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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1726
If Prisoners Could Vote
People behind bars weigh in on American politics.
22 min
1727
What the World Left Behind in Syria
Assad’s latest violent attempt to wrest control over the country has left millions of displaced Syrians with nowhere to go.
22 min
1728
Will the Coronavirus Tank the Economy?
A combination of volatile oil markets and the coronavirus could spell trouble.
20 min
1729
Donald Trump Wants Your Digits
The 2020 election will be decided, in part, by who can collect the most data.
22 min
1730
WN TBD: Did the Internet Doom a Pregnancy?
The real-life cost of online misinformation.
19 min
1731
How Biden Made His Comeback
And why so many black voters went for him.
21 min
1732
He Saw the Coronavirus Coming
It was only a matter of time.
17 min
1733
Who’s Left Standing for Super Tuesday?
Moderate Democrats launch a unity effort as Sanders defends his lead.
19 min
1734
Is The Border Patrol Accountable to Anyone?
The Supreme Court seems to be stepping aside.
20 min
1735
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
1736
Can Bernie Beat Trump?
Older voters may hold him back.
20 min
1737
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
1738
Did Bill Barr Break the Justice Department?
The attorney general is dismantling reforms that date back to the Watergate scandal.
22 min
1739
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
1740
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
1741
Will a Union Spoil Bernie’s Chances in Nevada?
The caucuses are becoming a curveball for Democrats.
16 min
1742
How ICE Is Weaponizing Therapy
What young migrants say in government mandated therapy could get them deported.
25 min
1743
Is Michael Bloomberg Sorry?
His legacy on stop and frisk says otherwise.
22 min
1744
Introducing: The United States of Anxiety
Here's the first episode of the latest season.
27 min
1745
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
1746
The Trump Appointee on a Mission to Gut Medicaid
Who is Seema Verma?
23 min
1747
Inside The Base, a Secret Neo-Nazi Group
Here’s how an investigation that started in Winnipeg ended in Delaware.
25 min
1748
The Border Patrol’s After School Program
Where teens on the border learn how to be CBP agents.
16 min
1749
Los Angeles Confronts Its Housing Crisis
How the surging homeless population is making Los Angeles rethink its public spaces.
21 min
1750
WN TBD: Iowa’s App-ocalypse
The debacle in Iowa doesn’t bode well for Democrats’ effort to restore digital dominance.
15 min