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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Bias in Medicine

TV Flash files “Bias in Medicine” as hour 170 of 371 in the TV Flash guide — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO, season 6, episode 21, aired 2019-08-18, 30 min.

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This leaf is S06E21: listed hour 170 of 371 in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide, hour 21 of 30 in season 6. It aired 2019-08-18 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov” (S06E20). Next is “Filibuster” (S06E22).

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Bias in Medicine (S06E21)

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Bias in medicine actually exists in USA and it really affecting the life of huge number of people every year who are seeking medical attention. John Oliver discusses the adverse effects that gender and racial bias can impose in treating medical illnesses.

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Where does Bias in Medicine sit in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide?

S06E21 is listed hour 170 of 371 — hour 21 of 30 in season 6, season 6 episode 21.

When did Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S06E21 air?

Bias in Medicine aired 2019-08-18 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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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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