Adam Ruins Everything
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Episodes
- S3 E1 - Adam Ruins Having a BabyJuly 10, 201725minAdam dispels the myth about getting pregnant after 35, delves into breastfeeding vs formula, and explores postpartum depression for women - and men.Available to buy
- S3 E2 - Adam Ruins Weight LossJuly 18, 201725minHost Adam Conover illustrates all the reasons low-fat diets can actually make you fatter, and why counting calories is a waste of time.Available to buy
- S3 E3 - Adam Ruins the HospitalJuly 24, 201725minAdam 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.Available to buy
- S3 E4 - Adam Ruins DatingJuly 31, 201725minAdam 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.Available to buy
- S3 E5 - Adam Ruins ArtAugust 8, 201725minAdam 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.Available to buy
- S3 E6 - Adam Ruins What We Learned in SchoolAugust 14, 201725minHost Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted.Available to buy
- S3 E7 - Adam Ruins CollegeAugust 21, 201725minAdam explains why the odds of becoming a dropout billionaire are so low, how manipulated school rankings have little to do with education quality, and why the privatization of student loans created a massive debt crisis.Available to buy
- S3 E8 - Emily Ruins AdamAugust 29, 201725minEmily 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."Available to buy
- S3 E9 - Adam Ruins His VacationSeptember 19, 201725minAdam 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!Available to buy
- S3 E10 - Adam Ruins the SuburbsSeptember 25, 201725minAdam 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.Available to buy
- S3 E11 - Adam Ruins the EconomyOctober 3, 201725minAdam 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.Available to buy
- S3 E12 - Adam Ruins Conspiracy TheoriesOctober 10, 201725minHost Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted.Available to buy
- S3 E13 - Adam Ruins Spa DayOctober 17, 201725minPricey "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!Available to buy
- S3 E14 - Adam Ruins HalloweenOctober 24, 201725minAdam 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 s?ances have a long history - of being fake.Available to buy
- S3 E15 - Adam Ruins ScienceOctober 31, 201725minTesting 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.Available to buy
- S3 E16 - Adam Ruins the FutureNovember 7, 201725minAdam 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.Available to buy
Extras
Bonus
Check out a sneak peek of Adam Ruins Everything, Vol. 3.
Check out a sneak peek of Adam Ruins Everything, Vol. 3.
Check out a sneak peek of Adam Ruins Everything, Vol. 3.
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- Audio languages
- English
- Subtitles
- English [CC]
- Directors
- Tim WilkimeLaura MurphyMatthew PollockPaul BrigantiVincent PeoneJosh RubenJeff ChanJ.J. AdlerJocelyn DeBoerDawn Luebbe
- Studio
- truTV
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