Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Episode 216: The National Debt
Overview
Main story: How national debt works and why it might be more helpful than you'd think; plus, Giuliani freaks over Lil Nas X; Amazon's anti-union tactics; Peeps and Pepsi form an unholy alliance.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2021-04-04
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Episode 216: The National Debt is Episode 7 in Season 8 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2021-04-04. The runtime is 30 min.
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