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s13e21 · 2026-08-17
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
HBO Talk Show
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On Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, John Oliver presents a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.
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30 this season · 371 totals03e01 Voting 2016-02-15 04:02
Voting
John talks about the late Antonin Scalia and the Supreme Court, Chipotle's food safety problems, Voter IDs and New Zealand's economic development minister Steven Joyce.
s03e02 Abortion Laws 2016-02-22 04:00
Abortion Laws
John talks about the South Carolina Republican primary, the Supreme Court vacancy and abortion laws.
s03e03 Donald Trump 2016-02-29 04:00
Donald Trump
John first talks about Egyptian president El Sisi announcing government budget cuts, whilst arriving somewhat extravagantly just moments earlier. He then continues with Obama's attempts at closing Guantanamo. His main story is about Trump trying get the republican nomineeship and Trump's awkwardly short fingers.
s03e04 Special Districts 2016-03-07 04:10
Special Districts
John discusses the Republican Party 2016 presidential primaries, Gloria Steinem's interview with Lands' End, special-purpose districts.
s03e05 Encryption 2016-03-14 03:00
Encryption
John discusses the 2016 United States presidential election, International Women's Day, Switzerland's Day of the Sick and the FBI–Apple encryption dispute.
s03e06 The Wall 2016-03-21 03:00
The Wall
Before talking about Donald Trump's proposal for a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico and all the things that are impossible about it, he shortly discusses the 2015/2016 protests in Brazil and the Petrobras scandal and the Supreme Court nomination for Merrick Garland.
s03e07 Political Fundraising 2016-04-04 03:00
Political Fundraising
John talks about the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit and some of the 'creative' remarks made by Donald Trump about nuclear weapons. Next the 2016 Opening Day in baseball is discussed. The CEO of the New York Yankees has made a 'bold' statement and John tries to thwart him. The main story is about congressional fundraising, members of congress and other officials have to spend exorbitant amount of time calling potential contributors and eat a LOT of seafood.
s03e08 Credit Reports 2016-04-11 03:00
Credit Reports
John first talks about the leaked documents from Mossack Fonseca called the Panama Papers which describe how earth's wealthiest evade taxes. Next up is Alabama governor Robert Bently's alleged ethics violations. John's main story is about credit scores and background checks in the U.S., the companies that create credit reports for citizens make a lot of mistakes ensuring said citizens having a hard time getting jobs, apartments and loans.
s03e09 Lead 2016-04-18 03:00
Lead
John talks about Vladimir Putin's annual call-in show, reactions to the Panama Papers in the United Kingdom, the Böhmermann affair, the Flint water crisis and lead poisoning in the U.S.
s03e10 Puerto Rico 2016-04-25 03:03
Puerto Rico
John discusses president Obama's reception in Saudi Arabia, Norway's immigration policy and and Puerto Rico's debt and exempt statuses.
s03e11 Scientific Studies 2016-05-09 03:00
Scientific Studies
John talks about the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, the 2016 Philippine general election and candidate Rodrigo Duterte, and the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea. The main story is about how scientific research and science journalism are often distorted by themselves, news media and social media and why it's dangerous.
s03e12 911 2016-05-16 03:00
911
John talks about Donald Trump's presidential campaign, Elizabeth II being filmed calling Chinese officials 'very rude', Budweiser beer being renamed as America Beer, Paul LePage's recent encouragement and his main story is about the 9-1-1 emergency telephone number.
s03e13 Primaries and Caucuses 2016-05-23 03:00
Primaries and Caucuses
John talks about the ongoing Venezuelan protests, elbowgate in the canadian parliamant and the obscurities and oddities in the democratic and republican presidential primaries and the primary process. Additionaly Ramzan Kadyrov's instagram is discussed. And of course Trump is in there somewhere making John facepalm.
s03e14 Debt Buyers 2016-06-06 03:00
Debt Buyers
John discusses Donald Trump's legal affairs, Trump University and the debt buying industry.
s03e15 Money 2016-06-13 03:00
Money
John starts off by adressing the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting and recapping the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign so far. His main story is about retirement plans and financial advisers and their (hidden) costs.
s03e16 United Kingdom 2016-06-20 03:00
United Kingdom
John firstly dicusses how the relatively small NRA is so effective at barring legislation concerning gun control and in his main story he talks about Britain potentially leaving the European Union and the implications thereof.
s03e17 Doping 2016-06-27 03:00
Doping
The 2016 Summer Olympics and doping in sports; and the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union are discussed.
s03e18 Republican National Convention 2016-07-25 03:00
Republican National Convention
Topics include the U.K.'s Boris Johnson, the Republican National Convention and the unauthorized use of pop music in politics.
s03e19 DNC vs. RNC 2016-08-01 03:00
DNC vs. RNC
Topics include the repeal of voter suppression laws, the aftermath of the attempted coup in Turkey, the Democratic National Convention and the unconventional state of our democracy.
s03e20 Journalism 2016-08-08 03:00
Journalism
Topics include the decline of newspapers in the United States and the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
s03e21 Auto Lending 2016-08-15 03:00
Auto Lending
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s03e22 Charter Schools 2016-08-22 03:00
Charter Schools
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s03e23 Scandals 2016-09-26 03:15
Scandals
John discusses what's going on in Charlotte, Wells Fargo bank and the 2016 presidential race.
s03e24 Police Accountability 2016-10-03 03:30
Police Accountability
John discusses the First United States presidential debate, Alicia Machado, police accountability and there's a Wells Fargo followup.
s03e25 Guantánamo 2016-10-10 03:00
Guantánamo
John Oliver examines the legal and moral issues surrounding the military prison at Guantánamo Bay.
s03e26 Third Parties 2016-10-17 03:00
Third Parties
John discusses the the 2016 presidential campaigns of Jill Stein and Gary Johnson and has a small segment on (again) Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
s03e27 Drugs 2016-10-24 03:00
Drugs
John firstly discusses the hilarities of the third presidential debate of 2016 and the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. His main topic is on whats causing opiod abuse in the U.S.
s03e28 School Segregation 2016-10-31 03:00
School Segregation
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s03e29 Multi-level Marketing 2016-11-07 04:00
Multi-level Marketing
This week's topics included the most recent campaign updates and multi-level marketing companies' claims to be legitimate businesses though some seem awfully.. pyramid shaped. John Oliver and Jaime Camil demonstrate how they work in English and Spanish.
s03e30 President-Elect Trump 2016-11-14 04:00
President-Elect Trump
John Oliver talks about the election results.