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 reputation seeks control. Staff members, who survived the 2018 shooting and kept the Capital going, wonder if the paper can last. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Mar 11, 2021•30 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Here is Capital photographer Paul Gillespie's stunning collection of photographs of the newspaper's staff and the families of the victims. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Mar 04, 2021•32 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast 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 dealing with fear and guilt. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Feb 25, 2021•33 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast 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 damn paper." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Feb 18, 2021•36 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Feb 16, 2021•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Jan 16, 2021•49 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast 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 shaped Mitch McConnell's views on judicial nominations. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Dec 23, 2020•32 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Embedded heads to the U.S. Senate for an in-depth conversation with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Dec 16, 2020•21 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Embedded takes a look at how Mitch McConnell managed four years of the Trump Presidency with shrewdness and surprising success. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Dec 09, 2020•35 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast 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 stance led to a long battle with one Senator, who fought McConnell harder than just about anyone else. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Dec 01, 2020•29 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast 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 pipeline open and flowing into American politics. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Nov 24, 2020•34 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast 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 McConnell, looking back on his early years as an up-and-coming politician. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Nov 18, 2020•37 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast 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 during the Obama administration, and their warm speeches over the years tell us about how they will or won't work together under a Biden presidency? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Nov 11, 2020•23 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast 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" podcast. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Sep 23, 2020•26 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast 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 themselves what's safe and what risks they're willing to take. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Jun 10, 2020•21 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast 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 of the largest clusters for the coronavirus in the country. The workers, many of whom are immigrants, say their bosses have not done enough to protect them. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
May 08, 2020•22 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast 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 during a pandemic with lives at stake. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
May 03, 2020•16 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast 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 memo to embedded@npr.org. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Apr 18, 2020•20 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast 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 home coronavirus test, write to reporter Tom Dreisbach (tdreisbach@npr.org or on Twitter @TomDreisbach). We also want to honor the people who've been lost to this virus. If you or someone you know has lost someone to covid-19 please reach out and tell us their story. Send us a voice memo or write us an ...
Apr 04, 2020•23 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Mar 25, 2020•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 see photos from Ellicott city and video from the floods, go to npr.org/flooded . Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Dec 19, 2019•37 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast 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 what can they do? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Nov 07, 2019•36 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast 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 serious consequences. Many say that's because the government - and the media - failed to see the danger Miller posed until it was too late. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Oct 31, 2019•34 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast 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 set of train tracks for more than a month? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Sep 05, 2019•32 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast 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 elections, funded by millions of dollars in dark money. Is that a good idea? And what does it mean for how justice works in our country? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Aug 01, 2019•30 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast 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 confirm judges becomes so politicized that people start to lose faith in the courts? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Jul 26, 2019•31 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast 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 nine losers." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Jun 27, 2019•17 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast 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 together now? And how are they changing the country? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Jun 21, 2019•31 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Mitch McConnell continues his rivalry with John McCain, and dramatically changes the role of money in American politics. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Jun 13, 2019•24 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast 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 stance led to a long battle with one Senator, who fought McConnell harder than just about anyone else. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Jun 06, 2019•32 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast