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 | Bots! What Are They Good For?
How serious is Twitter's bot problem?
22 min
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What The Jan. 6 Hearings Are Really About
Prime-time hearings, professionally produced for television—but can they make a difference?
19 min
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Can 20 Years of Oversight Reform a Police Depar...
After 11 different police chiefs and myriad reforms, Oakland PD is “on the cusp of compliance.” But residents remain leery.
24 min
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The Right’s Poll-Watcher Army
They still don’t accept the last big election. They’re trying to help with the next one.
22 min
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Does Proof Matter at the Supreme Court?
There's evidence a death row inmate is innocent. The justices are condemning him to die.
22 min
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TBD | Is Elon Musk Any Good at Business?
A look at the richest man's business acumen.
25 min
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TBD | Can an Algorithm Spot a Shooter?
Social media surveillance technology used in schools has been largely ineffective.
21 min
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How Gun-Makers Are Arming the Culture War
Manufacturers follow a set playbook for when their products are used in mass shootings.
27 min
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How Soccer's Best Women Finally Got Paid
The US Women’s National Soccer team fought for six years to secure equal pay for equal work.
25 min
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Reporting on Guns from Texas
The view from a state that doesn’t “have that many restrictions left to loosen up”—and just had a mass shooting.
23 min
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TBD | Online Privacy in a Post-Roe World
How to minimize your digital footprint
17 min
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TBD | Will Bitcoin Ruin El Salvador?
How the country's Bitcoin gamble is unraveling.
20 min
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A Sandy Hook Parent Speaks
An interview that makes us feel something like hope.
26 min
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The End of Ending the Pandemic
How treatments for addiction and HIV prevention can inform this moment—and the next—in the fight against COVID.
18 min
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New York State’s Redistricting Mess
The ongoing battle over New York State’s political map has national implications.
21 min
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Biden’s Student Loan Ambivalence
If only looking at debt made it disappear.
23 min
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TBD | North Korea's Hacking Army
Can North Korea's army of cyber-criminals be stopped?
20 min
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TBD | How Buffalo Could Transform Social Media
Can the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism effectively moderate extremist content?
19 min
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China’s Zero-COVID Policy
How did a virus prevention strategy turn into punishment?
23 min
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No Lone Wolves
Why the mass shooting in Buffalo is part of a bigger movement.
25 min
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How Corporations Are Taking Advantage of Inflation
Consumers are paying the price as some companies use inflation as a cover for price hikes.
25 min
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The Evolution of Pro-Choice Messaging
How should supporters of reproductive rights talk about abortion now?
27 min
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TBD | Inside Trump’s Twitter Clone
Can Truth Social survive without Trump?
17 min
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TBD | Can A.I. Know What You're Feeling?
A.I. that can read emotion is the next frontier in machine learning.
16 min
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The Future of IVF Post-Roe
Abortion access isn’t the only thing hanging in the balance if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
23 min