Where to Watch Season 5
30 Episodes
- Trump vs. The World
E1Trump vs. The WorldJohn Oliver depicts how the world see America now in the era of Trump presidency. America's image is being compromised by its very own president. Not only comedians but also the world leaders are making fun of him and distancing themselves from America. Americas control over soft power is decreasing because of the vacancies in key diplomatic positions. - Immigration Courts
E6Immigration CourtsImmigration courts is the main story of today's episode. John Oliver points out the ginormous number of pending cases and the ridiculousness of the various process of these courts. But these courts are responsible many peoples' entire life and the messiness of these courts doesn't help those people at all. - Crisis Pregnancy Centers
E7Crisis Pregnancy CentersCrisis pregnancy center is an institute which talks women away from abortion by any means possible. They can practically state wrong information and misleading data to confuse women. Which is more shocking is that they are not breaking any law with these wrong advises. It's quite easy to open a crisis pregnancy center, and John Oliver did that from New York. Behold the 'Vanned Parenthood'. - Corporate Taxes
E8Corporate TaxesJohn Oliver talks about the Corporate Taxes. He gives examples of how big corporation always tries to evade taxes. They are using the loop holes in American tax system. He also expressed his doubts about the promises were made by the new tax plan. He used the unfruitful past experience of tax holiday to support his claim. - Rudy Giuliani
E10Rudy GiulianiRudy Giuliani is the newest addition to the Trump's lawyers. He revealed some pretty damaging stuff about the Stormy Daniels story, which contradicts his employer's statement. But it is not a new thing for Rudy Giuliani because he was doing it throughout his career and was always eager to appear in television or limelight even if it is the lamest way possible. - Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
E12Drug Rehabilitation ClinicsRehab is a billion dollar industry of USA. But this enormous addiction treatment industry is not regulated enough. That is why they can claim a high success rate of their facility without any hard evidence. Not only that they have a practice of using urine of addicts to make money. Which is known as the liquid gold in recovery industry. - Gene Editing
E17Gene Editing'Gene Editing' is a very fascinating field. It has enormous potential to improve the human life. While many scientists are extremely cautious about their experiments, there are also some who handles the matters about gene editing quite lightly. John Oliver explains the different risks, possible rewards of gene editing. - Felony Disenfranchisement
E22Felony DisenfranchisementFelony Disenfranchisement is what Jon Oliver talks about. Many people who had felony convictions are unfairly restricted from voting rights even long after of serving his/her conviction. And there is no clear instruction or process to regain the voting status. People have to rely on the whims of a clemency board which is absurd. - State Attorneys General
E27State Attorneys GeneralJohn Oliver briefly catches up with last week's events: deadliest attack on Synagogue, Saudi's lamest explanation of Jamal Khashoggi murder. Then he talks about the State Attorneys General. He explains the importance of role and contribution State AGs. State AGs are very powerful as they sue the federal government. So the races to elect these influential peoples are worth voters' attention. - Family Separation
E28Family SeparationJohn Oliver gives a quick recap about the USA's midterm election activities. Then he talks about the main story of the night: Family Separation. He discussed the absurdity of the policy and the toll it takes on the families of the immigrants. He also stated his sincere concern about the fact that it could very possibly happen again.
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