This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.
With mountains, intense mud, fast-running rivers and thick rainforest, the Darién Gap, a strip of terrain connecting South and Central America, is one of the most dangerous places on the planet.
Over the past few years, there has been an enormous increase in the number of migrants passing through the perilous zone in the hopes of getting to the United States.
Today, we hear the story of one family that’s risking everything to make it across.
Guest: Julie Turkewitz, the Andes bureau chief for The New York Times
Background reading:
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
An Armored Train and a Dangerous New Alliance
A New Covid Shot for a New Covid Era
A Breaking Point for the U.S. Auto Industry
U.S. v. Google
The Sunday Read: ‘Wikipedia’s Moment of Truth’
A Tragic Fire and Broken Promises in South Africa
Why One Drug Company Held Back a Better Drug
How 100,000 Migrants Became a Political Crisis in New York
Passenger Planes Nearly Collide Far More Than You Know
Arizona’s Pipe Dream
A Major Overhaul of Prescription Drug Prices
A Breakout Moment for Vivek Ramaswamy
A Marriage, a Secret and a Crackdown in China
A New Race to the Moon
The Sunday Read: ‘The Fight for the Right to Trespass’
A Plane Crash, 10 Dead People and a Question: Was This Putin’s Revenge?
A Fiery First Republican Debate — Without Trump
Ready or Not, Driverless Cars Are Here
Why the Coral Reef Crisis in Florida Is a Problem for All of Us
Inside the Sputtering Campaign of Ron DeSantis
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