Confronting a Future without Roe v. Wade with Mary Ziegler
Episode Date: September 22, 2021The right to an abortion has been in legal limbo in America for years. What does the passage of SB8 in Texas mean for abortion access in this...
Comedian Adam Conover talks to exceptional experts, revealing shocking truths and thought-provoking new perspectives. It’s an investigative comedy podcast for curious people who never stop asking questions.
285 episodes transcribedThe right to an abortion has been in legal limbo in America for years. What does the passage of SB8 in Texas mean for abortion access in this...
Crows may seem like garbage birds that only live to pick through trash on your street, but they're actually some of the most intelligent anim...
With the rise of mobile payment services and cryptocurrencies, money is at a moment of profound transformation. What is happening to money no...
We've suddenly gone from a world with little antitrust enforcement to one in which strong anti-monopoly action has broad bipartisan support....
This week on Factually we're re-releasing one of our favorite episodes, in which Adam and renowned behavioral neuroscientist Judith Grisel di...
The California Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history. This week investigative reporter Lizzie Joh...
In just a few years, the Chinese government has wiped out the political freedoms once promised to Hong Kong. How did this happen, and what is...
Ever since he was diagnosed as a kid, Adam has wondered if ADHD is a serious psychological condition, or a false diagnosis pushed by an overz...
Everywhere you look, some pundit is claiming that AI is soon to replace humanity. But is that really inevitable - or are we choosing to make...
Journalist Jesse Eisinger joins Adam to explain how he and his colleagues at ProPublica exposed how little billionaires pay in taxes – often,...
LA Times reporter Johana Bhuiyan joins Adam to explain how Ring built a private surveillance empire by promising kickbacks to an unlikely acc...
Seashells may seem like a small topic for a book, or a podcast. But when we look into them deeply, we find that they reveal startling truths...
What are our moral obligations to nature, and the wild animals that live in it? Should we vaccinate them? Should we feed them when they're st...
Tesla and other automakers have convinced the public that fully automated vehicles are just around the corner. But what if … they aren’t? Dr....
As nature lovers, we prize the idea of places untouched by human influence. But new research shows that such places were few and far between...
Despite their limited representation in the media, Native Americans have had a profound influence on American comedy. So why isn't Charlie Hi...
Quantum mechanics is over a century old, yet most of us still struggle to truly understand it. This week theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli...
We know that not all American trust science. But why, exactly, should they, when scientists are fallible humans, just like the rest of us? Ac...
This week Adam welcomes an author whose book blew his mind more than perhaps any other. Americans are typically taught that prior to the arri...
If you love video games, working in game development sounds like a dream job — especially since the industry now grosses more than movies and...