Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

John Oliver explains what critical race theory is, what it isn't, and why we can expect to hear more about it in the com…

As long as sex work has existed, so have efforts to end it. John Oliver explains why criminalizing the trade hasn’t help…

John Oliver talks about the current practices of overturning wrongful convictions and how it is quite unsupportive of ev…

John Oliver explains why concert tickets are so expensive, who’s making money off of them, and which One Direction is hi…

John Oliver discusses why overdoses in the U.S. have been on the rise and what we should, and shouldn't, be doing to pre…

John Oliver explains how truck drivers get paid, how they often don’t, and how companies exploit them to increase profit…

John Oliver discusses how much data brokers know about us, what they’re doing with our personal information, and one unu…

John Oliver discusses the tactics that can make police interrogations so damaging, particularly to the innocent. Plus, a…

John Oliver discusses environmental racism, how both government and industry are failing people of color and how zoning …

John Oliver discusses the current presidential election in The Philippines and why Bongbong Marcos is - albeit in a very…

John Oliver discusses the incredible amount of power we give electric utility companies, how weakly regulated they are, …

John Oliver discusses one of the largest franchises in the U.S., how their business model doesn’t always serve franchise…

In the wake of the mass shooting in Uvalde, John Oliver discusses the push for more police in schools and whether they a…

John Oliver discusses tech monopolies such as Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook, and how to address the hidden harm th…

John Oliver discusses why rent has become increasingly unaffordable, what we can do to combat a system that is stacked a…

John Oliver discusses the water shortage in the American west; plus, the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wad…

John Oliver discusses the causes of inflation and what we've done about it; plus, updates on the beach dolls and the ban…

John Oliver discusses the cracks in our broken mental health care system; plus, a look at who's running to become the UK…

John Oliver discusses the recent monkeypox outbreak in the U.S., how the authorities have fumbled the response to it, an…

John Oliver discusses what’s happened since the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan, how their ongoing crisis has even more t…

John Oliver explains what carbon offsets are, what they claim to do, how they might be making climate change even worse,…

John Oliver discusses the wildly popular television franchise, what it’s been teaching us about law enforcement, and how…

John Oliver discusses Jair Bolsonaro, how he's run Brazil as president and how far he might go to maintain power after t…

John Oliver discusses some of the world's most prestigious museums, why they contain so many stolen goods, the market th…

John Oliver discusses the outlets that cover crime, the incentives that drive them, the flawed sources they rely upon, a…

John Oliver discusses the latest round of attacks on transgender rights, what’s at stake, and how kids are schooling the…

With the U.S. midterm elections approaching, John Oliver discusses the issue at the core of many republican attack ads: …

With the U.S. midterm elections approaching, John Oliver discusses what happens after the votes are in, how some elected…

John Oliver discusses the future of the British monarchy, what they have and have not acknowledged about their past, and…

John Oliver discusses the Qatar World Cup, the human-rights violations happening in the sporting event’s host country, a…