Episode
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj: Why Your Public Transportation Sucks
Overview
Hasan examines how the U.S. government and the Koch brothers are sabotaging plans to revive and expand public transportation as infrastructure crumbles.
Details
- Series
- Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2019-08-18
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Why Your Public Transportation Sucks is Episode 3 in Season 4 of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj. It aired on 2019-08-18. The runtime is 24 min.
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