5.2/1095 votesLoading...#1 - 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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5.3/1089 votesLoading...#2 - The Copernican Ruin-aissance
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/17/2018
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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5.3/1091 votesLoading...#3 - 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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5.5/10105 votesLoading...#4 - 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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5.5/10100 votesLoading...#5 - 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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5.7/10111 votesLoading...#6 - 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.
Director: Juston Gordon-Montgomery
Writer: Greg Tuculescu
5.8/10105 votesLoading...#7 - 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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6.0/10114 votesLoading...#8 - 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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6.4/1076 votesLoading...#9 - Adam Ruins Flying
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 12/18/2018
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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6.6/1060 votesLoading...#10 - Adam Ruins A Murder
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 9/3/2019
Adam shines a light on why drivers are rarely prosecuted for car accidents that result in death, he breaks down border patrol's search policies, and Adam examines the messed-up history of corpses and medical studies.
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6.8/1071 votesLoading...#11 - Adam Ruins America
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 8/13/2019
Adam lets his freedom flag fly by examining why America doesn't have higher rates of social mobility. He then uncovers the flaws within our constitution and examines our country's progression and regression.
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6.9/1086 votesLoading...#12 - Adam Ruins a Plate of Nachos
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2019
Adam takes a bite at foods with the worst truths by stating that Mexican drug cartels import most avacados, that the meat industry lies about health risks and manipulates opposers to side with them, and how corn subsidies changed the crop into the most overused and unhealthy food in American history.
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6.9/1052 votesLoading...#13 - Adam Ruins Little Bugs
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 9/17/2019
Adam reveals to a woman getting ready for a party how spiders actually benefit humanity, how bug parts are hidden inside everyday foods and a whole insect can be more nutritious than part of conventional livestock, and some bugs actually help the human body function properly. Between the segments about food and the human body, Emily discusses what actually happens when a caterpillar becomes a butterfly; and, at the end of the episode, she discusses the eradication of mosquitoes.
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7.0/1074 votesLoading...#14 - Adam Ruins Tech
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 12/11/2018
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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7.0/1090 votesLoading...#15 - Adam Ruins a Sitcom
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2019
Adam tackles classic television stereotypes, from the racism behind public pools, to the "model minority" myth of Asian Americans, to the on-screen toxic masculinity that's masking the problems young men face today.
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7.1/10133 votesLoading...#16 - 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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7.1/10118 votesLoading...#17 - 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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7.1/10151 votesLoading...#18 - Adam Ruins Guns
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 11/27/2018
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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7.1/1066 votesLoading...#19 - Adam Ruins Music
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 9/10/2019
Adam reveals to a music-lover that white artists in the early days of rock-and-roll profited off of plagiarism, that Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment have an unstoppable monopoly over concerts, why many of today's musicians are forced to sell out, and how record labels extort their artists due to the advent of streaming services.
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7.1/1075 votesLoading...#20 - Adam Ruins Cops
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 9/24/2019
Adam reveals the serious issues behind SWAT teams, how school police officers send children into a life of crime, and that the issue of mass-incarceration was due to cops cherry-picking whom they arrest.
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7.3/10120 votesLoading...#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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7.4/10131 votesLoading...#22 - Adam Ruins Going Green
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 12/27/2016
Adam meets a young dad on a personal mission to save the world and end climate change...until Adam turns his world upside down. Find out why electric cars and green products don't make the impact you've been promised.
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7.4/10122 votesLoading...#23 - 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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7.4/10136 votesLoading...#24 - 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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7.4/10117 votesLoading...#25 - Adam Ruins Sleep
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 12/4/2018
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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The Worst Episodes of Adam Ruins Everything
Every episode of Adam Ruins Everything ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Adam Ruins Everything!
Host Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted.
Genres:ComedyDocumentary
Network:truTV
Worst Episodes Summary
"Mutually Assured Ruination" is the worst rated episode of "Adam Ruins Everything". It scored 5.2/10 based on 95 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/3/2018. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Copernican Ruin-aissance".