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Where ‘The Daily’ Gets Its Music

Where ‘The Daily’ Gets Its Music

Update: 2025-10-252
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In a special, subscriber-only episode of “The Daily,” we go behind the scenes of the production process.

Dan Powell and Marion Lozano, who compose the music for the show, discuss the D.N.A. of the “Daily” music and walk us through the process.

Guest:

  • Dan Powell, who leads the Audio team’s in-house music composition at The New York Times.
  • Marion Lozano, a senior sound designer and composer for podcasts at The New York Times.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. 


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Where ‘The Daily’ Gets Its Music

Where ‘The Daily’ Gets Its Music

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