We are about two weeks in to the partial government shutdown and there still seems to be no end in sight. President Trump continues to stand firm that he need $5 Billion for border security and Democrats begin their control of the House and hold firm that they will not give him the money. The President also hit back on Mitt Romney and Jim Mattis. Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters, joins us to discuss the government shutdown impasse. Next, NASA has made space exploration history observing the most distant space object ever and it looks like a lumpy red snowman. The New Horizon’s space craft traveling at 32,000 mph did a flyby of a space object called Ultima Thule which is about 4 billion miles from Earth. Andrew Freedman, science editor at Axios, joins us to discuss this great space achievement to start the year off and what to expect in 2019. Finally, it’s a new year and everyone is concerned will health and wellness and those New Year’s resolutions that you never keep. On top of a lot of peoples lists however is getting some better sleep. The secret to that might be figuring out your chronotype. Are you a morning person or night owl or something in between? Shana Lebowitz, reporter at Business Insider, joins us to talk about the four main chronotypes: bears, dolphins, lions, and wolves.

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