Season 2 (2017)

Adam Ruins Having a Baby
7.0

July 11, 2017 • 30m

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

Adam Ruins Weight Loss
0.0

July 18, 2017 • 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.

Adam Ruins the Hospital
6.0

July 25, 2017 • 30m

Adam Conover explains that inflated hospital costs have created a system that's unaffordable and unfair. Plus, the reckless prescr...Read more

Adam Ruins Dating
0.0

August 1, 2017 • 30m

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

Adam Ruins Art
6.0

August 8, 2017 • 30m

Adam poses the question of what makes great art and shows why pieces visible to the masses are revered, regardless of artistic mer...Read more

Adam Ruins What We Learned in School
5.0

August 15, 2017 • 30m

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.

Adam Ruins College
0.0

August 22, 2017 • 30m

Adam explains why the odds of becoming a dropout billionaire are not in your favor, how manipulated school rankings have little to...Read more

Emily Ruins Adam
6.5

August 29, 2017 • 30m

Emily takes over to “ruin” Adam, pointing out where his facts fall short. She debunks the idea that IQ tests measure intelligence ...Read more

Adam Ruins His Vacation
0.0

September 19, 2017 • 30m

Adam Conover and his girlfriend take a journey across America, where he reveals that Mount Rushmore was built on stolen Native Ame...Read more

Adam Ruins the Suburbs
6.0

September 26, 2017 • 30m

Adam explains how the idealized lawn is an unnatural monstrosity, and that the design of the suburbs is slowly killing you. Plus, ...Read more

Adam Ruins The Economy
0.0

October 3, 2017 • 30m

Adam explains why lobbying makes filing your taxes so complicated, and why the economic numbers we focus on don't provide the whol...Read more

Adam Ruins Conspiracy Theories
0.0

October 10, 2017 • 30m

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

Adam Ruins Spa Day
0.0

October 17, 2017 • 30m

Pricey “detoxifying” treatments cleanse you of cash (and may do more harm than good), while MSG's scary reputation is undeserved. ...Read more

Adam Ruins Halloween
0.0

October 24, 2017 • 30m

Adam reveals why you have nothing to fear from strangers with candy and how the “panic” over Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broad...Read more

Adam Ruins Science
7.0

October 31, 2017 • 30m

Testing mice means wasted resources because what works on them often fails on humans. Scarce funding stops scientists from seeking...Read more

Adam Ruins the Future
6.0

November 7, 2017 • 30m

Adam explains that unregulated food expiration dates lead to waste and that your 401(k) won't be enough to support your retirement...Read more

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Truth
8.0

March 20, 2018 • 30m

Adam Conover undermines everything you thought you knew about the American Revolution with startling facts about George Washington...Read more

The First Factsgiving
8.0

March 27, 2018 • 30m

The Pilgrims didn't break bread with Native Americans, but did dig up their graves! There was no romance between Pocahontas and Jo...Read more

Mutually Assured Ruination
7.0

April 3, 2018 • 30m

Adam reveals that the United States kicked off the Cuban Missile Crisis; a lone female politician stands up to Joseph McCarthy; a ...Read more

An Ancient History of Violence
6.0

April 10, 2018 • 30m

Adam shares that it was against the rules for gladiators to kill opponents, and tells the story of a Celtic woman who brought the ...Read more

The Copernican Ruin-aissance
0.0

April 17, 2018 • 30m

Adam sheds some light on Copernicus, who was actually supported (NOT persecuted) by the Catholic Church. Plus, a rogue dwarf revol...Read more

100 Years Ago Today
6.0

April 24, 2018 • 30m

Adam digs into the Panama Canal, where Teddy Roosevelt formed a new country to snag free land. Plus, one man fought to keep food f...Read more

Adam Ruins Guns
8.5

November 27, 2018 • 30m

Adam gets a shot at both sides of the gun debate by reviewing the science evidence of the effectiveness of gun regulation includin...Read more

Adam Ruins Sleep
0.0

December 4, 2018 • 30m

Adam states that the mattress industry was always a huge scam, that cheap school systems created sleep-deprived teenagers, and how...Read more

Adam Ruins Tech
8.0

December 11, 2018 • 30m

Adam logs in to dulge into monopolistic tech companies by stating how Amazon's monopoly over online shopping harms consumers; how ...Read more

Adam Ruins Flying
0.0

December 18, 2018 • 30m

Adam takes to the skies to elucidate how airline miles and other credit card rewards are huge ripoffs, the extremely sexist "golde...Read more