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Less able to protect us in the ways only it can
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The G Word with Adam Conover

Less able to protectus in the ways only it can. There we are Uncle Sam. Isn't that better?

Less able to protect
us in the ways only it can. There we are Uncle Sam. Isn't that better?

Full Transcript

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Less able to protect us in the ways only it can.
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There we are Uncle Sam. Isn't that better?
Duration
10 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:07
Uploaded
May 03, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
documentary, comedy

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Movie Summary

Follows Conover introducing the civil servants who make it work and take a satirical look at its shortcomings.
S01 • E03 Guess I'll work for Amazon and get paid in gift cards. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:05
Guess I'll work for Amazon and get paid in gift cards.
S01 • E03 Our financial system and our government depend on our trust. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:06
Our financial system and our government depend on our trust.
S01 • E06 Okay, obviously I didn't really hit that. It was an editing trick. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:05
Okay, obviously I didn't really hit that. It was an edi...
S01 • E05 You know, maybe it's hard to believe - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:07
You know, maybe it's hard to believe
S01 • E03 If we don't trust that our money is safe in the bank, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:15
If we don't trust that our money is safe in the bank,
S01 • E06 I mean, not only did Reclaim help elect a new District Attorney - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:11
I mean, not only did Reclaim help elect a new District Attor...
S01 • E05 I was doing three stand-up sets a night, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:06
I was doing three stand-up sets a night,
S01 • E05 Okay, you guys suck. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:08
Okay, you guys suck.
S01 • E03 And that's what we risk - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:06
And that's what we risk
S01 • E03 It turns out that our economy and our government - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:07
It turns out that our economy and our government
S01 • E06 Now in 2020, I got so sick - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:11
Now in 2020, I got so sick
S01 • E05 And our government is kind of the same way. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:04
And our government is kind of the same way.
S01 • E03 If we don't believe in it, it drops dead. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:04
If we don't believe in it, it drops dead.
S01 • E05 How can it care for us if we don't care for it? - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:04
How can it care for us if we don't care for it?
S01 • E06 I started calling into boring-ass City Council meetings - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:05
I started calling into boring-ass City Council meetings
S01 • E05 But you know, we don't have to treat our governing body this way. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:05
But you know, we don't have to treat our governing body...
S01 • E06 I joined a neighborhood group on homelessness, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:16
I joined a neighborhood group on homelessness,
S01 • E05 My own journey from boozed-up schlub - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:09
My own journey from boozed-up schlub
S01 • E03 A better system is possible, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:07
A better system is possible,
S01 • E03 I mean, these are the same people who founded the FDIC, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:07
I mean, these are the same people who founded the FDIC,