Arguably the biggest podcaster in the world, Joe Rogan, recently announced that he had contracted the coronavirus. Media outlets carrying the story called attention to some of his controversial COVID comments on his podcast, and to his diagnosis and treatment, given the potential impact on his millions of listeners who follow his podcast. Steve and Ben discuss Rogan’s announcement in light of online commentary around COVID. They also discuss ABBA’s virtual reunion concert, Microsoft’s announcement of Windows 11 availability on October 5 and issues with incompatible PCs and virtual machines, as well as the alluring mysteries of black holes, and the amazing work that physicists have done over time to try and understand these mysterious objects in our universe at a deeper level.

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