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The Reason Roundtable

Omicron and COVID-19 Groundhog Day

The Reason Roundtable

The Reason Roundtable

News, Politics

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

It's talk of lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccines this Monday with Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie. Deja vu? Nope, just omicron. The editors also opine on school curriculum's and Cyber Monday, all on today's Reason Roundtable.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Reason Round Table, your weekly podcast from the best-dammed magazine for

0:09.3

free minds and free markets you will ever read.

0:12.2

I am Matt Welch, joined by Nick Gillespie, Peter, Suderman, and Katherine Mangu Ward.

0:18.1

Happy Hanukkah and advanced brothers and sisters.

0:22.4

Hanukkah, howdy.

0:23.4

Hey Matt, I'm here burning the Lenten candles for you in advance.

0:29.4

Maybe Cyber Monday.

0:30.4

You were saving that one for Cyber Monday, yeah.

0:35.6

You know, I'm thinking right now that Timothy Leary, given his strong Catholicism and

0:42.4

whatnot, he should have done a psychedelic adventure.

0:45.5

I'm not sure he didn't.

0:47.3

Who knows what went down in Mexico during the interim period.

0:51.7

The large enough dose, a single dose could be a whole month, right?

0:56.3

Yeah.

0:57.3

That's true.

0:58.3

Some people don't come back.

0:59.9

Speaking of some people don't come back, we're going to talk about the Omicron variant

1:06.0

here in a moment.

1:08.1

But first, do you find yourself even more tired than Ringo Starr at rehearsals when you're

1:13.1

trying to keep up with the news?

1:15.6

Thwarted by paywalls, misled by clickbait trapped in a spiral of doom.

1:20.4

Well, imagine an app where you can get unlocked access to the most reliable news sites and

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