Embedded

How It Ends: The Search

April 18, 2019 22:48 - 23 minutes - 22.9 MB

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 to try to get them back. And now that ISIS has lost all his territory, he wants to know... Where are they? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

How It Ends: Judgment

April 11, 2019 20:40 - 24 minutes - 23.2 MB

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How It Ends: The Brother

April 06, 2019 00:37 - 30 minutes - 29.8 MB

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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Coming Next Week: How It Ends

March 28, 2019 20:23 - 2 minutes - 2.37 MB

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 try to get their loved ones out. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

After The Storm

February 21, 2019 05:31 - 25 minutes - 24.4 MB

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 the story of one family that helps make sense of it. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

The Hearing

November 01, 2018 22:08 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MB

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 one way to try and get that right back: Ask the governor directly. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Trump Stories: The Apprentice

August 17, 2018 23:05 - 37 minutes - 33.8 MB

Omarosa Manigault Newman has a new book. What about those tapes? We re-visit an episode from our "Trump Stories" season.

The Waiver

July 04, 2018 20:41 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB

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 them. We follow one Yemeni family as they try to get a waiver to escape a civil war. Supreme Court audio in this episode comes from Oyez. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

The Red Line

June 27, 2018 21:36 - 36 minutes - 34.5 MB

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 than 1,000 people, and the U.S. almost intervened, but didn't. Now, a new book tells why. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Police Videos: North Miami

June 21, 2018 04:05 - 37 minutes - 35.5 MB

Police shoot the wrong guy. A collaboration with WNYC Studios and their podcast Aftereffect. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

The Apology Broker

June 14, 2018 04:05 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MB

This week, an episode from NPR's Rough Translation podcast. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Coal Stories 5

June 01, 2018 04:02 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MB

It's been a year and a half. Gary, Kyle, and Brad move on. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Coal Stories 4

May 25, 2018 02:21 - 26 minutes - 26.2 MB

We meet someone new. Derek. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Coal Stories 3

May 17, 2018 04:05 - 20 minutes - 21.1 MB

It's not all about Trump. Kyle makes progress. Gary has decisions to make. Brad makes a change. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Coal Stories 2

May 10, 2018 04:05 - 22 minutes - 22.7 MB

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 sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Coal Stories 1

May 03, 2018 04:05 - 22 minutes - 22 MB

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: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Coming Soon: Coal Stories

April 30, 2018 22:06 - 1 minute - 1.43 MB

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Trump Stories: Scott Pruitt

April 26, 2018 21:07 - 58 minutes - 54.5 MB

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 ethics violations. But there's another side of Pruitt that's less well known. Pruitt is a Southern Baptist, and for years, his politics focused on faith-based issues like abortion and religious freedom. Pruitt has publicly said he doubts the science behind the theory of evolution. In this episode, w...

Trump Stories: Obstruction

February 15, 2018 22:02 - 58 minutes - 54.9 MB

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 investigation. It's a crime that could have been committed regardless of whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia in the 2016 election. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Trump Stories: Collusion

February 09, 2018 04:13 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

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 financial and business ties has President Trump had with Russia over the years? And what more can we expect from the investigation? Through new interviews, archival research, and a look at key moments — from Miss Universe in Moscow, to hacked emails and promises of "dirt" — Embedded pieces together the stor...

Coming Soon: Trump Stories - Russia

February 07, 2018 00:51 - 2 minutes - 2.13 MB

NPR's Embedded tells the story of the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller of President Donald Trump. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Trump Stories: Trump SoHo

November 04, 2017 12:48 - 41 minutes - 39.6 MB

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 Kelly McEvers on Twitter @kellymcevers, Alina Selyukh @alinaselyukh, @JimZarroli, Chris Benderev @cbndrv, Tom Dreisbach @TomDreisbach, and the show @nprembedded. Email us at [email protected] Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Trump Stories: Kushner

October 26, 2017 21:56 - 41 minutes - 39.2 MB

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 no previous government experience. In this episode, we examine Kushner's business dealings and his family's history to better understand how he might handle his government work. Follow Kelly McEvers on Twitter @kellymcevers, Chris Benderev @cbndrv, Tom Dreisbach @TomDreisbach, and the show @nprembed...

Trump Stories: Bannon

October 19, 2017 04:45 - 42 minutes - 39.9 MB

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, Bannon spent decades in Hollywood, and his time there can tell us a lot about the origins of his beliefs. Follow Kelly McEvers on Twitter @kellymcevers, Tom Dreisbach @TomDreisbach, and Chris Benderev @cbndrv. Email us at [email protected] and find us on Twitter @nprembedded. Learn more about sponso...

Trump Stories: The Golf Course

October 12, 2017 04:30 - 42 minutes - 39.8 MB

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 literally fallen into the ocean. But what followed was a decade of public insults, lawsuits, and broken rules. Follow Kelly McEvers on Twitter @kellymcevers, Sonari Glinton @Sonari, and Embedded producers Tom Dreisbach @TomDreisbach and Chris Benderev @cbndrv. Email us at [email protected] and find us...

Trump Stories: The Apprentice

October 11, 2017 21:05 - 36 minutes - 34.2 MB

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 election and how the people involved feel about it now. Follow Kelly McEvers @kellymcevers and producers @TomDreisbach and @cbndrv. Email us at [email protected] Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Coming In October: Embedded On President Trump

September 07, 2017 13:55 - 1 minute - 2.15 MB

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 administration were doing before they got into politics - from a new kind of reality show, to the troubled development of a golf course, to the Hollywood background of a presidential adviser. Subscribe now to hear the latest episodes beginning October 5. Have story ideas or tips? Email us at [email protected] and find us ...

Police Videos: Cincinnati

March 23, 2017 05:00 - 25 minutes - 24.9 MB

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 of people, including police. And the incident tells us a lot about how these videos have changed us. Follow us on Twitter @nprembedded, follow Kelly McEvers @kellymcevers, and producer Tom Dreisbach @TomDreisbach. Email us at [email protected] Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices...

Police Videos: Flagstaff

March 16, 2017 04:20 - 38 minutes - 36.1 MB

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 about the dangers they face every day. Other people see it as a painful loop that will never stop playing. Follow Kelly McEvers and the show on Twitter @kellymcevers and @nprembedded. Email us at [email protected] Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Police Videos: Charlotte

March 09, 2017 07:09 - 42 minutes - 40.4 MB

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 about what happened comes from a video. But the way you see that video depends on who you are. Follow the show @NPREmbedded on Twitter, and follow our host @kellymcevers, and producers @cbndrv, @tomdreisbach, and @jonathanihirsch. Email us at [email protected] Learn more about sponsor message choices: ...

Coming Soon: Embedded On Police Videos

February 23, 2017 16:55 - 3 minutes - 3.34 MB

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 each tell the story of a different video. We'll find out what happened before, during and after. And we'll explore what that tells us about policing in America. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

An Update + Embedded Live

October 13, 2016 16:37 - 1 minute - 1.79 MB

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, CA on Saturday October 29th at the Now Hear This Podcast Festival. There'll be tons of other great podcasts there all weekend long: Pop Culture Happy Hour, How I Built This, The Moth, WTF with Marc Maron, The Gist, Criminal and much more. Get tickets and more info at nowhearthisfest.com. Learn more ...

The School

June 11, 2016 08:48 - 40 minutes - 37.7 MB

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 Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania to ask kids, parents, and teachers what it's like when the neighborhood school that's been there for more than a century is about to shut down. Follow Kelly McEvers @KellyMcEvers, Shereen Marisol Meraji @RadioMirage, and Chris Benderev @cbndrv. Email us at [email protected]. ...

The Arctic

June 02, 2016 04:05 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MB

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 Twitter @KellyMcEvers and Rebecca Hersher @rhersher. Email us at [email protected]. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

The Hospital

May 26, 2016 04:05 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

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 coming under attack. We spend a week inside one MSF hospital in South Sudan to find out what life is like for the people who do this work. Follow Kelly McEvers on Twitter @KellyMcEvers and Jason Beaubien @jasonbnpr. Email us at [email protected]. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoi...

The League

May 19, 2016 04:34 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MB

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 NBA, where the profile is high and the salary is way higher. Playing in the D-League is a moonshot for every player, just waiting to get that call-up to the NBA. We follow two players through the highs and lows of an entire D-League season. You can follow Kelly McEvers on Twitter @KellyMcEvers, Uri Be...

Update

May 12, 2016 05:31 - 1 minute - 1.83 MB

A dispatch from Embedded HQ. Follow Kelly on Twitter @KellyMcEvers. Email us at [email protected]. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

We Found Joy

May 05, 2016 04:05 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

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 at [email protected]. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

The Immigrant

April 28, 2016 10:08 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MB

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. Today we go inside an immigration courtroom to follow the story of one man and his family. Follow Kelly McEvers @KellyMcEvers. Follow Caitlin Dickerson @itscaitlinhd. Email us at [email protected]. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

The Police

April 21, 2016 04:46 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MB

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 with both the police and the locals after the police shot and killed an unarmed black man. And we see what police tactics, from glad-handing to tough love, look like up close. Follow Kelly McEvers on Twitter @kellymcevers and Tom Dreisbach @TomDreisbach. Email us at [email protected]. Learn more about ...

The Capital

April 14, 2016 04:05 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MB

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 24 hours in the capital city, San Salvador, when the gangs try to flex their muscle like never before. Follow Kelly McEvers on Twitter @kellymcevers. Email us at [email protected]. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

The Bikers

April 08, 2016 02:10 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB

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 the shootout and their predictions for what's next in this "war." Find Kelly McEvers on Twitter @kellymcevers. Email us at [email protected]. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

The House

March 31, 2016 04:05 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB

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]. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Introducing Embedded

March 09, 2016 17:00 - 3 minutes - 3.71 MB

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 place where it's happening. Subscribe now. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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