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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...

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An Obsession with Backrooms

Two horror films by two young directors have outmuscled an honest-to-Grogu Star Wars to become the early box office surprises of the summer....

25:54Jun 15, 2026

IPO to the Moon

Is Elon Musk’s SpaceX leading humanity to Mars? Or is that just grandiose window-dressing for an A.I. company leading several other A.I. com...

30:13Jun 12, 2026

Fight House Lawn

How Donald Trump rearranging the White House lawn to accommodate a UFC fight neatly mirrors the way the organization and its parent company...

28:05Jun 11, 2026

What's the Beef with Screwworm?

After being eradicated in the United States in the ‘60s, screwworm is back—at a time when beef is even more in demand and the American herd...

28:50Jun 10, 2026

Trump’s B-Team

Why would Trump choose Bill Pulte to be the new acting Director of National Intelligence? Pulte may not have a background in national securi...

28:54Jun 9, 2026

Did DOGE Cause the Ebola Outbreak?

He’s treated Ebola; he’s had Ebola. Here’s what he thinks of the growing crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—and how America can...

25:16Jun 8, 2026

SchadenFriday: Is the Pope Girlbossing AI?

It’s a bit of an overstatement to say “the Pope came out as anti-A.I.” with last week’s encyclical—after all, Anthropic’s cofounder was ther...

7:16Jun 5, 2026

Gradu-AI-tion Day

It’s an awkward time to have a Department of Education that seems so disinterested in, uh, education. It’s leaving teachers to grapple with...

26:03Jun 5, 2026

Do the Dems Need More Graham Platners?

Graham Platner has a lot of things in his favor as he runs for a US Senate seat in Maine: it’s an off-election year, the president’s approva...

38:14Jun 4, 2026

The Hunger Strike at Delaney Hall

It’s city vs. state vs. the feds at Delaney Hall, an ICE detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, where prisoners have gone on a hunger str...

26:25Jun 3, 2026

Concepts of an Iran Peace Plan

It’s the war that’s been won since it started; the ceasefire with ongoing strikes, and the peace deals that are done except for the points o...

25:51Jun 2, 2026

No Panic! at the DNC

Are the Dems in…array? Or at least, in less of a disarray than their opponents? Guest: Jonathan V. Last , editor at the Bulwark. Want more W...

30:15Jun 1, 2026

Trump's Disney Shakedown

How the Trump administration has tried to put pressure on Disney for opinions expressed by Jimmy Kimmel and the hosts of The View—and how th...

29:11May 29, 2026

Did Todd Blanche Try to Bribe the Senate?

Well, it wasn’t exactly “standing up to the president” but it’s telling that Congress decided to leave town rather than try to defend Trump’...

27:31May 27, 2026

It’s a Rich Man’s Disney World

Vacations to a Disney park were never cheap but now, in a reflection of American culture writ large, there are ever more-expensive tiers to...

26:27May 26, 2026

Can Patreon Build a Better Internet?

The promise of an “internet for niche communities” and “the empowered independent creator” has been taking a beating as the web has become l...

34:22May 22, 2026

Is FEMA Heading Towards Disaster?

When Cameron Hamilton testified to Congress that he did not believe “it is in the best interest of the American people to eliminate the Fede...

25:12May 21, 2026