Episode
Adam Ruins Everything: Adam Ruins Malls
Overview
Adam illustrates that shopping centres were created as tax loopholes for greedy developers, outlet stores are a scam selling low quality merchandise, and nutrient supplements are often dangerously unregulated.
Details
- Series
- Adam Ruins Everything
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2016-09-13
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Adam Ruins Malls is Episode 16 in Season 1 of Adam Ruins Everything. It aired on 2016-09-13. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 19: 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.
Episode 12: Adam Ruins Death
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Episode 20: Adam Ruins Drugs
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Episode 11: Adam Ruins Nutrition
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Episode 21: Adam Ruins Prison
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Episode 10: Adam Ruins Sex
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Episode 22: Adam Ruins the Wild West
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