Factually! with Adam Conover

Queer artists have had a profound and wonderful influence on our society throughout history, and nowhere is that more evident than in the field of Pop Music. Journalist and music historian Barry Walters joins me today to uncover the powerful queer subtext behind our most beloved hits.

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It's no secret that AI is stealing from us. From data to intellectual property to our very humanity, it's clear we need more time to take control of our future. Adam talks to the legend himself, Senator Bernie Sanders, about the urgent need for data center moratoriums, and for us to have a say in where AI goes from here.

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You might think you like working from home, but we're starting to see the harm.

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The dems just opened their pockets and a metaphorical moth flew out, but at least we have all these new data centers, eh? It's so cool. It's all just so cool.

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Philanthropy is broken. Or maybe it’s not—after all, the funds that billionaires set up are deliberately cumbersome tax havens rather than any genuine attempt at giving. The real surprise is in learning how deep the hole truly goes. Today, Adam is joined by Glen Galaich, CEO of the Stupski Foundation and author of CONTROL: Why Big Giving Falls Short. Find a copy of Glen's book at factuallypod.com/books

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Move over World Cup halftime show, the biggest shitshow this week is still the cyclospora outbreak. Unless, of course, you’re counting the Trump administration literally trying to pump the military full of testosterone. This week, Adam’s joined by podcaster and crossdresser Trixie Mattel and comedian Dylan Adler. 

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Seriously, what is life actually like in China? The American discourse on China is so bad, so poisoned, so laden with agendas, it’s difficult to understand what life looks like in one of the largest countries on Earth. This week, Adam speaks with Yi-Ling Liu, author of The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet, about what we can learn about life in China from looking at the Chinese interne...

More horrific murders from ICE, an exhausting scramble to find a candidate to replace Graham Platner in the Maine Senate race, and a massive lawsuit to stop the Paramount/Warner Brothers Discover merger. The news doesn’t slow down, so we can’t either. This week, Adam is joined by David Dayen, executive editor of The American Prospect, and David Weigel, national political editor at Semafor. 

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Choosing whether or not to become a parent can be a profoundly difficult decision, but it only becomes more difficult when you’re queer. Joe Osmundson is a professor of biology at NYU, and the author of Spawning Season: An Experiment in Queer Parenthood. This week, Joe talks with Adam about the life-defining grief that followed his experience of losing a chance to become a father, and what it taught him about society, biology...

It’s been a week of twists and turns with Graham Platner dropping out of the Maine Senate race, and Trump interfering with the World Cup only for the USA to promptly lose. And for LA locals, all of this is in the warm, chemical-y afterglow of the Boyle Heights cold storage facility fire! Smell that? No, not the ash and carcinogens! It’s a fresh news roundup with writer and comedian Amy Silverberg and LA Material editori...

For the past decade, Raphael Bob-Waksberg has pioneered the niche genre of hilarious-yet-heartwrenching animated TV comedies. The BoJack Horseman creator’s new show, Long Story Short, recently landed on Netflix and was immediately met with praise for its perfect balance of madcap humor and intricately layered storytelling. It’s not the kind of show one puts together without many years of developing a craft and a voice. ...

Meta is on the decline. For the first time ever, they’ve shown a decline in active users. They’ve lost ungodly amounts of money on projects that have gone nowhere. They’re burning cash to participate in an AI race that’s also destined for failure. Could their stranglehold on our society finally be loosening? And what happens when they lose their grip entirely? This week, Adam is joined by Julia Angwin, an aw...

(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 audience as well. Please enjoy, and stay tuned for your regularly scheduled episode of Factually!

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Smell that? Is that the stench of the algae bloom in Washington? Or maybe the odor of a big honkin’ AI bubble that is ready to burst? I’ll tell you what doesn’t stink: the huge sweep in Left Wing candidates in Mamdani’s New York. This week, Adam is joined by friends of the show Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dimension 20, Critical Role), and Ed Zitron (Where’s Your Ed At?). 

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Politicians love to talk about lowering prices, but they really don’t like to talk about the other half of the equation: actually raising wages. That’s because the institutions of our government treat us as consumers first, and actual human beings with a role in society second. This week, Adam speaks with Dustin "Dino" Guastella, Director of Operations for Teamsters Local 623 and research associate with the Center for W...

It's a big week for global humiliation! This week, Adam is joined by journalist Alissa Walker and comedian Chris Estrada to talk about the Iran "Deal" and baby Trump's big boy UFC birthday bash. Also, have you heard about this World Cup?

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Our federal government is clearly, visibly fucked on too many levels to count. Even scarier? Our state legislatures have immense power and far fewer eyes on them, making them even easier to sway. But this also means they’re attainable targets for us, the people, to organize and take back. This week, Adam speaks with former New York senator Daniel Squadron, author of The Fourth Branch: How State Government Can Save Our Union, ...

This week, Adam is joined with Dave Roth from Defector and comedian Cassie Wilson to discuss the Knicks historic comeback, and how all the crystals in the world couldn’t keep Spencer Pratt from being defeated in the LA mayoral race by Nithya Raman.

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