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 SCOTUS confirmation hearing, a new plan in the U.S., and protests in Nigeria — Wednesday, October 14
00:03:38 |
Wed 14 Oct 2020
Conspiracy charges, debate turmoil, and a new residential college — Friday, October 9
00:03:40 |
Fri 09 Oct 2020
No stimulus package for the U.S. until after Election Day — Wednesday, October 7
President Trump, who returned to the White House after spending the weekend in Walter Reed, announced that he will block stimulus bills before November 3 to allow Congress to focus on the approval of…
00:03:20 |
Wed 07 Oct 2020
COVID-19 is in the White House; POTUS is not — Monday, October 5
President Trump remains at Walter Reed Military Hospital and Mayor Bill De Blasio shuts down certain zip codes of NYC as Princeton reaches midterms week.
00:03:59 |
Mon 05 Oct 2020
POTUS tests positive — Friday, October 2
President Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19. The Governors of California and Texas announced major policy shifts, with one focused on social justice and the other on the upcoming election…
00:04:25 |
Fri 02 Oct 2020
Presidential taxes and battles in Azerbaijan — Monday, September 28
The New York Times reports on President Trump's tax returns. Armenia and Azerbaijan spar in Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway-province in Azerbaijan.
00:03:48 |
Mon 28 Sep 2020
Wanton endangerment, visa restrictions, and climate crisis efforts — Friday, September 25
This week, a Louisville grand jury caused outrage, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced new restrictions for international students, and California announced plans to ban gasoline-power…
00:03:46 |
Fri 25 Sep 2020
The U.S. reaches a tragic milestone and Congress copes — Wednesday, September 23
This week, the United States mourns more than 200,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus. Yesterday, Congress struggled to agree on a stimulus deal, markets dipped, and Republicans got a win in the Se…
00:03:36 |
Wed 23 Sep 2020
The passing of an icon and two controversial apps — Monday, September 21
SCOTUS Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg H'10 passed away Friday — already, a Senate battle is brewing over a forthcoming nomination from President Trump. WeChat and TikTok, two apps widely popul…
00:03:55 |
Mon 21 Sep 2020
A Presidential revelation, Brown returning to some in person classes, and a virtual party — Sunday, September 13
The President lied to the public in February about the severity of the novel coronavirus, forest fires are sweeping across the U.S. West Coast, USG caused a stir by announcing an upcoming virtual Law…
00:08:01 |
Sun 13 Sep 2020
SPEAR, an email from the President, and college COVID updates — Sunday, September 6
Over the summer, various groups of faculty, students, and alumni put forth demands for racial justice reform — SPEAR was one of those groups, asking Princeton to formally divest from the private pris…
00:15:01 |
Sun 06 Sep 2020
POTUS in Kenosha and a treaty in Sudan — Wednesday, September 2
President Trump visits Kenosha, Wisconsin, site of a recent police shooting and resulting political unrest. The U.S. federal government places a moratorium on evictions through the end of the year, a…
00:03:30 |
Wed 02 Sep 2020
A skirmish, a hurricane, and a return to "college" — Tuesday, September 1
Chinese and Indian troops come into a close encounter in Indian territory, a hurricane pummels Louisiana, and colleges start the fall semester in a variety of ways.
00:03:20 |
Tue 01 Sep 2020
Yale is accused, Princeton turns face, and eviction looms across the nation — Sunday, August 16
Earlier this week, the Department of Justice accused Yale University of discriminating against Asian American and white applicants — we talk to two writers from the Yale Daily News at 3:25. Princeton…
00:22:29 |
Sun 16 Aug 2020
Princeton was planning to partially reopen — now what? — Sunday, August 9
Just over a month after Princeton announced that first-years and juniors would be able to return to campus for the fall, the University reversed its decision, leaving thousands of students with rapid…
00:10:55 |
Sun 09 Aug 2020
An ICE update and support for an international journalist — Sunday, July 26
We take a look at the ICE policy that could potentially keep a large portion of Princeton's international, first-year students out of the U.S., as well as a Washington Post ad that saw over 400 Princ…
00:15:10 |
Sun 26 Jul 2020
Reopening restrictions and responses to a professor's Op-Ed — Sunday, July 19
Introducing Daybreak, a reimagined version of The News, our daily news briefing. With episodes every weekday morning during the school year and Sundays year-round, we'll give you everything you need …
00:08:15 |
Sun 19 Jul 2020
Monday, May 11
In this year's final episode of The News, Boris Johnson announces a plan to reopen the U.K., Georgia's AG Chris Carr requests a Department of Justice investigation into the handling of the Ahmaud Arb…
00:03:37 |
Mon 11 May 2020
Friday, May 8
The Justice Department drops charges against Michael Flynn, charges are pressed for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and the Trump Administration announces the results of a mass deportation order from th…
00:03:27 |
Fri 08 May 2020
Thursday, May 7
The U.S. Department of Education updates Title IX policies, Israeli researchers move closer to an effective antibody test, and President Trump vetoes a power-limiting bill.
00:03:56 |
Thu 07 May 2020
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