Hey, I'm Randolph Delvetta.

I'm Ramteen Arablui, and this is Thru Line from NPR.

So a couple months ago, you might remember we did an episode on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

We wanted to understand how she's become one of the most powerful and polarizing figures in

American politics, kind of like her equivalent in the Senate, majority leader Mitch McConnell.

While we were reporting about Pelosi, our friends that embedded were working on a deep history

about McConnell. They just put out their first episode in the series, and it's awesome.

So we wanted to share it with you. Here it is.

Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers.

And I'm Eric Mennel.

And this is Embedded.

Alchemy Gillis is a journalist. He works for ProbHubbliche,

and he usually has a nose for really, really compelling stories.

Which is why, when talking with him about a book he wrote a few years back, I had to ask,

what were people's reactions when he told them he were working on this?

Concern.

Puzzlement, really, you're doing a book on Mitch McConnell.

Mitch McConnell. If you know anything about him, it is probably one of these three things.

One, he's the majority leader of the United States Senate, which is a really powerful job.

Two, he blocked President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court.

And three, he isn't not the most dynamic guy in politics.

Is that overstating that?

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