What Next Plus
The problem with the news right now? It’s everywhere. And each day, it can feel like we’re all just mindlessly scrolling. It’s why we created What Next. This short daily show is here to help you make sense of things. When the news feels overwhelming, we’re here to help you answer: What next? Look for new episodes every weekday morning.
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A Shocking and Predictable Election
Even with the assassination attempts and the candidate swapping, this electoral cycle felt very, very familiar.
24 min
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What to Watch While Watching Election Results
Get comfortable; this is going to take a while.
26 min
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TBD | u up? Go vote.
Why your text messages have gone all politics.
19 min
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Bonus: The Surge | Closing Gaffes
Jim Newell from Slate’s The Surge newsletter joins Mary for a Slate Plus exclusive.
24 min
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TBD | What Elon Wants From Trump
How he’s making Trump’s closing argument—and why.
26 min
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Spoiler Alert: The People Policing Your Vote
How a group of sheriffs who believe the 2020 election was stolen from Trump are preparing for this election.
24 min
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Spoiler Alert: Almighty Omaha
There is no place like Nebraska…
24 min
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Spoiler Alert: Undecided Voters
An unpredictable, hugely important sliver of the electorate still hasn’t decided between Harris, Trump—and staying home.
25 min
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Spoiler Alert: Jill Stein
What’s the Green Party candidate trying to do here—because “winning the presidency” doesn’t seem at all possible.
25 min
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TBD | Facebook for the Dead
Inside the creative, caring and controversial website that memorializes the dead.
19 min
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Bonus: The Surge | Two Terrifying Weeks Left
Jim Newell from Slate’s The Surge newsletter joins Mary for a Slate Plus exclusive.
21 min
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TBD | Can TikTok Sway this Election?
Even politicians working to ban TikTok are not above using it to reach voters.
20 min
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Abortion Is on the Ballot. Republicans Have a P...
After losing so many state votes, the GOP is now fighting direct democracy itself.
24 min
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When It Comes to the Border, Has Trump Already ...
In a dramatic shift of opinion, Americans across the political spectrum have soured on immigration.
24 min
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Why Killing Sinwar Won’t End the War
Does the death of Hamas’s leader make a ceasefire—and a return of the remaining hostages—more likely?
26 min
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Should the Menendez Brothers Be Free?
Why their case is back in the news and your feeds after more than three decades.
24 min
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TBD | How Secure Is Our Election?
Why you can be confident in America’s electoral integrity, even as confidence in American democracy is plummeting.
29 min
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Bonus: The Surge | Kamala Harris Does All The I...
While Trump was dancing, what else happened in politics this week?
23 min
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TBD | The Elon-Trump Alliance
Two main characters who finally found each other.
17 min
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Kamala’s Bid for Black Men’s Votes
Harris’s town hall with Charlamagne Tha God was part of her outreach to a demographic that Democrats once considered a lock.
25 min
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Overdose Deaths Are Going Down. Why?
New research from the CDC indicates the number of both fatal and non-fatal overdoses has been going down.
24 min
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Gambling on Elections, What Could Go Wrong?
Polymarket has people putting their money where their political predictions are.
23 min
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An Extremely Online Hurricane Season
After the storms came the flood of rumors, A.I. images, and straight-up B.S.
25 min
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TBD | 23andMe...And a Looming Data Disaster
The company is on the ropes. How safe is your DNA?
22 min
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Bonus: The Surge | Old Friends, New Hurricanes
The space lasers are back.
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