This year has been an absolute whirlwind of the Good, the Bad, and the Scary. Our end-of-year episode’s positive highlights include the scientific collaboration that led to vaccines for both COVID and malaria, a growing consensus on climate change, an emphasis on holding China accountable, and the end of the Trump era. Our drawbacks are the ever-growing concerns of COVID as it continues to run rampant around the world, geopolitical fears in Taiwan, Ukraine, and Iran that threaten future peace, and the world economy’s state of instability.  Altamar hosts Peter Schechter and Muni Jensen are joined by Ryan Heath, author of Global Insider, POLITICO’s excellent global newsletter and podcast, and a truly global expert who looks into his crystal ball to predict the trends of 2022. Altamar’s ‘Téa’s Take’ by Téa Ivanovic tackles the ‘scary’ of 2021, which touches on social media’s ever more polarizing effects on society.