Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: July 24, 2022: Inflation
Overview
John Oliver discusses the causes of inflation and what we've done about it; plus, updates on the beach dolls and the banana sculpture.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2022-07-24
- Runtime
- 35 min
Episode context
July 24, 2022: Inflation is Episode 17 in Season 9 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2022-07-24. The runtime is 35 min.
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