Trans people have existed as long as, you know, people have. But the barriers to legal inclusion and equality are still higher than most people realize. Sex is as Sex Does author Paisley Currah joins Adam to discuss why institutions have been slow to gi

Asian Americans are an essential part of the history of this country, but the true story is all too little told, especially in a time of rising anti-Asian sentiment and violence. Historian and author

Crypto is crashing, which makes it the perfect time to ask whether blockchain technology is actually you know useful for anything. Computer scientist Nicholas Weaver joins Adam to discuss the inherent flaws in the technology, the shockingly slow state

Is artificial intelligence a problem, or is the real problem how were using the term in the first place?Linguistics professor Emily Bender joins Adam to discuss why we should resist the urge to be impressed when it comes to big techs AI promises, and h

Despite our efforts, we seem to be no better at treating mental illness than we were hundreds of years ago.Desperate Remedies author Andrew Scull joins Adam to explain why, on the way touching on the history of lobotomization, the collapse of psychoanaly

In 2020, America went through a national reckoning about our racist criminal justice system. Just under two years later, has all that progress evaporated? Pulitzer winner, professor, and author ofLocking Up Our Own, James Forman Jr.,joins Adam to discus

When we picture robots, we normally think of an artificial being created in our own image. But what if this were deeply misleading? Author ofThe New Breed,Kate Darling, joins Adam to separate fact from science fiction and discuss the potentials and peril

Our criminal justice system gives the impression of being impartial and fact-based, but in reality, its anything but. Innocence Project lawyer and author of Junk ScienceChris Fabricant joins Adam to break down why pseudoscience is allowed into the court

Adams new series The G Word is out this Thursday on Netflix! To commemorate the premiere, this weekThe Fifth Riskauthor Michael Lewis turns the tables on Adam, interviewing him about how made the show. In the second half, they explore Michael's own rep

Do we really own the devices we buy? The Right to Repair author Aaron Perzanowki joins Adam to explain how companies are using their power to control the products we buy from them, even after theyve left the store, and prevent us from repairing them ou