Miscellaneous
Unlike most of America, the COVID-19 pandemic did not take three weeks off to protest police violence. Chris Colby returns to the pod as the COVID-19 expert, and gives updates on the pandemic, including new hot spots in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, and other places with medium-density population centers. Chris and Greg discuss whether wearing masks is effective (SPOILER: They protect other people, wear them). Jeff and Jerad describe the social pressure to avoid mask wearing, and how mask wearing has become a political football. Jim closes out the COVID-19 discussion with a concise and efficient discussion of the politics of the pandemic. In the final ten minutes, the panel discusses the revelations in John Bolton’s new book, concluding that even if Bolton’s allegations are true it won’t change anyone’s mind about Donald Trump.