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 | From the Vault: It's Hot. It's Flooding. ...
A climate scientist on why it’s not too late to turn things around.
20 min
1152
TBD | The Culture War Over Electric Cars
When will electric cars go mainstream?
19 min
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Bill Barr Calls B.S. on Trump
Why the former attorney general has been particularly useful to the House Select Committee.
20 min
1154
The Real Lesson of San Francisco's D.A. Recall
Chesa Boudin became district attorney as part of a wave of progressive prosecutors. As he leaves office, how do his peers survive?
20 min
1155
The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
How the alleged targeting of a Palestinian American journalist lays bare the escalating tensions between Israeli forces and Palestinians.
23 min
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Does Gun Violence Need an Emmett Till Moment?
A trauma surgeon’s desperate plea for change.
19 min
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TBD | Sheryl Sandberg’s Complicated Legacy
How will Meta's former second-in-command be remembered?
25 min
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TBD | Bots! What Are They Good For?
How serious is Twitter's bot problem?
22 min
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What The Jan. 6 Hearings Are Really About
Prime-time hearings, professionally produced for television—but can they make a difference?
19 min
1160
Can 20 Years of Oversight Reform a Police Depar...
After 11 different police chiefs and myriad reforms, Oakland PD is “on the cusp of compliance.” But residents remain leery.
24 min
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The Right’s Poll-Watcher Army
They still don’t accept the last big election. They’re trying to help with the next one.
22 min
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Does Proof Matter at the Supreme Court?
There's evidence a death row inmate is innocent. The justices are condemning him to die.
22 min
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TBD | Is Elon Musk Any Good at Business?
A look at the richest man's business acumen.
25 min
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TBD | Can an Algorithm Spot a Shooter?
Social media surveillance technology used in schools has been largely ineffective.
21 min
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How Gun-Makers Are Arming the Culture War
Manufacturers follow a set playbook for when their products are used in mass shootings.
27 min
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How Soccer's Best Women Finally Got Paid
The US Women’s National Soccer team fought for six years to secure equal pay for equal work.
25 min
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Reporting on Guns from Texas
The view from a state that doesn’t “have that many restrictions left to loosen up”—and just had a mass shooting.
23 min
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TBD | Online Privacy in a Post-Roe World
How to minimize your digital footprint
17 min
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TBD | Will Bitcoin Ruin El Salvador?
How the country's Bitcoin gamble is unraveling.
20 min
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A Sandy Hook Parent Speaks
An interview that makes us feel something like hope.
26 min
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The End of Ending the Pandemic
How treatments for addiction and HIV prevention can inform this moment—and the next—in the fight against COVID.
18 min
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New York State’s Redistricting Mess
The ongoing battle over New York State’s political map has national implications.
21 min
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Biden’s Student Loan Ambivalence
If only looking at debt made it disappear.
23 min
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TBD | North Korea's Hacking Army
Can North Korea's army of cyber-criminals be stopped?
20 min
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TBD | How Buffalo Could Transform Social Media
Can the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism effectively moderate extremist content?
19 min