What Next | Daily News and Analysis
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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Moms for Liberty Tanked at the Polls. This Guy ...
Parental-Rights groups tend to burn brightly but briefly.
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TBD | Bedbugs Are Back, Baby!
How do you feel about Thanksgiving travel now?
22 min
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TBD | How Deepfake Porn Infected a School
Once an image is on the internet, it’s out of your control—just ask the girls at Westfield High.
21 min
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What If Gaza Boils Over?
Could Israel vs. Hamas become a regional conflict?
20 min
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Trump’s Second Term
A senior national security official compared an experienced President Trump to the velociraptors learning to open doors in Jurassic Park.
20 min
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How the Israel-Gaza War Rages in America
A conversation over a broken discourse.
29 min
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The Rise of a Red State Democrat
Kentucky's Andy Beshear won reelection decisively. What can other Dems learn from his victory?
22 min
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TBD | Will A.I. Take My Job?
A newsroom finds itself wondering if these mysterious new contributors are even real people.
18 min
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TBD | Tesla vs. the Swedes
The “move fast and break stuff” mentality has hit an organized labor stronghold.
23 min
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The Real Goal of Trump's Indignant Testimony
Taking the stand in New York and attacking the judge doesn’t seem like a way to win this trial. Maybe he’s not trying to win this one.
24 min
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Israeli Life Will Never Be the Same
One month after Hamas' attack, a documentarian is grappling with her subjects' pain—and her own.
23 min
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Abortion on a Red-State Ballot
Ohio voters decide today whether to enshrine the right to abortion in their state constitution.
19 min
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Mitt Romney Reflects, Regrets, and Retires
The author of the new biography explores the rift between the GOP and its one-time presidential nominee.
30 min
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TBD | Sam Bankman-Fraud
The disgraced crypto mogul faces up to 110 years behind bars. Will the industry ever recover?
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TBD | Biden Goes After AI
What the new executive orders on artificial intelligence will—and won’t—address.
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Can Hamas Actually Be Destroyed?
What Hamas’s history tells us about Gaza’s future.
25 min
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How to Catch an Insurrectionist
The online community helping—and in some ways surpassing—the FBI.
22 min
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Can Threat Assessment Stop Mass Shootings?
In Lewiston, warnings were everywhere—why did it happen anyway?
22 min
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What Survived in Lahaina, Maui
A Hawaiian businesswoman and her community are searching for normal after August wildfires.
19 min
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TBD | SBF Takes the Stand
It’s a high risk move, but he’s running out of options.
22 min
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TBD | Self-Driving Cars Crash Into Reality
If autonomous vehicles aren’t safe in California, where ARE they safe?
26 min
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How Extremists Won the Speaker Fight
After 22 days, the House settles on Mike Johnson.
21 min
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The State Dept. Official Who Quit Over Israel
He worked in arms transfers for 11 years—and found the typical human rights debate within the department stifled.
22 min
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Why We Still Don’t Have a Speaker of the House
Weeks after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as House Speaker, Republicans don’t seem any closer to picking a replacement.
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Abortion Providers in the Line of Fire
She’s faced threats of violence, arson, and the assassination of colleague—and persisted.
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