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Next Question with Katie Couric

Tired of political headlines that feel like déjà vu? Wondering if you actually need to care about every controversy? This season, Katie’s asking those same questions—and talking to the people who have real answers. From political insiders to sharp-eyed journalists, she’s breaking down what’s worth your attention (and what’s not), with smarts, sanity, and even a little humor. Because none of us can be tuned in 24/7—but we can stay informed without losing our minds. 

Tune in every Thursday and join Katie Couric and her guests for a conversation on NEXT QUESTION.

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
46 minutes
Episodes
377
Years Active
2016 - 2025
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Luvvie Ajayi Jones on how to tap into your professional troublemaker and do better

Luvvie Ajayi Jones on how to tap into your professional troublemaker and do better

Luvvie Ajayi Jones is a writer, speaker and author of two New York Times best-selling books, “I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual” and her latest, “Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighting Manu…

00:48:27  |   Thu 08 Apr 2021
Kathryn Hahn on the Marvel madness, her comedy heroines, and getting her juiciest roles post-40

Kathryn Hahn on the Marvel madness, her comedy heroines, and getting her juiciest roles post-40

Kathryn Hahn is an absolute scream, as you may have guessed from watching her in the hit Marvel TV show “WandaVision.” Or maybe you first took notice of her comedy chops in early aught blockbusters l…

00:41:12  |   Thu 01 Apr 2021
Bonus: Colon cancer awareness: ‘I should have gotten my colonoscopy, that’s the lesson’

Bonus: Colon cancer awareness: ‘I should have gotten my colonoscopy, that’s the lesson’

On this special episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, Katie dives into a subject very close to her heart: colon cancer awareness. After Katie’s first husband Jay died 23 years ago, she’s been a…

00:53:23  |   Wed 31 Mar 2021
Kate Winslet on the media bullies, Hollywood’s new sisterhood and her own reckoning with Woody Allen

Kate Winslet on the media bullies, Hollywood’s new sisterhood and her own reckoning with Woody Allen

Twenty-six years ago, Kate Winslet sat down for her first nationally televised, American interview with none other than Katie Couric when she was co-host of the Today Show. Kate was promoting “Sense …

01:00:44  |   Thu 25 Mar 2021
Bonus: Don Lemon on his new book and finding grace among the racial tumult

Bonus: Don Lemon on his new book and finding grace among the racial tumult

Don Lemon is busy! The CNN Tonight anchor has spent the year guiding and framing the public’s understanding of a deadly pandemic, George Floyd’s death, the presidential election, an insurrection. Som…

00:53:19  |   Wed 24 Mar 2021
Stanley Tucci does — and eats — it all

Stanley Tucci does — and eats — it all

On this week’s episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, Katie chats to everyone’s favorite pandemic sauce man, Stanley Tucci. They talk about Stanley’s new travel/food series on CNN called “Search…

00:54:54  |   Thu 18 Mar 2021
The pandemic anniversary: What we’ve learned about health care, science, and ourselves

The pandemic anniversary: What we’ve learned about health care, science, and ourselves

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. And, after watching the slow tidal wave of infections, deaths, and fear consume most of Asia and Europe, American…

00:39:22  |   Thu 11 Mar 2021
Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar on the art of skewering everyday racism

Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar on the art of skewering everyday racism

“You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey,” is the title of the very funny, if completely horrifying, new book by comedian and late-night host Amber Ruffin. The book, which Amber co-wrote with her…

00:32:14  |   Thu 04 Mar 2021
Robin Wright on her new film ‘Land’ and the power of human resilience

Robin Wright on her new film ‘Land’ and the power of human resilience

On the first episode of the new season of Next Question with Katie Couric, Katie sits down with actor, director, activist Robin Wright who stars in and directs the new movie, Land. Robin plays Edee, …

00:27:43  |   Thu 25 Feb 2021
Bonus: An Interview with Maryland Governor Larry Hogan

Bonus: An Interview with Maryland Governor Larry Hogan

On this bonus episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, Katie shares a timely and important conversation with Maryland Governor Larry Hogan. As a Republican leader in a predominantly blue state, Go…

00:28:22  |   Fri 19 Feb 2021
Get ready for season 3 of Next Question with Katie Couric!

Get ready for season 3 of Next Question with Katie Couric!

Next Question with Katie Couric is back with its third season! After taking some podcasting detours to help make sense of an unprecedented 12 months — from the outbreak of COVID-19, to America’s raci…

00:01:47  |   Thu 18 Feb 2021
Bonus: The Lincoln Project founders on the future of the GOP

Bonus: The Lincoln Project founders on the future of the GOP

Next Question with Katie Couric is gearing up for its third season, launching Feb. 25, 2021. In the meantime, Katie shares a really important and fascinating conversation she had this week. The 92nd …

00:49:58  |   Fri 29 Jan 2021
TURNOUT Episode 10: ‘If we raise our expectations we would have a better system’

TURNOUT Episode 10: ‘If we raise our expectations we would have a better system’

This series began in the past, to better understand the origin and history of our ongoing fight for voting rights. And as Turnout comes to a close, we consider its future. Where do we go from here? W…

00:36:00  |   Tue 08 Dec 2020
Bonus: Vaccines for dummies with Moderna President Dr. Stephen Hoge

Bonus: Vaccines for dummies with Moderna President Dr. Stephen Hoge

For the last nine months, as the coronavirus swept across the world, devastating so many lives in its wake, scientists have been working around the clock to develop a safe and effective vaccine in re…

00:52:34  |   Tue 24 Nov 2020
TURNOUT Episode 9: ‘Giving makes me feel like I’m living’

TURNOUT Episode 9: ‘Giving makes me feel like I’m living’

You’ve no doubt heard that the 2020 election welcomed historic turnout. But what do those high numbers of voters mean for our democracy, for future elections, and for the warring political parties as…

00:53:12  |   Tue 24 Nov 2020
TURNOUT Episode 8: Georgia’s Secretary of State on why ‘integrity still matters’

TURNOUT Episode 8: Georgia’s Secretary of State on why ‘integrity still matters’

All eyes are on Georgia this week as it wraps up its manual recount of nearly 5 million ballots. On Friday, November 13, when the recount began, several news outlets had declared Joe Biden the state’…

00:31:29  |   Tue 17 Nov 2020
TURNOUT Episode 7: 'Stepping out of your partisan self'

TURNOUT Episode 7: 'Stepping out of your partisan self'

On this episode of Turnout with Katie Couric, Katie shares her hopes and the need for open-mindedness as the country welcomes in the next administration. Then, we check in with some of our previous g…

00:36:58  |   Thu 12 Nov 2020
TURNOUT Episode 6: ‘There’s going to be some soul searching in both parties’

TURNOUT Episode 6: ‘There’s going to be some soul searching in both parties’

We are finally on the other side of the 2020 presidential election and it was — as promised — unprecedented. And a big part of that is because of you! Voters from all over the country came out (and m…

00:50:07  |   Sat 07 Nov 2020
TURNOUT Bonus: David Brooks on why ‘restoring trust in each other is the elemental task'

TURNOUT Bonus: David Brooks on why ‘restoring trust in each other is the elemental task'

It's election week! And in this special bonus issue of Turnout, Katie Couric talks with New York Times columnist David Brooks about the moment when we fell through the floor of decency and what Ameri…

00:37:48  |   Mon 02 Nov 2020
TURNOUT Episode 5: ‘More rhetoric than reality’

TURNOUT Episode 5: ‘More rhetoric than reality’

We’ve always said that this series was about so much more than this election. As we’ve shown in the first four episodes, the voting issues of our past — and how we respond to them — pave the way forw…

00:50:45  |   Thu 29 Oct 2020
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