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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A Disability Rights Icon’s Long Legacy
Judy Heumann changed the world for disabled people—and her mentees are the future of this on-going movement.
25 min
902
TBD | Would You Let A.I. Date For You?
Would your personal profile benefit from an impersonal touch?
26 min
903
TBD | When Meta Tells Law Enforcement About You...
What does Big Tech need to do to protect users in Post-Roe America?
22 min
904
Does Steven Spielberg Have an Oscars Curse?
It’s hard to call the most commercially-successful director of all time “underappreciated” but Spielberg’s relationship with the Academy hasn’t been particularly rosy.
25 min
905
Why Child Labor is an Immigration Issue
Hillary Scholten, a freshman House representative sees this exploitation as yet another reason for urgent, comprehensive reform.
22 min
906
Food Stamps Face Their Biggest-Ever Cut
COVID-era funding has already lapsed in 18 states. Food banks in the remaining 32 are bracing for impact.
21 min
907
The Fight To Return Native Remains to Their Tribes
UC Berkeley alone still holds the remains of 10,000 people.
21 min
908
TBD | The Hollywood Weight Loss Wonder Drug
Are diabetics competing with celebs for Ozempic?
28 min
909
TBD | What Would Convince a Lab Leak Skeptic?
Why one virologist doesn’t find the Department of Energy’s assessment convincing.
29 min
910
Will SCOTUS Kill Student Loan Relief?
The judicial and executive branches are facing off due to the legislative branch’s chronic dysfunction.
27 min
911
Why Insulin Prices Keep Rising
It's gotten so bad, more than a million Americans have had to ration their intake.
23 min
912
When Politicians Need Mental Healthcare
John Fetterman isn’t the first elected official to struggle and seek treatment.
25 min
913
Beijing’s Crackdown on Hong Kong Dissidents
A new law is set to silence a generation of political dissidents.
23 min
914
TBD | Is a 25-Year-Old’s Brain Mature?
How the new science of brain development isn’t just changing policy, but how we live.
21 min
915
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.
25 min
916
Ukraine’s War Is Its New Normal
So long as Putin is alive, there's no end in sight.
20 min
917
When an Earthquake Hits a Civil War
Where Turkey, Syria, borders, and fault lines all intersect.
26 min
918
The Ohio Trainwreck Blame Game
How a train carrying vinyl chloride opened a new front in the culture war.
25 min
919
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
920
TBD | The Baby-Sleep Industrial Complex
Is the Snoo a life-saving necessity, or $1700 luxury item for bougie babies?
28 min
921
TBD | What Made the Balloon Drama Pop Off?
Blown cover or just blown off course?
32 min
922
Will Abortion Pills Be Banned?
How far can anti-abortion activists push against FDA-approved medication?
23 min
923
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
924
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
925
The Mass Shooter Database
Perpetrators of these horrific crimes have a lot in common—including deep despair.
24 min