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.
Episode 1
Food
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
How's the weather? The answer could mean life or death. Adam meets with those tasked with predicting the weather and handling its fallout.
Episode 3
Money
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
"Hey, Siri. Who created GPS, drones, Roomba and you?" "A military defense agency responsible for some amazing — and awful — advancements in tech."
Episode 5
Disease
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
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.
Adam Conover
Self
Nicole Randall Johnson
Various
James Austin Johnson
Sierra Katow
Raphael Chestang
Becky Robinson
2020 · ★ 7.1
2003 · ★ 7.6
2021 · ★ 7.6
2009 · ★ 7.7
2018 · ★ 6.4
2004 · ★ 7.5
2013 · ★ 8.2
2026 · ★ 7.5
2022 · ★ 8.0
2023 · ★ 6.3
2022 · ★ 7.0
2025 · ★ 7.9
2026 · ★ 8.1
2017 · ★ 8.2
2026 · ★ 7.3
2022 · ★ 7.8
2026 · ★ 8.7
2021 · ★ 6.5
2020 · ★ 8.1
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