The G Word with Adam Conover

33min

Documentary

Comedy

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.

Production Companies

Higher Ground

A24

Fair Point

Episodes

Cast

Food

1. Food

26min

19th May 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.

Weather

2. Weather

30min

19th May 2022

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

30min

19th May 2022

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

26min

19th May 2022

"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

31min

19th May 2022

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

33min

19th May 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.

First air date

19th May 2022

Last air date

19th May 2022

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

Networks