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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Season 1 Episode 12: 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.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 2 Capital Punishment

2. Capital Punishment

Aired: May 4, 2014

John talks about the recent issues of the death penalty, François Hollande, a...

Episode 3 Climate Change Denial

3. Climate Change Denial

Aired: May 11, 2014

John talks about Eurovision, Ukraine and Russia's relations, and invites Bill...

Episode 5 Net Neutrality

5. Net Neutrality

Aired: Jun 1, 2014

This week's topics include the rise of the far right political parties in Eur...

Episode 7 Immigration Reform

7. Immigration Reform

Aired: Jun 15, 2014

John discusses immigration, the Washington Redskins and Iraq and talks to Ste...

Episode 8 Dr. Oz

8. Dr. Oz

Aired: Jun 22, 2014

John highlights recent news such as the problems of tourism in Antarctica, di...

Episode 14 Payday Loans

14. Payday Loans

Aired: Aug 10, 2014

John discusses payday loans and Russia's import embargo on U.S. chicken and s...

Episode 16 Student Debt

16. Student Debt

Aired: Sep 7, 2014

John provides a eulogy for the mating space geckos, and talks about student d...

Episode 19 Drones

19. Drones

Aired: Sep 28, 2014

John discusses U.S. military drones and the Kansas state budget shortfall.

Episode 20 Civil Forfeiture

20. Civil Forfeiture

Aired: Oct 5, 2014

John Oliver shows us how desperate the American law enforcement are to make m...

Episode 21 Military Translators

21. Military Translators

Aired: Oct 19, 2014

Translators who have aided the U.S. Military in Afghanistan and Iraq are in g...

Episode 22 Sugar

22. Sugar

Aired: Oct 26, 2014

John Oliver is back to discuss how the sugar industry rules the world!

Episode 24 The Lottery

24. The Lottery

Aired: Nov 9, 2014

Last Week Tonight features in-depth and critical look at state lotteries. It ...

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Info about Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Seasons: 11

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: HBO

Production Countries: United States, Mexico

Genres:Comedy, Talk-Show, News