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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The Proud Boys' New Plan for Power
From a loose coalition of “ironic misogynists” to a political force in the GOP.
22 min
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The Real Risks of Monkeypox
The latest outbreak threatens more than any one community.
23 min
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The Russians Invaded. The Opera Played On.
Facing bombardment and blockade, music has returned to Odesa’s storied theater.
24 min
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The War on LGBTQ+ Rights
How The Trevor Project sees the impact of the GOP’s newly-introduced, anti-LGBTQ+ laws on American youth.
26 min
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TBD | Paxlovid's Mysteries
Is Paxlovid really a miracle drug?
22 min
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TBD | Can FEMA Keep Up With Climate Change?
Does the agency need to rethink disaster aid?
24 min
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How to Fix the Economy
Tackling inflation won’t be easy – or painless.
20 min
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The Supreme Court Needs an Upgrade
What options do Congress and the president have?
22 min
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A Fight to Put Abortion on Arizona’s Ballot
Activists need to collect hundreds of thousands of signatures in a few days to put abortion rights on the state’s ballot.
24 min
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Slow Burn - Roe v. Wade: Roe Against Wade
How Justice Harry Blackmun became an accidental abortion rights hero.
59 min
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TBD | The Good Hackers
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act gets updated guidelines from the DOJ.
21 min
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TBD | TikTok’s Mental Health Influencers
Inside the world of mental health content creation
26 min
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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
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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
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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
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Your Body, Their Choice
“All of those rights are now up for grabs.”
27 min
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TBD | Does Crypto Investment Need to Be Regulated?
Is crypto too risky an asset?
18 min
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TBD | Can the Law Keep Up With the Internet?
How Reno v. ACLU shaped the internet as we know it.
21 min
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The Poll Workers Targeted by Trump
The anger that exploded on Jan. 6 was being stoked for weeks.
28 min
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Why Biden Can’t Ice Out Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom buys its way out of the dog house.
22 min
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An Overlooked Tool to Stop School Shootings
From a student-centered approach, “hardening” a school is obviously counter-productive.
21 min
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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
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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
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TBD | The Culture War Over Electric Cars
When will electric cars go mainstream?
19 min
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Bill Barr Calls B.S. on Trump
Why the former attorney general has been particularly useful to the House Select Committee.
20 min