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.
1501
Biden’s First Foreign Policy Test
It wasn’t really what he wanted.
21 min
1502
Texans Can't Catch a Break
What it’s like to live from disaster to disaster.
22 min
1503
TBD | Australia’s Kinda-Sorta Win Over Big Tech
A new type of legislation could change the way governments and big tech do business.
19 min
1504
A Biden Pick in Trouble
Neera Tanden’s OMB nomination is hanging by a thread.
26 min
1505
The Marines’ Sexual Assault Problem
Years of scandals seem to have wrought little change.
25 min
1506
Should Student Debt Be Canceled?
Diving into one solution to several problems.
24 min
1507
Will Andrew Cuomo Say Sorry?
Even on the cusp of having his emergency powers revoked, a mea culpa is probably not in the cards.
22 min
1508
TBD | Why Texas Went Dark
The state is no stranger to extreme weather. But not like this.
20 min
1509
What Rush Limbaugh Left Behind
He embodied what the right has come to stand for: not a substance, but a style.
27 min
1510
A Year of Anti-Asian Violence
These kinds of attacks are not new.
23 min
1511
When the Vaccine Skeptic Is Your Dad
How to change a ‘pandejo’s’ mind.
22 min
1512
TBD | How Clubhouse Cracked China’s Firewall
Two weeks of extraordinary conversations led to an inevitable result.
21 min
1513
The Fight to Unionize an Amazon Warehouse
Amazon may be at a tipping point.
21 min
1514
The Most Powerful Man in Washington?
Just how much sway does Joe Manchin have?
22 min
1515
Trump on Trial — Again
Impeachment, round two.
25 min
1516
Philly’s Vaccine Distribution Mess
How the city’s vaccine distribution plan went haywire.
26 min
1517
TBD | India Turns Off the Internet
India ranks second in the world in mobile internet subscribers. It ranks first in shutdowns.
17 min
1518
A Sexist Recession
The pandemic has not hit everyone equally.
23 min
1519
Where Are the Checks?
A stimulus status update.
24 min
1520
The Marjorie Taylor Greene Problem
Is the GOP willing to do anything?
20 min
1521
Why is Everyone Mad at Gavin Newsom?
It’s a bad time to be governor.
23 min
1522
TBD | Inside the Subreddit That Blew Up GameStop
How an irreverent band of Reddit investors cost Wall Street millions.
20 min
1523
COVID’s Lasting Toll on Kids
The kids aren’t alright.
23 min
1524
A Republican With an Actual Climate Plan
Why a former congressman from Florida has hope.
25 min
1525
The Biden-McConnell Relationship
Friends with deficits.
26 min