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The Kill List: A Death in Sweden from 2023-12-07T19:27:09
Before Karima's death, another prominent Baloch dissident was found dead in Sweden. The two deaths bear a striking resemblance. Could they be connected? The Kill List is a 6-part podcast f...
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The Kill List: Death of an Icon from 2023-12-05T18:03:34
Karima Baloch was forced to flee to Canada because of her work fighting for human rights in her home of Balochistan, a province of Pakistan. But when Karima's body washes ashore on Lake Ontario, it...
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All The Only Ones: No More (Gender) Drama from 2023-11-16T08:00
In the final episode of the series, we meet Christine, an 18 year old from New Mexico, shortly after starting hormone replacement therapy, as she navigates her freshman year of college. We also mee...
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All The Only Ones: I can't wait from 2023-11-09T15:50
In part 2, we meet Parker, a senior in high school in Columbus, Ohio. Parker is a top field hockey athlete, but as a trans person, he is faced with making a difficult decision: either pursuing his ...
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All The Only Ones: The missing piece of the puzzle from 2023-11-02T16:37:26
In our first episode, we meet Zen, a Mexican-American, New Orleans native, coming into their transness, exploring its spectrum, as we learn about an historic trans person, Bernard, from Alabama in ...
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Introducing All The Only Ones from 2023-10-30T07:00:28
All The Only Ones is a new 3-part series from NPR's Embedded. Host Laine Kaplan-Levenson unearths the little known and often neglected history of trans youth in America. We follow...
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The Unmarked Graveyard: Angel Garcia from 2023-10-26T07:00
When Annette Vega was seven years old, she found out the man she called "dad" wasn't her biological father. But all she knew was that her mom had had a teenage romance with a guy named Angel Garcia...
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The Unmarked Graveyard: Neil Harris Jr. from 2023-10-19T07:00
A few years ago, a young man who called himself Stephen became a fixture in Manhattan's Riverside Park. Locals started noticing him sitting on the same park bench day after day. He said little and ...
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Love Commandos: Calling It Quits from 2023-08-18T18:25:14
In Episode 5 of Love Commandos, couples seeking to shut down the Love Commandos' shelter band together in a risky plan. Want to hear bonus episodes of Love Commandos? Sign up for Embedded+ at <...
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Love Commandos: Forever Yours from 2023-08-09T21:30:10
On Episode 4 of Love Commandos, couples in the shelter feel pressured to stay indefinitely. We try to figure out why. Want to hear episodes of Love Commandos a week before everyone els...
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Love Commandos: The Honeymoon from 2023-08-02T17:52:34
On Episode 3 of Love Commandos, stories of life inside the Love Commandos shelter begin to diverge as co-founder Sanjoy Sachdev shows a different side. Want to hear episodes of Love Commandos a...
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Love Commandos: After the Wedding from 2023-07-26T10:00:54
Threatened by their families, an inter-caste couple in India hits a breaking point. Their last option to stay together? The Love Commandos. Want to hear episodes of Love Commandos a week before...
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Love Commandos: The Vow from 2023-07-26T10:00:52
When falling in love can mean risking your life, the Love Commandos in India will protect you. But at what cost? Want to hear episodes of Love Commandos a week before everyone else? Sign up for...
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The 13th Step: Just the Beginning from 2023-06-29T12:00:09
How deep can you dig for the truth before it gets dangerous? In March 2022, reporter Lauren Chooljian published her first story detailing allegations against Eric Spofford, the founder of New Hamps...
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The 13th Step: The God of Recovery from 2023-06-28T12:00:25
As Eric Spofford tells it, he spent his teen years in the throes of addiction and crime. When he got sober, he became a crusader for recovery. On the second episode of The 13th Step from New Hampsh...
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The 13th Step: The Shadow from 2023-06-27T12:00:50
So many of us have been touched by America's addiction crisis. And we look to treatment for solutions. But what happens when communities dedicated to treatment turn out to be dangerous? In the firs...
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Buffalo Extreme: Winners from 2023-06-12T21:55:31
It's competition season, and the girls say they're over what happened at the Tops supermarket last year. "I'm fine!" But then the shooter has his sentencing hearing, and those feelings come floodin...
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Buffalo Extreme: Do Good, Get Good from 2023-05-26T00:48:53
How do you make sense of something terrible that's happened—and move forward? From the cheer gym to the therapy office, we follow the parents, coaches and kids of Buffalo All-Star Extreme in the ye...
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Buffalo Extreme: Base from 2023-05-11T21:53:23
Ayanna Williams Gaines is the coach and founder of Buffalo All-Star Extreme, a Black competitive cheerleading and dance team from Buffalo, New York. Williams Gaines started the gym as a space for B...
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Introducing Buffalo Extreme from 2023-05-08T10:00:53
What happens after a racist mass shooting in your neighborhood? On May 14, 2022, the world changed for residents of Buffalo, New York, when a white man approached the Jefferson Street Tops supermar...
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Taking Cover: The Gulf School from 2023-05-04T10:00
Tom and Graham meet Shihab's brother in Baghdad — but he's wary. They also visit Fallujah, to find the schoolhouse and talk with people who were on the other side of the occupation. Then, finally.....
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Taking Cover: Cover-Up from 2023-04-27T10:00
The team turns to Pat Tillman's family for help. Duncan Hunter the elder, and the younger, respond to NPR's questions... kind of. A breakthrough in the search for the interpreter has Tom and Graham...
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Taking Cover: Up the Chain from 2023-04-20T16:00
Tom and Graham work their way up the chain of command, looking for someone — anyone — who can explain how and why this incident was buried. One general claims he can't recall the incident. Another ...
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Taking Cover: Finding David from 2023-04-13T16:04
As Tom and Graham work to track down the men in the courtyard, one of the wounded Marines has long remained elusive. His former comrades wonder if he's even still alive. Eventually, with help from...
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Taking Cover: JAGMAN from 2023-04-06T10:00
Hoping to get their hands on the official investigation, the NPR team flies to Tucson. But problems begin shortly after arrival. The widow of a man who died in the explosion wants to know why the M...
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Taking Cover: Stand-To from 2023-03-30T09:58
The wounded are evacuated. The battle subsides. Now the men of Echo 2/1 begin to wonder: What happened? The Marine Corps says "no records exist" but Tom and Graham find testimony before an obscure ...
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Taking Cover: Danger Close from 2023-03-16T10:09:20
NPR's Pentagon Correspondent, Tom Bowman, receives a shocking tip from a trusted source: A deadly explosion during the Iraq War was an accident—friendly fire, covered up by the Marine Corps—and the...
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White Lies: The Excludables from 2023-03-16T10:05
In our final episode of the season, we start researching the names on the secret list of 2,746 Cuban excludables. What we find confirms many of our suspicions about the arbitrariness of how the U.S...
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Introducing: Taking Cover from 2023-03-14T13:45:27
Hosted by NPR's Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and Graham Smith of the Investigations unit, Taking Cover isn't just a show about the worst Marine-on-Marine friendly fire incident in mod...
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White Lies: The List from 2023-03-09T10:54
Since we began reporting this story, we've been after a list. A secret list. On it are the names of 2,746 people whom the US government deemed excludable, including the men on the roof. The governm...
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White Lies: The Trial from 2023-03-02T10:50
In Episode 6, we sneak into the graveyard of the Atlanta federal penitentiary with a radical peace activist to learn more about what happened in the prison in late 1984. A peaceful protest by detai...
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White Lies: The Pen from 2023-02-23T11:00
On May 18, 1980, a man named Genaro Soroa-Gonzalez arrived in Key West from the port of Mariel. With no family waiting to sponsor him, he was sent by plane to a resettlement camp at an army base. T...
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White Lies: The Entry Fiction from 2023-02-16T11:00
When President Carter promised to welcome the men and women arriving on the Mariel boatlift with "an open heart and open arms," he had referred to them as refugees. But technically speaking, they w...
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White Lies: The Rumors from 2023-02-09T11:00
During our reporting, we heard one story over and over again: that Fidel Castro had emptied his prisons to fill the boatlift. It's a story that's been told so often and with such conviction that of...
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White Lies: The Boatlift from 2023-02-02T15:00
Note: Due to a technical error, some listeners did not hear the correct audio for Episode 2. We are re-publishing it with the corrected audio. The story of the men on the roof didn't start...
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White Lies: The Men on the Roof from 2023-01-26T14:00:58
It all started with a photograph. A photograph from 1991 of a prison takeover in rural Alabama. A photograph of a group of men on the roof of that prison holding a bedsheet scrawled with a message:...
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White Lies: Season 2 Trailer from 2023-01-23T14:37:26
In 1991, a group of men took over a federal prison in rural Alabama. But these men weren't prisoners, they were immigration detainees, all of them from Cuba. And none of them were serving time for ...
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The Last Cup: Postscript from 2022-12-20T22:27:09
The 2022 World Cup has ended. With his left foot, Messi wrote a more spectacular finale than we could have imagined. In the final installment of The Last Cup, Jasmine Garsd reveals the magic of Arg...
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The Last Cup: Bonus Episode from 2022-12-08T20:14:08
Argentina has made it to the quarter finals of the 2022 World Cup, but the road has been a winding one. In our bonus episode, we take a moment to reflect on the scores and stumbles of the qualifyin...
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The Last Cup: Part 5 from 2022-12-02T13:48:23
After a falling-out with the Argentine national team and a shaky reconciliation, Messi eventually finds his way back to play at the 2021 Copa America for yet another chance at redemption. And then ...
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The Last Cup: Part 4 from 2022-11-22T05:01:15
With the disappointment of the 2010 World Cup behind them, Argentines are hopeful that Lionel Messi might break their losing streak at the 2011 Copa America, the largest tournament in South America...
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The Last Cup: Part 3 from 2022-11-17T05:01:25
Lionel Messi finally gets a chance to put on Argentina's national jersey, but something is off. His time abroad has fundamentally changed the way he plays. Things get even more complicated when the...
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The Last Cup: Part 2 from 2022-11-10T15:53:42
From his earliest goals on the soccer fields of his hometown in Argentina to his arrival in Spain's Barça Football Club, host Jasmine Garsd follows the journey of a gifted kid who would go on to be...
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The Last Cup: Part 1 from 2022-11-10T13:23
NPR and Futuro Studios present The Last Cup, a podcast series about soccer and the immigrant experience.
As Lionel Messi rose up the ranks of the storied Barça football club in Spai...
Changing the Police: The Walk-Out from 2022-08-11T12:31:23
The series concludes: we check back in with John Mueller after his resignation as head of the Yonkers Police Department. And we consider what his departure means for police reform efforts in the ci...
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Changing the Police: To Police or Not To Police from 2022-08-04T07:00:17
In Yonkers, as in the rest of the country, a substantial number of police calls involve situations where someone is having a mental health crisis. But are cops the right people to answer those call...
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Changing the Police: Charlie Walker's Plan from 2022-07-28T07:00:57
Every four years, the Yonkers Police Department starts the process of hiring new officers. This time, the department is specifically recruiting people of color through a program known as "Be The Ch...
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Changing the Police: Reckoning with the Past from 2022-07-21T07:00:40
For a long time, the police department in Yonkers, New York had a reputation as overly aggressive, especially when it came to policing the poorer parts of the city. There were lots of stories of "b...
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Changing the Police: The John Mueller Show from 2022-07-14T19:00:28
Episode 1 takes listeners to Yonkers, New York, a city with a long and ugly history of bad policing. The Justice Department has demanded an overhaul of the department and has been monitoring it for...
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Coming Soon: Changing The Police from 2022-07-12T07:00:25
In a new multi-part series, Embedded listeners will get to know the Yonkers Police Department, located just outside New York City. For over a decade, the department has been monitored by t...
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Capital Gazette: "All Of A Sudden... It's Different" from 2021-10-15T02:52
Part 5: There's one important part of the newspaper's story we couldn't bring you until now: what it's like to have their attacker stand trial. And the unexpected ways that trial can affect you. Pl...
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On Our Watch: Under Color of Law from 2021-07-09T08:00:07
One of the first police shootings to be captured on cell phone, millions saw Bay Area Rapid Transit police Officer Johannes Mehserle fire a single, fatal gunshot into Oscar Grant's back as the 22-y...
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On Our Watch: The Brady Rule from 2021-07-02T08:00:28
Fellow officers long suspected a veteran detective in Antioch, Calif., was leaking operational police secrets to a drug dealer. For years, the department didn't act on their concerns. Even after th...
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On Our Watch: Neglect of Duty from 2021-06-25T08:00:34
An officer is repeatedly disciplined for not turning in his police reports on time. A mom goes to the police asking for help with her missing daughters. In the fifth episode of On Our Watch Listen
On Our Watch: Perceived Threat from 2021-06-18T08:00:53
A 16-year-old Black kid walks into a gas station in Stockton, Calif. to buy gummy worms for his little sister. When the teen gets in an argument with the clerk over a damaged dollar bill, a white o...
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On Our Watch: 20-20 Hindsight from 2021-06-11T08:00:10
After his son is shot and killed by a Richmond, Calif. police officer, a father looking for answers becomes a police transparency advocate. When the files about his son's death are released, they s...
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On Our Watch: Conduct Unbecoming from 2021-06-04T15:46:43
A police officer in Los Angeles told women he'd let their cars pass inspection if they had sex with him. In the San Francisco, Bay Area, another woman says an officer used police resources to haras...
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On Our Watch: In Good Faith from 2021-05-28T14:39:39
In the small Northern California town of Rio Vista, a woman named Katheryn Jenks calls 911 for help. But after the police arrive, she ends up injured and inside a jail cell, facing serious charges....
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Capital Gazette: "We Are The Newsroom" from 2021-03-11T18:15:09
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, and a hedge fund with an ominous repu...
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Capital Gazette: "I Know He Did It" from 2021-03-04T09:00:52
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 obligations with personal feelings.
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Capital Gazette: "It's OK That We're Alive" from 2021-02-25T09:00:28
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 the challenges of producing a daily paper while...
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Capital Gazette: "A Damn Paper" from 2021-02-18T09:00
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 that might make a difference? Publish "a ...
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Coming Soon: The Capital Gazette from 2021-02-16T09:00:23
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 murdered five people in June 2018.
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Trump Stories: Scott Pruitt from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As Donald Trump's EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt is popular with conservatives for his aggressive rollback of Obama-era environmental regulations. He has also been strongly criticized for alleged ...
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Trump Stories: Trump SoHo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 and with whom Trump does business. Follow Kell...
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Trump Stories: Bannon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Now that Steve Bannon has left the Trump Administration, he says he is waging #war against the Republican establishment in the name of populist nationalism. But before he got involved in politics, ...
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Trump Stories: The Golf Course from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 had gone into bankruptcy when the 18th hole had l...
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Police Videos: Charlotte from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 recent police shootings, much of what we know abo...
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Coming Soon: Embedded On Police Videos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 back March 9, and we'll have three episodes that e...
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The School from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's happening all across the country, for complicated reasons: Schools are closing. And this is disproportionately affecting poor, black students. Shereen Marisol Meraji and Chris Benderev go to W...
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The Arctic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reporter Rebecca Hersher spent three months in Greenland trying to understand why that country has the highest suicide rate in the world. And then, the story came to her. Follow Kelly McEvers on Tw...
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The Hospital from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 outbreak, or a famine. And increasingly, they are ...
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The League from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 be as low as $13,000 a year. Compare that to the NB...
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We Found Joy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 Kelly McEvers on Twitter @KellyMcEvers. Email us a...
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The Immigrant from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On its face, the immigration system can look a lot like the criminal justice system: prisons, courts, judges, prosecutors. But the rules are different and the details are often hard to access. Toda...
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The Police from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 interact with people come up all the time. We embed wit...
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The Capital from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 street gangs, exported from the U.S. We spend ...
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The Bikers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 questions. Hear bikers give eyewitness accounts of...
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Introducing Embedded from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 might seem far away, and take you deep into the pla...
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January 6: Inside The Capitol Siege from 2021-01-16T02:32:50
You may have seen fragments of footage from the siege on the Capitol. Now, hear from those who lived it.
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Essential Mitch: The Judges from 2020-12-23T01:26:22
Mitch McConnell has consistently rejected the rules and norms that once guided Supreme Court nominations. He says he's taken his cue from the Democrats. This week, we dig into the history that shap...
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Essential Mitch: The Interview from 2020-12-16T00:00:10
Embedded heads to the U.S. Senate for an in-depth conversation with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Essential Mitch: The Trump Question from 2020-12-09T00:04:31
This week, Embedded takes a look at how Mitch McConnell managed four years of the Trump Presidency with shrewdness and surprising success.
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Essential Mitch: The Money, Part 2 from 2020-12-01T22:48:49
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 political spending, not less. That stan...
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Essential Mitch: The Money, Part 1 from 2020-11-24T22:00:56
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 and singularly focused effort to keep the money...
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Essential Mitch: The Early Years from 2020-11-18T00:32:56
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 our deep dive into the world of Mitch McConnel...
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Essential Mitch: The Relationship from 2020-11-11T00:49
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-relationship in the Senate, their negotiations d...
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Not On the Same Team from 2020-09-23T22:18:43
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 rise. We hear a preview of NPR's "No Compromise" p...
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Covering Covid: Life After Lockdown from 2020-06-10T15:22:59
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 up, many people are having to decide for thems...
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Covering Covid: Essential from 2020-05-08T20:55:09
The workers who produce pork, chicken, and beef in plants around the country have been deemed "essential" by the government and their employers. Now, the factories where they work have become some ...
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Covering Covid: Backlash from 2020-05-03T02:28:15
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 Americans have resisted government measures du...
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Covering Covid: Couples from 2020-04-18T23:04
Amid a pandemic: couples getting together, staying together, falling apart.
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Covering Covid: Not Enough Tests from 2020-04-04T17:22:23
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 has tried to get anything calling itself an at h...
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Covering Coronavirus from 2020-03-25T17:50:01
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 embedded@npr.org.
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There Is No Playbook from 2019-12-19T17:59:38
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. And adapting to that future has been painful. To ...
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This Is Not A Joke from 2019-11-07T22:41:28
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 are often the first to spot the warning signs. So...
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The Terrorist from 2019-10-31T02:00
Frazier Glenn Miller spent years spreading racist, violent rhetoric, training Ku Klux Klan-affiliated paramilitary groups, and gathering arms to launch a "race war." But time and again, he escaped ...
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End Of Summer Update from 2019-09-05T20:15:56
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 have Kentucky coal miners been camped out on a se...
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Judges 2: 'Worse Than Willie Horton' from 2019-08-01T22:38:10
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 seats in elections. Sometimes very contentious e...
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Judges 1: 'A Downward Death Spiral' from 2019-07-26T00:51:13
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 what happens when the process to nominate and ...
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Mitch Part 5: '9 And 0' from 2019-06-27T23:02:30
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 challenged him, he says, "so far, there have been ni...
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Mitch Part 4: 'Not A Happy Choice' from 2019-06-21T00:42:51
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 are these two very different men working togethe...
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Mitch Part 3: 'Darth Vader Has Arrived' from 2019-06-13T19:22:21
Mitch McConnell continues his rivalry with John McCain, and dramatically changes the role of money in American politics.
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Mitch Part 2: 'Money Money Money' from 2019-06-06T19:40:30
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 political spending, not less. That stan...
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Mitch Part 1: 'Win This Thing' from 2019-05-30T18:07
Mitch McConnell has been described as "opaque," "drab," and even "dull." He is one of the least popular - and most polarizing - politicians in the country. So how did he win eight consecutive elect...
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Coming Soon: Mitch from 2019-05-23T19:58:49
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 process? Episodes available beginning May...
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How It Ends: The Search from 2019-04-18T22:48:26
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 the past four years he's done everything he can...
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How It Ends: The Brother from 2019-04-06T00:37
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 today's show, we find out.
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Coming Next Week: How It Ends from 2019-03-28T20:23:57
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. But their families do. We follow them as they t...
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After The Storm from 2019-02-21T05:31:11
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 nearly 3,000 deaths. How did that happen? We have ...
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The Hearing from 2018-11-01T22:08:22
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 have a past felony on their record. And there is o...
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Trump Stories: The Apprentice from 2018-08-17T23:05:27
Omarosa Manigault Newman has a new book. What about those tapes? We re-visit an episode from our "Trump Stories" season.
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The Waiver from 2018-07-04T20:41
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 special "waiver." So far, few people have gotten t...
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The Red Line from 2018-06-27T21:36:16
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 President Bashar al-Assad, that killed more th...
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Police Videos: North Miami from 2018-06-21T04:05:32
Police shoot the wrong guy. A collaboration with WNYC Studios and their podcast Aftereffect.
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The Apology Broker from 2018-06-14T04:05:55
This week, an episode from NPR's Rough Translation podcast.
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Coal Stories 5 from 2018-06-01T04:02
It's been a year and a half. Gary, Kyle, and Brad move on.
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Coal Stories 3 from 2018-05-17T04:05:26
It's not all about Trump. Kyle makes progress. Gary has decisions to make. Brad makes a change.
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Coal Stories 2 from 2018-05-10T04:05:24
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.
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Trump Stories: Obstruction from 2018-02-15T22:02
Embedded tells the story of another part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation--the question of whether President Trump may have obstructed justice by attempting to thwart the Russia in...
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Trump Stories: Collusion from 2018-02-09T04:13
Embedded tells the story of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. What contacts did people in Trump campaign have with Russia? What...
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Coming Soon: Trump Stories - Russia from 2018-02-07T00:51
NPR's Embedded tells the story of the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller of President Donald Trump.
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Trump Stories: Kushner from 2017-10-26T21:56
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 like many members of the administration, he has ...
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Coming In October: Embedded On President Trump from 2017-09-07T13:55
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 Trump and members of his administratio...
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Police Videos: Cincinnati from 2017-03-23T05:00
On April 16, 2015, police officer Jesse Kidder encountered a murder suspect named Michael Wilcox in a suburb outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. What happened next was caught on video and surprised a lot ...
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Police Videos: Flagstaff from 2017-03-16T04:20
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 on a life of its own. Police use it to talk ab...
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An Update + Embedded Live from 2016-10-13T16:37
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 meantime, check us out LIVE on stage in Anaheim, C...
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Introducing Embedded from 2016-03-09T17:00
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 might seem far away, and take you deep into the pla...
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