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s13e21 · 2026-08-17
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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24 this season · 371 totals01e01 Indian General Election, NSA's New Image, POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co. 2014-04-28 03:00
Indian General Election, NSA's New Image, POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co.
John talks about the Indian election, Pom Wonderful, and talks with the former NSA director General Keith Alexander.
s01e02 Death Penalty, François Hollande, the Sultan of Brunei 2014-05-05 03:00
Death Penalty, François Hollande, the Sultan of Brunei
John talks about the recent issues of the death penalty, François Hollande, and the rising issues happening in Brunei.
s01e03 Bill Nye, the U.S. Senate Election in Kentucky, Global Warming Controversy 2014-05-12 03:00
Bill Nye, the U.S. Senate Election in Kentucky, Global Warming Controversy
John talks about Eurovision, Ukraine and Russia's relations, and invites Bill Nye to a statistically representative climate change debate.
s01e04 Fareed Zakaria, General Motors, Right to Be Forgotten 2014-05-19 03:00
Fareed Zakaria, General Motors, Right to Be Forgotten
John talks about the product recall going on at General Motors, the EU Court of Justice 'Right to be Forgotten' ruling, and updates us on how the Indian election is going, with help from Fareed Zakaria.
s01e05 Net Neutrality, Tony Abbott, 87th Scripps National Spelling Bee 2014-06-02 03:00
Net Neutrality, Tony Abbott, 87th Scripps National Spelling Bee
This week's topics include the rise of the far right political parties in Europe, the Ukrainian election, Afghanistan, Net Neutrality, Australia's hard-line right-wing Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and the 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
s01e06 FIFA and the World Cup, Bashar al-Assad 2014-06-09 03:00
FIFA and the World Cup, Bashar al-Assad
John Oliver discusses the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square rebellion and the FIFA World Cup and invites Right Said Fred to send a message to Bashar al-Assad.
s01e07 Stephen Hawking, Immigration Reform, Washington Redskins 2014-06-16 03:30
Stephen Hawking, Immigration Reform, Washington Redskins
John discusses immigration, the Washington Redskins and Iraq and talks to Stephen Hawking.
s01e08 Steve Buscemi, Monarchies, Dr. Oz & Regulation of Dietary Supplements 2014-06-23 03:00
Steve Buscemi, Monarchies, Dr. Oz & Regulation of Dietary Supplements
John highlights recent news such as the problems of tourism in Antarctica, discusses international royalty as a service to Game of Thrones fans and panders to the audience in response to allegations against Dr. Oz.
s01e09 Pepe Julian Onziema, LGBT Rights in Uganda, Hobby Lobby 2014-06-30 03:15
Pepe Julian Onziema, LGBT Rights in Uganda, Hobby Lobby
John Oliver sheds light on recent Supreme Court cases and discusses gay rights in Uganda with activist Pepe Julian Onziema.
s01e10 Wealth Gap, CIA's Image, Warren G. Harding's Love Letters 2014-07-14 03:00
Wealth Gap, CIA's Image, Warren G. Harding's Love Letters
John revisits news of a change in Japan's foreign policy, the love letters of Warren G. Harding and CIA's social media activity, and discusses the issues of income inequality in America.
s01e11 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Commonwealth Games, America's Prisons 2014-07-21 03:00
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Commonwealth Games, America's Prisons
John talks about Gaza (but mostly Anderson Cooper) and about Malaysia Airlines flight 17, then discusses prison incarcerations in America and sings with muppets from Sesame Street.
s01e12 Nuclear Weapons and the United States 2014-07-28 03:00
Nuclear Weapons and the United States
John addresses the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, revisits the subject of international royalty, discusses the safety of nuclear weapons and campaigns to save geckos in space.
s01e13 Argentine Debt Restructuring, Native Advertising 2014-08-04 03:00
Argentine Debt Restructuring, Native Advertising
John discusses native advertising and Argentine debt restructuring.
s01e14 Payday Loans, Russia's Ban on Food Imports 2014-08-11 03:00
Payday Loans, Russia's Ban on Food Imports
John discusses payday loans and Russia's import embargo on U.S. chicken and soybean.
s01e15 Police Militarization in Ferguson, Gender Pay Gap 2014-08-18 03:00
Police Militarization in Ferguson, Gender Pay Gap
Focuses on the shooting of Michael Brown and police militarization in Ferguson, MO. John also discusses the topic of equal pay for equal work.
s01e16 Student Loan Debt, Russian Space Geckos 2014-09-08 03:00
Student Loan Debt, Russian Space Geckos
John provides a eulogy for the mating space geckos, and talks about student debt.
s01e17 Scottish Independence, Ray Rice, Corporations' Misuse of Twitter 2014-09-15 03:00
Scottish Independence, Ray Rice, Corporations' Misuse of Twitter
John discusses the Scottish independence referendum and corporations using Twitter.
s01e18 The U.S. Trade Embargo with Cuba, Miss America Pageant 2014-09-22 03:00
The U.S. Trade Embargo with Cuba, Miss America Pageant
John focuses on the Miss America 2015 pageant with special guest Kathy Griffin.
s01e19 Drone Strikes, Ayn Rand, Kansas State Budget Shortfall 2014-09-29 03:00
Drone Strikes, Ayn Rand, Kansas State Budget Shortfall
John discusses U.S. military drones and the Kansas state budget shortfall.
s01e20 2022 Winter Olympics, Hong Kong protests, Brazilian elections & Civil Forfeiture 2014-10-06 03:00
2022 Winter Olympics, Hong Kong protests, Brazilian elections & Civil Forfeiture
John Oliver shows us how desperate American law enforcement is to take money from those they can.
s01e21 Military Translators, Supreme Court 2014-10-20 03:00
Military Translators, Supreme Court
This week's topics include Putin's impressive trip to Milan, a McDonald's Q&A board promising to answer all questions truthfully and the bureaucratic roadblocks preventing local nationals who translate for coalition forces from obtaining U.S. immigrant visas. This segment includes an in-studio interview with Mohammad, a translator whose attempts to obtain a visa took three years, and lost family members to the Taliban during that time. The last segment tries to solve the problem of boring news coverage of Supreme Court sessions (because the court does not allow video). Last Week Tonight shows how the coverage can be made more compelling by using animals staged as the Justices and other court employees. The show then thoughtfully provides ten minutes of raw footage for news outlets to use to create their own Supreme Court reenactments.
s01e22 Sugar in Food, Dr. Jane Goodall, Doug Ford 2014-10-27 03:00
Sugar in Food, Dr. Jane Goodall, Doug Ford
John Oliver is back to discuss how the sugar industry rules the world!
s01e23 U.S. State Legislatures, ALEC 2014-11-03 04:00
U.S. State Legislatures, ALEC
John disusses robot sales associates at Lowe's, U.S legislatures in elections, and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
s01e24 State Lotteries, Erdogan, Salmon Cannon 2014-11-10 04:00
State Lotteries, Erdogan, Salmon Cannon
Last Week Tonight features in-depth and critical look at state lotteries. It also looks at the Turkish Prime Minister's Grand Palace and a Salmon shooting cannon.