Daybreak
The world moves fast. Daybreak keeps you up-to-date.
Enjoy everything you need to know to stay informed — on campus and off — in this digestible, efficient podcast. Daybreak is produced by Maya Mukherjee '27, Twyla Colburn '27, Sheryl Xue '28 under the 149th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian. The theme music was composed and performed by Ed Horan, and the cover art is by Mark Dodici.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 5 minutes
- Episodes
- 743
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
A Q&A with Maria Ressa, and tensions rising in Ukraine — Tuesday, February 22
Today, we listen in on a Q&A with Nobel laureate and Princeton alumna Maria Ressa ’86, who was just awarded the Woodrow Wilson Prize — the University’s highest honor for alumni — last Friday, and sha…
Competitive course registration, basketball victories, and tensions in Ukraine — Monday, February 21
Daybreak Meets the Mayor
On Feb. 11th, we sat down with Mark Freda, the mayor of Princeton, to discuss University and town relations, the future of the Dinky, and more.
Street Week, Spring Lawnparties, and Sports— Friday, February 18
Today, we cover Street Week results, give an update on Spring Lawnparties, celebrate Princeton women’s fencing, and more. Correction: the audio for this episode states that it's Thursday. Thankfully,…
Divest Princeton files a legal complaint against the University and a COVID Surge — Thursday, February 17
CPUC Recap ft. Aidan Iacobucci— Wednesday, February 16
Today, we’ve got a campus COVID-19 case update and a recap of this week's CPUC meeting, plus some interesting international relations updates and more news of Tigers in the Olympics.
Campus COVID Improvements and Pyne Prizes — Tuesday, February 15
Today, we have some good news about COVID-19 cases on campus, and updates about protests in Canada and an important first amendment lawsuit here in the U.S.
Valentine's Day, and sports headlines — Monday, February 14
Changing Mask Mandates and Olympic Updates — Friday, February 11
Today, we cover recent changes to mask mandates across the country and headlines from the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Redistricting fights in New Jersey, and across the country — Thursday, Feb. 10
The Return of the Street? — Wednesday, February 9th
We’re covering Princeton’s new COVID-19 gathering policies — and the possibly imminent return of eating club gatherings.
Opposing views on Mousavian ft. Rohit Narayanan — Tuesday, February 8
Yesterday, the Daily Princetonian’s opinion section published two guest contributions that discussed Princeton University researcher Dr. Seyed Hossein Mousavian. Today, we’re talking about those two …
Military base visit, sporting success, and the possibility of invasion — Monday, February 7
The “State of the University” and Stats on Waitlists ft. Sam Kagan
Today we’re covering data analysis of waitlist acceptance rates at selective colleges and President Eisgruber’s “State of the University” Letter.
You can read President Eisgruber's "The State of the U…
New Capacity Rules ft. Bailey Glenetske — Thursday, Feb. 3
Threats made to HBCUs nationwide and a settlement for Indigenous tribes — Wednesday, February 2
A content warning for our listeners: this episode contains mentions of gun violence, violent threats, and racism.
Yesterday, more than a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities received bo…
Farewell to Wu-Wilcox For Now? — Tuesday, February 1st
A snowstorm and student visas — Monday, January 31st
Highlighting Community Voices ft. Rohit Narayanan — Friday, January 28th
Today, we’re covering the recent guest contributions made in the ‘Prince’ and the winter weather coming Princeton’s way.
Our episode has a content warning for mentions of homophobia, sexism, and sexua…