The G Word with Adam Conover (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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Episode 1 - Food
Release Date: 2022-05-19Adam 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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Episode 2 - Weather
Release Date: 2022-05-19How'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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Episode 3 - Money
Release Date: 2022-05-19From 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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Episode 4 - Future
Release Date: 2022-05-19"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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Episode 5 - Disease
Release Date: 2022-05-19Adam 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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Episode 6 - Change
Release Date: 2022-05-19A 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.