Awesome Last Week Tonight

The plight of Flint, Michigan’s residents made lead poisoning a hot topic, but Last Week Tonight reminds us that deadly lead is still in the paint inside millions of homes. John Oliver’s new neighbors dropped by to help him wake up lawmakers.

(PG-13: Language) Last Week Tonight takes on credit reports, i.e. quantified prejudice. If there are errors in a credit company’s report, the burden of correcting those is inexplicably placed on the victims. So the show gave these vile companies a dose of their own medicine.

John Oliver took advantage of Last Week Tonight’s Easter break to indulge his fantasy of making a conspiracy video. Watch as breaks down the truth behind Cadbury Creme Eggs. Three words. Three. Confirmed.

(PG-13: Language) Last Week Tonight breaks down Apple’s refusal to comply with the FBI’s request to unlock a terrorists’ iPhone, a potentially precedent-setting case that unfortunately pits consumers’ privacy against law enforcement.

(PG-13: Language) Last Week Tonight looks at the voter’s ID requirement in some states in the US. Not only can eligible IDs be hard to procure, the problem it’s supposed to prevent – voter fraud – barely exists at all… except in Congress.

“Exercise is like reading for your muscles. Except you can’t watch a movie of someone else exercising and basically get the gist of it.” Last Week Tonight doles out a defeatist’s tips on making New Year’s resolutions.

(PG-13: Language) Last Week Tonight is on hiatus until February, but John Oliver briefly awoke from his hibernation to teach us the basics of regifting. And make numerous inappropriate analogies for unwanted gifts.

Last Week Tonight takes its foot off the pedal and talks about something a little less depressing than usual. Each U.S. cent costs nearly two cents to make, yet it’s considered worthless by most citizens and even establishments.

(PG-13: Language) Last Week Tonight looks at daily fantasy sports companies, which let you bet – and win – real money on short term performances of athletes or teams. They’re using a legal loophole so that they won’t be classified as gambling, and remain unregulated.

(PG-13: Language) Last Week Tonight looks at government policies and stigmas that make it very hard for even low-level offenders in the US to rehabilitate, causing many of them to eventually end up in jail once again – an inefficient and most of all inhumane system.

(PG-13: Language) Last Week Tonight singles out US gubernatorial candidates who oppose Medicaid expansion in their states, despite their poor constituents’ dire need of it. The irony? At least one of them has received government aid for his ailing business.

(PG-13: Language) Last Week Tonight indulges in the dying tradition of gossiping about one’s neighbor. On the eve of the Canadian federal election, LWT takes a look at the candidates for prime minister and urges Canadians to stop supporting the incumbent Stephen Harper.

(PG-13: Language) Last Week Tonight looks at how oil companies have abused North Dakota’s “friendly business climate” by washing their hands clean of accidents and paying off politicians so they’ll only pay small fines for violations.

With mental health being used to divert discussion from gun control in the United States, Last Week Tonight looks at the country’s – and perhaps the world’s –  miserable treatment of the mentally ill.

Last Week Tonight takes a break from pooping on the United States to poop on some European countries. And Fox News. While the Syrian refugee crisis is not without cost to host countries, that is no excuse for racism and discrimination. You can help.

(PG-13 Language) John Oliver takes a break from taking a break to give incoming American high school students an irreverent rundown of the things that they’ll be taught. And the ones that are actually worth learning about.