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Every event has a turning point. What Comes Next starts there. We follow the real history, the verified science, right up to the edge of what we know. Then we ask what happens if one thing goes differently, and we trace every ripple forward. We always tell you exactly where the facts end. New episodes twice a week.
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- 6 days ago7 min
What If America Had Shut Down Its Export Bank? The Iron Range Goes DARK.
In September 2026, a federal bank agreed to lend a Minnesota iron plant $770 million, even though Project 2025 says that bank should be abolished. This episode sets the two essays in the book's own Chapter 23 beside what the government did and said. Then it imagines the bank's charter running out for good, and it follows the steel and the magnets to one dark winter. These are the sources behind every documented claim. The Heritage Foundation, Mandate for Leadership, Chapter 23, pages 717 to 727 (publisher's PDF). Export-Import Bank of the United States releases of February 2, March 19, September 17 and September 28, 2026. MPR News, January 28, 2019, Steel Market Update, 2014, and KAXE, September 18, 2026, on the Nashwauk plant. Reuters via Kitco, February 2, 2026, on Project Vault. Senator Kevin Cramer's release of March 27, 2026, on S. 3772. WOWT, September 28, 2026, Iowa Capital Dispatch, September 29, 2026, and the White House release of September 30, 2026, on the Lee County steel plant. Macquarie Group via PR Newswire, March 31, 2026. Congressional Research Service, In Focus IF10017, August 20, 2026, and Public Law 116-94. General Electric, September 15, 2015, and the Bangor Daily News, September 15, 2015. Crawford Partners, September 16, 2026, and ELFA, October 1, 2026, on the charter deadline. The narration voice is AI-generated, and the full video with archival photographs is on the What Comes Next YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/WCdd5hESJLc
- 6 days ago1 min
What If the Sea That Split North America Had Never Drained? (Bonus Short)
About 100 million years ago, the Western Interior Seaway split North America in two, from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. Mosasaurs hunted in it, and their fossils still turn up in the chalk of western Kansas. The sea drained away near the end of the age of dinosaurs. Would you rather live on the east shore of that sea or the west shore? This is the audio edition of a What Comes Next Short, and the video version is on the What Comes Next YouTube channel. The Earth views are NASA Blue Marble images with a drawn outline, and the photos are from the Library of Congress, including the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. The narration voice is AI-generated.
- 1 weeks ago5 min
What If Trump Never Became President? America Keeps Its ALLIES.
What if Donald Trump had never become president? This episode lays out the public record of both terms from official records and named news organizations, from the 2017 tax law to the 2026 tariff ruling. Then it follows the road those terms opened to its farthest end, through the pardons, the watchdogs and the official numbers. Sources and full credits are in the YouTube description.
- 1 weeks ago1 min
What If Houdini Had Survived Halloween 1926? (Bonus Short)
Harry Houdini died on Halloween 1926, at 52, of a burst appendix and the infection that followed. He spent his last years exposing fake psychics, and his wife Bess held séances for ten years hoping for his coded message. No message ever came. Who would win in the radio age, Houdini or the fake mediums? This is the audio edition of a What Comes Next Short, and the video version is on the What Comes Next YouTube channel. The archival photos and posters are from the Library of Congress. The narration voice is AI-generated.
- 1 weeks ago1 min
What If Deposit Insurance Disappeared Tomorrow? (Bonus Short)
On March 6, 1933, every bank in America closed, and about 4,000 never reopened that year, according to the FDIC's own history. Deposit insurance was born that June, and the FDIC says no depositor has lost a penny of insured money since coverage began in 1934. This is a history thought experiment, and it is not financial advice. Which would scare you more, a closed bank or a bank run you watch on your phone? This is the audio edition of a What Comes Next Short, and the video version is on the What Comes Next YouTube channel. The archival photos are from the Library of Congress. The narration voice is AI-generated.
- 1 weeks ago1 min
How One Sunless Day Could Become the Hungry Years (Episode 8 Short)
What if the sun went dark for one day and then rose again? A whole hemisphere's spring crop freezes at once, every country that sells grain keeps its harvest at home, and the hungry years begin over a harbor full of grain ships that nobody will let leave. Earth at night and eclipse footage is courtesy of NASA. The full story is in Episode 8 of What Comes Next, What If the Sun Disappeared for 24 Hours?
- 2 weeks ago1 min
What If the Weather Warning Became a Subscription? The Free Alert Comes Late. (Series 01 Episode 3 Short)
This part is imagined. The paid warning goes out at 9:40, the free one arrives at 10:15, and by then the storm has crossed the trailer park. Would you pay for the faster warning, or keep the free one? Every scene in this Short is AI-generated, and full credits are in the episode description. The full story is Series 01 Episode 3 of What Comes Next, and the video is on the What Comes Next YouTube channel.
- 2 weeks ago1 min
What Would Happen If the Sun Disappeared for 24 Hours? (Episode 8 Short)
What if the sun's light and heat switched off at noon for exactly 24 hours? Stars come out over office towers at lunchtime, every solar farm on Earth stops at once, and by midnight the young wheat is white with frost. Eclipse and Earth at night footage is courtesy of NASA. The full story is in Episode 8 of What Comes Next, What If the Sun Disappeared for 24 Hours?
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