Happy new year everybody! Cantonese comedian Tim Chan joins us to ring in the bull year and the three of us talk about how we each celebrate the holiday differently.

It's been a tough year for schools, with prolonged lockdowns, homeschooling and the threat of 'sanitised' curricula.

We sat down with a teacher on the inside to find out what's up.

Professor Cowling is the Division Head of Epidemiology at HKU and a co-director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Infections Disease Epidemiology and Control.

The man knows his stuff.

He was brought to HK by the gov in the wake of SARS to enhance the city's infectious disease research, and has become a key resource for the city in the current pandemic.

We asked him everything we could think of about covid, vaccines, lockdowns, you name it.

Tricia was has worn a lot of fitness hats in the city. She was HK's first female professional MMA fighter, CNN referred to her as a fitness guru who helped women break boundaries and she founded the boutique gym Limitless.

She's also a core member of the Save HK Fitness movement, trying to rescue the beleaguered industry survive covid.

The Hong Kong police have made mass arrests of politicians, lawyers, media and a whole bunch of people earlier this month.

The author of City On Fire Antony Dapiran rejoins the pod to fill us in on all the bits and pieces we didn't understand.