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NPR's home for audio documentaries brings untold stories to light through deeply reported narrative series. We go to hidden corners of the headlines to explore what's been sealed off, undisclosed, or overlooked – and the people at the heart of those stories.

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Introducing Embedded

Introducing Embedded

2016-03-0903:456

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
The House

The House

2016-03-3136:074

Meet the people inside a house at the center of an HIV outbreak in Indiana. Find Kelly McEvers on Twitter @kellymcevers. Email us at embedded@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
The Bikers

The Bikers

2016-04-0835:272

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 embedded@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
The Capital

The Capital

2016-04-1433:184

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 embedded@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
The Police

The Police

2016-04-2127:282

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 embedded@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
The Immigrant

The Immigrant

2016-04-2839:464

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 embedded@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
We Found Joy

We Found Joy

2016-05-0528:321

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 embedded@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Update

Update

2016-05-1201:421

A dispatch from Embedded HQ. Follow Kelly on Twitter @KellyMcEvers. Email us at embedded@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
The League

The League

2016-05-1940:182

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 Berliner @uberliner and Tom Goldman @TomGoldmanNPR. You can email us at Embedded@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
The Hospital

The Hospital

2016-05-2630:433

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 embedded@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
The Arctic

The Arctic

2016-06-0226:574

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 Embedded@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
The School

The School

2016-06-1140:583

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 Embedded@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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 about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Police Videos: Charlotte

Police Videos: Charlotte

2017-03-0945:314

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 embedded@npr.orgLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Police Videos: Flagstaff

Police Videos: Flagstaff

2017-03-1640:097

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 embedded@npr.orgLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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 embedded@npr.orgLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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 embedded@npr.org and find us on Twitter @nprembeddedLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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 embedded@npr.orgLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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 embedded@npr.org and find us on Twitter @nprembedded.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Comments (235)

Bea Kiddo

Everyone should be forced to watch that day. There’s so many people who haven’t and I think once they do they’d understand the importance and the impact that it made to our country and how it affected our society. #trumpisatraitor

Oct 27th
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GunsDontKill

You can ban guns, but you won't ban evil people and their intentions.

Aug 30th
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Tonya Rostar

While I have known about this, I am absolutely fuming. Thank you for the deeper dive. you may get to it, but men vary widely in their levels. but then I guess they are all seen as men. had I made to an elite level, this is a category I would fall into. but I didn't. I didn't work hard enough. this makes me so outraged. thank you.

Aug 8th
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Arpita Sen Gupta

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Feb 24th
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GunsDontKill

She, not he.

Jan 24th
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Amanda de Boer

-0

Nov 16th
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Dawn Shields

why were there so many police there

Jun 20th
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Leah

Am I meant to sympathize with the invading force here? Insurgents? Jihad? Give me a break. You were in THEIR land. You’re the baddie, bud.

May 13th
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Douglas Van Aartsen

Certainly there needs to be a followup after Argentina and Messe win the cup.

Dec 19th
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Akua Brenya

The lies this officer makes are so prevalent. Its absolutely ridiculous and we're supposed to trust them... really.

Jun 21st
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Alison Khalaf

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Jun 19th
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MrCalPoly

the reason police have trouble controling Trump supporters, is the same reason you never seen Superman and Clark Kent in the same room.

Jun 5th
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MrCalPoly

the reason police have trouble controling trump supporters is the same reason you never see Clark Kent and superman in the same room.

May 18th
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Andi-Roo Libecap

This is such a chilling and emotional series. I appreciate hearing what the staff endured.

Mar 9th
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Andi-Roo Libecap

This is an amazing story. So glad I took the time to listen. Eager to hear how it wraps up.

Feb 27th
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Mitch Hinkle

excellent episode! I'm looking forward to the whole series. Obviously this is not a pleasant topic, but it's so important. I was aware that I forget about these tragadies too quickly. it's important to use the range of media we have today to get informed and mostly importantly, to build empathy. These episodes will help

Feb 20th
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John Reed

Am deleting this Podcast d/t I have had my fill of Moscow Mitch.

Dec 9th
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John Reed

Just deleted without listening. There is a limit to how the many shows on Darth Vador I will listen to. Do something interesting.

Dec 2nd
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John Reed

Good job giving another right wing hate group press. But no the Koch's donations have no effect on your "journalism".

Sep 24th
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Nellie Fly

"The Humanity" would be a better title. Christ.

Mar 20th
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