Episode guide
Adam Ruins Everything: Season 2
26 episodes · premiered Jul 11, 2017
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- Episode 1: Adam Ruins Having a Baby Jul 11, 2017 · 30m Adam dispels the myth about getting pregnant after 35, delves into breastfeeding vs formula, and explores postpartum depression for women - and men.
- Episode 2: Adam Ruins Weight Loss Jul 18, 2017 · 30m Host Adam Conover illustrates all the reasons low-fat diets can actually make you fatter, and why counting calories is a waste of time.
- Episode 3: Adam Ruins the Hospital Jul 25, 2017 · 30m Adam 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…
- Episode 4: Adam Ruins Dating Aug 1, 2017 · 30m Adam swipes right on knowledge by exposing the flaws in dating sites; the existence of alpha males (and wolves); personality tests.
- Episode 5: Adam Ruins Art Aug 8, 2017 · 30m Adam 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…
- Episode 6: Adam Ruins What We Learned in School Aug 15, 2017 · 30m Adam shows that Columbus didn't discover America, King Tut was a dud and the rules of grammar are not as ironclad as people think.
- Episode 7: Adam Ruins College Aug 22, 2017 · 30m Adam 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…
- Episode 8: Emily Ruins Adam Aug 29, 2017 · 30m Emily 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…
- Episode 9: Adam Ruins His Vacation Sep 19, 2017 · 30m Adam 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…
- Episode 10: Adam Ruins the Suburbs Sep 26, 2017 · 30m Adam 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…
- Episode 11: Adam Ruins The Economy Oct 3, 2017 · 30m Adam 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…
- Episode 12: Adam Ruins Conspiracy Theories Oct 10, 2017 · 30m Adam Conover debunks the fake moon landing theory, discusses the Satanic Panic of the 1980s and reveals how to spot a false theory.
- Episode 13: Adam Ruins Spa Day Oct 17, 2017 · 30m Pricey “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…
- Episode 14: Adam Ruins Halloween Oct 24, 2017 · 30m Adam 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…
- Episode 15: Adam Ruins Science Oct 31, 2017 · 30m Testing 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…
- Episode 16: Adam Ruins the Future Nov 7, 2017 · 30m Adam 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…
- Episode 17: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Truth Mar 20, 2018 · 30m Adam 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…
- Episode 18: The First Factsgiving Mar 27, 2018 · 30m The 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…
- Episode 19: Mutually Assured Ruination Apr 3, 2018 · 30m Adam reveals that the United States kicked off the Cuban Missile Crisis; a lone female politician stands up to Joseph McCarthy; a bureaucratic mistake brings down the Berlin Wall.
- Episode 20: An Ancient History of Violence Apr 10, 2018 · 30m Adam 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…
- Episode 21: The Copernican Ruin-aissance Apr 17, 2018 · 30m Adam 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…
- Episode 22: 100 Years Ago Today Apr 24, 2018 · 30m Adam 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…
- Episode 23: Adam Ruins Guns Nov 27, 2018 · 30m Adam 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…
- Episode 24: Adam Ruins Sleep Dec 4, 2018 · 30m Adam 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.
- Episode 25: Adam Ruins Tech Dec 11, 2018 · 30m Adam 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…
- Episode 26: Adam Ruins Flying Dec 18, 2018 · 30m Adam 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…