Happy New Year! Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's MPA, share their take on the week's news and discuss the government shutdown, Oprah 2020, North Korea at the Olympics, and why Trump has Satan over a barrel in order to get away with his illustrious history... You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jwK3GtNckJnuRbfEwQuUMivI-Z6s84FD/view?usp=sharing]