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.
Biden’s Electric Car Problem
A Strategy to Treat Big Tech Like Big Tobacco
Hamas’s Bloody Arithmetic
The Doctors of Gaza
From Serial: ‘The Kids of Rutherford County’
What Adidas Knew About Kanye
The Supreme Court Tests Its Own Limits on Guns
The Trumps Take the Stand
The Growing Republican Battle Over War Funding
Swing State Voters Are Souring on Biden
The Sunday Read: ‘The Botched Hunt for the Gilgo Beach Killer’
1948
The Many Missed Warnings Before Maine’s Mass Shooting
Lessons From an Unending Conflict
A Historic Strike (And Win) For Auto Workers
Israel's Invasion Begins
The Sunday Read: ‘Who Hired the Hitmen to Silence Zitácuaro?’
A New Threat: Surprise Hurricanes
Introducing ‘The War Briefing’
The House Finally Has a Speaker
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