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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 377
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Bonus: Tip-toeing toward a new normal with CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky
We can acknowledge that we’ve hit COVID fatigue. We’re sick of hearing about it, worrying about it, and living among it. But when nearly 2,300 people are still dying from COVID every day, checking in…
Bonus: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the Omicron surge, the vaccine for under-five, and peak-COVID
The ongoing pandemic is overwhelming hospitals, schools, and individuals across the country. The recent Omicron surge has brought the highest rate of COVID cases to the U.S. since the start of the pa…
Bonus episode! A preview of ‘House Calls with Dr. Vivek Murthy’
Happy New Year, Next Question listeners! Since you're most likely forced indoors, recovering from or avoiding Omicron, we have a little treat for you: A special bonus episode of Next Question! While …
Book tour bonus with Leslie Jordan
This week on Next Question, Katie is sharing some interviews from her whirlwind, nine-city book tour, where she brought her memoir, “Going There,” to life and also shared the stage with some very spe…
Book tour bonus with Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley
This week on Next Question, Katie is sharing some interviews from her whirlwind, nine-city book tour, where she brought her memoir, “Going There,” to life and also shared the stage with some very spe…
Book tour bonus with Ina Garten
This week on Next Question, Katie is sharing some interviews from her whirlwind, nine-city book tour, where she brought her memoir, “Going There,” to life and also shared the stage with some very spe…
Book tour bonus with Kara Swisher
This week on Next Question, Katie is sharing some interviews from her whirlwind, nine-city book tour, where she brought her memoir, “Going There,” to life and also shared the stage with some very spe…
Katie’s book tour extravaganza episode!
On this episode of Next Question, the last of the season, Katie is sharing some moments from her whirlwind book tour. After “Going There” came out in late October, Katie criss-crossed the country to …
What's on the 2022 political horizon, with special guest host Brian Goldsmith
Katie’s out for one more week and her former producer and co-host Brian Goldsmith is stepping in. Brian was a part of the team behind Katie’s iconic interview with Sarah Palin in 2008. And he’s just …
Bonus: Huma Abedin finally gets to tell her own story
If you’re not familiar with Huma Abedin, that was her intention. For two decades, Huma has been mostly in the background, as the long-time trusted aide of Hilary Clinton. She was reluctantly wrenched…
‘Family by definition is complicated,’ with special guest host Alison Roman!
The holidays are upon us, which means we’re all probably thinking about, talking to, and meeting up with more family members than at any other time in the year. And that’s not always easy. “Family by…
‘The second Stonewall’: Matthew Shepard’s lasting legacy
This Thanksgiving week, just a few days shy of what would have been Matthew Shepard’s 45th birthday, Katie considers his lasting legacy. In 1998, Matthew, a college freshman at the University of Wyom…
Book tour bonus: Katie shares the one conversation she can’t stop thinking about
Katie just wrapped up a whirlwind nine-city national book tour for her memoir, “Going There.” And when she was in Los Angeles she interviewed Tarana Burke, the activist, advocate and founder of the M…
Alan Cumming on his new book and ‘normalizing hotmessness’
When Alan Cumming had the gall to release his new memoir the same day as Katie’s, Katie had to invite him on the podcast. On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, an utterly delightful con…
From Hurricane Katrina to COP26: How to be a stubborn optimist in the face of the climate crisis
Over the past two weeks, world leaders and delegates from nearly every country have gathered in Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26. This annual summit on climate change will attempt to update the 2015 Pari…
From cancer to #MeToo: How Katie wrote about the hard stuff in her memoir
This week on Next Question with Katie Couric, part 2 of Katie’s behind-the-scenes look at the making of her memoir, “Going There.” Last week introduced listeners to her book team, Lucy Kaylin and Adr…
Katie’s memoir is out! Here’s a behind-the-scenes listen at the making of ‘Going There’
It’s finally here! To celebrate the release of Katie Couric’s memoir “Going There,” Next Question with Katie Couric is releasing the first of two very exciting, podcast exclusive, behind the book epi…
Katie’s cub reporting days, the state of local news and the journalists reinvigorating the industry
Katie Couric got her start in local news, and found her footing as a broadcast journalist, reporting for WTVJ in Miami. But that was nearly 40 years ago. Unfortunately, today, local news, particularl…
How the ‘Couric Effect’ -- 20 years later -- inspired Sen. Klobuchar to share her cancer story
Twenty-one years ago, Katie Couric aired her first colonoscopy on the ‘Today Show.' It was an up-close and personal experience that helped demystify a still-taboo health procedure. A study would late…
Stanley Tucci gets very personal
This week on Next Question with Katie Couric, Katie has another delightful excuse to talk to Stanley Tucci, this time about his memoir, “Taste: My Life Through Food.” They dive into the deep impact f…