Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Turkey pardoning is a weird tradition.
They're basically all guilty...of being delicious.

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There is a cannon that shoots salmon over dams.
It’s awesome. Check it out.

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State lotteries claim to be good for education and the general wellbeing of citizens.
But are they? (Spoiler alert: No.)

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Wherever news breaks, whenever news breaks, John Oliver will bring it to you on Sunday. Don't miss the season finale of Last Week...

Lowe’s is employing robots this holiday season.
But can robots provide the most vital customer service of all?
Nick Offerman, H. Jon Benjamin, and Sarah Baker help us show that they cannot.

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While midterm coverage is largely focused on the parts of Congress that do very little, vital (and bizarre) midterm elections are going unexamined. State legislators pass a lot of bills, and some o...

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: 1,000,000 YouTube Subscribers (Web Exclusive)

We have accumulated 1,000,000 YouTube subscribers. We’re not really sure what that means!

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Sugar. It's in everything!
Is it good for us? Well, the sugar industry thinks so.

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For our series People Who Think Good, John Oliver sits down for a banana with Dr. Jane Goodall, one of the world's foremost experts in chimpanzees.

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Translators who have aided the U.S. Military in Afghanistan and Iraq are in great danger in their home countries, but red tape is making it impossible for many of them to leave. John Oliver intervi...

Cameras aren’t allowed in the Supreme Court, so most coverage of our most important cases looks like garbage.
We fixed that problem with real animals and fake paws. Feel free to take our footage (h...

We have provided this footage for you to do your own Supreme Court reenactments. Please feel free to use it, post your videos, and tag them #RealAnimalsFakePaws so we can find them.

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Christopher Columbus did a lot of stuff that was way more terrible than "sailing the ocean blue," but we don't learn about that.

Columbus Day: How is it still a thing?

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Pumpkin spice. Why?
John Oliver investigates. Well, he doesn't really investigate. He says things about it, though!

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Ayn Rand, author of "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead" is still kind of a thing. How?

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Did you know police can just take your stuff if they suspect it's involved in a crime? They can!
It’s a shady process called “civil asset forfeiture,” and it would make for a weird episode of Law a...

Jeff Goldblum is amazing. Here are some outtakes of him harassing a stack of money that didn't make it into our Law and Order: Civil Forfeiture Unit segment.

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The United States has launched a huge number of drone strikes under President Obama.
It’s widely accepted and extremely terrifying.

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Narendra Modi, the Prime Minster of India visited New York and did some classic New York things.
Also, some weird, inexplicable things.

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Roger Goodell spoke about the NFL’s recent controversies. And he spoke badly.
Boo this man. [ghost emoji]
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The Miss America Pageant…how is this still a thing?
They claim to give more scholarships to women than any other organization, and, unfortunately, they’re right.
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ISIS is rapidly spreading throughout the Middle East.
One country needs to step up and take action.
Get on it, Peru.

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Scotland is about to vote on whether to secede from the UK.
There are solid arguments on both sides.
But none of that makes bagpipes good to listen to…or does it?

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The Russian space sex geckos have died. John Oliver enlists the band A Great Big World to help him pay tribute to the sacrifice they made for science with their song “Say Something.”

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John Oliver discusses student debt, which is awful, as well as for-profit colleges, who are awfully good at inflicting debt upon us.

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Cookie Monster has a few ideas to share with John Oliver.
John just wants you to watch their special news report on words, which can be found here:
http://youtu.be/iLi2xB82ZyI

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John Oliver reads fan mail, but because no one sends mail anymore, it’s all from YouTube comments.

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John Oliver explores America's wage gap between men and women and proposes a possible solution.
Note: Solution proposed is 100% sarcastic.

Watch John Oliver deliver an epic takedown of piñatas.

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In the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, John Oliver explores the racial inequality in treatment by police as well as the increasing militarization of America’s local police fo...