The Daily - Year in Sound

Our first episode of 2019 opened the year with a question: “What will Democrats do with their new power?” One of our last offered the answer: “impeach the president.” This audio time capsule captures the weeks in between — a crescendo of controversy and culture wars to wrap up the decade. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Here’s some nostalgia as we head into 2020:Our photo editors pored over ten years of images to bring you: The decade in pictures.And if you’re looking for a longer read over the holidays, check out our editors’ picks for the 10 best books of 2019.

Duration: 33m
Broadcast on: 23 Dec 2019
Audio Format: other

Here’s some nostalgia as we head into 2020:

Our photo editors pored over ten years of images to bring you: The decade in pictures.
And if you’re looking for a longer read over the holidays, check out our editors’ picks for the 10 best books of 2019.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

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So I could hear. And my wife started instructing several ladies and children to get out. Then she was shot. The rise of white supremacy and right-wing extremism is a great global threat to mankind. And this must end now. And back home of the White House late today, President Trump, who was mentioned in that gunman's apparent manifesto, said he does not see white nationalism as a rising global threat.

Anti-Semitism or racism or white supremacy, xenophobia, these things always existed.

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