Factually! with Adam Conover
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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 investigative comedy interview podcast for curious people who never stop asking questions.
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Episodes
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- Yes, Dinosaurs Had Feathers with Steve Brusatte · 1 h 1 minIt's been stressful lately on the show and in the world, so today we're taking a break from apocalyptic fascism and the AI revolution to talk about BIRDS! Isn’t that nice?…
- The Telephone Changed Everything with James Gleick · 60 minOur world revolves around communications. But while the telegram and telegraph are dead and gone, one communications technology from the old timey era is still in the thick of…
- Anti-Fascist Economics with Isabella Weber · 1 h 20 minThere are many things that contribute to the rise of fascism, but often overlooked is the role of economics. Today I'm joined by economist and professor Isabella Weber to discuss…
- Lisa Hanawalt on Autobiographical Cartooning, Horses and Why We Broke Up · 1 h 47 minThis week's episode gets a little personal as my guest is...my ex! Today I'm joined by cartoonist and writer Lisa Hanawalt, as we discuss autobiographical cartooning, horses, and…
- Debunking the “Life Extension” Industry with Saul Justin Newman · 1 h 12 minYou are going to die. And I am too! But because of this fact, we are fascinated by people who push the final day off as long as possible, and those who promise to prevent it. But…
- The Fight Against Flock with Chad Marlow · 1 h 13 minYou may have heard of Flock cameras, a network of automatic license plate readers that track not only license plates, but what vehicles look like, and even descriptions of people…
- How Corporations Jack Up Prices with Lindsay Owens · 1 h 12 minLife in America is becoming less and less affordable. Politicians tend to blame it on inflation and supply chain issues, but what if corporations are just...price gouging because…
- How Big is Elon’s DOGE Death Toll? · 24 minHe can deny it all he likes, but Elon's got blood on his hands. Visit https://groundnews.com/factually to stay fully informed, see through biased media and get all sides of every…
- Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires with Paris Marx · 1 h 36 minData centers actually predate the internet, but with the growing demands of cloud storage, crypto and of course AI, companies are scaling up, and finding new ways to deceive and…
- End Times Fascism with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor · 1 h 18 minFascism has a different face in 2026. Not only are we facing very real existential threats in the form of climate change and AI, the millenarians who once sat on the fringes of…
- Why AI Can’t Replace You with Cory Doctorow · 1 h 21 minWe've been told AI is supposed to be a tool for us to use. But more and more it feels like we're the ones being used to feed the machines, before they inevitably replace us…
- Is The Video Game Industry Collapsing? · 1 h 39 minThe gaming industry's old model is falling apart. RAM costs are skyrocketing, making new consoles scarce and unaffordable. The industry is beset by layoffs and studio closures…
- AI Has Ruined the Internet · 17 minGet 20% off DeleteMe by going to https://joindeleteme.com/adam and use code adam to protect your privacy!--Does the internet seem a lot worse lately? Here's…
- The Philosophy of Good Sex with Quill R. Kukla · 1 h 37 minConsent has been the focal point of discussions around sex in our society, and rightly so. But consent is, or should be, the bare minimum. Philosopher Quill R. Kukla joins me to…
- Your Wine and Beer are Deadlier than Fentanyl with Isabella Cueto and Lev Facher · 1 h 10 minAlcohol kills more Americans each year than all other drugs combined. So why aren't we treating it like the public health crisis that it is? Today I'm talking to health…
- Leaf Blowers are Killing Us · 16 minLeaf blowers: a study in how to suck and blow at the same time. Visit https://groundnews.com/factually to stay fully informed, see through biased media and get all sides of every…
- The Unsung Queer History of Pop Music with Barry Walters · 1 h 11 minQueer artists have had a profound and wonderful influence on our society throughout history, and nowhere is that more evident than in the field of Pop Music. Journalist and music…
- Bernie Sanders’ Plan to Stop AI Theft · 29 minIt's no secret that AI is stealing from us. From data to intellectual property to our very humanity, it's clear we need more time to take control of our future. Adam talks to the…
- Work From Home is Making Us Miserable · 20 minYou might think you like working from home, but we're starting to see the harm.--SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/adamconoverSEE ADAM ON TOUR…
- Yep. Data Centers Suck A**. with Brian Frange and Memo Torres · 58 minThe 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 so cool.--SUPPORT THE SHOW…
- Billionaires are Lying About Giving Away Their Wealth, with Glen Galaich · 1 h 20 minPhilanthropy is broken. Or maybe it’s not—after all, the funds that billionaires set up are deliberately cumbersome tax havens rather than any genuine attempt at giving. The real…
- Rise of the Diarrhea Parasite with Trixie Mattel and Dylan Adler · 40 minMove over World Cup halftime show, the biggest shitshow this week is still the cyclospora outbreak. Unless, of course, you’re counting the Trump administration literally trying…
- The World According to the Chinese Internet, with Yi-Ling Liu · 1 h 8 minSeriously, 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 understand what life looks like…
- ICE Murders and the Maine Senate Scramble with David Dayen and David Weigel · 50 minMore horrific murders from ICE, an exhausting scramble to find a candidate to replace Graham Platner in the Maine Senate race, and a massive lawsuit to stop the Paramount/Warner…
- Queer Parenthood, Grief, and Salmon with Joe Osmundson · 1 h 25 minChoosing 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 is a professor of biology…
- Platner Drops Out, Trump Interferes in World Cup, with Amy Silverberg and Julia Wick · 43 minIt’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 USA to promptly lose. And…
- BoJack Creator’s Comedy Origins, with Raphael Bob-Waksberg · 1 h 34 minFor the past decade, Raphael Bob-Waksberg has pioneered the niche genre of hilarious-yet-heartwrenching animated TV comedies. The BoJack Horseman creator’s new show, Long Story…
- Is Facebook Finally Dying? with Julia Angwin · 1 h 14 minMeta 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 gone nowhere. They’re…
- Why Hollywood Killed the TV Sitcom · 16 min(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube…
- The AI Bubble is Ready to Burst, with Brennan Lee Mulligan and Ed Zitron · 50 minSmell 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 what doesn’t stink: the huge…
- You Deserve to Be Paid More, with Dino Guastella · 1 h 10 minPoliticians 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’s because the institutions…
- Iran Deal, World Cup, and Trump’s UFC Birthday Party with Alissa Walker and Chris Estrada · 49 minIt'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" and baby Trump's big boy…
- How to Save Our State Governments with Daniel Squadron · 59 minOur federal government is clearly, visibly fucked on too many levels to count. Even scarier? Our state legislatures have immense power and far fewer eyes on them, making them…
- Spencer Pratt Crashes and Burns, and a Historic Knicks Comeback with Cassie Willson and Dave Roth · 47 minThis 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 the world couldn’t keep…
- Hollywood's Given Up on Progressive Politics, Joel Kim Booster Hasn't · 1 h 16 minHollywood’s been collapsing to the right. Cancelling projects that lean right, refusing to acknowledge the genocide in Palestine, and generally capitulating to Trump’s second…
- Freedom 250 Concert Flop and Pattie Gonia v. Patagonia, with Bethy Squires & Sabrina Jalees · 45 min(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 as well as some that need…
- Here's Proof EVERYONE hates A.I. · 14 min(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube…
- Elon Musk’s Dark Ideology, with Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian · 1 h 28 minElon Musk sucks so bad, dude. We all know this already. Unfortunately, however, he remains one of the most consequential people on the planet. This means that understanding him…
- The Texas Primary and the Pope Hates A.I. with Erin Ryan and Andra Whipple · 46 min(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 as well as some that need…
- Nithya Raman’s Optimistic Vision for LA · 1 h 5 minAdam 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 mayor of Los Angeles. This…
- LA Mayoral Race Heats Up and Supreme Court Dumps Voting Rights w/ Guy Branum & Sam Roudman · 48 min(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 as well as some that need…
- How to Cure Perfectionism with Oliver Burkeman · 1 h 11 minLike 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 feel like failures if we’re…
- Boomers Are Wealth Hoarders, the AI Revolt, and California’s Cursed Governor’s Race with Brian Merchant and Andrea More · 50 min(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 as well as some that need…
- Sonic the Hedgehog vs. the Real Housewives and Urkel with with Exploration: LIVE! · 1 h 33 minDid you know that there are other podcasts out there besides Factually? And some are even… good?! This week, Adam talks to Headgum network colleagues Charley Bardey and Natalie…
- The Edge of Space Time with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein · 1 h 15 minWhen 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 the grand scale of space and…
- Trump made gas expensive and now his supporters hate him. · 19 min(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube…
- The Warehouse Workers Who Beat Amazon with Derrick Palmer · 1 h 2 minThe Amazon warehouse floor is infamous for poor working conditions, but the workers themselves know it best. Recently, the workers of warehouse JFK8 in Staten Island successfully…
- Sammy Mowrey Inflicts Psychic Damage on Adam Conover for 60 Minutes · 1 h 12 minAfter 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 every single date, and together…
- Nintendo's Empire of Secrets with Keza MacDonald · 1 h 27 minThe video game industry is in a state of chaos. Layoffs, buyouts, studio closures, mergers—the entire industry seems plagued. Except for Nintendo. The Japanese video game giant…
- How 30,000 People Formed an Impossible Union, with Ethan Bakuli and Rodney Tate · 59 minIt’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 better. Even so, their stories…
