Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Trump vs. Higher Education
Season 12, Episode 22 · Aired 2025-09-07
Synopsis
John Oliver discusses Donald Trump's war on higher education, the history of right-wing attacks on what universities research and teach, and how a weird little tree frog might – might! – just save us all.
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