The G Word with Adam Conover

6.2
2022

Love it or hate it, the government plays a huge role in our lives. Adam Conover explores its triumphs, failures and how we might be able to change it.

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Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 2022

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1. Food

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.

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2. Weather

How's the weather? The answer could mean life or death. Adam meets with those tasked with predicting the weather and handling its fallout.

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3. Money

From bank bailouts to stimulus checks: Adam digs into the ways in which the government keeps people in the black — or shortchanges them.

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4. Future

"Hey, Siri. Who created GPS, drones, Roomba and you?" "A military defense agency responsible for some amazing — and awful — advancements in tech."

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5. Disease

Adam examines the US government's helpful and harmful approaches to sickness and finds that incompetence and indifference are all too contagious.

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6. Change

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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