This week, it's time to bid farewell to an old year and move on to a new one. And in a few short months, at last, we'll have the Iowa Caucus -- you know, when the story we spent all of 2015 talking about finally starts. Some things don't change, though: the GOP, with Donald Trump, is having a hot mic moment. But is this a dark cloud or a silver lining? Joining us to discuss is our friend Ana Marie Cox of the Daily Beast and the New York Times and the Brouhaha podcast.Meanwhile, you know who else has a lot of unfinished business here at the end of the year? Congress, who continues to leave an absurd number of judicial vacancies unfilled. What, this again? Ahh, but it gets even dumber -- remember how we're at war with ISIS? If you answered yes, could you maybe run for office? Finally, what other burning questions do we have about the coming year? Did Wall Street leave us any money? Will a grand jury ever indict a police officer? Will Zach Carter move out of his tent into a real apartment? Finally we can... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy