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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South Park Understands the Assignment
MAGA’s not offended, of course, but not for want of effort.
29 min
152
Gutting Our National Parks
25 min
153
TBD | Here Comes the A.I. Music Slop
26 min
154
TBD | The Discourse: We're Off This Week!
We'll be back in two weeks.
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TBD | What Happened After Meta Fired Its Fact-C...
The truth is, Zuckerberg’s new system isn’t working very well.
25 min
156
Donald Trump Vs. Reality Itself
You can’t change the weather by firing the weatherman. The rain will fall.
23 min
157
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
158
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
159
Was Democracy Voted Out?
Is America still a democracy? Was it ever?
22 min
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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
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Bonus: When the French Bombed Greenpeace
What we can learn from the violent measures taken to suppress protest in 1986.
25 min
162
TBD | The Death of an Online Whisper Network
Your safety? There isn’t an app for that.
25 min
163
How Elon Musk Colonized NASA
They used to go to the moon. Now they rely on contractors.
28 min
164
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
165
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
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Why The Shelves Aren't Empty (Yet)
It doesn’t mean the economy’s doing all that great.
27 min
167
TBD | Dupes!
Is your skincare/skirt/vacation island as good as the real thing?
29 min
168
TBD | The Discourse: The Coldplay Scandal Coupl...
Yes, they did a stupid thing. No, this shouldn't be national news.
17 min
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TBD | A Colbert Report
How Trump did (and didn't) get Stephen Colbert cancelled.
21 min
170
He Says Gaza Is a Genocide
Why an Israeli-American Holocaust scholar felt he had to speak up.
28 min
171
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
172
On Epstein, Democrats Go Low
It’s time to get in the muck.
27 min
173
Getting Anti-Vaxxers To Roll Up Their Sleeves
Those who won’t listen to health officials did listen to their neighbors and classmates.
27 min
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TBD | When Bots Go Nazi
Grok’s antisemitic posting spree was a glimpse of an unregulated AI future.
25 min
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Bonus: A Muslim, a Dad, an American
Aymann Ismail stops in to talk about his new book—and a certain mayoral race.
24 min