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The G Word with Adam Conover

You know, I'll be honest,until we started working on this show, I had no idea that every...

You know, I'll be honest,
until we started working on this show, I had no idea that every time
I use GPS to find a Starbucks to poop in, I'm doing it using military satellites

Full Transcript

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You know, I'll be honest, until we started working on this show,
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I had no idea that every time I use GPS to find a Starbucks to poop in,
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I'm doing it using military satellites.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:50
Uploaded
May 03, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E06 Some local officials have so much power, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:07
Some local officials have so much power,
S01 • E06 Like us, the Texas Railroad Commission. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:04
Like us, the Texas Railroad Commission.
S01 • E06 Except I'm not a railroad man, I'm an oilman! - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:04
Except I'm not a railroad man, I'm an oilman!
S01 • E05 Even the CDC was sidelined - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:07
Even the CDC was sidelined
S01 • E03 Folks, my name is Penn Jillette, that's my partner Teller. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:04
Folks, my name is Penn Jillette, that's my partner Tell...
S01 • E06 That's why despite our name - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:07
That's why despite our name
S01 • E03 And you may feel stunned, confused, even bamboozled by government bailouts. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:06
And you may feel stunned, confused, even bamboozled by gover...
S01 • E04 Well, we looked into it, and the answer turns out to be... yeah. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:06
Well, we looked into it, and the answer turns out to be... y...
S01 • E06 Which accounts for about 5% of the entire world's crude oil production. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:07
Which accounts for about 5% of the entire world's crude...
S01 • E04 You may not have heard of DARPA, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:06
You may not have heard of DARPA,
S01 • E03 Teller here will be playing the part of the government, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:10
Teller here will be playing the part of the government,
S01 • E05 This happened across the entire federal government. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:05
This happened across the entire federal government.
S01 • E06 Now let's see, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:07
Now let's see,
S01 • E02 You're in clouds, you're in white clouds, and then suddenly you break through - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:08
You're in clouds, you're in white clouds, and then...
S01 • E05 By 2020, 80% of senior officials had left. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:05
By 2020, 80% of senior officials had left.
S01 • E04 It's a secretive agency within the US government - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:08
It's a secretive agency within the US government
S01 • E05 The administration hadn't even advanced - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:06
The administration hadn't even advanced
S01 • E03 Happy people buying groceries, taking out bank loans - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:09
Happy people buying groceries, taking out bank loans
S01 • E04 It's kind of like the government's version of, uh, Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:05
It's kind of like the government's version of, uh,...
S01 • E05 And much of the government's pandemic response structure - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:05
And much of the government's pandemic response structur...