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It's the Friday Shake Up and we're talking...

Whether it's wrong for social media companies to deplatform politicians and extremists, pressure to drink and do drugs at work and a rising tennis star getting COVID after whinging about hotel quarantine.

Join Hack's Avani Dias with political journalist Jade Gailberger and author Cole Brown.

After a tumultuous four-year term, Donald Trump has left office. His successor, Joe Biden, was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.

We examine what the new President's priorities will be, and what a Biden presidency will mean for the US and the rest of the world.

And some conspiracy theorists - who never expected Joe Biden to be inaugurated - are jumping ship after their beliefs were shattered.

A popular hospitality group has been called out by former staff for fostering what they see as an unchecked culture of drug and alcohol use.

And we look at why drug and alcohol use and allegations of mistreatment of staff is rife in the hospitality industry.

Also, Donald Trump has pardoned almost 150 people including his mate Steve Bannon and rapper Lil Wayne, as one of his final acts as President of the United States.

There are calls for the Federal Government to open the borders to 26,000 foreign workers, as the horticulture industry struggles to attract Australian workers to fruit-picking.

Also, the tourism industry is concerned about what will happen to the industry after Jobkeeper ends, as international borders are set to remain closed for at least six months.

And, the scandal around actor Armie Hammer's leaked DMs has opened up a conversation about cannibal kinks.

Summer is meant to be a time to reset and make plans for the coming year. But this summer was full of disappointment and ruined plans. We talk to a psychologist about how to cope when thing are up in the air.

Also... Tennis Australia has coped flack after a number of international tennis stars were forced to quarantine in their hotels.

And... Australians can start getting the COVID vaccine from next month, as the Federal Government scales back the number of international flights to limit the spread of new strains of the virus.

It's the time of year when we look back at the major events of the past 12 months.

2020 will go down in history as a terrible year for most people. But we also had the chance to slow down, and a lot of us learnt knew things about ourselves. Tonight, we discuss those silver linings from a shitty year.

Join Hack's Avani Dias with musician Joyride and Bachelor contestant and former Labor staffer Alicia Aitken-Radburn.

It's that time of year when we look back at the major events of the past 12 months.

Australia started the year with huge swathes of the country burning in unprecedented bushfires. Tonight, we look back at those fires, how they changed the conversation around climate change in Australia, and if that momentum will carry into 2021.

Join Hack's Avani Dias with former pollie Wyatt Roy and climate activist Daisy Jeffrey.

Join Hack's Avani Dias with The Feed co-host Alice Matthews and model and influencer Christian Wilkins.

It's that time of year when we look back at the major events of the past 12 months.

Tonight, we're looking at the global COVID-19 pandemic, how it changed the way we live our lives, and how Australia fared with the pandemic in 2020.

Join Hack's Avani Dias with Today Show reporter Iza Staskovski and broadcaster Marty Smiley.

It's that time of year when we look back at the major events of the past 12 months.

Tonight, we're looking at the Black Lives Matter movement, and how it shifted the dial on race relations, and whether that momentum will carry over into 2021.

Join Hack's Avani Dias with journalist Isabella Higgins and musician Ziggy Ramo.