In the world of public media, we’re accustomed to running down facts and working to dispel the ever encroaching rise of misinformation. But what do you do when it’s coming from within your own family? That’s the question NPR’s Zach Mack set out to answer in a special new series called "Alternate Realities" for "Embedded." He spends a year trying to understand his father and bring him back to reality, all while their family hangs in the balance.
On Election Day, Democrats held off Republicans enough to avoid a “red wave” election. But defying expectations of an Obama midterm-like shellacking doesn’t mean...
On this episode, we bid farewell to one of our own.
Probably ever since our ancestors conquered fire and the wheel, the human body and technology have intersected. Today, that means a lot of sitting...