Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 3

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 3

Season 3

Network
Episodes30
Datesjanv. 25, 2016 - nov. 13, 2016
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Episodes

Voting
Season 3Episode 133 min

Voting

John talks about the late Antonin Scalia and the Supreme Court, Chipotle's food safety problems, Voter IDs and New Zealand's economic development minister Steven Joyce.

févr. 14, 2016
Abortion Laws
Season 3Episode 230 min

Abortion Laws

John talks about the South Carolina Republican primary, the Supreme Court vacancy and abortion laws.

févr. 21, 2016
Donald Trump
Season 3Episode 330 min

Donald Trump

John first talks about Egyptian president El Sisi announcing government budget cuts, whilst arriving somewhat extravagantly just moments earlier. He then continues with Obama's attempts at closing Guantanamo. His main story is about Trump trying get the republican nomineeship and Trump's awkwardly short fingers.

févr. 28, 2016
Special Districts
Season 3Episode 430 min

Special Districts

John discusses the Republican Party 2016 presidential primaries, Gloria Steinem's interview with Lands' End, special-purpose districts.

mars 6, 2016
Encryption
Season 3Episode 530 min

Encryption

John discusses the 2016 United States presidential election, International Women's Day, Switzerland's Day of the Sick and the FBI–Apple encryption dispute.

mars 13, 2016
The Wall
Season 3Episode 630 min

The Wall

Before talking about Donald Trump's proposal for a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico and all the things that are impossible about it, he shortly discusses the 2015/2016 protests in Brazil and the Petrobras scandal and the Supreme Court nomination for Merrick Garland.

mars 20, 2016
Political Fundraising
Season 3Episode 730 min

Political Fundraising

John talks about the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit and some of the "creative" remarks made by Donald Trump about nuclear weapons. Next the 2016 Opening Day in baseball is discussed. The CEO of the New York Yankees has made a "bold" statement and John tries to thwart him. The main story is about congressional fundraising, members of congress and other officials have to spend exorbitant amount of time calling potential contributors and eat a LOT of seafood.

avr. 3, 2016
Credit Reports
Season 3Episode 830 min

Credit Reports

John first talks about the leaked documents from Mossack Fonseca called the Panama Papers which describe how earth's wealthiest evade taxes. Next up is Alabama governor Robert Bently's alleged ethics violations. John's main story is about credit scores and background checks in the U.S., the companies that create credit reports for citizens make a lot of mistakes ensuring said citizens having a hard time getting jobs, apartments and loans.

avr. 10, 2016
Lead
Season 3Episode 930 min

Lead

John talks about Vladimir Putin's annual call-in show, reactions to the Panama Papers in the United Kingdom, the Böhmermann affair, the Flint water crisis and lead poisoning in the U.S.

avr. 17, 2016
Puerto Rico
Season 3Episode 1030 min

Puerto Rico

John discusses president Obama's reception in Saudi Arabia, Norway's immigration policy and and Puerto Rico's debt and exempt statuses.

avr. 24, 2016
Scientific Studies
Season 3Episode 1130 min

Scientific Studies

John talks about the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, the 2016 Philippine general election and candidate Rodrigo Duterte, and the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea. The main story is about how scientific research and science journalism are often distorted by themselves, news media and social media and why it's dangerous.

mai 8, 2016
911
Season 3Episode 1230 min

911

John talks about Donald Trump's presidential campaign, Elizabeth II being filmed calling Chinese officials "very rude", Budweiser beer being renamed as America Beer, Paul LePage's recent encouragement and his main story is about the 9-1-1 emergency telephone number.

mai 15, 2016
Primaries and Caucuses
Season 3Episode 1330 min

Primaries and Caucuses

John talks about the ongoing Venezuelan protests, elbowgate in the canadian parliamant and the obscurities and oddities in the democratic and republican presidential primaries and the primary process. Additionaly Ramzan Kadyrov's instagram is discussed. And of course Trump is in there somewhere making John facepalm.

mai 22, 2016
Debt Buyers
Season 3Episode 1430 min

Debt Buyers

John discusses Donald Trump's legal affairs, Trump University and the debt buying industry.

juin 5, 2016
Money
Season 3Episode 1530 min

Money

John starts off by adressing the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting and recapping the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign so far. His main story is about retirement plans and financial advisers and their (hidden) costs.

juin 12, 2016
United Kingdom
Season 3Episode 1630 min

United Kingdom

John firstly dicusses how the relatively small NRA is so effective at barring legislation concerning gun control and in his main story he talks about Britain potentially leaving the European Union and the implications thereof.

juin 19, 2016
Doping
Season 3Episode 1730 min

Doping

The 2016 Summer Olympics and doping in sports; and the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union are discussed.

juin 26, 2016
Republican National Convention
Season 3Episode 1830 min

Republican National Convention

Topics include the U.K.'s Boris Johnson, the Republican National Convention and the unauthorized use of pop music in politics.

juil. 24, 2016
DNC vs. RNC
Season 3Episode 1930 min

DNC vs. RNC

Topics include the repeal of voter suppression laws, the aftermath of the attempted coup in Turkey, the Democratic National Convention and the unconventional state of our democracy.

juil. 31, 2016
Journalism
Season 3Episode 2030 min

Journalism

Topics include the decline of newspapers in the United States and the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

août 7, 2016
Auto Lending
Season 3Episode 2130 min

Auto Lending

Auto lenders can steer vulnerable people into crushing debt. Keegan-Michael Key and Bob Balaban help John Oliver show exactly how.
août 14, 2016
Charter Schools
Season 3Episode 2238 min

Charter Schools

Charter schools are privately run, publicly funded, and irregularly regulated. John Oliver explores why they aren’t at all like pizzerias.
août 21, 2016
Scandals
Season 3Episode 2330 min

Scandals

John discusses what's going on in Charlotte, Wells Fargo bank and the 2016 presidential race.

sept. 25, 2016
Police Accountability
Season 3Episode 2430 min

Police Accountability

John discusses the First United States presidential debate, Alicia Machado, police accountability and there's a Wells Fargo followup.

oct. 2, 2016
Guantánamo
Season 3Episode 2530 min

Guantánamo

John Oliver examines the legal and moral issues surrounding the military prison at Guantánamo Bay.

oct. 9, 2016
Third Parties
Season 3Episode 2630 min

Third Parties

John discusses the the 2016 presidential campaigns of Jill Stein and Gary Johnson and has a small segment on (again) Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

oct. 16, 2016
Drugs
Season 3Episode 2730 min

Drugs

John firstly discusses the hilarities of the third presidential debate of 2016 and the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. His main topic is on whats causing opiod abuse in the U.S.

oct. 23, 2016
School Segregation
Season 3Episode 2830 min

School Segregation

Public schools are increasingly divided by race and class. John Oliver discusses the troubling trend towards school resegregation.
oct. 30, 2016
Multi-level Marketing
Season 3Episode 2930 min

Multi-level Marketing

This week's topics included the most recent campaign updates and multi-level marketing companies' claims to be legitimate businesses though some seem awfully.. pyramid shaped. John Oliver and Jaime Camil demonstrate how they work in English and Spanish.

nov. 6, 2016
President-Elect Trump
Season 3Episode 3030 min

President-Elect Trump

John Oliver talks about the election results.

nov. 13, 2016

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