Description

The panel (minus Ethan) marks our 2nd anniversary on Blaze and is back to our usual business on the 1st episode of the fifth season. The stories this week are:

• Gideon and John talking about the omicron variant of COVID and what's going on there (Gideon doing a general overview, John focusing on cases in children) 
• Kirsten discussing the case of Irene Luevano's disappearance and death
• Haley taking a look at the NCAA's policy changes concerning transgender athletes

This episode was recorded on January 21st. The intro music is "Dedicated to the Press" by Betty Davis, the transition from the (unheard on the podcast version of this show) break is "Broadway Shing-A-Ling Part 1" by The Soulsations and the outro is "We Are Heading to the East" by springtide. Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram for updates on the show and to see what's next for us, both are @review_squared.