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.
1626
A Post Office Insider On What We're Getting Wrong
A former Deputy Postmaster General on what the USPS can and can’t handle.
20 min
1627
TBD | The Limits of Filming Police Brutality
Smartphone ubiquity and body cameras were supposed to change policing for the better. What went wrong?
20 min
1628
Trump's Legal Troubles Are Just Getting Started
Investigations into the president’s business are ramping up.
22 min
1629
Will “Law and Order” Save Trump?
The Trump 2020 playbook got thrown out when the pandemic hit.
19 min
1630
A Democratic Mud-Fight in Massachusetts
Ed Markey and his Senate primary opponent Joe Kennedy are just not that different.
16 min
1631
Seven Days of Unrest in Kenosha
20 min
1632
TBD | QAnon Goes Mainstream
How the conspiracy moved from the fringes of the internet to the White House press room.
16 min
1633
U.S. Foreign Policy Is Officially Incoherent
How “America First” left America alone on the world stage.
17 min
1634
The Fight for Belarus
Authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko is courting Russian involvement to maintain his grip on power. Will he succeed?
17 min
1635
The U.S. Can Fix Its COVID Testing Failures
We need more rapid results tests and we need them now.
16 min
1636
Another Crackdown On the Border
The Trump administration is refusing entry to asylum seekers, citing the coronavirus.
16 min
1637
TBD | What Went Wrong With Contact Tracing Apps
They were supposed to help us keep the virus in check. Why don’t any of them seem to actually work?
19 min
1638
Can NY Take Down the NRA?
New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking to dissolve the gun organization. Can she do that?
18 min
1639
The QAnon Candidate
With Trump’s blessing and many Republican leaders silent, a QAnon believer could be heading to Congress.
20 min
1640
The Battle for Wisconsin's Dairy Farmers
How the Democrats lost Wisconsin’s dairy farmers and why their discontent in 2020 could cost Trump the presidency.
16 min
1641
Wanted by China
Samuel Chu is a U.S. citizen protesting China’s crackdown on Hong Kong. And now, there’s a warrant for his arrest.
23 min
1642
TBD | How Google Search Sold Out
The search engine used to be a gateway to the rest of the internet. Now, it’s something else entirely.
18 min
1643
Kamala: Historic, Safe, and Complicated
She’ll help Biden project an image of competence.
27 min
1644
Our Pandemic Learning Curve
What we’ve learned, and unlearned, about this coronavirus.
18 min
1645
Left Out of the Census
More than a third of U.S. households still haven’t responded to the population survey.
19 min
1646
What’s Up With the Mail?
There’s something shady going on at the Postal Service.
24 min
1647
TBD | How One Block Got Through It
Chicago’s 75th Street seems like exactly the type of place that would have struggled to survive the pandemic. Instead, it’s thriving.
20 min
1648
Solving the Child Care Crisis
America has tackled a child care crisis before. Can COVID force the government to do something major again?
19 min
1649
A Teacher Weighs Her Options
And changes her mind about Trump.
22 min
1650
Republicans Are Freaking Out About Kansas
No Democrat has won a Senate seat in Kansas since the 1930s, but Tuesday's primary could help change that.
15 min