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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TBD | The Discourse: Fake Trump Loves Medbeds
Real Trump Truth’d AI Trump lauding a conspiracy theory.
12 min
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TBD | Who Owns TikTok Now?
25 min
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Actually the Government Shut Down Months Ago
Time to find out if claiming you have total power over the government means that people blame you when it shuts down.
30 min
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The Department of War…From Within
A meeting with the top brass that didn’t even need to be an email.
26 min
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Trump’s Revenge Tour Is Here
How the president’s flimsy case against the former FBI director is going to make accountability that much harder in the future.
25 min
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The Gaza Flotilla That’s Under Attack
Explosions have rocked the boats while they are still days away from Gaza’s shore.
25 min
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TBD | Trapped in a Tesla
Teslas are trapping passengers inside after crashes. Regulators are starting to notice.
24 min
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Bonus: The Senator Calling Trump’s Bluff
“Providing him more fuel and more money to do illegal things is not a winning strategy.”
24 min
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TBD | How Trump Got Obsessed with Autism
Thanks to RFK Jr., Trump can capitalize on an issue he’s cared about for decades.
28 min
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Jimmy Kimmel Got His Job Back. She Didn’t.
Karen Attiah, an award-winning opinion journalist was fired from the Washington Post for social media posts about Charlie Kirk and America’s gun violence epidemic.
23 min
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A Surgeon in Gaza’s “End Game”
How a surgeon has seen the situation on the ground devolve for Palestinians.
29 min
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Trump’s Attack on Visas
Foreign workers are choosing between a narrowing path to legal visas, risking deportation, or simply leaving Americans to pick their own produce.
27 min
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How Big Media Obeys in Advance
When you’re an authoritarian, they do it to themselves.
25 min
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TBD | Is A.I. Taking Your Job?
For young workers, it might be time to worry.
27 min
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The Discourse | TikTok Ban: The Final Loop?
Start a ban. Refuse to enforce the ban. Declare victory over the ban. What a ride.
12 min
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TBD | A Very Online Shooter
32 min
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Trump’s Getting His Economy. Yikes.
The Fed cut rates, but it won’t be enough to save the economy from what this administration is doing.
22 min
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Can Kash Patel Survive This?
The Patel Era is less about investigations and more about posting stuff Trump likes.
26 min
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Who’s Winning the War on Higher Education?
The Trump administration has silenced professors, withheld more than two billion dollars in research funding, and forced administrators out.
30 min
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Hasan Piker Knew Charlie Kirk
The leftist streamer says that in the rush to mourn Kirk and condemn political violence, Kirk’s own words and politics are in danger of being whitewashed or ignored.
25 min
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TBD | Her Daughter Killed Herself. Then She Saw...
Should A.I. have warned someone?
31 min
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Bonus: “We Got Him”
The internet made Charlie Kirk. Did it make his killer too?
21 min
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TBD | You Can't Escape the Charlie Kirk Video
Content moderation is dead, algorithms are designed to serve you horrific videos - is this the future of life online?
32 min
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How the Supreme Court Legalized Racial Profiling
According to the court, college admissions offices can’t consider race. ICE, however…
26 min
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Trump Blew Up 11 People. Is That Legal?
The president takes the “because I say so” theory of authority into international waters.
28 min