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The Best Episodes of Adam Ruins Everything Season 2

Every episode of Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Adam Ruins Everything Season 2!

The Best Episodes of Adam Ruins Everything Season 2

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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  1. 8.0/10(144 votes)

    #1 - Emily Ruins Adam

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    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. 7.9/10(144 votes)

    #2 - Adam Ruins the Hospital

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    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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  3. 7.9/10(137 votes)

    #3 - Adam Ruins Art

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    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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  4. 7.8/10(145 votes)

    #4 - Adam Ruins Weight Loss

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    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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  5. 7.6/10(155 votes)

    #5 - Adam Ruins Having a Baby

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    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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  6. 7.6/10(138 votes)

    #6 - Adam Ruins Conspiracy Theories

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    S2:E12

    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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  8. 7.2/10(130 votes)

    #7 - Adam Ruins What We Learned in School

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    S2:E6

    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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  9. 7.2/10(153 votes)

    #8 - Adam Ruins Guns

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    S2:E23

    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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  10. 7.2/10(76 votes)

    #9 - Adam Ruins Tech

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    S2:E25

    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.

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  11. 7.1/10(126 votes)

    #10 - Adam Ruins College

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    S2:E7

    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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  12. 7.1/10(122 votes)

    #11 - Adam Ruins The Economy

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    S2:E11

    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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  13. 6.9/10(116 votes)

    #12 - Adam Ruins Science

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    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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  14. 6.8/10(123 votes)

    #13 - Adam Ruins His Vacation

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    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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  15. 6.7/10(137 votes)

    #14 - Adam Ruins the Suburbs

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    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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  16. 6.7/10(121 votes)

    #15 - Adam Ruins Spa Day

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    S2:E13

    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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  17. 6.7/10(119 votes)

    #16 - Adam Ruins Halloween

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    S2:E14

    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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  18. 6.7/10(107 votes)

    #17 - The First Factsgiving

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    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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  19. 6.7/10(119 votes)

    #18 - Adam Ruins Sleep

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    S2:E24

    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.

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  20. 6.6/10(133 votes)

    #19 - Adam Ruins Dating

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    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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  21. 6.5/10(113 votes)

    #20 - Give Me Liberty or Give Me Truth

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    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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  22. 6.5/10(102 votes)

    #21 - An Ancient History of Violence

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    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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  23. 6.5/10(78 votes)

    #22 - Adam Ruins Flying

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    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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  24. 6.4/10(107 votes)

    #23 - Adam Ruins the Future

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    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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  25. 6.4/10(91 votes)

    #24 - The Copernican Ruin-aissance

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    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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  26. 6.3/10(93 votes)

    #25 - 100 Years Ago Today

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    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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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Emily Ruins Adam" is the best rated episode of "Adam Ruins Everything" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 144 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/29/2017. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Adam Ruins the Hospital".