Faye Flam is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and host of the podcast "Follow the Science. She joins the program to discuss the environmental impacts of COVID with the new variant rapidly spreading. Faye and Chip get into an extended conversation on the issue. 

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Sacramento Bee writer Josh Gohlke joins Chip and gives his thoughts on the Oroville situation. The vice mayor of the city announced on Fox News last week that they intended on becoming a "constitutional republic". Josh thinks this thought is incredibly insane, and he explains why.

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ABC News's Alex Stone finds himself on the Chip Franklin Show to debate over Twitter's next steps after Jack Dorsey announced his stepping down as CEO. Through the business insider language, they will gauge the future for the tech giant.

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Brett Meisalas of Meidas Touch joins the program over his silencing from Facebook. After Meisalas released a video on the platform calling out the credentials on certain "anti-vax" doctors, the content was removed and he was suspended from Facebook. He discussed his understandable confusion with Chip this afternoon.

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ABC News's Alex Stone leads off the show with Chip to describe the background of this Omnicron variant. We found out how serious this variant might be, what actions are being taken to combat it, and what to expect in the bay. Also, will this boost vaccine numbers?

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Pat discusses the history of criminal conspiracies, including the assassinations of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy.

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Top Chef Constestant and Oakland Chef Nelson German discusses his experience on Top Chef as well his two restaurant/bars alaMar Kitchen & Bar and Sobre Mesa.

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UCSF Infectious Disease Expert Dr. Peter Chin-Hong joins Pat to discuss the Covid-19 Omicron Variant.

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Attorney David Katz joins Pat to discuss both the Ahmaud Arbery Verdict and the Ghislane Maxwell trial.

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Matt Schulz with Lending Tree reports About a Quarter of Americans Are Losing Sleep Over Affording the Holidays   

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