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 | TikTok: Somehow Also Affected by the Tariffs
Like everything else, TikTok finds itself subject to changing winds of one President Trump.
18 min
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Bonus: Katy Perry is an Astronaut Now?
Astro-not-quite.
15 min
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TBD | Trump Tariffs Hit Mushroom Kingdom
How Nintendo tried to save their console princess.
20 min
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Impeachment From the Bottom Up
"Hands Off" isn't specific enough. Tell them what you want.
23 min
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A Cancelled Actor Scripts His Comeback
What to make of Jonathan Majors’ return to the press circuit.
22 min
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The Mass Grave in Gaza
In the days since the ceasefire fell apart, Gazans have faced bombardment, malnutrition, and a dire political plan for their future.
26 min
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The Upside Of Tariffs
Make no mistake: this is gonna hurt.
26 min
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TBD | Why Wall Street Can’t Quit Elon
Your 401k loves him too.
29 min
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TBD | The Discourse: Our Memecoin Took Off
And we missed our chance to get rich.
14 min
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TBD | Where DOGE Is Taking Us
What happens when you run the government like how Elon Musk runs a business?
24 min
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The Lives Ruined by Trump's Deportation Machine
The pretexts are flimsy; due process is absent, and mistakes have already been made.
28 min
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How the Supreme Court Could Gut Planned Parenthood
The precedent seems pretty clear here, but with this court, you can never be sure.
25 min
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Free Speech? Not If You’re A Foreign Student.
The administration is sending a message by detaining Rumeysa Ozturk and Mahmoud Khalil.
23 min
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Will Elon Musk Buy Another Election?
All eyes are on a State Supreme Court race in Wisconsin.
26 min
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TBD | This Is Your Brain On Ketamine
And Silicon Valley's too.
22 min
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Bitcoin’s Biggest Mystery
Felix Salmon from Slate Money joins Mary for a Slate Plus exclusive.
23 min
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TBD | We Made a Memecoin
Because—how hard could it be?
27 min
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The Group Chat Heard ‘Round the World
Former GOP congressman and Air Force vet Adam Kinzinger shares just how bad this Signal leak was.
25 min
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What Happens To My Student Loans Now?
If your debt outlasts the Department of Education, alas, you’re not out of the woods yet.
24 min
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A Tea Party for the Democrats?
Bernie and AOC have crowds, but what’s their pitch?
23 min
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How Colleges Can Fight Back
Taking it from the quads to courts.
25 min
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TBD | Bezos 2.0
How the Amazon founder went from Trump critic to Trump donor.
25 min
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TBD | The Discourse: Can A.I. Write A Good Story?
We judge it!
18 min
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TBD | Trump's War on Scientific Research
Cutting NIH grants–even temporarily–could have repercussions for years to come.
26 min
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Trump’s Animal-Spirit Economy
Trying to make sense of Trumponomics.
25 min