John Oliver

Transgender Rights II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Over a hundred anti-trans bills were introduced in 2022, with twelve states enacting laws that threaten the rights of transgender individuals.

Bail: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Bail: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Nearly 40% of New Jersey's jail population in 2013 was held solely because they could not meet bail requirements.

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Donald Trump: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Donald Trump: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

76% of Donald Trump's statements have been rated as varying degrees of false by PolitiFact, according to John Oliver's analysis of the candidate's claims.

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Workplace Sexual Harassment: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Workplace Sexual Harassment: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

A 1981 training video illustrates the long-standing issue of workplace sexual harassment, which John Oliver critiques through humor and current events.

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Covid Vaccines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Covid Vaccines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

India set a world record for daily COVID cases with over 400,000, while U.S. vaccination demand has dropped by 20 percent since the start of the month.

Election 2020: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Election 2020: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

More than three million votes have already been cast in the 2020 election as John Oliver discusses efforts to undermine the voting process.

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Miss America Pageant: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Miss America Pageant: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Last Sunday, contestants from nearly every state, including Alaska, participated in the Miss America pageant, which featured swimsuits and talent performances.

Doping: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Doping: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

A Russian laboratory used a secret hole in the wall to tamper with doping samples, revealing the extent of state-sanctioned cheating in athletics.

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Equifax: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Equifax: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

A data breach at Equifax in 2017 exposed the personal information of 145 million Americans, including social security numbers and birth dates.

Net Neutrality II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Net Neutrality II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

540,000 comments flooded the FCC website after John Oliver urged viewers to respond to net neutrality concerns in a segment from 2017.

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Snack Video Games: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)

Snack Video Games: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)

In the 1990s, brands like 7up and Cheetos created video games featuring their mascots, a stark contrast to today's social media marketing tactics.

Pringles Update: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)

Pringles Update: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)

John Oliver offers $10,000 to Feeding America if Pringles reveals what their mascot, Julius Pringles, looks like from the neck down.

Cookie Monster's Ideas (Web Exclusive): Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Cookie Monster's Ideas (Web Exclusive): Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Cookie Monster suggests turning crumbs back into cookies during a lighthearted exchange with John Oliver about cookie-related ideas.

Sex Education: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Sex Education: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

A father expressed outrage after his 13-year-old saw a poster listing sex acts in a middle school sex education class.

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Coronavirus III: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Coronavirus III: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

India's Prime Minister imposed a nationwide lockdown affecting 1.3 billion residents, with police punishing violators through physical means.

Lost Graphics Vol. 4 (Web Exclusive): Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Lost Graphics Vol. 4 (Web Exclusive): Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver presents a graphic of Grimace mauling a McDonald's customer, illustrating the humor of the show's graphics department's unused creations.

WWE: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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WWE: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

2019

WWE generated a record $930 million in revenue last year, driven by its massive popularity and diverse entertainment offerings.

2019

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Election Subversion: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Election Subversion: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

A majority of Republican nominees for key offices in the 2022 midterms deny or question the legitimacy of the 2020 election results.

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Union Busting: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Union Busting: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Just over 10 percent of American workers belong to a union, a significant decline from 20 percent in 1983, amid challenging labor conditions at companies like Amazon.

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Season 7 Finale: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Season 7 Finale: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver reflects on the challenges of 2020, stating, "This year ruined lives, jobs, concerts, and sanity," before concluding the season with a call for change.

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Translators: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Translators: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

In 2011, only three special immigrant visas were issued to Afghan interpreters despite Congress allowing for up to 1,500 each year.

China & Uighurs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

China & Uighurs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

More than one million Uyghurs are detained in what a U.N. panel describes as a massive internment camp in Xinjiang, China.

Facial Recognition: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Facial Recognition: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Facial recognition technology can identify individual fish, including those labeled as 'loser fish,' raising concerns about privacy and surveillance.

Letter of the Week -- POM Wonderful (Web Exclusive): Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Letter of the Week -- POM Wonderful (Web Exclusive): Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

POM Wonderful invested thirty-five million dollars in research on pomegranates, responding to John Oliver's humorous critique of their health claims.

Voting Rights: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Voting Rights: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Eighteen states passed 30 laws restricting voter access between January and July 2021, including stricter voter ID requirements and voter roll purges.

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Rocks: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)

Rocks: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)

Candice Taylor received just four percent of the vote in the Georgia Republican gubernatorial primary, where she made controversial statements during a debate.

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Scientific Studies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Scientific Studies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

A new study suggests that drinking a glass of red wine is just as good as spending an hour at the gym, a claim Oliver questions in his segment.

Auto Lending: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Auto Lending: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Nearly a quarter of all car loans are now classified as high-risk subprime loans, reaching a 10-year high in the auto lending industry.

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Tech Monopolies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Tech Monopolies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

In 2020, a 450-page report from the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust detailed anti-competitive practices by Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Alphabet.

Misinformation: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Misinformation: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

More than 90 percent of Facebook's monthly users are outside the US and Canada, yet only 13 percent of its monitoring efforts focus on non-English content.

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Air Bud: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)

Air Bud: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)

A dog plays basketball on a team of children, winning state while a boy named Josh copes with his father's death through their bond.

Harmontown "Community" Dan Harmon, Comedy, John Oliver, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs

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Harmontown "Community" Dan Harmon, Comedy, John Oliver, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs

2023

On January 9, 2013, Dan Harmon and his friends embarked on a cross-country tour, performing for audiences ranging from 50 to 350 people.

2023

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Stadiums: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Stadiums: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Between 2000 and 2010, the United States spent $12 billion building new facilities for professional sports teams, often funded by public money.

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Online Harassment: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Online Harassment: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

An America Online advertisement from the 1990s features a father juggling tasks while chatting online, contrasting with today's rampant online harassment.

Food Waste: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Food Waste: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Americans throw away approximately 165 billion dollars worth of food each year, which amounts to about 20 pounds per person every month.

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Guardianship: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Guardianship: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Over 49 million Americans aged 65 and older currently live in the United States, a number expected to sharply increase in the coming years.

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Stupid Watergate: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Stupid Watergate: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

President Trump allegedly revealed highly classified intelligence to Russian officials during an Oval Office meeting, raising serious concerns about national security.

OAN: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

OAN: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

One American News frequently receives praise from Trump during press conferences, raising concerns about the quality of questions posed to him.

John Oliver on Trump, Brexit and fake news

John Oliver on Trump, Brexit and fake news

John Oliver describes the information from the White House as a 'firehose' that makes it hard to filter out significant news from the chaos.

Last Week Tonight's Masterpiece Gallery Tour

Last Week Tonight's Masterpiece Gallery Tour

Five museums across the United States will host an art exhibit starting at the Judy Garland Museum in Minnesota in September, each receiving a $10,000 donation.