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 Is Back. Is the Media Ready?
Making the right choice when it comes to good TV vs. good journalism.
23 min
902
TBD | Space After NASA
The passionate weirdos and hedge funds that want to boldly go where only governments have gone before.
30 min
903
TBD | Who’s Afraid of A.I.?
Real harm from A.I. doesn’t have to look like Skynet—it’s already happening.
29 min
904
Debt Ceiling Dinner Theater
Why does America have to keep having this fight?
21 min
905
The Border's New Normal
Can the Biden administration live up to the campaign’s rhetoric when Title 42 lifts?
23 min
906
Why Richard Glossip Has Escaped Execution Nine ...
Inside nearly a decade of delays, stays, and last meals.
24 min
907
Can DeSantis Beat Disney?
What may have started as bluster and rhetoric is now a matter for the courts.
24 min
908
TBD | What's Going on at Meta?
Market instability, bad bets and low morale are putting Silicon Valley's poster child in uncharted territory. Can it claw its way back?
29 min
909
TBD | What the Writers' Strike Is Really About
The WGA is fighting to get ahead of A.I.—and finally catch up with the streaming era.
27 min
910
Charles In Charge
A coronation is a good time to ask of the monarchy “Do we have to?”
21 min
911
America’s Rich History of Gun Control
How “originalist” arguments against gun control distort actual history.
21 min
912
What E. Jean Carroll Is Fighting For
And how Donald Trump’s defense team is trying to sway the jury.
24 min
913
War in Ukraine: The View Behind Closed Doors
The country is bracing for a spring counteroffensive, with still no end to the conflict in sight.
23 min
914
TBD | Is Your Uber Drivers' Pay Rigged?
Same ride. Same route. Different pay.
21 min
915
TBD | Stephen King on Why He's Not Paying Twitter
The horror writer dishes on his confusion about Twitter, Elon Musk, and more.
9 min
916
TBD | Stephen King Is Just as Confused About Bl...
A meltdown over its subscription service reveals Twitter’s wheels coming off.
30 min
917
Fighting for the Right to Die
Her state didn’t allow terminally-ill patients the choice to end their lives—but Vermont did.
23 min
918
The Ballad of Tucker Carlson
How Fox’s most popular host followed his audience - until he was fired.
21 min
919
Beyond Stand Your Ground
How “self-defense” laws create a shoot-first mentality.
23 min
920
Why Evan Gershkovich Went to Russia
His latest appeal was rejected. What happens now?
22 min
921
TBD | "Crap Apps": Why Weather Apps Suck
Why our smartphone forecasts are so mercurial.
21 min
922
TBD | Will A.I. Close Off the Internet?
As A.I. companies are sucking up as much data as they can to train their systems, social platforms are starting to put their most valuable resource behind a paywall.
22 min
923
So Fox News, What Did We Learn?
With an audience this big—and fiercely loyal—who needs the truth?
23 min
924
Dianne Feinstein's Last Stand
Can the Democrats afford to let the California senator finish her term?
21 min
925
Fox News Goes to Court
Can Dominion prove “actual malice”?
28 min