Adam Ruins Everything
In Adam Ruins Everything, host and investigative comedian Adam Conover embarks on a comically inventive yet unrelentingly serious quest to reveal the hidden truths behind everything you know and love. Tackling topics ranging from the workplace and voting to forensic science and security, he gives you not just fun facts to share with your friends, but information that will make you see the world in a whole new way.
Adam Ruins Everything
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In Adam Ruins Everything, host and investigative comedian Adam Conover embarks on a comically inventive yet unrelentingly serious quest to reveal the hidden truths behind everything you know and love. Tackling topics ranging from the workplace and voting to forensic science and security, he gives you not just fun facts to share with your friends, but information that will make you see the world in a whole new way. If knowledge is power, then Adam Conover will have you laughing all the way to the top.
Episodes
Adam Ruins Having a Baby
Season 3, Episode 1 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
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
Season 3, Episode 2 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
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
Season 3, Episode 3 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
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.
Adam Ruins Dating
Season 3, Episode 4 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
Adam swipes right on knowledge by exposing the major flaws in dating sites. Plus, infamous alpha males - and the wolves that inspired them - don't really exist, and personality tests are a total failure.
Adam Ruins Art
Season 3, Episode 5 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
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.
Adam Ruins What We Learned in School
Season 3, Episode 6 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
Host Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted.
Adam Ruins College
Season 3, Episode 7 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
Adam explains why the odds of becoming a dropout billionaire are so low, how manipulated school rankings have little to do with education quality, and why the privatization of student loans created a massive debt crisis.
Emily Ruins Adam
Season 3, Episode 8 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
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."
Adam Ruins His Vacation
Season 3, Episode 9 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
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!
Adam Ruins the Suburbs
Season 3, Episode 10 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
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.
Adam Ruins the Economy
Season 3, Episode 11 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
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.
Adam Ruins Conspiracy Theories
Season 3, Episode 12 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
Host Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted.
Adam Ruins Spa Day
Season 3, Episode 13 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
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!
Adam Ruins Halloween
Season 3, Episode 14 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
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 s?ances have a long history - of being fake.
Adam Ruins Science
Season 3, Episode 15 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
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.
Adam Ruins the Future
Season 3, Episode 16 TV-14 CC HD CC SD
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.
Vol. 3 Sneak Peek
Season 3, Extra TV-14 CC HD CC SD
Check out a sneak peek of Adam Ruins Everything, Vol. 3.
Cast and crew
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Tim Wilkime
Director -
Laura Murphy
Director -
Matthew Pollock
Director -
Adam Conover
Writer, Adam Conover / Dan Champion / Drip Dripley / Hurricane Harvey / Self -
Adam Lustick
Amazon / Eisenhower / 18-, 28-, 38-year old punk / 1920s Waiter / Anslinger -
Emily Axford
Emily / Ms. Pac-Man -
Amos Vernon
Uncle Sam / Gentleman 1 / Man and Chandler VO / Museum Executive -
Avery Monsen
Ronald Reagan / Auto Exec 2 / Dr. Warren / James K. Polk / Justus Von Liebig -
Brian Murphy
Murph -
River Butcher
Rhea -
Eliza Skinner
Ethel / British Passenger / Consultant / Debbie / Female Radio Actor -
James Iii
Self / African American DJ / Air Traffic Controller VO / Blogger / Dad -
Chris Parnell
Narrator -
Carlos Alazraqui
Detective Nash / Jack Nash / King Ferdinand / Napoleon / Washington Irving -
Brandon J. Sornberger
Ancel Keys / Carl Jung / Gessner / Listerine Salesman / Pitchman -
Pam Murphy
Boss / Commercial Mom / Doctor / Pill Crazy Doctor / Witness -
Timothy E. Goodwin
1850's Father / Benjamin Franklin / Cardinal / Fat Cat / Governor -
Greg Tuculescu
Tom -
Zach Broussard
Cajun Man / Gentleman 2 / The Taino / Warm Up Comedian -
Michael Daniel Cassady
Airline Rep / Captain VO / FDR VO / Foley Artist / Male Doctor -
Nathan Barnatt
Van Gogh / Hollywood Type 2 / Jeffrey Dahmer / South Dakota Defendant -
Ryan Gowland
Angry Husband / Herbert Hoover / Hospital Director / Hygiene Executive #2 / Jeweler -
John Milhiser
Barker / Frank / Modern Newsie / Newsboy / Newsie -
Kristen Rozanski
Ad Exec / Can Exec / DNA Virgin Rep / Egg Freezing Exec / Exec -
Wolf Muser
CEO / Dixie Cup Exec / Exec #3 / Hulko CEO / Hulko Sponsor -
Zac Oyama
Delivery Guy / Fast Food Juror / IBS Patient / Stock Boy / Uninsured Man -
Charles Emmett
Big Sugar / Coke Exec / Demonstration Guy / Federal Judge / Mail Man -
Gigi Bermingham
Hollywood Type 1 / Lady Aristocrat / Philanthropist / Phillip Morris Exec -
Glenn Boozan
Writer -
Gonzalo Cordova
Writer
Additional information
Networks
truTVNetworks
Audio
EnglishAudio
Subtitles
English (CC)Subtitles
Released year
2017Released year
Duration
16 episodes (6 h 35 min)Duration
Additional terms
Terms of transactionWindows | Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 or later |
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Xbox | Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X |
Mobile | Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 10 or later |