Limited Series

(2022)
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Episodes 6

1 Food

May 19, 2022

26m

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.

2 Weather

May 19, 2022

30m

How's the weather? The answer could mean life or death. Adam meets with those tasked with predicting the weather and handling its fallout.

3 Money

May 19, 2022

30m

From bank bailouts to stimulus checks: Adam digs into the ways in which the government keeps people in the black — or shortchanges them.

4 Future

May 19, 2022

26m

"Hey, Siri. Who created GPS, drones, Roomba and you?" "A military defense agency responsible for some amazing — and awful — advancements in tech."

5 Disease

May 19, 2022

31m

Adam examines the US government's helpful and harmful approaches to sickness and finds that incompetence and indifference are all too contagious.

6 Change

May 19, 2022

33m

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.

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