{"id":5135,"date":"2019-11-04T03:05:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T11:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=5135"},"modified":"2019-10-28T19:03:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T02:03:24","slug":"adam-ruins-everything-educates-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2019\/11\/adam-ruins-everything-educates-a-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam ruins everything &#038; educates a LOT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is a television show in the USA called <em>Adam Ruins Everything<\/em>. It is both a comedy show and an educational show that uses humor to debunk myths and misconceptions. I think it&#8217;s a great example of how to use an entertaining approach, even a provocative approach, to educate about science, including accurate health information. I think humanitarian aid and development agencies, particularly those concerned with public health education, should take note of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An example is the show&#8217;s comedic and medically-accurate presentation about the misunderstandings many &#8211; maybe most people &#8211; have regarding female physiology, particularly regarding the hymen and virginity. This is a good model of how much more interesting public health and women&#8217;s health videos could be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ikXim4wevc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not a video that would be appropriate in every culture and country, but its frankness, fast-pace, humor and accuracy can&#8217;t be denied. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time I&#8217;ve gotten good advice for outreach by nonprofits, including humanitarian organizations, from TV:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2017\/11\/andy\/\">Lessons for aid &amp; development are everywhere \u2013 including on a TV comedy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2017\/10\/storytelling\/\">What Mad Men Can Teach Nonprofits &amp; NGOs About Story-Telling<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2011\/03\/tv-depictions-of-volunteerism\/\">TV depictions of volunteerism<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2010\/12\/aid-workers-in-fiction-new-abc-show-in-januar\/\">Aid workers in fiction \u2013 new ABC show in January<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/donate_icon_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4685\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have benefited from this blog or other parts of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/\">my web site<\/a>&nbsp;and would like to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/me\/payme.shtml\">support<\/a>&nbsp;the time that went into&nbsp;researching information, developing material, preparing articles, updating pages, etc. (I receive no funding for this work),&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/me\/payme.shtml\"><strong>here is how you can help<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a television show in the USA called Adam Ruins Everything. It is both a comedy show and an educational show that uses humor to debunk myths and misconceptions. I think it&#8217;s a great example of how to use an entertaining approach, even a provocative approach, to educate about science, including accurate health information. 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