The BEST episodes of Adam Ruins Everything season 2

Every episode of Adam Ruins Everything season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Adam Ruins Everything season 2!

In Adam Ruins Everything, host Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted. A blend of entertainment and enlightenment, Adam Ruins Everything is like that friend who knows a little bit too much about everything and is going to tell you about it… whether you like it or not.

Last Updated: 8/11/2024Network: truTVStatus: Ended
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Emily Ruins Adam
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7.83
262 votes

#1 - Emily Ruins Adam

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/29/2017

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 past. Plus, she explains the "backfire effect."

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Adam Ruins Flying
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7.82
100 votes

#2 - Adam Ruins Flying

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 12/18/2018

Adam causes turbulence when he reveals that reward miles drive up costs, and revisits the "golden age" of air travel to uncover smoky, sexist death traps in the sky. Plus, airline mergers are crippling smaller cities.

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Adam Ruins Having a Baby
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7.81
361 votes

#3 - Adam Ruins Having a Baby

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/2017

Adam dispels the myth about getting pregnant after 35, delves into breastfeeding vs formula, and explores postpartum depression for women - and men.

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Adam Ruins Sleep
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7.79
112 votes

#4 - Adam Ruins Sleep

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 12/4/2018

Adam has a rude awakening for everything you thought you knew about sleep (or lack of it), from the mattress industry to supposedly lazy teens to sleep aids.

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Adam Ruins What We Learned in School
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7.76
291 votes

#5 - Adam Ruins What We Learned in School

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/15/2017

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.

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Adam Ruins Conspiracy Theories
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7.68
261 votes

#6 - Adam Ruins Conspiracy Theories

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/10/2017

Adam Conover debunks the fake moon landing theory, discusses the Satanic Panic of the 1980s and reveals how to spot a false theory.

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Adam Ruins Tech
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7.68
121 votes

#7 - Adam Ruins Tech

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/11/2018

Adam logs in to dulge into monopolistic tech companies by stating that Amazon's monopoly over online shopping harms consumers; that copyright law is abused to prevent unauthorized repairs; and that tech companies not only routinely evade taxes, but also downright eradicate competition.

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Adam Ruins the Hospital
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7.68
290 votes

#8 - Adam Ruins the Hospital

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/25/2017

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 might not need a mammogram.

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Adam Ruins Weight Loss
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7.67
327 votes

#9 - Adam Ruins Weight Loss

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/18/2017

Host Adam Conover illustrates all the reasons low-fat diets can actually make you fatter, and why counting calories is a waste of time.

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The First Factsgiving
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7.64
121 votes

#10 - The First Factsgiving

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/27/2018

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 scale before their "discovery."

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Adam Ruins Science
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7.64
199 votes

#11 - Adam Ruins Science

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/31/2017

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 though it's essential in proving findings.

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Adam Ruins Dating
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7.63
303 votes

#12 - Adam Ruins Dating

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/1/2017

Adam swipes right on knowledge by exposing the flaws in dating sites; the existence of alpha males (and wolves); personality tests.

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Adam Ruins His Vacation
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7.63
257 votes

#13 - Adam Ruins His Vacation

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/19/2017

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 be addicting, and a whole lot more!

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Adam Ruins Art
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7.62
272 votes

#14 - Adam Ruins Art

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/8/2017

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 that today's art market is a moneymaking scheme.

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Adam Ruins the Economy
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7.62
238 votes

#15 - Adam Ruins the Economy

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/3/2017

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 because it was a fluke to begin with.

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Adam Ruins Halloween
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7.61
212 votes

#16 - Adam Ruins Halloween

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/24/2017

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 séances have a long history - of being fake.

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Adam Ruins Guns
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7.60
91 votes

#17 - Adam Ruins Guns

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/27/2018

Adam Conover is back to take aim at critics on both sides of the gun debate in America. He explains why an assault weapons ban would not be effective and demonstrates how the Second Amendment has been twisted to fit the NRA's agenda.

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100 Years Ago Today
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7.60
126 votes

#18 - 100 Years Ago Today

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/24/2018

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 Americans than all 20th century wars combined!

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Adam Ruins College
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7.59
254 votes

#19 - Adam Ruins College

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/22/2017

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 student loans created a massive debt crisis.

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Adam Ruins the Suburbs
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7.56
247 votes

#20 - Adam Ruins the Suburbs

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/26/2017

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 institutionalized segregation in schools.

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Adam Ruins Spa Day
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7.55
220 votes

#21 - Adam Ruins Spa Day

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/17/2017

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 think!

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An Ancient History of Violence
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7.47
116 votes

#22 - An Ancient History of Violence

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/10/2018

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 numbered closer to 7000.

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Mutually Assured Ruination
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7.46
128 votes

#23 - Mutually Assured Ruination

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/3/2018

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.

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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Truth
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7.45
133 votes

#24 - Give Me Liberty or Give Me Truth

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/20/2018

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 who helped America win.

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Adam Ruins the Future
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7.44
178 votes

#25 - Adam Ruins the Future

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/7/2017

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 research, the future is unpredictable.

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