Adam Ruins Everything

Season 2

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Iconoclastic Adam Conover from CollegeHumor turns life as we know it on its ear by showing us how unnecessary, and sometimes horrible, things we think we know to be real and true really are.

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26 Episodes

  • Adam Ruins Having a Baby
    E1
    Adam Ruins Having a BabyAdam dispels the myth about getting pregnant after 35, delves into breastfeeding vs formula, and explores postpartum depression for women - and men.
  • Adam Ruins Weight Loss
    E2
    Adam Ruins Weight LossHost Adam Conover illustrates all the reasons low-fat diets can actually make you fatter, and why counting calories is a waste of time.
  • Adam Ruins the Hospital
    E3
    Adam Ruins the HospitalAdam Conover explains that inflated hospital costs have created a system that's unaffordable and unfair. Plus, the reckless prescription of antibiotics is making them worthless, and you might not need a mammogram.
  • Adam Ruins Dating
    E4
    Adam Ruins DatingAdam swipes right on knowledge by exposing the major flaws in dating sites. Plus, infamous alpha males - and the wolves that inspired them - don't really exist, and personality tests are a total failure.
  • Adam Ruins Art
    E5
    Adam Ruins ArtAdam poses the question of what makes great art and shows why pieces visible to the masses are revered, regardless of artistic merit. He then exposes the masters as copycats and reveals that today's art market is a moneymaking scheme.
  • Adam Ruins What We Learned in School
    E6
    Adam Ruins What We Learned in SchoolAdam shows that Columbus didn't discover America, King Tut was a dud and the rules of grammar are not as ironclad as people think.
  • Adam Ruins College
    E7
    Adam Ruins CollegeAdam explains why the odds of becoming a dropout billionaire are not in your favor, how manipulated school rankings have little to do with education quality and why the privatization of student loans created a massive debt crisis.
  • Emily Ruins Adam
    E8
    Emily Ruins AdamEmily takes over to “ruin” Adam, pointing out where his facts fall short. She debunks the idea that IQ tests measure intelligence and points to information Adam has gotten wrong in the past. Plus, she explains the “backfire effect.”
  • Adam Ruins His Vacation
    E9
    Adam Ruins His VacationAdam Conover and his girlfriend take a journey across America, where he reveals that Mount Rushmore was built on stolen Native American land, Vegas slot machines are purposely designed to be addicting, and a whole lot more!
  • Adam Ruins the Suburbs
    E10
    Adam Ruins the SuburbsAdam explains how the idealized lawn is an unnatural monstrosity, and that the design of the suburbs is slowly killing you. Plus, the racist history of suburban planning led to today's institutionalized segregation in schools.
  • Adam Ruins The Economy
    E11
    Adam Ruins The EconomyAdam explains why lobbying makes filing your taxes so complicated, and why the economic numbers we focus on don't provide the whole story. Plus, American manufacturing can't come back because it was a fluke to begin with.
  • Adam Ruins Conspiracy Theories
    E12
    Adam Ruins Conspiracy TheoriesAdam Conover debunks the fake moon landing theory, discusses the Satanic Panic of the 1980s and reveals how to spot a false theory.
  • Adam Ruins Spa Day
    E13
    Adam Ruins Spa DayPricey “detoxifying” treatments cleanse you of cash (and may do more harm than good), while MSG's scary reputation is undeserved. Plus, the placebo effect is way more powerful than you think!
  • Adam Ruins Halloween
    E14
    Adam Ruins HalloweenAdam reveals why you have nothing to fear from strangers with candy and how the “panic” over Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast was the clickbait of the 1930s. And, mediums and séances have a long history - of being fake.
  • Adam Ruins Science
    E15
    Adam Ruins ScienceTesting mice means wasted resources because what works on them often fails on humans. Scarce funding stops scientists from seeking cures, and there's no money in reproducing results, even though it's essential in proving findings.
  • Adam Ruins the Future
    E16
    Adam Ruins the FutureAdam explains that unregulated food expiration dates lead to waste and that your 401(k) won't be enough to support your retirement. Plus, Adam's girlfriend Melinda proves that even with research, the future is unpredictable.
  • Give Me Liberty or Give Me Truth
    E17
    Give Me Liberty or Give Me TruthAdam Conover undermines everything you thought you knew about the American Revolution with startling facts about George Washington, Paul Revere's overrated ride, and the tale of a slave who helped America win.
  • The First Factsgiving
    E18
    The First FactsgivingThe Pilgrims didn't break bread with Native Americans, but did dig up their graves! There was no romance between Pocahontas and John Smith, and cities in the New World rivaled London in scale before their “discovery.”
  • Mutually Assured Ruination
    E19
    Mutually Assured RuinationAdam Conover reveals that the US kicked off the Cuban Missile Crisis, and that you've probably never heard of the lone female politician who stood up to McCarthy! Plus, a bureaucratic mistake brought down the Berlin Wall.
  • An Ancient History of Violence
    E20
    An Ancient History of ViolenceAdam shares that it was against the rules for gladiators to kill opponents, and tells the story of a Celtic woman who brought the Roman Empire to its knees. Plus, the brave “300” Spartans numbered closer to 7000.
  • The Copernican Ruin-aissance
    E21
    The Copernican Ruin-aissanceAdam sheds some light on Copernicus, who was actually supported (NOT persecuted) by the Catholic Church. Plus, a rogue dwarf revolutionized what we know about anatomy, and just wait until you hear about Tulip Mania!
  • 100 Years Ago Today
    E22
    100 Years Ago TodayAdam digs into the Panama Canal, where Teddy Roosevelt formed a new country to snag free land. Plus, one man fought to keep food from killing us, while the Spanish Flu killed more Americans than all 20th century wars combined!
  • Adam Ruins Guns
    E23
    Adam Ruins GunsAdam gets a shot at both sides of the gun debate by reviewing the science evidence of the effectiveness of gun regulation including stating that a ban on assault weapons would be ineffective, showing how the NRA has evolved over the years and influenced how the country interprets the meaning of the Second Amendment, and that both sides of the gun debate ignore how guns and gun regulation affect minorities.
  • Adam Ruins Sleep
    E24
    Adam Ruins SleepAdam states that the mattress industry was always a huge scam, that cheap school systems created sleep-deprived teenagers, and how "safe" sleep medications may actually be harmful.
  • Adam Ruins Tech
    E25
    Adam Ruins TechAdam logs in to dulge into monopolistic tech companies by stating how Amazon's monopoly over online shopping harms consumers; how consumers do not fully own their technology devices because of corporate abuse of copyright law; and that tech companies not only routinely evade taxes, but also downright eradicate competition and harm society by abusing their monopoly power.
  • Adam Ruins Flying
    E26
    Adam Ruins FlyingAdam takes to the skies to elucidate how airline miles and other credit card rewards are huge ripoffs, the extremely sexist "golden age of flying," and how lack of government regulation allowed the skies to be ruled with an iron fist.

Cast of Season 2

  • Adam ConoverSelf / Producer
  • Emily AxfordSelf
  • River ButcherSelf
  • Sam ReichProducer
  • Jon CohenProducer
  • Simmy KustanowitzProducer

Watch Season 2 Videos

  • Adam Ruins Everything: Season 2
    Adam Ruins Everything: Season 2Trailer

 

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