'BradCast' 1/18/2017: (Obama's final presser; Hottest year ever; Confirmation hearings; Caller messages to the future)
Another hugely busy news day. Among the stories we cover on today's show: President Obama's final press conference; NOAA and NASA officially declare 2016 the hottest year ever recorded on the planet (breaking the record set by the previous hottest year, 2015, which broke the record for the year before that, 2014); The Senate confirmation hearing for billionaire charter school promoter Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick for Education Secretary; Senate confirmation hearings for climate denier and EPA enemy Scott Pruitt to head the EPA.\xa0 Plus: Desi Doyen with the latest 'Green News Report', and listeners call in with time capsule "Messages to the Future" from the final days before Donald Trump becomes President of the United States...