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Adam Ruins Everything
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.Podcasts
Ep 47: Rachel Weil on Femicom and the Value of Preserving Classic 'Girl' Video Games
Published: March 8, 2018, 12:15 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 29 seconds
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Ep 46: Dr. Azra Raza on Mouse Model Misconceptions & Other Ways We Can Improve Cancer Research
Published: Feb. 22, 2018, 12:20 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 44 seconds
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Ep 45: Dr. Kathryn Hall on the Surprising Power of Placebos
Published: Feb. 9, 2018, 9:03 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 4 seconds
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Ep 44: Dr. Daniel Jolley on Why Conspiracy Theories Are Harmful
Published: Jan. 24, 2018, 9:41 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 13 seconds
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Ep 43: Professor Teresa Ghilarducci on the Future of 401(k)s
Published: Jan. 10, 2018, 11:03 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 56 seconds
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Ep 42: Professor Ellen Dunham-Jones on Retrofitting Suburbia
Published: Dec. 28, 2017, 10:38 a.m.Duration: 57 minutes 3 seconds
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Ep. 41: Heather Jarvis on the Unsustainability of Student Loans
Published: Dec. 13, 2017, 1 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 6 seconds
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Ep 40: Dr. Arjun Srinivasan on Antibiotic Resistance
Published: Nov. 29, 2017, 8:11 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 1 second
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Ep 39: Jessica Huseman on Why Filing Taxes Is Unnecessarily Difficult
Published: Nov. 15, 2017, 11:23 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 10 seconds
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Ep. 38: Professor Brian Nosek On Science's Reproducibility Crisis and Opportunity
Published: Nov. 1, 2017, 6:09 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 5 seconds
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Ep 37: Professor Stephan Lewandowsky on the Backfire Effect
Published: Oct. 18, 2017, 9:08 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 19 seconds
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Ep 36: Nikole Hannah-Jones on the Rippling Effects of Redlining and Segregation
Published: Oct. 4, 2017, 6:55 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 52 seconds
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Ep 35: Professor Natasha Dow Schull On How Casinos & Slot Machines Are Designed to Facilitate Gambling Addiction
Published: Sept. 20, 2017, 7:35 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes
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Ep 34: Dr. Joann Elmore and Dr. Janie Lee on Why Mammogram Screenings are More Complex Than We Imagined
Published: Aug. 30, 2017, 4:49 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 27 seconds
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Ep 33: Anne Curzan Talks Grammar and the Flexibility of Language
Published: Aug. 16, 2017, 10:04 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 43 seconds
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Ep 32: Kevin Hall Gives Us the Skinny - Losing Weight and Keeping it Off is Hard
Published: Aug. 2, 2017, 5:16 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 7 seconds
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Ep 31: Courtney Jung on the History of Formula Feeding and Why It Gets a Bad Rap
Published: July 19, 2017, 11:09 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 42 seconds
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Ep 30: Jackie Stevens Exposes the Bizarre World of Immigrations Courts and Detention Centers
Published: July 5, 2017, 9:07 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 4 seconds
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Ep 29: Pete Hammond Pulls Back the Curtain on Awards Shows
Published: June 21, 2017, 9:42 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 6 seconds
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Ep 28: Jean Twenge and Adam Discuss Their Differences on Generational Differences
Published: June 7, 2017, 10:28 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 21 seconds
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Ep 27: Hayley Marie Norman Gets Existential After her TV Death
Published: May 24, 2017, 8:28 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 17 seconds
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EP 26: Dr. Josh Sharfstein on the Dangers of Supplements and Why Health Regulation is Important
Published: May 10, 2017, 5:23 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 17 seconds
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Ep 25: Bud Hammes on Why Talking About Death Is Life-Changing
Published: April 26, 2017, 6:54 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 16 seconds
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Ep 24: Roy Samaan on Why Airbnb is Bad for Housing Markets
Published: April 12, 2017, 3:22 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 29 seconds
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Ep 23: Susan Crawford On Investing in Internet Infrastructure
Published: March 29, 2017, 10:54 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 56 seconds
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Ep 22: Why Fast Fashion Fails Us
Published: March 15, 2017, 10:46 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 32 seconds
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Ep 21: Jan MacKell Collins On How Prostitution Built The Wild West
Published: March 1, 2017, 11:24 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 51 seconds
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Ep 20: Doug Massey Gives Us the Facts on Immigration
Published: Feb. 15, 2017, 8:08 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 seconds
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Ep 19: Rachel Bloom On Why Awards Shows and Red Carpets Aren't As Glamorous As You Think
Published: Feb. 1, 2017, 8:55 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 51 seconds
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Ep 18: Game Designer Jonathan Blow Unpacks 'The Witness'
Published: Jan. 18, 2017, 8:18 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 1 second
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Ep 17: Dale Jamieson Tells Us Why 'Going Green' Won't Stop Global Warming (And Why He Still Has Hope for Our Planet)
Published: Jan. 4, 2017, 11:20 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 48 seconds
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Ep 16: The Failure of the War on Drugs
Published: Dec. 21, 2016, 8:50 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 56 seconds
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Ep 15: Ethan Zuckerman On Why the Internet is a Less Creative Place
Published: Dec. 7, 2016, 8:25 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 31 seconds
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Ep 14: Voting Rights and Criminal Justice Reform with Daryl Atkinson
Published: Nov. 23, 2016, 9:08 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 50 seconds
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Ep 13: Trophy Hunting with Rosie Cooney
Published: Nov. 11, 2016, 6:18 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 8 seconds
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Ep 12: Solving Homelessness with Rudy Salinas and Dorothy Edwards
Published: Oct. 26, 2016, 10:32 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 30 seconds
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Ep 11: Bad Forensic Science with Chris Fabricant
Published: Oct. 12, 2016, 10:48 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 6 seconds
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Ep 10: Parking with Donald "Shoup Dogg" Shoup
Published: Sept. 28, 2016, 7:52 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 43 seconds
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Ep 9: Matrimony Myths with Stephanie Coontz
Published: Sept. 15, 2016, 12:01 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 48 seconds
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Ep 8: Hydration and Hyponatremia with Tamara Hew-Butler
Published: Aug. 31, 2016, 9:35 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 10 seconds
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Ep 7: Elections and Voting Rights with Ed Ayers
Published: Aug. 17, 2016, 5:24 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 20 seconds
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Ep 6: The Malleability of Memory with Elizabeth Loftus
Published: Aug. 3, 2016, 6:01 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 26 seconds
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Ep 5: Science Journalism with John Bohannon
Published: July 20, 2016, 11:56 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 37 seconds
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Ep 4: Security and Big Data with Bruce Schneier
Published: July 6, 2016, 2:04 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes 57 seconds
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Ep 3: Mass Extinction and Video Game Music with Emily Axford
Published: June 22, 2016, 8:53 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 59 seconds
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Ep 2: Death Acceptance with Caitlin Doughty
Published: June 8, 2016, 3:16 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 1 second
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Ep 1: Municipal Transit with Seleta Reynolds
Published: May 24, 2016, 11:49 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 51 seconds
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