...
Coming Soon: The Capital Gazette
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a new four-part series, Embedded listeners will get to know the surviving staff of The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, MD, where a gunman m...
January 6: Inside The Capitol Siege
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You may have seen fragments of footage from the siege on the Capitol. Now, hear from those who lived it.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podc...
Essential Mitch: The Judges
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mitch McConnell has consistently rejected the rules and norms that once guided Supreme Court nominations. He says he's taken his cue from the Democrat...
Essential Mitch: The Interview
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Embedded heads to the U.S. Senate for an in-depth conversation with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.Learn more about sponsor message choices: p...
Essential Mitch: The Trump Question
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Embedded takes a look at how Mitch McConnell managed four years of the Trump Presidency with shrewdness and surprising success.Learn more a...
Essential Mitch: The Money, Part 2
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of us don't pay much attention to money in politics. But Mitch McConnell does. And unlike most politicians, he speaks bluntly in favor of more p...
Essential Mitch: The Money, Part 1
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mitch McConnell has no problem with money in politics. In fact, his view is the more the better. This week, Embedded digs into Mitch McConnell's long ...
Essential Mitch: The Early Years
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is it about Mitch? How did a politician famous for his lack of charisma become one of the most powerful men in Washington? This week, we continue...
Essential Mitch: The Relationship
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It looks very likely President-elect Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will be "Washington's new power couple." What do their non-r...
Not On the Same Team
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A new NPR podcast delves into a world where the NRA is viewed as too soft on guns and where a new network of more extreme pro-gun groups is on the ris...
Covering Covid: Life After Lockdown
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For weeks and weeks, when millions of Americans were still under lockdown, there were pretty clear rules about what to do. Now that things are opening...
Covering Covid: Essential
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The workers who produce pork, chicken, and beef in plants around the country have been deemed "essential" by the government and their employers. Now, ...
Covering Covid: Backlash
03 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A small but vocal minority of people are pushing back against public health measures experts say are life-saving. Turns out this is not the first time...
Covering Covid: Couples
18 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amid a pandemic: couples getting together, staying together, falling apart. Reach out if you want to tell your story of the pandemic. Send us a voice ...
Covering Covid: Not Enough Tests
04 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What do you get when you have a deadly virus, fear, uncertainty and not enough tests? ... Also, we want to hear from you. If you or someone you know h...
Covering Coronavirus
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're putting together episodes about this virus and we want to hear from you. You can send us a voice memo or an email to [email protected] more...
There Is No Playbook
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When a flash flood ripped through Old Ellicott City in Maryland, residents thought it was a freak occurrence. Instead, it was a sign of the future. An...
This Is Not A Joke
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When a student starts down the path towards racist extremism, there's no set plan for how a school should respond. But teachers and fellow students ar...
The Terrorist
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Frazier Glenn Miller spent years spreading racist, violent rhetoric, training Ku Klux Klan-affiliated paramilitary groups, and gathering arms to launc...
End Of Summer Update
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As the summer winds down, we're taking a look at the latest developments in two of our recent series. What's the story behind #MoscowMitch? And why ha...
Judges 2: 'Worse Than Willie Horton'
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There are more than 30,000 state judges in America. And the vast, vast majority of them are not shielded from politics: They have to fight for their s...
Judges 1: 'A Downward Death Spiral'
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. Supreme Court does not have an army to enforce its rulings, the way the President does. It doesn't control budgets, the way Congress does. So...
Mitch Part 5: '9 And 0'
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mitch McConnell knows that he is not popular. But, he says, the only judgment that really matters is on election day. And of the people who have chall...
Mitch Part 4: 'Not A Happy Choice'
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mitch McConnell says he never expected Donald Trump to become president. And during the campaign, he was openly critical of Trump's rhetoric. So how a...
Mitch Part 3: 'Darth Vader Has Arrived'
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mitch McConnell continues his rivalry with John McCain, and dramatically changes the role of money in American politics.Learn more about sponsor messa...
Mitch Part 2: 'Money Money Money'
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of us don't pay much attention to money in politics. But Mitch McConnell does. And unlike most politicians, he speaks bluntly in favor of more p...
Mitch Part 1: 'Win This Thing'
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mitch McConnell has been described as "opaque," "drab," and even "dull." He is one of the least popular - and most polarizing - politicians in the cou...
Coming Soon: Mitch
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Coming soon from NPR's Embedded: How did Mitch McConnell become one of the most powerful people in the world? And how did he change America in the pro...
How It Ends: The Search
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 2015, Bashir Shikder returned from an overseas trip to an empty house. His wife had taken his two young children to live in the Islamic State. For ...
How It Ends: Judgment
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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How It Ends: The Brother
06 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What would you do if your brother wound up far away, having made a terrible mistake? What would you do if it involved ISIS? How far would you go? On t...
Coming Next Week: How It Ends
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Now that ISIS has lost its territory, what happens to all the people from around the world who ran off to join it? Their governments don't want them. ...
After The Storm
21 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For months, officials claimed fewer than 100 people died from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Then, all of a sudden, the official estimate rose to nea...
The Hearing
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is a story about who is allowed to vote... and who is not. In Florida, the ultimate swing state, 1.5 million people cannot vote, because they hav...
Trump Stories: The Apprentice
17 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Omarosa Manigault Newman has a new book. What about those tapes? We re-visit an episode from our "Trump Stories" season.Learn more about sponsor messa...
The Waiver
04 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump's travel ban has been upheld by the Supreme Court. People from the seven banned countries can still come to the U.S. if they get a spe...
The Red Line
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From 2011-2013, Kelly covered the war in Syria, where people would ask, "Why won't the U.S. intervene?" Then came a chemical attack, ordered by Syrian...
Police Videos: North Miami
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Police shoot the wrong guy. A collaboration with WNYC Studios and their podcast Aftereffect.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.c...
The Apology Broker
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, an episode from NPR's Rough Translation podcast.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Coal Stories 5
01 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a year and a half. Gary, Kyle, and Brad move on.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Coal Stories 4
25 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We meet someone new. Derek.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Coal Stories 3
17 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's not all about Trump. Kyle makes progress. Gary has decisions to make. Brad makes a change.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoice...
Coal Stories 2
10 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After the election. The price of a certain kind of coal goes up. People's lives start changing. Some think it's because of Trump.Learn more about spon...
Coal Stories 1
03 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The "war on coal." Getting Appalachia wrong. Which side are you on? What it's like to live a decline.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcast...
Coming Soon: Coal Stories
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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Trump Stories: Scott Pruitt
26 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As Donald Trump's EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt is popular with conservatives for his aggressive rollback of Obama-era environmental regulations. He...
Trump Stories: Obstruction
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Embedded tells the story of another part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation--the question of whether President Trump may have obstructe...
Trump Stories: Collusion
09 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Embedded tells the story of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. What contacts did people in...
Coming Soon: Trump Stories - Russia
07 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
NPR's Embedded tells the story of the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller of President Donald Trump.Learn more about sponsor message choic...
Trump Stories: Trump SoHo
04 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As a businessman, President Trump was known for his towering buildings. Today we tell the story of one of those skyscrapers and what it says about how...
Trump Stories: Kushner
26 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jared Kushner has taken on a lot of responsibilities in the Trump White House, from tackling the opioid crisis to negotiating Middle East peace. But l...
Trump Stories: Bannon
19 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Now that Steve Bannon has left the Trump Administration, he says he is waging #war against the Republican establishment in the name of populist nation...
Trump Stories: The Golf Course
12 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When Donald Trump came to Rancho Palos Verdes in Southern California in 2002, he was greeted as a "white knight." Trump was buying a golf club that ha...
Trump Stories: The Apprentice
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
13 years ago, one TV show changed how the world saw Donald Trump. Today, the story of how it became a hit, why it may have helped his eventual electio...
Coming In October: Embedded On President Trump
07 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
NPR's Embedded takes a story from the news and goes deep. And in a new series of episodes, host Kelly McEvers tells the inside stories of what Donald ...
Police Videos: Cincinnati
23 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On April 16, 2015, police officer Jesse Kidder encountered a murder suspect named Michael Wilcox in a suburb outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. What happene...
Police Videos: Flagstaff
16 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On Dec. 28, 2014, Robert "Bobby" Smith shot police officer Tyler Stewart and himself in Flagstaff, Arizona. The video of that shooting has since taken...
Police Videos: Charlotte
09 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On Sept. 14, 2013, Jonathan Ferrell was shot and killed by a police officer named Randall "Wes" Kerrick in Charlotte, North Carolina. Like a lot of re...
Coming Soon: Embedded On Police Videos
23 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
So often, it seems like there's a new video of a deadly police encounter in the news. But those videos only tell us part of the story. Embedded is bac...
An Update + Embedded Live
13 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly's here for a quick assurance: Yes we are working on more episodes at this very moment, and we'll tell you more as soon as we can. But in the mea...
The School
11 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It's happening all across the country, for complicated reasons: Schools are closing. And this is disproportionately affecting poor, black students. Sh...
The Arctic
02 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Reporter Rebecca Hersher spent three months in Greenland trying to understand why that country has the highest suicide rate in the world. And then, th...
The Hospital
26 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Medicins Sans Frontieres is also known as MSF, or Doctors Without Borders. They are the first ones to arrive when there's a war, an earthquake, an out...
The League
19 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
When you play basketball in the NBA's minor league – it's called the D-League — the stands aren't full, the schedule is grueling, and the pay can ...
Update
12 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A dispatch from Embedded HQ. Follow Kelly on Twitter @KellyMcEvers. Email us at [email protected] more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoi...
We Found Joy
05 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We go back to Austin, Indiana to see how Joy, the nurse from our first episode, is dealing with her addiction to a painkiller called Opana. Follow Kel...
The Immigrant
28 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On its face, the immigration system can look a lot like the criminal justice system: prisons, courts, judges, prosecutors. But the rules are different...
The Police
21 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On Skid Row in Los Angeles, where thousands of poor, homeless people live — many of them black — questions of how police should use force and inte...
The Capital
14 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
El Salvador is the murder capital of the world, by many estimates. It has the highest homicide rate anywhere outside of war zones. The reason? Violent...
The Bikers
08 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A shootout last year in Waco, Texas between rival biker groups the Cossacks and the Bandidos ended with nine people dead, 20 injured, and a lot of que...
The House
31 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Meet the people inside a house at the center of an HIV outbreak in Indiana. Find Kelly McEvers on Twitter @kellymcevers. Email us at [email protected]....
Introducing Embedded
09 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a preview of what's coming up on Embedded, a new show from NPR hosted by Kelly McEvers. Each episode we'll pick a story from the news that migh...