and turns, in and outs, and ups and downs than anyone could have predicted. big news, politics, movies, music, sports, and more. we're going through it all with our guest comedian and actress helen hog, dante stallworth, john berman, s.e. cupp. they're all on board for the best ride ever, all the best, all the worst 2022. >> welcome. i'm tom forman. and depending on who you are and where you were and what you believe, this year may have been pretty good or really bad or somewhere in the murky middle. many of us started with high hopes, but the troubles of recent years are fading oh so slowly. and that was clear in all sorts of huge news events that rocked our world. let's start with the biggest, baddest, worst story, run away inflation.