Episode
Adam Ruins Everything: Adam Ruins Conspiracy Theories
Overview
Adam Conover debunks the fake moon landing theory, discusses the Satanic Panic of the 1980s and reveals how to spot a false theory.
Details
- Series
- Adam Ruins Everything
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2017-10-10
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Adam Ruins Conspiracy Theories is Episode 12 in Season 2 of Adam Ruins Everything. It aired on 2017-10-10. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 11: Adam Ruins The Economy
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.
Episode 13: Adam Ruins Spa Day
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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Episode 14: Adam Ruins Halloween
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Episode 9: Adam Ruins His Vacation
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!
Episode 15: Adam Ruins Science
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.
Episode 8: Emily Ruins Adam
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.”
Episode 16: Adam Ruins the Future
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Episode 7: Adam Ruins College
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Episode 17: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Truth
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Episode 6: Adam Ruins What We Learned in School
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Episode 18: The First Factsgiving
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