Comedian Adam Conover talks to exceptional experts, revealing shocking truths and thought-provoking new perspectives. It’s an investigative comedy podcast for curious people who never stop asking questions.
298 episodes transcribedWe humans often like to think we're superior to animals, and that our ability to speak makes us extra special. While it's true that language...
(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue original...
NASA's Perseverance rover recently discovered a rock on Mars that could be the key to finding evidence of life beyond Earth. Coupled with the...
NASA's Perseverance rover recently discovered a rock on Mars that could be the key to finding evidence of life beyond Earth. Coupled with the...
Our species didn't just stumble upon fire during our evolution; we evolved because of our unique relationship with it. From cooking food to b...
The 2024 election cycle has been positively ludicrous. Between Biden's disastrous debate performance, the attempted assassination of Trump, e...
Bankruptcy can mean totally different things depending on your wealth. For the rich, it’s a shield; for the poor, it’s a punishment. Despite...
Whether you're at the grocery store or a restaurant, food is becoming obscenely expensive. It's easy to point to inflation as the sole culpri...
The latest round of Supreme Court decisions will radically reshape America as we know it. From overturning the Chevron decision and stripping...
Big tech is betting tens of billions of dollars on AI being the next big thing, but what if it isn't? ChatGPT burns obscene amounts of cash d...
Since 2016, Natalie Wynn has been making wildly popular video essays on YouTube under the name ContraPoints. Her videos, which cover everythi...
Games often get a bad rap as mere distractions, the frivolous filler between so-called "important things." But research into the connection b...
Our understanding of intelligence is always growing, but recent research has thrown a fascinating curveball: we're discovering that plants ar...
Abortion is not just a political story; it's a personal one. In the two years since Roe was struck down by the Supreme Court in the Dobbs dec...
We’ve been discussing the slow death of journalism for a long time, but what if it didn’t just “die”? This week, Adam speaks with Margot Susc...
(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue original...
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The labor movement is in a state of flux. Support for unions is the highest it's been in decades, including the explict support of the Biden...
Homelessness has reached a record high, with over 650,000 people experiencing it in the USA today. Despite this staggering number, many remai...
The climate crisis is unfolding very day, with many inevitable consequences looming in the near future. While we may hope for clean energy or...
