Controlling Britney Spears

<p>Britney Spears is one of the biggest celebrities on the planet — she makes millions of dollars performing, selling perfumes and appearing on television. At the same time, however, her life is heavily controlled by a conservatorship, which she has been living under for 13 years. </p><p>Soon, a court will decide whether to remove Mr. Spears as conservator or terminate the conservatorship altogether. </p><p>We explore the details of Ms. Spears’s conservatorship, the security apparatus that has surrounded it and its future. </p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/liz-day?smid=pc-thedaily">Liz Day</a>, a reporter and supervising producer for the documentary television show, “The New York Times Presents.” </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>A former employee of the security team hired by Ms. Spears’s father gave<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/arts/music/britney-spears-conservatorship-documentary.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> the most detailed account yet</a> of the singer’s life under 13 years of conservatorship.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>