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 | Scarlett Johansson vs OpenAI
Is OpenAI’s latest scandal a sign of what’s to come?
23 min
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Diddy’s Reckoning
How one video transformed how the world saw the media mogul, after years of allegations—and even Department of Homeland Security raids—did not.
27 min
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Does Netanyahu Have an Exit Strategy?
Israel’s war cabinet is splintering as the pressure grows for Netanyahu to explain his “day after” plan for Gaza.
22 min
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Is Killing a Protester Still a Crime?
The pardoning of Daniel Perry raises the question: who has the right to self-defense?
23 min
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What Are Presidential Debates For?
It’s not the most scintillating viewing experience, but it still matters.
23 min
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TBD | The Dark Side of GoFundMe
Even when it succeeds, it’s evidence of a broken system.
28 min
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TBD | Too Stonks Too Furious
Meme stocks are back—wait, they never really went away.
21 min
558
Why Miss USA is Imploding
Miss USA’s resignation letter is vague. But the first letter of each sentence spells out “I am silenced.”
25 min
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Can Fox News Still Sway an Election?
The network couldn’t launch DeSantis, but its thumb can still tip the scales this fall.
24 min
560
The Fight for Joe Manchin’s Seat
It takes a special kind of Democrat to win in West Virginia—but he thinks he can pull it off.
22 min
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MAGA Eating Itself Alive
When your knee-jerk contrarian movement chases everyone else from the room, who’s left to rebel against?
23 min
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TBD | Would You Choose Your Child’s Sex?
Almost every country has banned the practice—but in the US, its growing.
25 min
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TBD | Meet the Trump Campaign’s A.I. Guy
The artificial intelligence election is on.
17 min
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Stormy Daniels Takes the Stand
Is Trump’s best defense…a mistrial?
24 min
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Conservative Candid Camera in the Darién Gap
On top of everything else, migrants now have to worry about being ambushed by Laura Loomer.
26 min
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Hamas Agreed to a Ceasefire. Now What?
On Sunday, talks looked “dead.” Then on Monday, Hamas took the deal.
27 min
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Why Democrats Will Save Mike Johnson’s Job
The bipartisan effort to ignore Marjorie Taylor Greene.
23 min
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TBD | Can California Save Journalism?
The Sunshine State considers making Google and Meta pony up—and making news outlets spend that revenue on their staff.
20 min
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TBD | Bird Flu—It’s in Milk?
Scientists are observing, for the first time, the virus spreading cow-to-cow—is human-to-human next?
21 min
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Columbia Cracks Down
"Every single thing about this is completely maddening. And none of it had to happen.”
24 min
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Biden’s Climate Report Card
We're doing more than ever, and still not nearly enough.
22 min
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The Man Who Wrote the Trump Playbook—30 Years Ago.
Republicans these days are ceding popular elections but holding on to power. That strategy is older than you think.
23 min
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The Jewish Case for Protest
How views of Israel have changed—and how some Jewish Americans are grappling with the dissonance.
28 min
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TBD | The Failures of ‘Organic’ Farming
Organic farms try to make their products better for people, but that doesn’t mean better animal welfare.
24 min
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TBD | So ... Is TikTok Banned?
Or has the long journey to banning the short-video app just begun?
19 min