The G Word with Adam Conover

All Episodes 2022
TV-MA

  • Ended
  • #<Network:0x00007fb10811b410>
  • 2022-05-19T07:00:00Z
  • 30m
  • 2h 57m (6 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Higher Ground Productions + 1 more, A24
  • Documentary, Comedy, History
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.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2022-05-19T07:00:00Z

1x01 Food

Series Premiere

1x01 Food

  • 2022-05-19T07:00:00Z26m

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.

2022-05-19T07:00:00Z

1x02 Weather

1x02 Weather

  • 2022-05-19T07:00:00Z30m

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

2022-05-19T07:00:00Z

1x03 Money

1x03 Money

  • 2022-05-19T07:00:00Z30m

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

2022-05-19T07:00:00Z

1x04 Future

1x04 Future

  • 2022-05-19T07:00:00Z27m

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

2022-05-19T07:00:00Z

1x05 Disease

1x05 Disease

  • 2022-05-19T07:00:00Z31m

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

Season Finale

2022-05-19T07:00:00Z

1x06 Change

Season Finale

1x06 Change

  • 2022-05-19T07:00:00Z33m

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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