The G Word and the Truth About Our Government with Michael Lewis

Factually! with Adam Conover

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Comedy

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

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 turns the tables on Adam, interviewing him about how made the show. In the second half, they explore Michael's own reporting on how the CDC bungled COVID-19, and how Michael goes about writing his best-selling works of journalism. You can purchase The Fifth Risk at http://factuallypod.com/books, and watch The G Word on Netflix starting May 19th! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:55.2	Hello and welcome to Factually, I'm Adam Conover.
0:58.2	Thank you for joining me on the show once again.
1:01.0	I am so excited this week because this episode is dropping on May 18th and that means that
1:07.2	if you're listening to it on the day of release tomorrow, May 19th is when my new show
1:11.8	The G Word will finally drop on Netflix.
1:15.4	That's right, my brand new show six episodes of comedy, documentary, all about the workings
1:21.9	of the United States government.
1:23.5	We cover some incredible things on this season from meat processing to money to how we make
1:27.9	change in our political system.
1:29.6	I fly through a hurricane with the air forces hurricane hunters.
1:33.5	It is a crazy show.
1:35.2	We packed a ton of jokes in and I think you're going to love it and I really hope you check
1:39.7	it out.
1:40.7	And I want to start this show by talking a little bit about how this show came to be.
1:45.4	A couple of years ago, in 2018, I read a book called The Fifth Risk by the journalist
1:50.4	Michael Lewis.
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