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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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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

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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy