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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Season 11 Episodes
Season 11 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 2024 - 2024
Episode 1
Supreme Court
Sun, Feb 18, 202438 mins
John Oliver turn his lenses on the Supreme Court, it's complete lack of oversight and the ethically questionable millionaire gifts given to the judges by moguls, corporations and mega law firms. The show then focus on Clarence Thomas, his far right ideology, his pivot position on archaic rulings such as the ban of Roe v. Wade, the many trips and gifts he received from billionaire "friends" over decades, and his wife's involvement on the January 6 debacle. At the end John makes a dark bargain for Thomas, flirting with illegality.
Episode 2
Pig Butchering
Sun, Feb 25, 202439 mins
John Oliver discusses a popular internet scam called pig butchering, why it is easy to fall for these kind of scams, who is behind it and most importantly how to protect ourselves and our loved one's from being an unfortunate victim of it. These elaborate and authentic looking scams dries up people's lives' savings.
Episode 3
Boeing
Sun, Mar 3, 202440 mins
John Oliver discusses the decline of aerospace company Boeing's reputation over the year. He points out how the focus of the current management is profit driven not safety driven. He explains how once a reputed company now have become a death wish granter.
Episode 4
Medical Boards
Sun, Mar 10, 202439 mins
John Oliver talks about Mark Robinson the Republican candid for North Carolina running for Governor, and how he came to the attention to the republican people. The main story piece was John discusses how state medical boards fail to protect the one thing they were supposed to protect: the patients.
Episode 5
Student Loans
Sun, Mar 17, 202439 mins
John Oliver discusses the massive student loans problem in United States of America. How the student loan program started and how big it has become over the years was explained by him. He also criticized how companies are mishandling the student loans of thousands of people. Finally show some appreciation for the band-aid efforts from the Biden administration to cancel millions of dollars worth student loans by tweaking the existing system.
Episode 6
Food Delivery Apps
Sun, Mar 31, 202439 mins
John Oliver discusses the unspoken sides of the food delivery apps, how it is hurting the restaurants, the delivery workers and even the app companies. He also talks Donald Trump's social media site Truth Social which is doing exceptionally good in the stocks but doing equally bad in website traffic and popularity.
Episode 7
Executions
Sun, Apr 7, 202438 mins
In the third installment of Death Penalty John Oliver discusses a few new information about the techniques that are being used to carry out the death penalty. He also tracks down a stock photo model from Azerbaijan just to take a photo with.
Episode 8
Medicaid
Sun, Apr 14, 202438 mins
John Oliver discusses why millions of people have been kicked off of Medicaid, why Medicaid access was difficult even before the current "unwinding," and what would happen if fruits and vegetables could talk.
Episode 9
UFOs
Sun, Apr 21, 202439 mins
John Oliver covers the week's protests in the United States and Israel about the war in Gaza, and analyze the events related to Adeel Mangi's confirmation hearing. The main story covers the concept of UFOs and UFOs were treated throughout the history and present days.
Episode 10
Public Libraries
Sun, May 5, 202439 mins
For people like Eric Adams John Oliver explains the campus protests that are happening in USA and we should focus on what they are protesting about. Then he explained how the public libraries are being targeted by some organized group who are mostly driven by misinformation and misunderstanding.
Episode 11
Opioid Settlements
Sun, May 12, 202438 mins
John Oliver discusses how state and local governments in the United States of America are currently spending the money from opioid settlements, and pointed out the flaws in the system and how to tackle those issues for the sake of tackling the opioid crisis.
Episode 12
Corn
Sun, May 19, 202437 mins
John Oliver points out the financial and environmental implication of the largest growing crop in the United States of America namely the Corn. He also talks about how most of the benefits are being redeemed by the large corporations instead of small farmers.
Episode 13
India Elections
Sun, Jun 2, 202439 mins
John Oliver talks about the ongoing elections in India and how the Modi supported BJP is going to win the election with the help of anti-Muslim campaigns. He is also concerned about how the rich got richer and more people are facing the food security issue under his regime. He also talked about the real reasons behind the fall of the popular food chain Red Lobster.
Episode 14
Deep-Sea Mining
Sun, Jun 9, 202439 mins
Tonight John Oliver discusses the environmental risks of the new emerging deep-sea mining opportunity and what is in the stakes when it happens. He also discusses why it might become obsolete in the face of latest and less demanding alternatives.
Episode 15
Trump's Second Term
Sun, Jun 16, 202439 mins
John Oliver discusses the devious plans for possible Donald Trump's second term and how they are organizing for their target to run the country with the people who just agrees with the person in power. On a different incident John becomes a bear and started eat himself.
Episode 16
UK Elections
Sun, Jun 23, 202438 mins
John Oliver talks about the sudden United Kingdom elections announcement by Sunak. He also points out what a series of unpopular leadership they have been gone through for past few years and bad choices by those people is now hurting the whole country.
Episode 17
Migrant Crime
Sun, Jul 21, 2024
John Oliver Breaks Down The Promised Unity Talks In The R.N.C. He Fact Checked About All The Claims About Migrant Crime And That Narrative Has Shifted The Stage Of The Politics Of The Two Major Parties In United States Of America. Finally He Reminds Everyone To Drink Water, See A Dentist And One Other Important Thing.
Episode 18
The West Bank
Sun, Jul 28, 2024
John Oliver discusses how The West Bank settlements came to be, a rumor about J.D. Vance that we cannot prove is false, and whether or not Jake Tapper is Brat.
Episode 19
RFK Jr.
Sun, Aug 4, 2024
John Oliver reviews some of Robert F. Kennedy's counterfactual positions and warns that he is a dangerous presidential candidate.
Episode 20
Hawaii
Sun, Aug 11, 2024
John Oliver starts with the VP choices from the largest two parties in United states. Later he deep-dive to the issue where he explains how Hawaii has long been doing everything for the benefit of everyone else but the native Hawaiians. He admits these issues cannot be solved overnight and suggested few points where everyone can start from.
Episode 21
Hospice Care
Sun, Aug 18, 2024
An exploration of some of the most egregious financial and health care abuses by companies in the hospice care industry.
Episode 22
School Lunch Programs
Sun, Sep 8, 2024
John Oliver talks about J.D. Vance's innate nature of can't being weird on the campaign trail. Also, he discusses the national school lunch program in the United States that how difficult is to balance between nutrition and student's interest to eat them with a limited budget. He points out the benefits of the Universal Free Meals and the real example of it.
Episode 23
Disability Benefits
Sun, Sep 22, 2024
John Oliver talks about various obstacles in the way of receiving disability benefits by the US citizens. Also, how it easily kicks out people out of the program based on some strict rules and regulations. He also gave some suggestions to sort some of the issues in safety program.
Episode 24
Federal Courts
Sun, Sep 29, 2024
John Oliver discusses the impact Donald Trump had on the federal courts and how New York City's mayor was indicted for allegedly taking bribes from foreign sources.
Episode 25
Traffic Stops
Sun, Oct 6, 2024
John Oliver talks about the traffic stops where police have a major freedom to harass people mostly the minority people. He explains that how easy to stop someone for minor traffic violation to look for more crimes by the driver, which has very low success rate. He also points out some easy ways to improve the situation that will help both the police and the community in general.
Episode 26
Election Subversion 2024
Sun, Oct 13, 2024
John Oliver points out the preemptive attempts being made by Donald Trump and his supporters to undermine the upcoming election. He talks about how these false claims can impact the lives of real people and waste peoples' valuable time and resources. Finally, he urges everyone to vote in November.
Episode 27
Mass Deportations
Sun, Oct 27, 2024
John Oliver divided the whole thing in two parts where he discusses Donald Trump's plans to carry out mass deportations if reelected in November, and talked one particular aspect of US immigration system which the inspirational song they tend to play in the ceremony.
Episode 28
Trump's Businesses
Sun, Nov 3, 2024
John Oliver discusses how Donald Trump's businesses benefited from foreign countries and lobbies when he was president and what might happen if Trump gets reelected. Finally he shared an urge to uncommitted voters about the upcoming presidential election despite the questionable policy choices by Kamala in order to select the lesser evil.
Episode 29
2024 Election Results
Sun, Nov 10, 2024
John Oliver discusses last week's biggest event: Donald Trump's second election win. He tries to breakdown the reasons that may lie behind his re-election but admitting that it is too early to be sure of the definite reasons. He talks about what might be waiting next for the 2nd presidency. Finally, he talks about what to do next till Trump takes the charge.
Episode 30
TikTok
Sun, Nov 17, 2024
John Oliver discusses the most popular social media platform in TikTok's potential ban in the United States. He explains why US is focusing on TikTok where the same thing is being done by the US based companies even in a larger scale. Also he set up a days without incident clock until the return of the show for next season.