Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stephen Hawking, Immigration Reform, Washington Redskins
John discusses immigration, the Washington Redskins and Iraq and talks to Stephen Hawking.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Argentine Debt Restructuring, Native Advertising
John discusses native advertising and Argentine debt restructuring.
Payday Loans, Russia's Ban on Food Imports
John discusses payday loans and Russia's import embargo on U.S. chicken and soybean.
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.
Student Loan Debt, Russian Space Geckos
John provides a eulogy for the mating space geckos, and talks about student debt.
Scottish Independence, Ray Rice, Corporations' Misuse of Twitter
John discusses the Scottish independence referendum and corporations using Twitter.
The U.S. Trade Embargo with Cuba, Miss America Pageant
John focuses on the Miss America 2015 pageant with special guest Kathy Griffin.
Drone Strikes, Ayn Rand, Kansas State Budget Shortfall
John discusses U.S. military drones and the Kansas state budget shortfall.
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.
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.
Sugar in Food, Dr. Jane Goodall, Doug Ford
John Oliver is back to discuss how the sugar industry rules the world!
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).
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.
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