Embedded, NPR's original documentary podcast, unearths the stories behind the headlines. Police shootings. Towns ravaged by opioids. The roots of our modern... more
Episode 6: Christine and Max are some of the most recent female athletes in this century-long history to face tests,... more
Episode 5: A battle over science and ethics unfolds. World Athletics releases and then tweaks multiple policies impacting DSD athletes,... more
Episode 4: In 2009, South African sprinter Caster Semenya won gold at the World Championships. But instead of a celebration,... more
Episode 3: We meet Kenyan sprinter Maximila Imali, who—like Christine Mboma—has been sidelined by DSD policies. She makes a different... more
Episode 2: We go back almost 100 years, to the beginning of women's inclusion in elite sports. It turns out... more
Episode 1: Would you alter your body for the chance to compete for a gold medal? That's the question facing... more
Who gets to compete? Since the beginning of women's sports, there has been a struggle over who qualifies for the... more
The end of the 113th General Assembly of Tennessee is fast approaching. Melissa Alexander, Mary Joyce and Sarah Shoop Neumann... more
Melissa Alexander came to the Tennessee statehouse to convince members of the Republican party – her party – to adopt... more
It's been four months since the Covenant moms – lifelong conservatives Melissa Alexander, Mary Joyce and Sarah Shoop Neumann –... more
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