Show: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is an American late-night talk and news satire television program.
L.W.T draws its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organizations, pop culture and often aspects of the show itself.
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Episode 242
John Oliver talks about the current practices of overturning a wrongful convictions and how it is quite unsupportive of even apparently innocent people. He urges for urgent reforms for the flawed system which is clearly not working in favor of the innocents. Plus, the heroic resistance of Ukrainians against the invasion of Russia.
Episode 241
As long as sex work has existed, so have efforts to end it. John Oliver explains why criminalizing the trade hasn’t helped the most vulnerable people involved, and why we should start listening to those at the center of the conversation: sex workers. Plus, Russian invasion into Ukraine, that has placed the whole world at the brink of WW3.
Episode 240
John Oliver explains what critical race theory is, what it isn’t, and why we can expect to hear more about it in the coming months.
Episode 234: PFAS
John Oliver discusses PFAS – a class of chemicals linked to an array of health issues – and why their widespread use isn’t as magical as it may seem.