The Year in Sound

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

A year that started with the mass introduction of Covid vaccines and the astonishing scenes of rioting at the Capitol is ending with concern about new virus variants and fears about the effects of a warming climate. As we approach the end of the year, we listen back to more of the events that defined 2021.

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0:03.5	Why not take the next 10 seconds to focus on your breath, whatever you are doing, wherever
0:08.1	you are.
0:09.1	Breathe in.
0:10.9	Breathe out.
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0:35.4	And we are back alive on New Year's Eve.
0:42.4	2020 is almost over.
0:45.0	I'm definitely getting a really good feeling about New and Improved 2021.
0:55.8	This has been a, when the toughest years, where it faces a nation.
1:01.5	In the pandemic, the economic crisis calls for racial justice, historic and punishing
1:08.7	wildfires and storms.
1:11.6	So this season of reflection carries a much deeper meaning than it usually does.
1:16.5	And here we go.
1:19.6	We look forward to the start of a new year, fresh with hope, with possibilities for better
1:26.1	days to come.
1:35.1	To say this past year was full of challenges is putting it mildly.
1:38.5	Good riddance to 2020.
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