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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. #1 Worst Episode
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    Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 19 - Mutually Assured Ruination
    6.2/10(104 votes)

    S2:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 16 - Adam Ruins the Future
    6.4/10(113 votes)

    S2:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 20 - An Ancient History of Violence
    6.4/10(109 votes)

    S2:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 21 - The Copernican Ruin-aissance
    6.4/10(97 votes)

    S2:E21

    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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 22 - 100 Years Ago Today
    6.4/10(99 votes)

    S2:E22

    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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 17 - Give Me Liberty or Give Me Truth
    6.5/10(120 votes)

    S2:E17

    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

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  7. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 26 - Adam Ruins Flying
    6.5/10(84 votes)

    S2:E26

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Adam Ruins Everything Season 3 Episode 8 - Adam Ruins A Murder
    6.5/10(66 votes)

    S3:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 14 - Adam Ruins Halloween
    6.7/10(126 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 18 - The First Factsgiving
    6.7/10(115 votes)

    S2:E18

    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.”

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 24 - Adam Ruins Sleep
    6.7/10(126 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 9 - Adam Ruins His Vacation
    6.8/10(132 votes)

    S2:E9

    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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 13 - Adam Ruins Spa Day
    6.8/10(127 votes)

    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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Adam Ruins Everything Season 3 Episode 5 - Adam Ruins America
    6.8/10(79 votes)

    S3:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 15 - Adam Ruins Science
    6.9/10(121 votes)

    S2:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Adam Ruins Everything Season 3 Episode 1 - Adam Ruins a Plate of Nachos
    6.9/10(92 votes)

    S3:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Adam Ruins Everything Season 3 Episode 10 - Adam Ruins Little Bugs
    6.9/10(58 votes)

    S3:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Adam Ruins Everything Season 3 Episode 2 - Adam Ruins a Sitcom
    7.0/10(96 votes)

    S3:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Adam Ruins Everything Season 3 Episode 9 - Adam Ruins Music
    7.0/10(72 votes)

    S3:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 7 - Adam Ruins College
    7.1/10(133 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 11 - Adam Ruins The Economy
    7.1/10(130 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Adam Ruins Everything Season 3 Episode 11 - Adam Ruins Cops
    7.1/10(80 votes)

    S3:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 25 - Adam Ruins Tech
    7.2/10(81 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Adam Ruins Everything Season 2 Episode 23 - Adam Ruins Guns
    7.3/10(159 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Adam Ruins Everything Season 3 Episode 4 - Adam Ruins Nature
    7.3/10(82 votes)

    S3:E4

    Adam digs up the dirt on nature, revealing that Mount Everest is a frozen pile of poop, natural disasters are actually man-made, and there is no such thing as untouched wilderness.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Mutually Assured Ruination" is the worst rated episode of "Adam Ruins Everything". It scored 6.2/10 based on 104 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/3/2018. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Adam Ruins the Future".