The G Word with Adam Conover
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.
- 2022-2022
- 1 season
- Netflix
- Documentary, Comedy
- TV-MA
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.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
Food
Thu, May 19, 2022
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.
Episode 2
Weather
Thu, May 19, 2022
S1E2 ("Weather") reveals that all US weather information is gathered by the US government, and made available for free to anyone. Private companies such as Accuweather are charging fees for the same data they get from the government for free. These private companies are trying to prevent the government from giving away weather information.
Episode 3
Money
Thu, May 19, 2022
From bank bailouts to stimulus checks: Adam digs into the ways in which the government keeps people in the black -- or shortchanges them.
Episode 4
Future
Thu, May 19, 2022
Episode 5
Disease
Thu, May 19, 2022
Adam examines the US government's helpful and harmful approaches to sickness and finds that incompetence and indifference are all too contagious.
Episode 6
Change
Thu, May 19, 2022
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.
