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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What E. Jean Carroll Is Fighting For
And how Donald Trump’s defense team is trying to sway the jury.
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War in Ukraine: The View Behind Closed Doors
The country is bracing for a spring counteroffensive, with still no end to the conflict in sight.
23 min
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TBD | Is Your Uber Drivers' Pay Rigged?
Same ride. Same route. Different pay.
21 min
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TBD | Stephen King Is Just as Confused About Bl...
A meltdown over its subscription service reveals Twitter’s wheels coming off.
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Fighting for the Right to Die
Her state didn’t allow terminally-ill patients the choice to end their lives—but Vermont did.
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The Ballad of Tucker Carlson
How Fox’s most popular host followed his audience - until he was fired.
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Beyond Stand Your Ground
How “self-defense” laws create a shoot-first mentality.
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Why Evan Gershkovich Went to Russia
His latest appeal was rejected. What happens now?
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TBD | "Crap Apps": Why Weather Apps Suck
Why our smartphone forecasts are so mercurial.
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TBD | Will A.I. Close Off the Internet?
As A.I. companies are sucking up as much data as they can to train their systems, social platforms are starting to put their most valuable resource behind a paywall.
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So Fox News, What Did We Learn?
With an audience this big—and fiercely loyal—who needs the truth?
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Dianne Feinstein's Last Stand
Can the Democrats afford to let the California senator finish her term?
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Fox News Goes to Court
Can Dominion prove “actual malice”?
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He Couldn’t Teach ‘Slavery Was Wrong.’ So He Quit.
More teachers are leaving their jobs as a wave of restrictive legislation targets educators across the country.
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TBD | Will Banning Social Media Help Kids?
What the science says about Utah’s social media ban for teens.
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TBD | How Gamers Leaked Classified Pentagon Docs
How highly classified documents from the Pentagon ended up in a small Discord server.
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Do Abortion Pills Actually Need FDA Approval?
A judge has revoked FDA approval of mifepristone. But the FDA could fight back - in more ways than one.
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Narcan Over the Counter
How the emergency overdose treatment came to be—and came to be so necessary.
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Tennessee’s House Divided
Days of public protest, open shouting from the Rotunda, and expulsions that broke on color lines.
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Clarence Thomas’s Friends in High Places
Who is Harlan Crow and why is he the justice’s vacation benefactor?
26 min
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TBD | Why Flying Is So Bad Now
A series of near misses, antiquated tech and a shortage of airline employees are exposing the cracks in our air travel system.
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TBD | Wait, TikTok Has a Sister App?
While TikTok is in Washington’s crosshairs, Bytedance has been quietly pushing out Lemon8, a new social media app that promises to marry Instagram and Pinterest. Will it stick?
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How Scared Should Trump Be?
No president has been indicted before, but Alvin Bragg isn’t in totally unprecedented legal territory.
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Preventing Preventive Care
A federal judge has blocked a key provision of the ACA—who will step up to save it?
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Wisconsin’s High-Stakes Supreme Court Race
How a down-ballot race could swing abortion rights, the House majority - even the 2024 presidential contest.
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