Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Lead
Overview
Lead poisoning is a national problem. If only lawmakers were as concerned as the puppets on Sesame Street.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2016-04-17
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Lead is Episode 9 in Season 3 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2016-04-17. The runtime is 30 min.
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