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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Main Character: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Slate’s Nadira Goffe visits with reporting from the courthouse.
21 min
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TBD | Is Palantir Building a Data Big Brother?
26 min
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She Was Tortured. America Shut Her Out.
One of the last avenues of protection at the southern border appears to have closed.
26 min
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Can Zionism Survive This War?
A self-described Zionist feels the path Israel is on isn’t leading to a safe, peaceful nation for Jews, which he once believed was the goal.
28 min
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George Floyd Square, Five Years Later
Searching for progress in Minneapolis and America.
30 min
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Can the U.S. Learn from the U.K.'s Post-Brexit ...
Even with a US trade deal in hand, British politics still feel lost in the woods, five years after leaving the EU.
24 min
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TBD | So Long, Elon
He came, he sawed, he conq—well, he left.
25 min
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TBD | The Discourse: Tortured for Bitcoin
As crypto becomes more mainstream, so do so-called "wrench attacks" on wealthy crypto holders.
12 min
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TBD | The Drone Wars
Russia and Ukraine are locked in an arms race that will change war forever.
22 min
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Legally Dead—And Pregnant
25 min
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Does Gavin Newsom Have It All Figured Out?
Why the California governor seems to be engineering a big pivot to the center.
26 min
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What Would You Pay to Stay Alive?
A reporter investigates why his lifesaving medication costs nearly $1,000 a day.
25 min
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The Glaring Problem with Headlights
Why car headlights have gotten so bright—and why they’re likely to stay that way.
40 min
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TBD | Crypto's Big Win
Even if you've never touched crypto, you could be burned by the GENIUS Act.
26 min
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Bonus: Main Character: The One Big Beautiful Bill
Slate’s Jim Newell stops by to remind us how reconciliation works.
24 min
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TBD | Inside OpenAI's Empire
How the company convinced everyone that AGI is inevitable—and that they need to be the ones who control it.
34 min
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Can A “Morality Coalition” Succeed Against Trump?
He brought “Moral Mondays” to the Capitol—and getting arrested isn’t going to stop him.
22 min
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If Trump Guts FEMA, Are Tornado Victims On Thei...
It’s tempting to cut something that doesn’t seem essential…until it is.
26 min
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Here’s How the GOP Cuts Medicaid
They’re getting the old “work requirements” argument down from the attic.
24 min
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Is Immigration Still Trump’s Strongest Issue?
Voters may be getting what they voted for, but not what they want.
25 min
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TBD | You’ve Been Deepfaked
How AI generated revenge porn is spreading across the internet.
24 min
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TBD | The Discourse: Casey Means Loves Flackers
Trump’s surgeon general nominee has her kooky beliefs, and they’re only questionably healthy.”
12 min
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TBD | The Newarkification of Flying
Can we avoid an air travel future that is nasty, brutish, and severely delayed?
26 min
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The Qatari Plane Is Just The Start
If you give a mouse a jumbo jet…
22 min
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Trump’s Middle East Diplomacy
Israel keeps getting surprised by the mercurial American president.
24 min