IT'S SICKY TO ROCK A VIRUS. TO ROCK A VIRUS THAT'S RIGHT ON TIME IT'S SICKY!

Yep- Wuhan Coronavirus is a big ol' deal. This week we talk Chinese bureaucracy, and the damage its stranglehold on the free dissemination of information has had on its citizens.

ALSO! We talk American Dirt- the upcoming novel about a Mexican woman's desperate race to America to save the lives of herself and her son- by acclaimed (recently) latina writer Jeanine Cummins. JK she's totally white. We talk about tact in storytelling, twitter mobs, and what the actual consequences of bad press are.

Finally we discuss our thoughts on the Academy Award nominees for Best Picture. Spoiler: we haven't seen that many of the contenders. LET'S GET IT.