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Factually! with Adam Conover
Comedian Adam Conover talks to the most interesting experts and thinkers on Earth about today's most pressing topics. From the rise of AI to the fight for workers’ rights, from porn bans to microplastics, Adam and his guests reveal shocking truths and thought-provoking new perspectives. It’s an inve...
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Yep. Data Centers Suck A**. with Brian Frange and Memo Torres
The dems just opened their pockets and a metaphorical moth flew out, but at least we have all these new data centers, eh? It's so cool. It's all just...
Billionaires are Lying About Giving Away Their Wealth, with Glen Galaich
Philanthropy is broken. Or maybe it’s not—after all, the funds that billionaires set up are deliberately cumbersome tax havens rather than any genuine...
Rise of the Diarrhea Parasite with Trixie Mattel and Dylan Adler
Move over World Cup halftime show, the biggest shitshow this week is still the cyclospora outbreak. Unless, of course, you’re counting the Trump admin...
The World According to the Chinese Internet, with Yi-Ling Liu
Seriously, what is life actually like in China? The American discourse on China is so bad, so poisoned, so laden with agendas, it’s difficult to under...
ICE Murders and the Maine Senate Scramble with David Dayen and David Weigel
More horrific murders from ICE, an exhausting scramble to find a candidate to replace Graham Platner in the Maine Senate race, and a massive lawsuit t...
Queer Parenthood, Grief, and Salmon with Joe Osmundson
Choosing whether or not to become a parent can be a profoundly difficult decision, but it only becomes more difficult when you’re queer. Joe Osmundson...
Platner Drops Out, Trump Interferes in World Cup, with Amy Silverberg and Julia Wick
It’s been a week of twists and turns with Graham Platner dropping out of the Maine Senate race, and Trump interfering with the World Cup only for the...
BoJack Creator’s Comedy Origins, with Raphael Bob-Waksberg
For the past decade, Raphael Bob-Waksberg has pioneered the niche genre of hilarious-yet-heartwrenching animated TV comedies. The BoJack Horseman crea...
Is Facebook Finally Dying? with Julia Angwin
Meta is on the decline. For the first time ever, they’ve shown a decline in active users. They’ve lost ungodly amounts of money on projects that have...
Why Hollywood Killed the TV Sitcom
(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired...
The AI Bubble is Ready to Burst, with Brennan Lee Mulligan and Ed Zitron
Smell that? Is that the stench of the algae bloom in Washington? Or maybe the odor of a big honkin’ AI bubble that is ready to burst? I’ll tell you wh...
You Deserve to Be Paid More, with Dino Guastella
Politicians love to talk about lowering prices, but they really don’t like to talk about the other half of the equation: actually raising wages. That’...
Iran Deal, World Cup, and Trump’s UFC Birthday Party with Alissa Walker and Chris Estrada
It's a big week for global humiliation! This week, Adam is joined by journalist Alissa Walker and comedian Chris Estrada to talk about the Iran "Deal"...
How to Save Our State Governments with Daniel Squadron
Our federal government is clearly, visibly fucked on too many levels to count. Even scarier? Our state legislatures have immense power and far fewer e...
Spencer Pratt Crashes and Burns, and a Historic Knicks Comeback with Cassie Willson and Dave Roth
This week, Adam is joined with Dave Roth from Defector and comedian Cassie Wilson to discuss the Knicks historic comeback, and how all the crystals in...
Hollywood's Given Up on Progressive Politics, Joel Kim Booster Hasn't
Hollywood’s been collapsing to the right. Cancelling projects that lean right, refusing to acknowledge the genocide in Palestine, and generally capitu...
Freedom 250 Concert Flop and Pattie Gonia v. Patagonia, with Bethy Squires & Sabrina Jalees
(In addition to your regularly planned episode of Factually, we’re bringing you a Friday news roundup where we check in on the week’s biggest stories...
Here's Proof EVERYONE hates A.I.
(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired...
Elon Musk’s Dark Ideology, with Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian
Elon Musk sucks so bad, dude. We all know this already. Unfortunately, however, he remains one of the most consequential people on the planet. This me...
The Texas Primary and the Pope Hates A.I. with Erin Ryan and Andra Whipple
(In addition to your regularly planned episode of Factually, we’re bringing you a Friday news roundup where we check in on the week’s biggest stories...
Nithya Raman’s Optimistic Vision for LA
Adam has been friends with LA city councilmember Nithya Raman for a long time now, and certainly didn’t expect that one day she would be running for m...
LA Mayoral Race Heats Up and Supreme Court Dumps Voting Rights w/ Guy Branum & Sam Roudman
(In addition to your regularly planned episode of Factually, we’re bringing you a Friday news roundup where we check in on the week’s biggest stories...
How to Cure Perfectionism with Oliver Burkeman
Like it or not, we all have our limits. But this world seems to want to make us feel guilty for not constantly trying to outdo ourselves—we’re made to...
Boomers Are Wealth Hoarders, the AI Revolt, and California’s Cursed Governor’s Race with Brian Merchant and Andrea More
(In addition to your regularly planned episode of Factually, we’re bringing you a Friday news roundup where we check in on the week’s biggest stories...
Sonic the Hedgehog vs. the Real Housewives and Urkel with with Exploration: LIVE!
Did you know that there are other podcasts out there besides Factually? And some are even… good?! This week, Adam talks to Headgum network colleagues...
The Edge of Space Time with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
When the world gets to be too much, contemplating the endless wonder and beauty of the cosmos can be a huge relief. After all, we’re insignificant in...
Trump made gas expensive and now his supporters hate him.
(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired...
The Warehouse Workers Who Beat Amazon with Derrick Palmer
The Amazon warehouse floor is infamous for poor working conditions, but the workers themselves know it best. Recently, the workers of warehouse JFK8 i...
Sammy Mowrey Inflicts Psychic Damage on Adam Conover for 60 Minutes
After a year and a half, Adam has finally capped off his standup tour. Friend and fellow comedian Sammy Mowrey was there to open for him at nearly eve...
Nintendo's Empire of Secrets with Keza MacDonald
The video game industry is in a state of chaos. Layoffs, buyouts, studio closures, mergers—the entire industry seems plagued. Except for Nintendo. The...
How 30,000 People Formed and Impossible Union, with Ethan Bakuli and Rodney Tate
It’s easy to feel powerless with everything going on, but there are normal people out there every day banding together to change the world for the bet...
Fighting ICE with Journalism, with Memo Torres
Trump’s assault on immigrants is ongoing. ICE continues to raid neighborhoods, kidnap people, and commit the occasional murder. Time and again, it’s b...
White Collar Workers are Radicalizing with Noam Scheiber
For nearly two decades, prospects for college graduates have been dwindling. The worth of a degree has suffered greatly, and it’s become increasingly...
Debunking AI’s “Existential Risk” with Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor
Will AI obliterate all of humanity? Will it destroy all of our jobs? There are so many questions swirling around the existential threat that AI poses,...
Ballet isn't dead, movies are.
(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired...
AI, Mergers, and This Week's News Onslaught, with Dylan McKeever and Jason Koebler
The news is relentless in pace as well as issues, isn’t it? This week we’re trying something a bit different: Adam sits with previous guests Jason Koe...
Why the F#!@ Are We Are War with Iran? with Reza Aslan
What are we doing in Iran? No, seriously. Why? Call it what you will, but we’ve just gone to war for seemingly no reason whatsoever. In a bonus episod...
Joel McHale is Nicer Than We Deserve, with Joel McHale
Actor and comedian Joel McHale isn’t just one of the nicest people working in entertainment; he’s also got a unique, firsthand perspective on the mass...
Anti-Trans Playbook is Designed to Hurt Women, with Paisley Currah
Why is it that the anti-trans movement is so ferociously set on upending the livelihood of people who are simply trying to live their lives? As it tur...
Tech Giants Are Nothing But Middlemen, with Tim Wu
The tech industry no longer serves human needs. According to legal scholar and writer Tim Wu, the tech industry has shifted away from providing servic...