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.
#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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