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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. Get more of What Next with Slate Plus! Join for exclusive bonus episodes of What Next and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the What Next show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify...

Why Trump Needs Congress

31 mins; March 04, 2025

Why Women Kill

37 mins; March 03, 2025

TBD | Cracking the Egg Crisis

25 mins; March 02, 2025

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30 mins; February 28, 2025

Will Gaza’s Ceasefire Last?

32 mins; February 27, 2025

The DOGE Backlash Begins

31 mins; February 26, 2025

Barron Mania

28 mins; February 25, 2025

What If America Went on Strike?

29 mins; February 24, 2025

TBD | $Trump

28 mins; February 23, 2025

TBD | Elon's Endgame

36 mins; February 21, 2025

Why This Trump Nominee Has Union Support

30 mins; February 20, 2025

What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Why This Trump Nominee Has Union Support

24 mins; February 20, 2025

A Measles Outbreak and Wake-Up Call

30 mins; February 19, 2025

What Next | Daily News and Analysis - A Measles Outbreak and Wake-Up Call

24 mins; February 19, 2025

How Eric Adams Got His Charges Dropped

31 mins; February 18, 2025

How To Rebuild Your Life After a Wildfire

56 mins; February 17, 2025

TBD | Can You Pay Attention, Please?

30 mins; February 16, 2025

TBD | Is Elon Actually Trying to Buy OpenAI?

27 mins; February 14, 2025

The Award for Messiest Oscar Contender Goes To…

29 mins; February 13, 2025

Trump’s South Africa Fixation

29 mins; February 12, 2025

What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Trump’s South Africa Fixation

23 mins; February 12, 2025

The GOP Can't Quit "Stop the Steal"

28 mins; February 11, 2025

Lessons From Hungary

29 mins; February 10, 2025

TBD | Why Trump’s Data Purge is a Digital Book Burning

29 mins; February 09, 2025

TBD Bonus: The Discourse | Why is Elon Musk Cheating at Video Games?

6 mins; February 07, 2025

What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD Bonus: The Discourse | Why is Elon Musk Cheating at Video Games?

6 mins; February 07, 2025

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Bonus: The Discourse | Why is Elon Musk Cheating at Video Games?

6 mins; February 07, 2025

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Is Elon Musk Unstoppable?

23 mins; February 07, 2025

TBD | Is Elon Musk Unstoppable?

23 mins; February 07, 2025

What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Is Elon Musk Unstoppable?

23 mins; February 07, 2025

Guantanamo Bay’s Comeback Is a Warning

29 mins; February 06, 2025

DOGE V. USAID

32 mins; February 05, 2025

Are Airplane Crashes Inevitable?

31 mins; February 04, 2025

Trump’s Anti-Trans Agenda

35 mins; February 03, 2025

TBD | The DeepSeek Panic

28 mins; February 02, 2025

Bonus | Main Character Syndrome: Deepseek

3 mins; January 31, 2025

TBD | RFK Jr. Is a Feature, Not a Bug

30 mins; January 31, 2025

Was Tulsi Gabbard Always Like This?

31 mins; January 30, 2025

Trump’s DIY Government Shutdown

30 mins; January 29, 2025

Who Will Mourn DEI?

32 mins; January 28, 2025

Trump’s Gift to Militias

30 mins; January 27, 2025

TBD | The A.I. Will See You Now

26 mins; January 26, 2025

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6 mins; January 24, 2025

TBD Bonus: The Discourse | The Bro-ligarchs Take Washington

6 mins; January 24, 2025

What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD Bonus: The Discourse | The Bro-ligarchs Take Washington

6 mins; January 24, 2025

TBD | Department of Government Elon

26 mins; January 24, 2025

How Closed Is the Border?

29 mins; January 23, 2025

Can Trump Actually Do All That?

32 mins; January 22, 2025

Did Democracy Die in Darkness?

28 mins; January 21, 2025

Hello Trumpworld

29 mins; January 20, 2025

What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Hello Trumpworld

23 mins; January 20, 2025

TBD | As Fires Approached LA, Angelenos Turned to Watch Duty

25 mins; January 19, 2025

TBD | Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta-Morphosis

29 mins; January 17, 2025

What the Ceasefire Is and Isn’t

28 mins; January 16, 2025

Does Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 Report Matter?

32 mins; January 15, 2025

Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship?

30 mins; January 14, 2025

Who’s to Blame for the LA Fires?

30 mins; January 13, 2025

TBD | Why Tech Is Bending the Knee

29 mins; January 12, 2025

TBD | Will the Supreme Court Save TikTok?

31 mins; January 10, 2025

Greenland’s a Distraction

29 mins; January 09, 2025

Blake Lively Vs. Hollywood

32 mins; January 08, 2025

Justin Trudeau Steps Down

32 mins; January 07, 2025

Is ISIS Back? Or Did It Never Leave?

32 mins; January 06, 2025

TBD | Bitcoin Takes the White House

26 mins; January 05, 2025

TBD | Musk vs. MAGA

29 mins; January 03, 2025

The Struggle to Get Aid to Gaza

33 mins; January 02, 2025

How To Exorcise Your Fitness Demons

43 mins; January 01, 2025

The Trump Restoration

26 mins; December 31, 2024

Jimmy Carter’s Legacy

24 mins; December 30, 2024

TBD | The Cost of Suicide Prevention Software

30 mins; December 29, 2024

TBD | 2024 In Review: Would You Buy Poop On the Internet?

27 mins; December 27, 2024

What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | 2024 In Review: Would You Buy Poop On the Internet?

20 mins; December 27, 2024

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - 2024 In Review: Would You Buy Poop On the Internet?

20 mins; December 27, 2024

2024 in Review: What the WNBA Salary Debate Misses

31 mins; December 26, 2024

2024 in Review: Why Miss USA is Imploding

31 mins; December 25, 2024

2024 in Review: Wait, Is JUUL Banned or Not?

28 mins; December 24, 2024

2024 in Review: Would You Die For MrBeast?

30 mins; December 23, 2024

TBD | Influencer vs. Influencer

34 mins; December 22, 2024

What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Influencer vs. Influencer

27 mins; December 22, 2024

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Influencer vs. Influencer

27 mins; December 22, 2024

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4 mins; December 20, 2024

What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Plus | A Karaoke Holiday With What Next

4 mins; December 20, 2024

TBD | Drones!??!!!?!!!

25 mins; December 20, 2024

Can More Grocery Stores Fix Food Deserts?

28 mins; December 19, 2024

How Trump Got ABC to Pay Up

32 mins; December 18, 2024

How Shaboozey Broke the Mold

31 mins; December 17, 2024

Make Hollywood Great Again

30 mins; December 16, 2024

TBD | The Surveillance State Trump Is Inheriting

28 mins; December 15, 2024

TBD | Elon Musk and Trump’s Shadow Transition Team

30 mins; December 13, 2024

Who Can Save the Democrats?

28 mins; December 12, 2024

How Daniel Penny Walked Free

31 mins; December 11, 2024

Why United Healthcare Is Easy to Hate

29 mins; December 10, 2024

The End of Assad in Syria

31 mins; December 09, 2024

TBD | Spotify Trapped

29 mins; December 08, 2024

TBD | The Influencer Administration

32 mins; December 06, 2024

Even Trump Loyalists Are Scared Of Kash Patel

29 mins; December 05, 2024

Martial Law (Briefly) in South Korea

26 mins; December 04, 2024

Did Biden Break the Presidential Pardon?

26 mins; December 03, 2024

The House’s Gift to Trump

28 mins; December 02, 2024

TBD | When Your Flight’s GPS Gets Spoofed

29 mins; December 01, 2024

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