Factually! with Adam Conover

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2025-02-05

  Proof that Health Insurers Screw You Deliberately with T. Christian Miller and Patrick Rucker

Health insurance companies aren’t in the business of keeping people healthy—they’re in the business of making money. And that means they’ll go to extreme lengths to deny valid healthcare claims, sometimes with devastating, even fatal, consequences for ...
2025-01-31

  What Happened to Decades?

(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we are sharing audio versions of these monologues with our podcast...
2025-01-29

  Trump’s Attacks on Trans Rights with Chase Strangio

In recent years, despite trans people making up a relatively small percentage of the population, there has been an outsized and deeply harmful wave of anti-trans backlash. Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign was fueled in large part by anti-trans rhetoric, an...
2025-01-24

  Who’s Really to Blame for the LA Fires

(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we are sharing audio versions of these monologues with our podcast...
2025-01-22

  American Self-Reliace is a Toxic Myth with Adam Chandler

The phrase "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" actually started as a joke—because, let’s face it, it’s physically impossible. So how did this absurd notion become one of the most unshakable ideas in American culture? The truth is, the ideals of self-...
2025-01-19

  Climate Scientist Debunks L.A. Wildfire Myths with Dr. Daniel Swain

Southern California has been utterly decimated by wildfires, with the neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades and Altadena being virtually leveled to the ground. In this special episode, released outside of our usual schedule, Adam sits down with UCLA clima...
2025-01-15

  How to Beat Climate Change with Aru Shiney-Ajay

As the effects of climate change ravage our world, we have no choice but to fight back. While it may feel like a hopeless endeavor, the truth is that we have the power to make a difference through collective action. This week, Adam sits down with Aru S...
2025-01-08

  We Have a Warped View of Crime with Jeff Asher

So much of today’s political policy is shaped by the public perception of crime—but what if that perception isn’t accurate to begin with? Donald Trump essentially won the election by spinning tall tales of record-level violent crime, and instead of pus...
2025-01-01

  Could Cratering Birthrates Mean Impending Disaster? with Dr. Alice Evans

Global fertility rates are dropping, and while this might initially seem like a solution to overpopulation concerns, it also signals major challenges ahead. A generational imbalance could spell disaster for social security, elder care, and the workforc...
2024-12-30

  The Secret Reason the Dems Keep Losing

(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we are sharing audio versions of these monologues with our podcast...