February 14, 2025; WASHINGTON – NPR's Embedded podcast is launching Alternate Realities, a new limited-run series that follows a son's yearlong attempt to bring his father back from the depths of the ...

Quantum immortality is a controversial and fascinating concept that emerges from the interpretations of quantum mechanics, suggesting that consciousness could survive beyond physical death in an ...

After we released Alternate Realities, hundreds of listeners reached out, sharing stories about friends and family members who had also fallen under the spell of conspiracy theories. Many of them had ...

Episode 2: After reporter Zach Mack accepts a bet with his father over 10 politically apocalyptic predictions, he sets out on a journey to change... Alternate Realities: Down the Rabbit Hole After ...

As soon as Alternate Realities publishes, Zach Mack calls his dad to hear his reactions to the series. The conversation takes an unexpected turn,... Alternate Realities: Double or Nothing Just after ...

Conspiracies have been a force in American politics for a long time now. NPR's Embedded has a new series out looking at the way they've divided one family. Last year, reporter Zach Mack's father ...

Alternate reality is one of sci-fi’s best means of exploring themes like identity, destiny, and the branching paths of choice. Given that matrix and multiverse theories about our real world are ...