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| Our first episode of 2019 opened the year with a question: “What will Democrats do with their new power?” One of our last offered an answer: impeach the president. | Our first episode of 2019 opened the year with a question: “What will Democrats do with their new power?” One of our last offered an answer: impeach the president. |
| The weeks in between were filled with sounds both familiar and foreign. The year began with the same fights as in 2018, including a federal furlough that stretched into the longest government shutdown in history. And cities across America again heard the sound of gunfire: There have been more mass shootings in 2019 in the country than there are days in the year. | The weeks in between were filled with sounds both familiar and foreign. The year began with the same fights as in 2018, including a federal furlough that stretched into the longest government shutdown in history. And cities across America again heard the sound of gunfire: There have been more mass shootings in 2019 in the country than there are days in the year. |
| There were also new voices. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand gained international attention when she responded to a massacre in Christchurch by banning assault rifles within days of the shooting. Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old from Sweden, called for dramatic climate action, inspiring a chorus of students to do the same through school strikes around the world. And protesters on multiple continents demanded reform, ultimately toppling heads of state in the likes of Bolivia and Lebanon and sparking a political reckoning in Hong Kong and Chile. | There were also new voices. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand gained international attention when she responded to a massacre in Christchurch by banning assault rifles within days of the shooting. Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old from Sweden, called for dramatic climate action, inspiring a chorus of students to do the same through school strikes around the world. And protesters on multiple continents demanded reform, ultimately toppling heads of state in the likes of Bolivia and Lebanon and sparking a political reckoning in Hong Kong and Chile. |
| “The Daily” was there for all of it, covering the conflict, color and controversy that defined the year. Our reporters and producers went to Europe to explore the rise of populism across the European Union; traveled along the Mexican border to understand the human toll of America’s immigration policy; and evaded surveillance in China’s Xinjiang Province to reveal the truth about the government’s detention camps — from a woman who survived them. | “The Daily” was there for all of it, covering the conflict, color and controversy that defined the year. Our reporters and producers went to Europe to explore the rise of populism across the European Union; traveled along the Mexican border to understand the human toll of America’s immigration policy; and evaded surveillance in China’s Xinjiang Province to reveal the truth about the government’s detention camps — from a woman who survived them. |
| Spliced in between were the mysterious tale of a royal family in the jungle of Delhi; audio portraits of the newest representatives in the House and the top democratic candidates for president; and a series that challenged the origin story of the United States by centering African-Americans in a narrative that has long excluded them. | Spliced in between were the mysterious tale of a royal family in the jungle of Delhi; audio portraits of the newest representatives in the House and the top democratic candidates for president; and a series that challenged the origin story of the United States by centering African-Americans in a narrative that has long excluded them. |
| It was a loud and chaotic year. We’re grateful to you for listening along as we tried to make sense of it. If you missed any episodes, here’s our year in review: | It was a loud and chaotic year. We’re grateful to you for listening along as we tried to make sense of it. If you missed any episodes, here’s our year in review: |
| Over the next two weeks, we’ll revisit some of our favorite episodes of the year and check in on what has happened since the stories ran. We’ll be off for the Christmas and New Year holidays, and will be back with a new episode on Friday, Jan. 3. | Over the next two weeks, we’ll revisit some of our favorite episodes of the year and check in on what has happened since the stories ran. We’ll be off for the Christmas and New Year holidays, and will be back with a new episode on Friday, Jan. 3. |
| Tune in, and tell us what you think. Email us at thedaily@nytimes.com. Follow Michael Barbaro on Twitter: @mikiebarb. And if you’re interested in advertising with “The Daily,” write to us at thedaily-ads@nytimes.com. | Tune in, and tell us what you think. Email us at thedaily@nytimes.com. Follow Michael Barbaro on Twitter: @mikiebarb. And if you’re interested in advertising with “The Daily,” write to us at thedaily-ads@nytimes.com. |
| Our 2019 “Year in Sound” was produced by Clare Toeniskoetter and edited by Wendy Dorr. Jessica White contributed art production. | |
| “The Daily” is made by Theo Balcomb, Andy Mills, Lisa Tobin, Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Annie Brown, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Larissa Anderson, Wendy Dorr, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Alexandra Leigh Young, Jonathan Wolfe, Lisa Chow, Eric Krupke, Marc Georges, Luke Vander Ploeg, Adizah Eghan, Kelly Prime, Julia Longoria, Sindhu Gnanasambandan, Jazmín Aguilera, M.J. Davis Lin, Dan Powell, Austin Mitchell, Sayre Quevedo, Monika Evstatieva, Neena Pathak and Dave Shaw. Our theme music is by Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsverk of Wonderly. Special thanks to Sam Dolnick, Mikayla Bouchard, Stella Tan, Julia Simon and Lauren Jackson. | “The Daily” is made by Theo Balcomb, Andy Mills, Lisa Tobin, Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Annie Brown, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Larissa Anderson, Wendy Dorr, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Alexandra Leigh Young, Jonathan Wolfe, Lisa Chow, Eric Krupke, Marc Georges, Luke Vander Ploeg, Adizah Eghan, Kelly Prime, Julia Longoria, Sindhu Gnanasambandan, Jazmín Aguilera, M.J. Davis Lin, Dan Powell, Austin Mitchell, Sayre Quevedo, Monika Evstatieva, Neena Pathak and Dave Shaw. Our theme music is by Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsverk of Wonderly. Special thanks to Sam Dolnick, Mikayla Bouchard, Stella Tan, Julia Simon and Lauren Jackson. |