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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Mask Off?
The CDC’s new recommendation has sparked a lot of questions.
25 min
1427
TBD | How the World’s Great Vaccination Hope Cr...
The Serum Institute of India is the world’s largest vaccine producer. Somehow, its home country is running out of doses.
20 min
1428
The Palestinian Perspective
From the occupied territories to D.C.
26 min
1429
Why Liz Cheney Had to Go
Most House Republicans would like to move past Trump. Liz Cheney is making that hard.
20 min
1430
Arizona’s Bonkers Recount
More than two million ballots are being examined by hand.
26 min
1431
I Was a Teenager in a Syrian Prison
A Syrian man’s story -- from street protests, to prisons, to an American university.
33 min
1432
TBD | Oversight Board to Facebook: Nice Try
The social network hoped its “Supreme Court” would decide Trump’s fate on the platform. It didn’t take the bait.
18 min
1433
The Gates Divorce
The future of philanthropy in a post-Gates breakup world.
24 min
1434
Going After the Opioid Middlemen
How one West Virginia county is trying to tear down the system of addiction.
18 min
1435
What Sex Workers Want
Who do we listen to when making policy?
23 min
1436
How Will the Recall of Gavin Newsom End?
The governor may not be out just yet.
20 min
1437
TBD | Tim Apple vs. Mark Facebook
Two of the most powerful tech companies in the world have very different ideas about how the internet should work.
18 min
1438
Inside India’s COVID Wards
The country's hospitals are so overrun that people are turning to Twitter for emergency medicine.
25 min
1439
A Better Way to Talk About Gun Violence
There are glaring holes in the national conversation.
23 min
1440
The Invasion of Lake Tahoe
When the pandemic hit, some rich Bay Area residents decamped to a small vacation town. It hasn’t gone well.
19 min
1441
The Case for Going Maskless Outdoors
Why it might be time to re-evaluate mask rules.
21 min
1442
TBD | What's Causing the Tesla Crashes?
Two men died after their car plowed into a tree. Police say no one was at the wheel.
19 min
1443
Patriot or Outcast?
One town’s battle over a local teacher’s role on January 6th.
28 min
1444
The Chauvin Verdict
Community members in George Floyd Square say this is just the start.
29 min
1445
The Putin Problem
What more can the Biden administration do to check Russian ambitions?
23 min
1446
Fear and Paranoia in American Policing
Everything around police officers tells them that they should be scared.
25 min
1447
TBD | Seduced by Substack
Is leaving a stable job to peddle a newsletter based on your personal brand crazy, or the future?
21 min
1448
The Confusion Over Johnson & Johnson
And why the science is working.
19 min
1449
How Republicans Weaponized Cancel Culture
And why it’s working.
21 min
1450
The Lab Leak Theory
Nutty conspiracy, or plausible explanation of COVID’s source?
26 min