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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Trump Bombed Iran. Are We at War?
President Trump’s always talked about keeping America out of conflicts abroad. Six months into his second term, here we are.
26 min
52
TBD | Airlines Are Selling Your Data to the Gov...
22 min
53
Bonus: The All New Electric … Hummer?
23 min
54
TBD | We Deport. You Laugh?
Why the White House is memeing its mass deportations.
26 min
55
Mighty Real Edition
57 min
56
Kristi Noem Understands the Assignment
How the DHS Secretary emerged as the face of Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.
26 min
57
The War Netanyahu Always Wanted
27 min
58
Vaccine Skeptics Just Scored a Big Win
Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices found out they were fired via an article in the Wall Street Journal.
22 min
59
TBD | Summer Travel Tips To Not Get Detained
A guide for digital safety.
24 min
60
TBD | The Discourse: Hot Robotaxi Summer
Waymos on fire! Teslas in Texas?
15 min
61
TBD | New DOGE, New Tricks
Elon may be gone, but Big Balls is staying on.
24 min
62
Trump’s Brittle Authoritarianism
Military parades and troops moving against protestors are things Americans, typically, prefer to happen elsewhere.
25 min
63
Will Israel Starve Gaza Into Submission?
There’s a long, ugly history of famine being used as a weapon of war.
26 min
64
Corporate America Retreats From Pride
It was always an awkward fit, but it’s still ominous to watch companies pull back support.
26 min
65
Trump Sends in the Troops
In response to protests in Los Angeles, the President invoked a legal authority last used by L.B.J. to deploy the National Guard on domestic protesters.
26 min
66
TBD | The Future of the Internet Hinges on Gail...
You may be asking, “Who?”
25 min
67
Main Character: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Slate’s Nadira Goffe visits with reporting from the courthouse.
21 min
68
TBD | Is Palantir Building a Data Big Brother?
26 min
69
She Was Tortured. America Shut Her Out.
One of the last avenues of protection at the southern border appears to have closed.
26 min
70
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
71
George Floyd Square, Five Years Later
Searching for progress in Minneapolis and America.
30 min
72
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
73
TBD | So Long, Elon
He came, he sawed, he conq—well, he left.
25 min
74
TBD | The Discourse: Tortured for Bitcoin
As crypto becomes more mainstream, so do so-called "wrench attacks" on wealthy crypto holders.
12 min
75
TBD | The Drone Wars
Russia and Ukraine are locked in an arms race that will change war forever.
22 min