Adam Ruins Everything - Season 1

Adam Ruins Everything - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes26
DatesSep 29, 2015 - Dec 27, 2016
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Episodes

Adam Ruins Giving
Season 1Episode 130 min

Adam Ruins Giving

Adam exposes why shoe companies that give away free footwear do more harm than good, and explains why you should stop giving food pantries your leftover canned goods.

Sep 29, 2015
Adam Ruins Security
Season 1Episode 230 min

Adam Ruins Security

Adam sets his sights on security, explaining that airport security wastes too much of our time and money, medicine safety seals do nothing to protect us, and your credit card number isn't remotely secure.

Oct 6, 2015
Adam Ruins Cars
Season 1Episode 330 min

Adam Ruins Cars

In this episode, Adam revealed the surprising truths behind car dealerships, unearthed the dirty little secrets of car ownership, explained how auto manufacturers turned "jaywalking" into a crime and much more. Here are his sources.

Oct 13, 2015
Adam Ruins Forensic Science
Season 1Episode 430 min

Adam Ruins Forensic Science

Adam uncovers the scary truth behind unreliable methods that are commonly used to build evidence in criminal cases. He explains why polygraph machines are pseudoscientific hokum, demonstrates why your memories cannot be trusted, and exposes the flaws of forensic sciences like fingerprinting, hair strand matches and bite mark analysis - which often send innocent people to jail.

Oct 20, 2015
Adam Ruins Restaurants
Season 1Episode 530 min

Adam Ruins Restaurants

In this episode, Adam dives deep into the hidden truths of dining out. He explains why tipping is a custom we'd be better off without, shows that even experts can't tell the difference between fancy wines, and reveals that fraudulently labeled seafood is rampant in the restaurant industry.

Oct 27, 2015
Adam Ruins Hygiene
Season 1Episode 630 min

Adam Ruins Hygiene

Adam reveals that the term "halitosis" was popularized in a 1920s ad campaign that used cruel ads to make people insecure about their breath, and explains why running water is one of the greatest miracles of the modern age.

Nov 3, 2015
Adam Ruins Voting
Season 1Episode 730 min

Adam Ruins Voting

Adam explores the twisted history of the Electoral College, explaining that the Founding Fathers did not want most Americans to vote. He also takes a stab at fixing a political system that seems rigged against true democracy.

Nov 10, 2015
Adam Ruins Work
Season 1Episode 830 min

Adam Ruins Work

Adam shows how the 40-hour work week not only exhausts employees but also harms businesses, reveals the legal mess of hiring interns and freelancers, and explores how discussing your salary with co-workers is actually a good thing.

Nov 17, 2015
Adam Ruins Summer Fun
Season 1Episode 930 min

Adam Ruins Summer Fun

Summer fun is the focus. Included: the impact of extended vacations on one's intelligence; video games; and a gender bias.

Dec 1, 2015
Adam Ruins Sex
Season 1Episode 1030 min

Adam Ruins Sex

Adam puts the focus on sex. Topics include circumcision and herpes.

Dec 8, 2015
Adam Ruins Nutrition
Season 1Episode 1130 min

Adam Ruins Nutrition

Adam explores nutrition. Included: truths about vitamin supplements; a look at balanced breakfasts; the lack of science in "nutritional science."

Dec 15, 2015
Adam Ruins Death
Season 1Episode 1230 min

Adam Ruins Death

Adam explores death in the Season 1 finale. Included: immortality; the American funeral industry; medical decisions.

Dec 22, 2015
Adam Ruins Hollywood
Season 1Episode 1330 min

Adam Ruins Hollywood

Adam unveils some hidden truths in Hollywood including a discussion about reality programming.

Aug 23, 2016
Adam Ruins Football
Season 1Episode 1430 min

Adam Ruins Football

Adam hits the gridiron to show why the playoffs almost never determine which team is best, and explores how hydration myths that have been spread by sports drink companies are putting kids at risk. Adam also tackles the topic of football-related brain injuries, illuminating how much the game must change if it is to remain part of our culture.

Aug 30, 2016
Adam Ruins Weddings
Season 1Episode 1530 min

Adam Ruins Weddings

A couple's wedding day is here, but Adam's gift of information, like the fact that most wedding "traditions'" were created by consumerism, may rain on the parade.

Sep 6, 2016
Adam Ruins Shopping Malls
Season 1Episode 1630 min

Adam Ruins Shopping Malls

Adam and Emily go on a shopping spree of knowledge. He illustrates that malls were created as tax loopholes for greedy developers and are now crumbling under their own weight, and outlet stores are a scam selling purpose-made, low quality merchandise. Also, Adam shows how nutrient supplements are often dangerously unregulated concoctions of garbage ingredients. Emily bursts Adam's bubble by showing that nearly all eyeglasses are made by one manufacturer that hugely inflates prices thanks to their monopoly on the industry.

Sep 13, 2016
Adam Ruins Animals
Season 1Episode 1730 min

Adam Ruins Animals

In this episode, Adam explores how purebred dogs are genetic monsters created by bored Victorians, that domestic cats are hugely overpopulated lethal killing machines that threaten other animals, and how wild animal trophy hunting can actually help endangered species in the long run.

Sep 20, 2016
Adam Ruins Immigration
Season 1Episode 1830 min

Adam Ruins Immigration

Adam takes us on a journey to illustrate that an expensive border wall wouldn't keep out the majority of immigrants who enter legally and overstay their visas. He then explores how the relatively recent militarization of the Mexican-American border has created an illegal immigrant problem where there wasn't one before, racist mass deportations have historically led to disaster, and immigration courts are a huge mess that are broken from top to bottom.

Sep 27, 2016
Adam Ruins Housing
Season 1Episode 1930 min

Adam Ruins Housing

Adam Ruins Housing: Adam gets evicted from his home, and while searching for a new place, he exposes the harsh realities of real estate. Plus, Adam explains why helping the homeless is a lot simpler and more straightforward than you might think.

Oct 4, 2016
Adam Ruins Drugs
Season 1Episode 2030 min

Adam Ruins Drugs

Adam investigates marijuana, the War on Drugs and prescription pills.

Nov 15, 2016
Adam Ruins Prison
Season 1Episode 2130 min

Adam Ruins Prison

Adam and Emily shed light on jail rehabilitation, solitary confinement and the fact that corporations make money off of prison inmates.

Nov 22, 2016
Adam Ruins the Wild West
Season 1Episode 2230 min

Adam Ruins the Wild West

Prostitutes actually helped settle the West; explaining why the All-American Cowboy is a myth; that the real hero of the west wasn't a person at all, but air conditioning.

Nov 29, 2016
Adam Ruins the Internet
Season 1Episode 2330 min

Adam Ruins the Internet

Adam shows how complaints about the Internet are as old as society itself, people in Europe and Asia pay less for faster Internet than in the U.S., and how we pay for sites like Facebook and Google with every keystroke of our information.

Dec 6, 2016
Adam Ruins Justice
Season 1Episode 2430 min

Adam Ruins Justice

Rhea takes on helping Emily's cellmate Kendra, and reveals the struggles public defenders face, while Adam shows how juries are never completely impartial, and everything you heard about the McDonald's coffee lady was wrong.

Dec 13, 2016
Adam Ruins Christmas
Season 1Episode 2530 min

Adam Ruins Christmas

Ho ho...huh?! Adam teaches his sister that the real St. Nick story is a lot creepier than she thought, and modern Santa was created by commercialism only a century ago. Adam also reveals how gift-giving actually hurts the economy.

Dec 20, 2016
Adam Ruins Going Green
Season 1Episode 2630 min

Adam Ruins Going Green

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.

Dec 27, 2016

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