Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: February 27, 2022: Sex Work
Overview
As long as sex work has existed, so have efforts to end it. John Oliver explains why criminalizing the trade hasn’t helped the most vulnerable people involved, and why we should start listening to those at the center of the conversation: sex workers. Plus, Russian invasion into Ukraine, that has placed the whole world at the brink of WW3.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2022-02-27
- Runtime
- 40 min
Episode context
February 27, 2022: Sex Work is Episode 2 in Season 9 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2022-02-27. The runtime is 40 min.
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