The Daily

An ode to life's daily practices, and what you learn from doing a thing every single day. Prologue: Host Ira Glass goes to a block in New York City where, over a year into the pandemic, neighbors are still clapping for health care workers every night at 7 p.m. (7 minutes) How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?: Producer Ben Calhoun investigates a daily mystery—a daily musical mystery. (15 minutes) So Nice to Hear Your Voice: Dee Brown’s routine is thrown totally out of whack when Covid hits. Her granddaughter, Cecilia Brown, helps her come up with a new one, and along the way documents a thing she never expected to. (18 minutes) It Had to Be YouTube: For the last five years or so, Johnny Dark has kept up a very specific, unusual, and labor intensive daily practice. Kelefa Sanneh talks to him about it. (14 minutes) Here’s What Else You Need To Know Today: Host Ira Glass with the last piece in today’s show, inspired by the New York Times podcast, The Daily. (3 minutes)