Episode 1
Adam Ruins Having a Baby
30m7.0 / 10
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 Everything
2015TV-143 seasons7.5 / 10
Host Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
Host Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted.
Season 2 episodes
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Episode 2
Adam Ruins Weight Loss
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 credits
Guest stars Ravi Naidu
Episode 3
Adam Ruins the Hospital
30m6.0 / 10
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.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dhruv Uday Singh, Christine Ko, Melissa Tang, Carlos Acuña, Julie Brister, Pam Murphy, Brady Novak, Tess Paras
Episode 4
Adam Ruins Dating
30m
Adam swipes right on knowledge by exposing the flaws in dating sites; the existence of alpha males (and wolves); personality tests.
Episode credits
Guest stars Emily Althaus, Elaine Carroll, Kim Cooper, Patti Tippo
Episode 5
Adam Ruins Art
30m6.0 / 10
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.
Episode credits
Guest stars Ravi Naidu, Celesta DeAstis
Episode 6
Adam Ruins What We Learned in School
30m5.0 / 10
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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Episode 7
Adam Ruins College
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 student loans created a massive debt crisis.
Episode credits
Guest stars Jessica Trainham, Brady Novak, Lukas Gage, Kimia Behpoornia, Nikki Glaser, Cynthia Kao, Gita Reddy, Amos Vernon
Episode 8
Emily Ruins Adam
30m6.5 / 10
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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Episode 9
Adam Ruins His Vacation
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 be addicting, and a whole lot more!
Episode credits
Guest stars Punam Patel, RuPaul, Becca Scott
Episode 10
Adam Ruins the Suburbs
30m6.0 / 10
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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Episode 11
Adam Ruins The Economy
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 because it was a fluke to begin with.
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Episode 12
Adam Ruins Conspiracy Theories
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 credits
Guest stars Punam Patel
Episode 13
Adam Ruins Spa Day
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 think!
Episode credits
Guest stars Dreama Walker, Diana DeLaCruz, Shalyah Evans, Tamarra Graham, Keylor Leigh
Episode 14
Adam Ruins Halloween
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 séances have a long history - of being fake.
Episode credits
Guest stars Elisha Henig, Beth Dover
Episode 15
Adam Ruins Science
30m7.0 / 10
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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Episode 16
Adam Ruins the Future
30m6.0 / 10
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.
Episode credits
Guest stars Punam Patel
Episode 17
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Truth
30m8.0 / 10
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.
Episode credits
Directed by Juston Gordon-MontgomeryWritten by Greg TuculescuGuest stars Chris Parnell
Episode 18
The First Factsgiving
30m8.0 / 10
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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Episode 19
Mutually Assured Ruination
30m7.0 / 10
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 credits
Guest stars Adetokumboh M'Cormack
Episode 20
An Ancient History of Violence
30m6.0 / 10
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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Episode 21
The Copernican Ruin-aissance
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 you hear about Tulip Mania!
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Episode 22
100 Years Ago Today
30m6.0 / 10
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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Episode 23
Adam Ruins Guns
30m6.0 / 10
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 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.
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Episode 24
Adam Ruins Sleep
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 credits
Guest stars Arden Myrin, Lance Bass
Episode 25
Adam Ruins Tech
30m8.0 / 10
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 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.
Episode credits
Guest stars Krys Marshall
Episode 26
Adam Ruins Flying
30m1.0 / 10finale
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 allowed the skies to be ruled with an iron fist.
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More about Adam Ruins Everything
Cast
Adam ConoverSelf
Emily AxfordSelf
River ButcherSelf
John MilhiserFrank
Kerry BarkerFemale Tylenol Employee
Tamika Katon-DonegalPhil's Wife
Ravi NaiduAccountant
Roman Dean GeorgeLone Kid (uncredited)Credits
- Created by
- Adam Conover
- Written by
- Greg Tuculescu
Production details
- Status
- Canceled
- Series type
- Documentary
- Episodes
- 64
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
truTVUnited States- Nice Little DayUnited States
Big BreakfastUnited States- Fair PointUnited States
DropoutUnited States
Themes
based on web seriesdebunking
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