The G Word with Adam Conover
The G Word with Adam Conover: Season 1

Air Date

May 19, 2022

Episodes

6 episodes

The G Word with Adam Conover

Season 1

Episodes

Food

1. Food

May 19, 2022
26 min

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.

Weather

2. Weather

May 19, 2022
30 min

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

Money

3. Money

May 19, 2022
30 min

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

Future

4. Future

May 19, 2022
26 min

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

Disease

5. Disease

May 19, 2022
31 min

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

Change

6. Change

May 19, 2022
33 min

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.