Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Nuclear Weapons and the United States
Season 1, Episode 12 · Aired 2014-07-27
Synopsis
John addresses the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, revisits the subject of international royalty, discusses the safety of nuclear weapons and campaigns to save geckos in space.
In the series
This episode is part of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO.
Longform late-night investigations — net neutrality explainers as comedy events.
Key cast
- John Oliver as Host
Also in season 1
- S01E01 Indian General Election, NSA's New Image, POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co.
- S01E02 Death Penalty, François Hollande, the Sultan of Brunei
- S01E03 Bill Nye, the U.S. Senate Election in Kentucky, Global Warming Controversy
- S01E04 Fareed Zakaria, General Motors, Right to Be Forgotten
- S01E05 Net Neutrality, Tony Abbott, 87th Scripps National Spelling Bee
- S01E06 FIFA and the World Cup, Bashar al-Assad