Cranky and Tumbles get a bit political in this episode as they are not talking trail per se but discussing an Atlantic article written by a Brown University professor. 

Do you remember when we were told by the ATC, the AMC, our governments not to go outside or hike?  That we needed to stop our thru hikes because we would endanger the trail towns with our hiker stank?  Did they not realize that we were in the safest places on earth during a pandemic and that it was more likely us who would becoming infected by townspeople?  I do and now they want us to forgive and forget. 
Yeah, right.  Listen in to hear our take on a “Pandemic Amnesty”. 
More trail fun on the next episode!

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/Covid-response-forgiveness/671879/