The G Word with Adam Conover

Limited Series

2022 · 6 episodes

1. Food
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.
2. Weather
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.
3. Money
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.
4. Future
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."
5. Disease
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.
6. Change
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.

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