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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Season 13 • Episode 12 • May 17, 2026
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Season 13, Episode 12: May 17, 2026
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13 episodes
February 15, 2026: ICE
John Oliver discusses ICE's repeated atrocities over the past months and explores the massive entity overseeing it all: the Department of Homeland Security. How it started, who runs it, and how many hats Kristi Noem owns.
40 min
February 22, 2026: Twitter
John Oliver discusses how an already flawed Twitter got worse under Elon Musk, how it continues to impact us all, and what it has to do with the 30-40 trillion cells humans are composed of.
40 min
March 1, 2026: Police Body Cameras
John Oliver discusses why police body cameras can be useful, or useless, depending on whether they're used properly, and yeah, he also discusses what it looks like to arrest a giant mouse. Because of course he does.
39 min
March 8, 2026: USAID
John Oliver discusses the U.S. and Israel's strikes on Iran, why the Trump Administration has gutted the United States Agency for International Development, and why John is jealous of Stephen A. Smith. Or, sorry – Brick.
50 min
March 15, 2026: J.D. Vance
John Oliver discusses the Trump Administration's mixed messaging surrounding the U.S.'s ongoing war with Iran, then explores J.D. Vance's ideologies past and present, including but not limited to who J.D. thinks is a real stupidhead.
40 min
March 22, 2026: Police Stings
John Oliver discusses police stings, why they can seem like they're creating more crime than they're stopping, and the best alias for any undercover cop, ever, in history. Ok, fine, we'll just tell you: It's a tie between "Angelo Lasagna" and "Rico Rigatone."
39 min
March 29, 2026: Hungary
John Oliver discusses why Donald Trump would prefer if we didn't call the war in Iran a "war," what the upcoming elections in Hungary mean for Viktor Orbán and conservatives around the world, and why people in the US are modifying their national parks passes.
40 min