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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TBD | Inside the Goonerverse
A very specific (NSFW) online world.
26 min
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How Will We Feed Our Neighbors?
Why you should consider giving out mac n’ cheese along with candy this Halloween.
28 min
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The Volunteers Taking on ICE
The Harbor Area Peace Patrol attempts to protect undocumented neighbors in southern California, one parking lot at a time.
24 min
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Where Sports Betting Got Us
Just when you think it’s all apps, the Mafia pops back into the picture.
26 min
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Shutting Down and Finding Out
The government shutdown now enters its fourth week. Will Democrats finally play hard ball?
24 min
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TBD | Did The Trump Administration Censor Speech?
Anti-ICE posts and apps flourished online. The Trump administration had them taken down.
28 min
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Bonus: The Scariest Halloween Costume
Which kind of chainsaw wielding maniac are YOU going as?
6 min
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TBD | The AWS Outage is Only the Beginning
Why a mesh of cloud services and undersea cables make for a very delicate web.
28 min
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Is the Peanut Allergy Dead?
Researchers reversed long-standing guidance about giving kids peanuts. It worked – a lot.
22 min
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Why So Many Racist Group Chats?
From the chats to the policy proposals, no one’s hiding that the goal is a whiter America.
23 min
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The Trump Doctrine in Latin America
Why Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado made sure to thank the president.
29 min
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Are Democrats Already Fumbling a Win?
What weird state-wide races in Virginia tell us about 2026.
29 min
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TBD | Why Bands Are Leaving Spotify
Xiu Xiu explains their decision to leave the streaming platform following Daniel Ek's investments in defense tech.
17 min
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TBD | Inside the MAGA Content Mill
How to make a city full of inflatable frog suits look like it needs the National Guard.
23 min
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He Wrote About Anti-Fascism—Then Fled the Country
How a book Mark Bray wrote in 2017 led to death threats and Bray relocating his family to Spain.
31 min
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Time for a Blue-State “Soft Secession”?
If the federal government is deadset on punishing states run by Democrats, what options do those states have?
22 min
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Everything’s Coming Up Bari
Is Weiss perpetually on the rise, or is media coming down to her level?
25 min
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Amicus | Dear Justice Kavanaugh, “I’m American,...
Why Brett Kavanaugh’s unconstitutional freestyling on racial profiling just landed all of us in deep trouble.
48 min
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TBD | A.I. for Cops
Silicon Valley wants your police department to use artificial intelligence. Do you?
24 min
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Bonus: SchadenFriday: Portland Puts A Frog On It
Looking for the silver-linings in a Portlandic “war zone.”
6 min
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TBD | The People Suing ICE
21 min
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The People Joining ICE
As much of the government faces layoffs, slashed funding, and a shutdown, ICE’s budget has been tripled, and they’re casting a wide net for new recruits.
23 min
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Inside the Portland “War Zone”
They blew up the Chicken Man in Portland last night…
26 min
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Is the Gaza Deal Real?
Donald Trump’s premature announcement demonstrated just how much leverage he has over the situation.
26 min
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When You’re A Justice They Let You Do It
Conversion therapy, racial redistricting, the president’s power to fire anyone he wants—are the conservatives lining ‘em up to knock ‘em down?
27 min