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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Ukrainian War, American Intelligence
The U.S. government is walking a fine line when it comes to lending its intelligence data to the Ukrainian military.
25 min
1002
How Connecticut Became An Abortion Safe Haven
Its new law will extend protection beyond just the state’s residents.
21 min
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TBD | Is Free Speech Online Just a Myth?
The framework we create now will define speech online for decades to come.
22 min
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TBD | Can the Internet Rescue Abortion Access?
A conversation with a doctor providing abortion access via telemedicine.
15 min
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Depp v. Heard
Free speech and family law collide in a celebrity defamation trial.
23 min
1006
The Supreme Court Tips Its Hand
Abortion rights in America are on borrowed time.
28 min
1007
The Michigan Democrat Who Said “Enough”
One freshman state senator shows Democrats how to parry Republican attacks designed to stoke fear and anger.
26 min
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Mexico’s Disappearing Women
Despite all the outrage and protests, the abductions and femicides haven’t stopped.
22 min
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TBD | The Fantasy of Internet for All
Starlink was supposed to revolutionize the global internet. Can it still meet its goal?
15 min
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TBD | What Elon Wants With Twitter
The purchase of Twitter is almost across the line. Now what?
18 min
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L.A.’s Alarming Latino Mortality Rate
And why one doctor sees it as a call to action for his community.
21 min
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The Crisis in Special Education
States are mandated to provide quality education for students with disabilities. What’s getting in the way?
23 min
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Florida’s Most Powerful Flack
How Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary fired up right-wing Twitter and further distorted a debate over education.
19 min
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The Librarians Fighting Book Bans
“The whole point [of a library] is to provide a wide variety of viewpoints and let the reader decide.”
18 min
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TBD | A New High-Tech Weapon in Ukraine
How is facial recognition technology is being deployed on the front lines in Ukraine?
18 min
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TBD | The COVID Data Disaster
The CDC moved the goalposts on COVID-19. Can we still fight the pandemic without a clear picture of the data?
21 min
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Putin’s Hunger for Money
Bill Browder on why the war in Ukraine is about more than NATO expansion and Ukraine's shift towards the West.
22 min
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Biden's Immigration Mess
The administration plans to rescind a Trump policy that limited immigration into the U.S. Why are Democrats running scared?
23 min
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A Caseworker Quits Over Texas’ Trans Kids Policy
One transgender man quit his job as a child welfare worker in Texas after having to investigate families of trans kids for child abuse.
18 min
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Cracking Down on Ghost Guns
Biden wants to regulate homemade weapons. Will it make a difference?
20 min
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TBD | How TurboTax Tricks Taxpayers
The popular software is the product of a 20-year fight to make free tax filing nearly impossible.
18 min
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TBD | Elonnnnnnnnnnnnn!
What does Elon Musk really want with Twitter?
16 min
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Is France About to Elect a Far-Right President?
Emmanuel Macron appears to have taken reelection for granted.
21 min
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Disney vs. DeSantis
The entertainment giant is going head-to-head with Florida’s governor over what critics are calling the “don’t say gay” law.
22 min
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Pennsylvania’s Nutty Senate Race
This club has everything: moderates, populists, and exactly one (1) Trump endorsement.
26 min