For our last episode of 2021, we’ll look back at the news stories that made us laugh and cry the most this year. We’ll also get a head start on next year's cries with a 2022 “advance-spective,” whatever that is. And for good measure, in the first round we'll check in on two dumb-yet-destructive phenomena in this week's news: Omicron and Mark Meadows.

Mike's drinking: Celebration Fresh Hop IPA from Sierra Nevada