1. Indian General Election, NSA's New Image, POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co.
Air date: 2014-04-27 · 30 min
John talks about the Indian election, Pom Wonderful, and talks with the former NSA director General Keith Alexander.
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2. Death Penalty, François Hollande, the Sultan of Brunei
Air date: 2014-05-04 · 30 min
John talks about the recent issues of the death penalty, François Hollande, and the rising issues happening in Brunei.
Open episode 2 ↗3. Bill Nye, the U.S. Senate Election in Kentucky, Global Warming Controversy
Air date: 2014-05-11 · 30 min
John talks about Eurovision, Ukraine and Russia's relations, and invites Bill Nye to a statistically representative climate change debate.
Open episode 3 ↗4. Fareed Zakaria, General Motors, Right to Be Forgotten
Air date: 2014-05-18 · 30 min
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.
Open episode 4 ↗5. Net Neutrality, Tony Abbott, 87th Scripps National Spelling Bee
Air date: 2014-06-01 · 30 min
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.
Open episode 5 ↗6. FIFA and the World Cup, Bashar al-Assad
Air date: 2014-06-08 · 30 min
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.
Open episode 6 ↗7. Stephen Hawking, Immigration Reform, Washington Redskins
Air date: 2014-06-15 · 30 min
John discusses immigration, the Washington Redskins and Iraq and talks to Stephen Hawking.
Open episode 7 ↗8. Steve Buscemi, Monarchies, Dr. Oz & Regulation of Dietary Supplements
Air date: 2014-06-22 · 30 min
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.
Open episode 8 ↗9. Pepe Julian Onziema, LGBT Rights in Uganda, Hobby Lobby
Air date: 2014-06-29 · 30 min
John Oliver sheds light on recent Supreme Court cases and discusses gay rights in Uganda with activist Pepe Julian Onziema.
Open episode 9 ↗10. Wealth Gap, CIA's Image, Warren G. Harding's Love Letters
Air date: 2014-07-13 · 30 min
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.
Open episode 10 ↗11. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Commonwealth Games, America's Prisons
Air date: 2014-07-20 · 30 min
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.
Open episode 11 ↗12. Nuclear Weapons and the United States
Air date: 2014-07-27 · 30 min
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.
Open episode 12 ↗13. Argentine Debt Restructuring, Native Advertising
Air date: 2014-08-03 · 30 min
John discusses native advertising and Argentine debt restructuring.
Open episode 13 ↗14. Payday Loans, Russia's Ban on Food Imports
Air date: 2014-08-10 · 30 min
John discusses payday loans and Russia's import embargo on U.S. chicken and soybean.
Open episode 14 ↗15. Police Militarization in Ferguson, Gender Pay Gap
Air date: 2014-08-17 · 30 min
Focuses on the shooting of Michael Brown and police militarization in Ferguson, MO. John also discusses the topic of equal pay for equal work.
Open episode 15 ↗16. Student Loan Debt, Russian Space Geckos
Air date: 2014-09-07 · 30 min
John provides a eulogy for the mating space geckos, and talks about student debt.
Open episode 16 ↗17. Scottish Independence, Ray Rice, Corporations' Misuse of Twitter
Air date: 2014-09-14 · 30 min
John discusses the Scottish independence referendum and corporations using Twitter.
Open episode 17 ↗18. The U.S. Trade Embargo with Cuba, Miss America Pageant
Air date: 2014-09-21 · 30 min
John focuses on the Miss America 2015 pageant with special guest Kathy Griffin.
Open episode 18 ↗19. Drone Strikes, Ayn Rand, Kansas State Budget Shortfall
Air date: 2014-09-28 · 30 min
John discusses U.S. military drones and the Kansas state budget shortfall.
Open episode 19 ↗20. 2022 Winter Olympics, Hong Kong protests, Brazilian elections & Civil Forfeiture
Air date: 2014-10-05 · 30 min
John Oliver shows us how desperate American law enforcement is to take money from those they can.
Open episode 20 ↗21. Military Translators, Supreme Court
Air date: 2014-10-19 · 30 min
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.
Open episode 21 ↗22. Sugar in Food, Dr. Jane Goodall, Doug Ford
Air date: 2014-10-26 · 30 min
John Oliver is back to discuss how the sugar industry rules the world!
Open episode 22 ↗23. U.S. State Legislatures, ALEC
Air date: 2014-11-02 · 30 min
John disusses robot sales associates at Lowe's, U.S legislatures in elections, and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
Open episode 23 ↗24. State Lotteries, Erdogan, Salmon Cannon
Air date: 2014-11-09 · 30 min
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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