What Next

Daily news and analysis from Slate.

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About the Show

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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  • Mary Harris is the host and managing editor of What Next, Slate's new daily news podcast. She has reported throughout the public radio system, for NPR, Marketplace, and WNYC.

The Ballad of Tucker Carlson

How Fox’s most popular host followed his audience - until he was fired.

Beyond Stand Your Ground

How “self-defense” laws create a shoot-first mentality.

Why Evan Gershkovich Went to Russia

His latest appeal was rejected. What happens now?

So Fox News, What Did We Learn?

With an audience this big—and fiercely loyal—who needs the truth?

Dianne Feinstein’s Last Stand

Can the Democrats afford to let the California senator finish her term?

Dominion Takes Fox News to Court

Can Dominion prove “actual malice”?

He Couldn’t Teach “Slavery Was Wrong.” So He Quit.

More teachers are quitting as a wave of restrictive legislation targets the nation’s educators.

Do Abortion Pills Actually Need FDA Approval?

A judge has revoked FDA approval of mifepristone. But the FDA could fight back - in more ways than one.

Narcan Over the Counter

How the emergency overdose treatment came to be—and came to be so necessary.

Tennessee’s House Divided

Days of public protest, open shouting from the Rotunda, and expulsions that broke on color lines.

Clarence Thomas’s Friends in High Places

Who is Harlan Crow and why is he the justice’s vacation benefactor?

How Scared Should Trump Be?

No president has been indicted before, but Alvin Bragg isn’t in totally unprecedented legal territory.

Preventing Preventive Care

A federal judge has blocked a key provision of the ACA—who will step up to save it?

Wisconsin’s High-Stakes Supreme Court Race

How a down-ballot race could swing abortion rights, the House majority—even the 2024 presidential contest.

Trump Heads to Court

After a history-making indictment, the nation turns its attention to a Manhattan courtroom.

When A.I. Denies Your Health Care

A predictive algorithm tucked into Medicare Advantage plans is routinely denying coverage for patients, leaving them with little recourse.

The Diagnosis Was Fatal. She Couldn’t Get an Abortion.

Lauren Hall was traumatized by the lack of care. Now, she’s pregnant again—and suing the state.

March Madness Comes to Capitol Hill

College sports still has a money problem.

Why Israelis Are Protesting

What started as judicial reform could cost Netanyahu his coalition.

Will Crime Decide Chicago’s Mayoral Race?

Police reform, carjackings, and abortion have shaped the race between Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas.