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A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.
Episode 30 : President-Elect Trump
November. 13,2016
The presidential race has been a hell of a ride. ‘Last Week Tonight’ closes out the election and Season 3 with a bang.
Episode 29 : Multilevel Marketing
November. 06,2016
Multilevel marketing companies claim to be legitimate businesses, but some seems awfully pyramid shaped, and that's a problem.
Episode 28 : School Segregation
October. 30,2016
Public schools are increasingly divided by race and class. John Oliver discusses the troubling trend towards school resegregation.
Episode 27 : Opioids
October. 23,2016
John Oliver discusses the extent and root of the nation’s epidemic of opioid addiction.
Episode 26 : Third Parties
October. 16,2016
Third party candidates want to be serious contenders, so John Oliver considers them seriously as potential presidents.
Episode 25 : Guantánamo
October. 09,2016
John Oliver examines the legal and moral issues surrounding the military prison at Guantánamo Bay.
Episode 24 : Police Accountability
October. 02,2016
John Oliver discusses the systems in place to investigate and hold police officers accountable for misconduct.
Episode 23 : Scandals
September. 25,2016
Taking a walk down memory lane, 'Last Week Tonight' assesses Donald Trump's vs. Hillary Clinton's scandals.
Episode 22 : Charter Schools
August. 21,2016
Charter schools are privately run, publicly funded, and irregularly regulated. John Oliver explores why they aren’t at all like pizzerias.
Episode 21 : Auto Lending
August. 14,2016
Auto lenders can steer vulnerable people into crushing debt. Keegan-Michael Key and Bob Balaban help John Oliver show exactly how.
Episode 20 : Journalism
August. 07,2016
John Oliver has some bad news about the state of the industry that gives us our news. Plus, the coverage of the Opening Ceremony of Rio Olympics.
Episode 19 : Democratic National Convention
July. 31,2016
John covers the rocky Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Plus, the military coup in Turkey and its aftermath, the voter ID laws targeting the minorities and how are tanning beds still a thing.
Episode 18 : Republican National Convention
July. 24,2016
John talks about the disastrous Republican National Convention in Cleveland, where politicians were mostly talking about their feelings equating them to facts. Plus, Hillary Clinton's VP pick, the appointment of Boris Johnson as Britain's Foreign Secretary, the resignation of Roger Ailes from FOX and the unauthorized use of songs in political campaigns.
Episode 17 : Doping
June. 26,2016
John talks about the aftermath of the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom and doping in sports with the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio on the horizon.
Episode 16 : Brexit
June. 19,2016
John Oliver on “Brexiting” from the EU: There might be an innate British desire to diss Europe, but Last Week Tonight lays out exactly why it’s a mistake to leave the EU.
Episode 15 : Retirement Plans
June. 12,2016
John Oliver Covers Ins and Outs of Retirement Plans: Saving for retirement means navigating a potential minefield of high fees and bad advice - Last Week Tonight is here to help.
Episode 14 : Debt Buyers
June. 05,2016
John Oliver Takes On Debt Buyers: Companies that purchase debt on the cheap will aggressively collect on it. 'Last Week Tonight’ took a hands-on approach to addressing this issue.
Episode 13 : Primaries and Caucuses
May. 22,2016
Last Week Tonight Tackles U.S. Primaries and Caucuses: The United States selection process for presidential nominees is convoluted — to say the least. Nevertheless, John Oliver reminds Americans that the "middle of the game" is the worst possible time to change the rules.
Episode 12 : 911
May. 15,2016
John Oliver on 911 Reliability: Things you never want to hear: there are no guarantees when you call 911. Emergency call centers are in desperate need of funding and new technology, so “no guarantees” is the unfortunate reality.
Episode 11 : Scientific Studies
May. 08,2016
John Oliver on Sticking to the Facts: Media outlets often report new findings from scientific studies, but how many are true?
Episode 10 : Puerto Rico
April. 24,2016
Puerto Rico is suffering a massive debt crisis. Lin-Manuel Miranda joins John Oliver to call for relief.
Episode 9 : Lead
April. 17,2016
Lead poisoning is a national problem. If only lawmakers were as concerned as the puppets on Sesame Street.
Episode 8 : Credit Reports
April. 10,2016
Credit reports play a surprisingly large role in our lives, but even more surprising is how often they contain critical mistakes. John Oliver helps credit agencies see why this is a problem.
Episode 7 : Congressional Fundraising
April. 03,2016
Lawmakers have to raise money to keep their jobs, but a surprising amount of their job now consists of raising money. John Oliver sits down with Congressman Steve Israel to discuss the costs of political spending.
Episode 6 : Border Wall
March. 20,2016
Episode 5 : Encryption
March. 13,2016
Strong encryption poses problems for law enforcement, is weakening it worth the risks it presents? It’s…complicated.
Episode 4 : Special Districts
March. 06,2016
Special districts spend more public money than all city governments combined. That's odd considering most of us don't know they exist.
Episode 3 : Donald Trump
February. 28,2016
John talks about the Egyptian president and economic crisis, the Guantanamo Bay shutdown and Donald Trump.
Episode 2 : Abortion Laws
February. 21,2016
John talks about the South Carolina Republican primary, the Supreme Court vacancy and abortion, which theoretically is legal in the U.S., but some states make it practically inaccessible. Plus, how is Hollywood whitewashing still a thing?
Episode 1 : Voting
February. 14,2016
John talks about the late Antonin Scalia's love of the Letter of the Law, Chipotle's food safety problems, how Voter IDs laws should be applied to those who write them, and New Zealand's economic development minister Steven Joyce.
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