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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Slow Burn - Roe v. Wade: Roe Against Wade
How Justice Harry Blackmun became an accidental abortion rights hero.
59 min
1027
TBD | The Good Hackers
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act gets updated guidelines from the DOJ.
21 min
1028
TBD | TikTok’s Mental Health Influencers
Inside the world of mental health content creation
26 min
1029
The Shocking Jan. 6 Hearing Was Not a Slam Dunk
Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony is a bombshell, but Trump’s still a long way from accountability.
25 min
1030
What Texas Can’t Forget
One state senator’s fight for Uvalde and for modest gun law changes in the Lone Star State
25 min
1031
The State That Brought Down Roe
Mississippi voted down fetal personhood in 2011. In 2022, it was the state that flipped Roe v. Wade.
24 min
1032
Your Body, Their Choice
“All of those rights are now up for grabs.”
27 min
1033
TBD | Does Crypto Investment Need to Be Regulated?
Is crypto too risky an asset?
18 min
1034
TBD | Can the Law Keep Up With the Internet?
How Reno v. ACLU shaped the internet as we know it.
21 min
1035
The Poll Workers Targeted by Trump
The anger that exploded on Jan. 6 was being stoked for weeks.
28 min
1036
Why Biden Can’t Ice Out Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom buys its way out of the dog house.
22 min
1037
An Overlooked Tool to Stop School Shootings
From a student-centered approach, “hardening” a school is obviously counter-productive.
21 min
1038
Slow Burn - Roe v. Wade: Women vs. Connecticut
What it took to strike down one of the oldest abortion laws in the country.
48 min
1039
TBD | From the Vault: It's Hot. It's Flooding. ...
A climate scientist on why it’s not too late to turn things around.
20 min
1040
TBD | The Culture War Over Electric Cars
When will electric cars go mainstream?
19 min
1041
Bill Barr Calls B.S. on Trump
Why the former attorney general has been particularly useful to the House Select Committee.
20 min
1042
The Real Lesson of San Francisco's D.A. Recall
Chesa Boudin became district attorney as part of a wave of progressive prosecutors. As he leaves office, how do his peers survive?
20 min
1043
The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
How the alleged targeting of a Palestinian American journalist lays bare the escalating tensions between Israeli forces and Palestinians.
23 min
1044
Does Gun Violence Need an Emmett Till Moment?
A trauma surgeon’s desperate plea for change.
19 min
1045
TBD | Sheryl Sandberg’s Complicated Legacy
How will Meta's former second-in-command be remembered?
25 min
1046
TBD | Bots! What Are They Good For?
How serious is Twitter's bot problem?
22 min
1047
What The Jan. 6 Hearings Are Really About
Prime-time hearings, professionally produced for television—but can they make a difference?
19 min
1048
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
1049
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
1050
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