It's Friday, January 17th.
I'm Erin Ryan in for Jane Coston, and this is what a day.
The show pouring one out for right wing strongman and former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, whose request to leave the country to attend Trump's inauguration was denied by his country's Supreme Court.
So sad when aspiring dictators can't be there to support one another.
On today's show, all the political hot air coming out of those confirmation hearings won't spare D.C.
from a cold snap on Trump's Inauguration Day.
And TikTok users brace for their beloved app to shut down operations in the U.S.
also, Director David lynch has passed away, which means I will be watching Lost highway tonight, which also means I will be having bonkers dreams tonight.
Whether you're a social media user, political junkie, or film weirdo, right now a lot is coming to an end, and it's not clear if what we're headed toward is ultimately good or bad.
It's it's a time of deletion, of indelible change.
It's not just the end of one era.
It feels like the end of several eras all at once.
Not knowing what comes next is, frankly unnerving, and it's why my most prized possession is currently my weighted blanket.
But let's start by talking about the end of a political era.
Joe Biden's presidency officially ends at noon on Monday, when Donald Trump is sworn in again.
And along with the end of Biden's presidency comes reflection on whether he was any good at being leader of the free world.
Biden made his case for the history books during his farewell address Wednesday night from the Oval Office.
In the past four years, our democracy is held strong, and every day I've kept my commitment to be president for all Americans through one of the toughest periods in our nation's history.
Joe Biden says that Joe Biden will remember himself as a pretty good president.
Guess it's settled.