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 transcribedIran is currently being rocked by protests against the oppressive theocratic regime that rules the country. What is happening there, and what...
The housing crisis seems like one of the most intractable problems threatening America. But slowly and surely, we’re solving it, and you can...
Climate change is the biggest disaster facing humanity. And yet so often, our solutions seems to be limited to buying slightly better grocery...
How do we fight back against those who are trying to take away Americans’ civil rights? Scholar and organizer Mie Inouye joins Adam to explai...
Comedy is one of world’s oldest, most popular art forms, but almost no one thinks seriously about what comedy is or what it’s for. Is comedy...
Americans are trapped in two competing narratives about immigration: That we’re a nation of immigrants, and that outsiders are invading to st...
Climate change, racial inequality, and the anti-rights revolution all feel like comets heading towards our inevitable destruction. If you’re...
Why is it so hard to get around in America? Why is it so much more expensive to build a mile of transit here than it is in any country? And w...
In honor of our move to Starburns Audio, we’re taking a week off and running a Factually classic. In this interview from 2019, Adam speaks wi...
How can we best help animals, when it’s we humans who cause their suffering? Animal Crisis authors Alice Crary and Lori Gruen join Adam to ex...
In times of turmoil, it can be useful to take a longer view of history. Like, a LOT longer. Paleontologist and author of “The Rise and Reign...
Trans people have existed as long as, you know, people have. But the barriers to legal inclusion and equality are still higher than most peop...
Asian Americans are an essential part of the history of this country, but the true story is all too little told, especially in a time of risi...
Crypto is crashing, which makes it the perfect time to ask whether blockchain technology is actually — you know — useful for anything. Comput...
Is artificial intelligence a problem, or is the real problem how we’re using the term in the first place? Linguistics professor Emily Bender...
Despite our efforts, we seem to be no better at treating mental illness than we were hundreds of years ago. Desperate Remedies author Andrew...
In 2020, America went through a national reckoning about our racist criminal justice system. Just under two years later, has all that progres...
When we picture robots, we normally think of an artificial being created in our own image. But what if this were deeply misleading? Author of...
Our criminal justice system gives the impression of being impartial and fact-based, but in reality, it’s anything but. Innocence Project lawy...
Adam’s new series The G Word is out this Thursday on Netflix! To commemorate the premiere, this week The Fifth Risk author Michael Lewis turn...
