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 | Trump Dips into NVIDIA’s Chips
The president takes a page from China’s book of “state capitalism” with a dubiously legal export fee.
23 min
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In Gaza, Journalism Is a Death Sentence
Targeting journalists is a war crime. Does Israel care?
25 min
78
Why Washington, D.C.
Thanks to quirks of the district, Trump gets to watch the troops he deployed right out the window.
25 min
79
South Park Understands the Assignment
MAGA’s not offended, of course, but not for want of effort.
29 min
80
Gutting Our National Parks
25 min
81
TBD | Here Comes the A.I. Music Slop
26 min
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TBD | The Discourse: We're Off This Week!
We'll be back in two weeks.
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83
TBD | What Happened After Meta Fired Its Fact-C...
The truth is, Zuckerberg’s new system isn’t working very well.
25 min
84
Donald Trump Vs. Reality Itself
You can’t change the weather by firing the weatherman. The rain will fall.
23 min
85
A Rabbi’s Plea for Peace
More than a thousand Jewish leaders want an end to starvation in Gaza. She’s one of them.
27 min
86
Don’t Mess With Texas’s Election Maps
The Lone Star State’s attempt to tip the House of Representatives to the GOP could have nationwide repercussions.
24 min
87
Was Democracy Voted Out?
Is America still a democracy? Was it ever?
22 min
88
TBD | The A.I. Data Center Push That Wasn't
The Trump administration touted Stargate as a 500 billion dollar investment in American data centers. So far, it hasn't panned out.
24 min
89
Bonus: When the French Bombed Greenpeace
What we can learn from the violent measures taken to suppress protest in 1986.
25 min
90
TBD | The Death of an Online Whisper Network
Your safety? There isn’t an app for that.
25 min
91
How Elon Musk Colonized NASA
They used to go to the moon. Now they rely on contractors.
28 min
92
Why Are So Many Institutions Caving to Trump?
Jerome Powell can stay and fight, or take the road of less resistance and quit.
25 min
93
Trans and Shut Out in Trump’s America
Clinics for trans youth are closing, incorrect passports have been issued, and trans people are having to make emergency health care plans, even in blue states.
25 min
94
Why The Shelves Aren't Empty (Yet)
It doesn’t mean the economy’s doing all that great.
27 min
95
TBD | Dupes!
Is your skincare/skirt/vacation island as good as the real thing?
29 min
96
TBD | The Discourse: The Coldplay Scandal Coupl...
Yes, they did a stupid thing. No, this shouldn't be national news.
17 min
97
TBD | A Colbert Report
How Trump did (and didn't) get Stephen Colbert cancelled.
21 min
98
He Says Gaza Is a Genocide
Why an Israeli-American Holocaust scholar felt he had to speak up.
28 min
99
How Dead Is the Department of Education?
The federal agency can’t be abolished with the stroke of a pen. But it can be put on the austerity path to oblivion.
21 min
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On Epstein, Democrats Go Low
It’s time to get in the muck.
27 min