Season 2
26 episodes · Jul 11, 2017
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S2E1Adam Ruins Having a Baby
Jul 11, 201730mAdam dispels the myth about getting pregnant after 35, delves into breastfeeding vs formula, and explores postpartum depression for women - and men.
S2E2Adam Ruins Weight Loss
Jul 18, 201730mHost Adam Conover illustrates all the reasons low-fat diets can actually make you fatter, and why counting calories is a waste of time.
S2E3Adam Ruins the Hospital
Jul 25, 201730mAdam 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.
S2E4Adam Ruins Dating
Aug 1, 201730mAdam swipes right on knowledge by exposing the flaws in dating sites; the existence of alpha males (and wolves); personality tests.
S2E5Adam Ruins Art
Aug 8, 201730mAdam 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.
S2E6Adam Ruins What We Learned in School
Aug 15, 201730mAdam shows that Columbus didn't discover America, King Tut was a dud and the rules of grammar are not as ironclad as people think.
S2E7Adam Ruins College
Aug 22, 201730mAdam 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.
S2E8Emily Ruins Adam
Aug 29, 201730mEmily 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.”
S2E9Adam Ruins His Vacation
Sep 19, 201730mAdam 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!
S2E10Adam Ruins the Suburbs
Sep 26, 201730mAdam 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.
S2E11Adam Ruins The Economy
Oct 3, 201730mAdam 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.
S2E12Adam Ruins Conspiracy Theories
Oct 10, 201730mAdam Conover debunks the fake moon landing theory, discusses the Satanic Panic of the 1980s and reveals how to spot a false theory.
S2E13Adam Ruins Spa Day
Oct 17, 201730mPricey “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!
S2E14Adam Ruins Halloween
Oct 24, 201730mAdam 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.
S2E15Adam Ruins Science
Oct 31, 201730mTesting 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.
S2E16Adam Ruins the Future
Nov 7, 201730mAdam 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.
S2E17Give Me Liberty or Give Me Truth
Mar 20, 201830mAdam 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.
S2E18The First Factsgiving
Mar 27, 201830mThe 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.”
S2E19Mutually Assured Ruination
Apr 3, 201830mAdam 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.
S2E20An Ancient History of Violence
Apr 10, 201830mAdam 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.
S2E21The Copernican Ruin-aissance
Apr 17, 201830mAdam 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!
S2E22100 Years Ago Today
Apr 24, 201830mAdam 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!
S2E23Adam Ruins Guns
Nov 27, 201830mAdam 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.
S2E24Adam Ruins Sleep
Dec 4, 201830mAdam 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.
S2E25Adam Ruins Tech
Dec 11, 201830mAdam 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.
S2E26Adam Ruins Flying
Dec 18, 201830mAdam 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.