Beyond the Script of Netflix's 'The G Word with Adam Conover' and How Government Responds to Disease
Channel: KFF Health News
Date: 2022-05-20

KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal joined investigative comedian Adam Conover to discuss his new Netflix series, “The G-Word With Adam Conover,” created in partnership with Barack and Michelle Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions. In the hybrid documentary-comedy series, Conover pulls back the curtain on the surprising ways the federal government affects our everyday lives, from the mundane to the life-changing.

In a roughly 25-minute conversation, Rosenthal and Conover take a deep dive into Episode 5, “Disease,” which examines the government’s approach to illness and other health threats. As the season was being written, Conover told us — just one week after the writer’s room opened — the covid-19 shutdown arrived. 

Produced by KHN's Chaseedaw Giles and Hannah Norman
Trailer clip and series art: Netflix
Music: "k-musica J1" from Jamendo/Adobe Stock

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