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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Will the Coronavirus Tank the Economy?
A combination of volatile oil markets and the coronavirus could spell trouble.
20 min
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Donald Trump Wants Your Digits
The 2020 election will be decided, in part, by who can collect the most data.
22 min
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WN TBD: Did the Internet Doom a Pregnancy?
The real-life cost of online misinformation.
19 min
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How Biden Made His Comeback
And why so many black voters went for him.
21 min
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He Saw the Coronavirus Coming
It was only a matter of time.
17 min
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Who’s Left Standing for Super Tuesday?
Moderate Democrats launch a unity effort as Sanders defends his lead.
19 min
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Is The Border Patrol Accountable to Anyone?
The Supreme Court seems to be stepping aside.
20 min
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WN TBD: Did Money Corrupt an A.I. Utopia?
OpenAI was supposed to democratize the race to build artificial intelligence. Then profits got in the way.
17 min
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Can Bernie Beat Trump?
Older voters may hold him back.
20 min
1585
The Toxic Combo Behind Colorado’s Police Shootings
Police in Colorado shoot a person a week, on average. Drugs and guns have a lot to do with that high numbe
22 min
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Did Bill Barr Break the Justice Department?
The attorney general is dismantling reforms that date back to the Watergate scandal.
22 min
1587
Why Republicans Always Win
A closer look at ALEC, the conservative organization created to (dominate state legislatures and) beat unions at their own game.
16 min
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WN TBD: Inside Facebook’s Supreme Court
The social network spent a year building its own version of an independent judiciary. Can it succeed?
19 min
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Will a Union Spoil Bernie’s Chances in Nevada?
The caucuses are becoming a curveball for Democrats.
16 min
1590
How ICE Is Weaponizing Therapy
What young migrants say in government mandated therapy could get them deported.
25 min
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Is Michael Bloomberg Sorry?
His legacy on stop and frisk says otherwise.
22 min
1592
Introducing: The United States of Anxiety
Here's the first episode of the latest season.
27 min
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WN TBD: Coronavirus Tests China's Surveillance ...
As the virus spreads across China, Xi Jinping’s censorship and surveillance network is being strained to its limit.
15 min
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The Trump Appointee on a Mission to Gut Medicaid
Who is Seema Verma?
23 min
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Inside The Base, a Secret Neo-Nazi Group
Here’s how an investigation that started in Winnipeg ended in Delaware.
25 min
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The Border Patrol’s After School Program
Where teens on the border learn how to be CBP agents.
16 min
1597
Los Angeles Confronts Its Housing Crisis
How the surging homeless population is making Los Angeles rethink its public spaces.
21 min
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WN TBD: Iowa’s App-ocalypse
The debacle in Iowa doesn’t bode well for Democrats’ effort to restore digital dominance.
15 min
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Michael Bloomberg’s Shot
What the billionaire’s campaign tells us about his potential presidency.
24 min
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A Wake-Up Call From Iowa
The Caucuses should be a grave lesson to election officials across the country.
16 min