Last Week Tonight with John Oliver · SEASON 1
United States Embargo Against Cuba, Miss America 2015
Episode 18 · 2014-09-21
- Talk
- Comedy
- News
Episode overview
John covers the results of the Scottish referendum that took place the week before and explains why the policy of United States having embargo against Cuba doesn't make sense . The main story focuses on the Miss America pageant and their scholarships to women. John explains how outdated and absurd the requirements for the contestants are and to illustrate these problems, stages his own pageant with the help of a guest star - Kathy Griffin.
30 minutes
Season 1 episodes
1. POM Wonderful v. Coca-Cola2014-04-27
2. Capital Punishment2014-05-04
3. Climate Change Denial2014-05-11
4. The Right to Be Forgotten2014-05-18
5. Net Neutrality2014-06-01
6. FIFA and the World Cup2014-06-08
7. Immigration Reform2014-06-15
8. Dr. Oz2014-06-22
9. Burwell v. Hobby Lobby2014-06-29
10. Income and Wealth Inequality2014-07-13
11. Incarceration in the United States2014-07-20
12. Nuclear Weapons and the United States2014-07-27
13. Native Advertising2014-08-03
14. Payday Loans2014-08-10
15. Shooting of Michael Brown and Police Militarization2014-08-17
16. Student Debt2014-09-07
17. Scottish Independence Referendum2014-09-14
18. United States Embargo Against Cuba, Miss America 20152014-09-21
19. Drones2014-09-28
20. Civil Forfeiture2014-10-05
21. Military Translators2014-10-19
22. Sugar2014-10-26
23. State Legislatures and ALEC2014-11-02
24. The Lottery2014-11-09
