Episode
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee: October 17, 2018
Overview
With less than a month separating Americans from the midterm elections, Samantha Bee unboxes a few more weapons in the GOP arsenal: voter suppression and a culture war.
Details
- Series
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 2018-10-17
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
October 17, 2018 is Episode 24 in Season 3 of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. It aired on 2018-10-17. The runtime is 21 min.
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Episode 21: September 12, 2018
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Episode 27: November 5, 2018
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Episode 28: November 7, 2018
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Episode 29: December 5, 2018
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Episode 18: August 8, 2018
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Episode 30: December 12, 2018
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