The G Word with Adam Conover

Limited Series

6 episodes · May 19, 2022

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  • Food
    S1E1

    Food

    May 19, 202226m

    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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  • Weather
    S1E2

    Weather

    May 19, 202230m

    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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  • Money
    S1E3

    Money

    May 19, 202230m

    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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  • Future
    S1E4

    Future

    May 19, 202226m

    "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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  • Disease
    S1E5

    Disease

    May 19, 202231m

    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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  • Change
    S1E6

    Change

    May 19, 202233m

    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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