This episode of The Wastebasket was declared an essential service by the US government! Don't call us heroes though - we're just doing our jobs. Chris breaks down an Apple-Google partnership that may help us do contact tracing and improve our chances of less future lockdowns while Jordan has some umbrage about the privacy implications.

In entertainment, we discuss the first season of the Kurtzman-Chabon joint, Star Trek: Picard (45:48). Full spoilers for Picard, and a few from many other Star Trek series.

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Star Trek: Picard

Reviews of Picard that are referenced: Tor.com | The Guardian

Alan Sepinwall on season lengths

Other references to episode and season length from Vulture and The Ringer