Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: October 16, 2022: Transgender Rights II
Overview
John Oliver discusses the latest round of attacks on transgender rights, what’s at stake, and how kids are schooling the ignorant adults on this topic. Plus, why the Crimean Bridge is having a bad time these days.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 26
- Air date
- 2022-10-16
- Runtime
- 35 min
Episode context
October 16, 2022: Transgender Rights II is Episode 26 in Season 9 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2022-10-16. The runtime is 35 min.
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