# What Next | Daily News and Analysis

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Episodes: 2481

## Resource

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, or visit slate.com/whatnextplus for access wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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## Episodes
- [Bonus: Cory Booker on Blanche, Epstein, and 2028](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/bonus-cory-booker-on-blanche-epstein-and-2028) — 2026-07-31T15:58:35+00:00
- [Can We Trust the Jobs Report?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/can-we-trust-the-jobs-report) — 2026-07-31T07:00:00+00:00
- [What the Hell is a Peptide?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/what-the-hell-is-a-peptide) — 2026-07-30T07:00:00+00:00
- [Trump's Forever War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/trump-s-forever-war) — 2026-07-29T07:00:00+00:00
- [The DSA's Biggest Hater Likes One of Their Policies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/the-dsa-s-biggest-hater-likes-one-of-their-policies) — 2026-07-28T07:00:00+00:00
- [How Charlie Kirk Went From Martyr to Meme](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/how-charlie-kirk-went-from-martyr-to-meme) — 2026-07-27T07:00:00+00:00
- [Off-the-Record: Wait, You Ran THAT Boston Marathon?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/off-the-record-wait-you-ran-that-boston-marathon) — 2026-07-24T17:00:00+00:00
- [Trump’s Only Friend](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/trump-s-only-friend) — 2026-07-24T07:00:00+00:00
- [Will Andrew Tate Finally Be Held Accountable?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/will-andrew-tate-finally-be-held-accountable) — 2026-07-23T07:00:00+00:00
- [The Best DOJ Money Can Buy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/the-best-doj-money-can-buy) — 2026-07-22T07:00:00+00:00
- [Trump’s White Whale](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/trump-s-white-whale) — 2026-07-21T07:00:00+00:00
- [Venezuela, 51st State?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/venezuela-51st-state) — 2026-07-20T07:00:00+00:00
- [A.I. Vs. Eh, I’m Walkin’ ‘Ere!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/a-i-vs-eh-i-m-walkin-ere) — 2026-07-17T17:00:00+00:00
- [Game Over for Video Games?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/game-over-for-video-games) — 2026-07-17T07:00:00+00:00
- [Will My Lettuce Give Me Diarrhea?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/will-my-lettuce-give-me-diarrhea) — 2026-07-16T07:00:00+00:00
- [Can Anyone Stop Todd Blanche from Becoming AG?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/can-anyone-stop-todd-blanche-from-becoming-ag) — 2026-07-15T07:00:00+00:00
- [How ICE Keeps Killing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/how-ice-keeps-killing) — 2026-07-14T07:00:00+00:00
- [Mitch, Lindsey and the Gerontocracy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/mitch-lindsey-and-the-gerontocracy) — 2026-07-13T07:00:00+00:00
- [Off-the-Record: Neil the Seal’s Whole Deal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/off-the-record-neil-the-seal-s-whole-deal) — 2026-07-10T17:50:37+00:00
- [Should You Take Trump’s Free $1,000?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/should-you-take-trump-s-free-1-000) — 2026-07-10T07:00:00+00:00
- [She Supported Graham Platner. Then She Couldn't Anymore.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/she-supported-graham-platner-then-she-couldn-t-anymore) — 2026-07-09T07:00:00+00:00
- [The Trump Sports Curse Reaches FIFA](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/the-trump-sports-curse-reaches-fifa) — 2026-07-08T07:00:00+00:00
- [The Onion’s New Infowars](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/the-onion-s-new-infowars) — 2026-07-07T07:00:00+00:00
- [The “Shakedown Artist” Behind CA’s Billionaire Tax](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/the-shakedown-artist-behind-ca-s-billionaire-tax) — 2026-07-06T07:00:00+00:00
- [Off-the-Record: Toy Story 5 Did NOT Make Mary Cry](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/off-the-record-toy-story-5-did-not-make-mary-cry) — 2026-07-03T17:00:00+00:00
- [Diving In | How Food Delivery Killed Competition (And Took Your Budget With It)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/diving-in-how-food-delivery-killed-competition-and-took-your-budget-with-it) — 2026-07-03T07:00:00+00:00
- [AC Won't Save You from the Heat Dome](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/ac-won-t-save-you-from-the-heat-dome) — 2026-07-02T07:00:00+00:00
- [SCOTUS and the "Color Blind" Constitution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/scotus-and-the-color-blind-constitution) — 2026-07-01T07:00:00+00:00
- [How This New Gilded Age Ends](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/how-this-new-gilded-age-ends) — 2026-06-30T07:00:00+00:00
- [Here Come the Socialists](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/here-come-the-socialists) — 2026-06-29T07:00:00+00:00
- [Off the Record: Taylor’s Version](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/off-the-record-taylor-s-version) — 2026-06-26T17:00:00+00:00
- [A.I. Enshittifies Everything](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/a-i-enshittifies-everything) — 2026-06-26T07:00:00+00:00
- [No One Knows the Truth About the Iran Deal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/no-one-knows-the-truth-about-the-iran-deal) — 2026-06-25T07:00:00+00:00
- [What the Pool’s Reflecting](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/what-the-pool-s-reflecting) — 2026-06-24T07:00:00+00:00
- [The Return of the Firing Squad](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/the-return-of-the-firing-squad) — 2026-06-23T07:00:00+00:00
- [America Before 250](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/america-before-250) — 2026-06-22T07:00:00+00:00
- [Elon, Please Log Off](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/elon-please-log-off) — 2026-06-19T07:15:00+00:00
- [Can ChatGPT Be a Criminal Accomplice?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/can-chatgpt-be-a-criminal-accomplice) — 2026-06-19T07:00:00+00:00
- [Trump’s War Is Still Going to Cost You](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/trump-s-war-is-still-going-to-cost-you) — 2026-06-18T07:00:00+00:00
- [Israel Alone](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/israel-alone) — 2026-06-17T07:00:00+00:00
- [The US Military’s Other War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/the-us-military-s-other-war) — 2026-06-16T07:00:00+00:00
- [An Obsession with Backrooms](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/an-obsession-with-backrooms) — 2026-06-15T07:00:00+00:00
- [My Clip Viral, My Spencer Pratt, My Kalshi Dived, Knicks In Five??](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/my-clip-viral-my-spencer-pratt-my-kalshi-dived-knicks-in-five) — 2026-06-12T17:00:00+00:00
- [IPO to the Moon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/ipo-to-the-moon) — 2026-06-12T07:00:00+00:00
- [Fight House Lawn](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/fight-house-lawn) — 2026-06-11T07:00:00+00:00
- [What's the Beef with Screwworm?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/what-s-the-beef-with-screwworm) — 2026-06-10T07:00:00+00:00
- [Trump’s B-Team](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/trump-s-b-team) — 2026-06-09T07:00:00+00:00
- [Did DOGE Cause the Ebola Outbreak?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/did-doge-cause-the-ebola-outbreak) — 2026-06-08T07:00:00+00:00
- [SchadenFriday: Is the Pope Girlbossing AI?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/schadenfriday-is-the-pope-girlbossing-ai) — 2026-06-05T17:00:00+00:00
- [Gradu-AI-tion Day](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/gradu-ai-tion-day) — 2026-06-05T07:00:00+00:00
- [Do the Dems Need More Graham Platners?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/do-the-dems-need-more-graham-platners) — 2026-06-04T23:22:02+00:00
- [The Hunger Strike at Delaney Hall](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/the-hunger-strike-at-delaney-hall) — 2026-06-03T07:00:00+00:00
- [Concepts of an Iran Peace Plan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/concepts-of-an-iran-peace-plan) — 2026-06-02T07:00:00+00:00
- [No Panic! at the DNC](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/no-panic-at-the-dnc) — 2026-06-01T07:00:00+00:00
- [Trump's Disney Shakedown](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/trump-s-disney-shakedown) — 2026-05-29T07:00:00+00:00
- [The Feds Won’t Touch Polymarket. She Will.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/the-feds-won-t-touch-polymarket-she-will) — 2026-05-28T07:00:00+00:00
- [Did Todd Blanche Try to Bribe the Senate?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/did-todd-blanche-try-to-bribe-the-senate) — 2026-05-27T07:00:00+00:00
- [It’s a Rich Man’s Disney World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/it-s-a-rich-man-s-disney-world) — 2026-05-26T07:00:00+00:00
- [The Bethlehem Project: Democrats battle over their party’s future](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/the-bethlehem-project-democrats-battle-over-their-party-s-future) — 2026-05-25T07:00:00+00:00
- [Can Patreon Build a Better Internet?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/can-patreon-build-a-better-internet) — 2026-05-22T07:00:00+00:00
- [Is FEMA Heading Towards Disaster?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/is-fema-heading-towards-disaster) — 2026-05-21T07:00:00+00:00
- [Pour One Out for Stephen Colbert](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/pour-one-out-for-stephen-colbert) — 2026-05-20T09:00:00+00:00
- [A Tale of Two Weenies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/a-tale-of-two-weenies) — 2026-05-19T07:00:00+00:00
- [ICE Dragged Her from Her Car. She Says, See You In Court.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/ice-dragged-her-from-her-car-she-says-see-you-in-court) — 2026-05-18T07:00:00+00:00
- [TBD Tries…Roblox](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/tbd-tries-roblox) — 2026-05-17T07:00:00+00:00
- [SchadenFriday: Ben Shapiro’s Short—as in Abrupt—Decline](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/schadenfriday-ben-shapiro-s-short-as-in-abrupt-decline) — 2026-05-15T15:44:20+00:00
- [Trump Visits the First World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/trump-visits-the-first-world) — 2026-05-15T07:00:00+00:00
- [How "Tax the Rich" Went Mainstream](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/how-tax-the-rich-went-mainstream) — 2026-05-14T07:00:00+00:00
- [The Case for Fighting Dirty](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/the-case-for-fighting-dirty) — 2026-05-13T09:00:00+00:00
- [Should I Be Freaking Out About Hantavirus?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/should-i-be-freaking-out-about-hantavirus) — 2026-05-12T07:00:00+00:00
- [Has Trump Doomed the GOP?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/has-trump-doomed-the-gop) — 2026-05-11T07:00:00+00:00
- [Does Anyone Like A.I.?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/does-anyone-like-a-i) — 2026-05-10T07:00:00+00:00
- [Buy Your Flights Now](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/buy-your-flights-now) — 2026-05-08T07:00:00+00:00
- [Look Upon Trump’s Works, Ye Mighty](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/look-upon-trump-s-works-ye-mighty) — 2026-05-07T07:00:00+00:00
- [Senate Dems: “So You’re Saying There’s A Chance?”](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/senate-dems-so-you-re-saying-there-s-a-chance) — 2026-05-06T07:00:00+00:00
- [Her Life’s Work Became a Scapegoat. Now What?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/her-life-s-work-became-a-scapegoat-now-what) — 2026-05-05T07:00:00+00:00
- [Can This Ex-Republican Win As a Democrat?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/can-this-ex-republican-win-as-a-democrat) — 2026-05-04T09:00:00+00:00
- [Big Tech’s Climate Fight…on Pause?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/big-tech-s-climate-fight-on-pause) — 2026-05-03T07:00:00+00:00
- [Plus: Amy Goodman of Democracy Now—More than Ever](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/plus-amy-goodman-of-democracy-now-more-than-ever) — 2026-05-01T17:00:00+00:00
- [Musk v. Altman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/musk-v-altman) — 2026-05-01T07:00:00+00:00
- [The Death of the Voting Rights Act](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/the-death-of-the-voting-rights-act) — 2026-04-30T07:00:00+00:00
- [A ‘Michigan Mamdani’?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/a-michigan-mamdani) — 2026-04-29T07:00:00+00:00
- [Why So Many Believe the WHCD Shooting Was Staged](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/why-so-many-believe-the-whcd-shooting-was-staged) — 2026-04-28T07:00:00+00:00
- [Michael Jackson: Too Big to Fail](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/michael-jackson-too-big-to-fail) — 2026-04-27T07:00:00+00:00
- [How Mark Zuckerberg Finds Your Perfect Pair of Shoes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/how-mark-zuckerberg-finds-your-perfect-pair-of-shoes) — 2026-04-26T07:00:00+00:00
- [SchadenFriday: Cabinet Crashouts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/schadenfriday-cabinet-crashouts) — 2026-04-24T17:00:00+00:00
- [MAGA's A.I. Schism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/maga-s-a-i-schism) — 2026-04-24T07:00:00+00:00
- [Congress’s Purge Era](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/congress-s-purge-era) — 2026-04-23T07:00:00+00:00
- [Where’s MY Tariff Refund?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/where-s-my-tariff-refund) — 2026-04-22T09:00:00+00:00
- [Taking ICE to Court](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/taking-ice-to-court) — 2026-04-21T07:00:00+00:00
- [Why International Law Can’t Stop Trump](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/why-international-law-can-t-stop-trump) — 2026-04-20T09:00:00+00:00
- [Iran's Memes Are Winning](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/iran-s-memes-are-winning) — 2026-04-19T07:00:00+00:00
- [Everyone Is Lying to You For Money](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/everyone-is-lying-to-you-for-money) — 2026-04-17T07:00:00+00:00
- [You Come at the Pope, You Best Not Miss](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/you-come-at-the-pope-you-best-not-miss) — 2026-04-16T07:00:00+00:00
- [Does JD Vance Have the Juice?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis-73738/does-jd-vance-have-the-juice) — 2026-04-15T07:00:00+00:00

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