First, on the Adam Ruins Everything TV show, Adam Conover broke down widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted. Now, join Adam as he sits down with the experts and stars from the show to go into even more detail.
Ep 43: Professor Teresa Ghilarducci on the Future of 401(k)s
Ep 42: Professor Ellen Dunham-Jones on Retrofitting Suburbia
Heather Jarvis on the Unsustainability of Student Loans
Ep 40: Dr. Arjun Srinivasan on Antibiotic Resistance
Ep 39: Jessica Huseman on Why Filing Taxes Is Unnecessarily Difficult
Ep. 38: Professor Brian Nosek On Science's Reproducibility Crisis and Opportunity
Ep 37: Professor Stephan Lewandowsky on the Backfire Effect
Ep 36: Nikole Hannah-Jones on the Rippling Effects of Redlining and Segregation
Ep 35: Professor Natasha Dow Schüll On How Casinos & Slot Machines Are Designed to Facilitate Gambling Addiction
See You Soon
Ep 34: Dr. Joann Elmore and Dr. Janie Lee on Why Mammogram Screenings are More Complex Than We Imagined
Ep 33: Anne Curzan Talks Grammar and the Flexibility of Language
Ep 32: Kevin Hall Gives Us the Skinny - Losing Weight and Keeping it Off is Hard
Ep 31: Courtney Jung on the History of Formula Feeding and Why It Gets a Bad Rap
Ep 30: Jackie Stevens Exposes the Bizarre World of Immigrations Courts and Detention Centers
Ep 29: Pete Hammond Pulls Back the Curtain on Awards Shows
Ep 28: Jean Twenge and Adam Discuss Their Differences on Generational Differences
Ep 27: Hayley Marie Norman Gets Existential After her TV Death
EP 26: Dr. Josh Sharfstein on Why Health Regulation is Important
Ep 25: Bud Hammes on Why Talking About Death Is Life-Changing
Ep 24: Roy Samaan on Why Airbnb is Bad for Housing Markets
Ep 23: Susan Crawford On Investing in Internet Infrastructure
Ep 22: Why Fast Fashion Fails Us
Ep 21: Jan MacKell Collins On How Prostitution Built The Wild West
Ep 20: Doug Massey Gives Us the Facts on Immigration
Ep 20: Doug Massey Gives Us the Facts on Immigration
Ep 19: Rachel Bloom On Why Awards Shows and Red Carpets Aren't As Glamorous As You Think
Game Designer Jonathan Blow Unpacks 'The Witness'
Episode 17: Dale Jamieson Tells Us Why 'Going Green' Won't Stop Global Warming (And Why He Still Has Hope for Our Planet)
The Failure of the War on Drugs
Adam Ruins Everything Episode 15: Ethan Zuckerman On Why the Internet is a Less Creative Place
Voting Rights and Criminal Justice Reform with Daryl Atkinson
Trophy Hunting with Rosie Cooney
Solving Homelessness with Rudy Salinas and Dorothy Edwards
Ep 11: Bad Forensic Science with Chris Fabricant
Ep 10: Parking with Donald "Shoup Dogg" Shoup
Ep 9: Matrimony Myths with Stephanie Coontz
Ep 8: Hydration and Hyponatremia with Tamara Hew-Butler
Ep 7: Elections and Voting Rights with Ed Ayers
Ep 6: The Malleability of Memory with Elizabeth Loftus
Ep 5: Science Journalism with John Bohannon
Ep 4: Security and Big Data with Bruce Schneier
Ep 3: Mass Extinction and Video Game Music with Emily Axford
Ep 2: Death Acceptance with Caitlin Doughty
Ep 1: Municipal Transit with Seleta Reynolds