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 | Why A.I. Says the Darndest Things
Microsoft is working out the kinks of their chatbot in real time, and we're the guinea pigs.
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Ukraine’s War Is Its New Normal
So long as Putin is alive, there's no end in sight.
20 min
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When an Earthquake Hits a Civil War
Where Turkey, Syria, borders, and fault lines all intersect.
26 min
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The Ohio Trainwreck Blame Game
How a train carrying vinyl chloride opened a new front in the culture war.
25 min
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Amicus: The “Stop the Steal” Fight That Never E...
A State Supreme Court Justice reveals the long-term toll of calling out the Big Lie.
47 min
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TBD | The Baby-Sleep Industrial Complex
Is the Snoo a life-saving necessity, or $1700 luxury item for bougie babies?
28 min
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TBD | What Made the Balloon Drama Pop Off?
Blown cover or just blown off course?
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Will Abortion Pills Be Banned?
How far can anti-abortion activists push against FDA-approved medication?
23 min
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Is Nikki Haley the GOP’s Future?
Can the former governor and ambassador to the UN define herself apart from Donald Trump—without alienating the Republican base?
19 min
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Why the West Bank Is at a Boiling Point
Tension is rising in the region as one side’s leadership grew more extreme, and the other’s looked more feckless.
23 min
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The Mass Shooter Database
Perpetrators of these horrific crimes have a lot in common—including deep despair.
24 min
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TBD | Contraband Tech Behind Bars
Why prisoners risk the consequences to have a cell phone.
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TBD | Why Ban TikTok?
If the U.S. wants to protect users, there are better options.
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How Florida’s School Censorship Spreads
This culture war didn't start with canceling AP African American Studies. It's not ending there, either.
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The Russian “Collaborators”
When Ukraine retakes territory, the social fabric needs to be rebuilt as much as the infrastructure.
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His Son Died in Uvalde. He’s Still Fighting.
Brett Cross’s gun control advocacy has taken him to Austin and Washington.
27 min
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Georgia Takes on Trump
His phone call to Brad Raffensberger seems to be getting painstaking legal scrutiny.
27 min
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TBD | Did a Twentysomething Con America’s Bigge...
How the start-up “Frank” went from a shiny new acquisition to “a huge mistake” for JP Morgan Chase.
29 min
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TBD | How COVID Changes Our Immune Systems
The data doesn't tell the whole story.
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The Plot Against Pope Francis
The 86-year-old knows there are people in the Vatican working to undo everything he’s done once he’s dead—but he has succession ideas of his own.
24 min
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The Hysteria Over D.C.’s New Crime Bill
Updating the district’s motley 1901 criminal code patchwork isn’t the “reform” activists have called for—or tough-on-crime types fear.
24 min
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From Rodney King to Tyre Nichols
After three decades of outrage and activism, why is this still happening?
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Who Doesn’t Have Classified Documents?
When everything is secret, then nothing is secret.
25 min
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TBD | Did A.I. Write This Headline?
No, but Silicon Valley thinks it can.
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TBD | Will Google Get Broken Up?
The tech giant's online ad business has printed money for more than a decade. The Justice Department is coming for it.
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