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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Police Militarization in Ferguson, Gender Pay Gap

TV Flash files “Police Militarization in Ferguson, Gender Pay Gap” as hour 15 of 371 in the TV Flash guide — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO, season 1, episode 15, aired 2014-08-17, 30 min.

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This leaf is S01E15: listed hour 15 of 371 in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide, hour 15 of 24 in season 1. It aired 2014-08-17 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Payday Loans, Russia's Ban on Food Imports” (S01E14). Next is “Student Loan Debt, Russian Space Geckos” (S01E16).

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Police Militarization in Ferguson, Gender Pay Gap (S01E15)

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Focuses on the shooting of Michael Brown and police militarization in Ferguson, MO. John also discusses the topic of equal pay for equal work.

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Where does Police Militarization in Ferguson, Gender Pay Gap sit in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide?

S01E15 is listed hour 15 of 371 — hour 15 of 24 in season 1, season 1 episode 15.

When did Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S01E15 air?

Police Militarization in Ferguson, Gender Pay Gap aired 2014-08-17 and is listed at 30 minutes.

Do I need to watch every week in order?

Each episode is a topical deep dive, not a serial plot. Jump at a subject you care about; net-neutrality-era segments are the origin myth of the civic-homework clip.

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Filed by Tessa Quinn · Spoiler-Free (Mostly) · Show package

John Oliver turned late-night into a research department with punchlines: twenty-minute deep dives on net neutrality, prisons, and whatever lobbyists hoped you would never google. Civic homework disguised as comedy — explainer satire that actually moved petitions, and a host who treats footnotes like setups.

Sunday night, and the group chat is doing homework. After *The Daily Show*, John Oliver's HBO late-night series debuted April 2014 with Tim Carvell and James Taylor in the engine room: twenty-minute deep dives on net neutrality, prisons, and whatever lobbyists hoped you would never google. Segments sparked real petitions and news cycles. Multiple Emmys for variety talk. Footnotes as setups. (Spoiler-free: the joke comes with a syllabus.) Lana can have the tuxedo. **The ship is the explainer, and the replies are…

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