The G Word with Adam Conover
Limited Series
20226 episodes
Episodes
E1Food
2022-05-19 · 26m
Adam unpacks the origins of the USDA, the ways in which it keeps food safe, its challenges, and how it's directly responsible for stuffed-crust pizza.
E2Weather
2022-05-19 · 30m
How's the weather? The answer could mean life or death. Adam meets with those tasked with predicting the weather and handling its fallout.
E3Money
2022-05-19 · 30m
From bank bailouts to stimulus checks: Adam digs into the ways in which the government keeps people in the black — or shortchanges them.
E4Future
2022-05-19 · 26m
"Hey, Siri. Who created GPS, drones, Roomba and you?" "A military defense agency responsible for some amazing — and awful — advancements in tech."
E5Disease
2022-05-19 · 31m
Adam examines the US government's helpful and harmful approaches to sickness and finds that incompetence and indifference are all too contagious.
E6Change
2022-05-19 · 33m
A disillusioned Adam visits Barack Obama to see if the man who made “hope and change” a thing can explain how to make an actual impact in government.