Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has been at the center of the COVID-19 debate since early in 2020. A recent release of Dr. Fauci’s emails from early on in the COVID-19 pandemic has sparked new debate and criticism about what he knew and when. Our hosts and Dr. Plum discuss Dr. Fauci, updates on COVID-19 origins, and the controversy surrounding the NIH funding of the Wuhan Institute of Virology.