2025 in Review

About this episode

The final episode of the season reviews the most important conversations of the year, featuring insights from various guests.

If you only listen to one thing to make sense of the news this year… make it this. The final episode of this season of Next Question pulls together the most important conversations of the year. You’ll hear David Graham on Project 2025, Liz Oyer on the plethora of presidential pardons, Tina Brown on the year’s biggest scandals here at home and across the pond. Plus, many more. It’s a crash course in the last twelve months, how we made it through the year, and a look at what might be coming in 2026. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Katie Couric

Guests: David Graham, Liz Oyer, Tina Brown

Topics covered

• news review
• politics
• presidential pardons
• scandals
• year in review

Keywords

• 2025
• news
• politics
• presidential pardons
• scandals
• year in review
• 2026

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Next Question, iHeartPodcasts

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