S1 E15: Ferguson, the Gender Wage Gap & Iran: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

[@miladeskandari7]

Update on that vasectomy ban law: Iran has never had a lower birth rate in 50 years.

[@iyeetsecurity922]

That's what happens when a country *bans* sex and the woman *aren't allowed to shave.*

[@miladeskandari7]

@@iyeetsecurity922 I mean there's severe oppression and economic issues here too but yeah can't deny that either

[@user-cw6gj8rc2d]

​@iyeetsecurity922 ok as a woman in iran. That's not true , woman in iran are well educated (67 percent of college graduates are woman ) and have you ever seen an iranian woman , honestly the beauty standards here are really high , ( and it's not necessarily good or bad just saying)

[@user-cw6gj8rc2d]

​@@miladeskandari7 when have we ever not been allowed to shave

[@miladeskandari7]

@@user-cw6gj8rc2d اپیلاسیون رو یه زمان ممنوع کرده بودن. منظورش اونه.

[@jessaminemanchester]

Watching these a decade later is so fascinating not just because of the relevance of the events being covered and seeing the show itself evolve, but also because I'm realizing how even though I've been watching since season 2 I'm only just now the target demographic. This episode aired when I was just about to start middle school, and I am now old enough to be the person referred to in the "if you're getting high in your dorm room right now" joke. Truly bizarre realizing I spent my entire teenage years with this bird man and I'm still watching him as a college senior.

[@MJ-tz2cs]

as a college freshman: i had the same exact reaction, holy shit!

[@ilikecomicstoareallyproble8617]

"WE'RE GONNA STOP A BURGLARY AT *LITTLE CAESAR'S*, WE'RE GONNA STOP A BURGLARY AT *LITTLE CAESAR'S*!!!"

[@hoodiesticks]

All these years later and that one Battlestar Galactica fan in the audience still makes me smile every time

[@Onigirli]

I love it too

[@thisisstupid956]

I have a hard time believing I've been watching Last Week Tonight for this long

[@RyanMorey1]

Please please please add air dates to the descriptions!!

[@sealyoness]

With you all the way. But you can tell that JO's hair isn't grey... and I remember when my sis, her oldest granddaughter and I were staying in Freeport, IL during that time; our mother's funeral was the next day. I took pictures of the signs people were putting up in support of the victim. It was good, but bewildering.

[@jonathanblack9129]

I knew something was off as soon as I saw his lush, black, lustrous, hair.

[@whartanto2]

He looks so young.

[@malachihart7370]

August 17 2014

[@vanessawhitneypro]

Copyright at the end says 2014

[@johnchessant3012]

S1 E15 (aired August 17, 2014)

[@corbinpeacock8722]

I love that they're posting the old library. But I really wish they'd post the date too

[@kingrobosheep159]

First thing in the description is the date

[@henrywood1304]

@@kingrobosheep159they added it a few days ago after people kept asking for it. It wasn’t there when these comments were made

[@withouta315]

About a year ago, a search warrant was issued for my stepson because he was "known to be involved with a gang member who was involved in a drive by shooting". This is a small city of less than 200k. One of those tanks showed up in front of my house, came on to the loud speakers for us to come out of the house one-by-one. As the man of the house, of course I was the first one out. With an armored machine gun mount pointed at me I step out the door. I was immediately handcuffed behind my back, and as a morbidly obese with severe arthritis caused over the next couple of hours enough suffering that if it were not law enforcement, I could have easily won tens of thousands in a law suit. They did cuff my 16-year-old step son, not the one suspected, and wanted to cuff the 18-year-old step daughter, but decided that she was carrying her 3-month-old baby that it might look bad. They ripped my house apart searching and despite the fact that I told them that the only firearm in the house was a .22 rifle from when I was a teen, they didn't even find that. In the mean time, everyone on my block, which is in a pretty decent neighborhood, came out to see the spectacle with the news even making it back to my landlord, who amazingly upped my rent by 50% when renewal time came around. Yeah, so that happened.

[@camrenmugabe3062]

Sp you had police officers be able to get to you and well you knkw use military tactics to force you to comply with them even though you were not really at fault for one of your family members behavior and your landlord ended up being the biggest bastard besides the corrupt police officers themselves.

[@evilsanta8585]

What poor intern is doing this on a weekend at midnight! God bless your soul

[@antoniocampos1977]

Fr, they got him on Temu sweatshop time

[@SapphireArrow]

Automatic upload is a thing

[@scottydog6713]

i feel like theyve absolutely uploaded them at once and have them on a scheduled rollout. the real question is who had to babysit them and copy-paste the description for each one!

[@turkicnomad5632]

28:31 that was over a decade of pent up battle star galactica adoration released in one second.

[@Energistx]

Did they release this just to make John feel old?

[@jackster9775]

No he released it himself.

[@lackeyreader]

Maybe 😂😂

[@mdogzino]

It's their ten year anniversary

[@tommygun2113]

The little ceasars joke got me back then, and it gets me now

[@GhostStealth590]

For a second thought this was a reupload from some random stan channel. Always a pleasure to rewatch some oldies but goodies.

[@THEBOLSHEVIK]

Not sure how I feel about this smarmy bird man. I give this show one season before it goes under.

[@sealyoness]

Are you talking about John Oliver? The guy who gets mentioned by comedic pundits like Stephen Colbert for winning awards...? Sweetie, when did you come out of your coma?

[@lukeknocks]

Admin for John here. I was fired over some bullcrap and I am uploading evrything

[@sealyoness]

@@lukeknocks I'm in a quandary about what you mean, but by all means, do what you gotta do.

[@alexs5394]

@@lukeknocks Luke, we all saw you dipping your balls into the coffee. I'm not sure if I would qualify that as "some bullcrap." Expect to hear from legal tomorrow

[@bornepayne242]

@@sealyoness This joke clearly went over your head lmao.

[@MendezVictor3]

We can finally watch the full episodes in full quality. I really hated watching the shitty versions of the episodes with weird cuts, distorted audio, weird background music, and muted songs during copyright, for the first part of the show, just to open the original version when he said "moving on"

[@kateuhler7803]

Dang, this is from 10 yrs ago. Nothing ever changes, huh?

[@jesse5777]

Yes, the rich have got richer and poor, poorer. People are even more divided. 🫤

[@TheSnatchbuckler]

Nope, black people still resist arrest and physically attack cops.

[@TempRawr]

Damn its been 10 years since this shit snd as usually we do nothing to stop police. Just give them even more money

[@ronaldviens7862]

And more deadly weapons.

[@TheSnatchbuckler]

Do nothing to stop police? Brown attacked officers and tried taking a gun. What are we supposed to stop them from? Defending themselves?

[@vraimothra]

Intro- 0:00 Mo'ne Davis- 0:47 Iran's Vasectomy Ban- 2:30 Crimea- 3:49 And Now, This 1- 5:20 Ferguson- 6:05 And Now, This 2 - 21:08 Wage Gap- 21:50 Skit- 27:43 Outro- 29:05

[@TurtlesOnIce]

Escalation of Force is the point I am always drawn back to. Police have more free reign to shoot their own citizens in this country than I foreseeably did in a WARZONE in another country. I couldn't shoot at someone until I was shot at, yet a cop was free to unload into someone sitting in a driver seat who just told the officer he had a weapon in the vehicle... while a child was in the damn car. So glad that John and Co. brought up that point in this episode back in the day.

[@jf9912]

What's sad is that these were simpler times

[@jf9912]

Oh come on people we are1/3 there gimme 100 likes along with your email address and I'll send ya my own comedy. Watching a 230lb guy brush his teeth with man booobs and nipple rings will get you creeps off.

[@jorjslippich]

I disagree... I feel like Simon and Garfunkel is a FANTASTIC soundtrack for the video! So thank you, Mr. Oliver... thank you 🖤

[@lesmokealotesquair8288]

Hey that Honda was sick dude 😂😂

[@loud865]

I was in St Louis not long after the Ferguson riots to take a class for work and we drove around the whole town and everything was either burnt down or boarded up or boarded up and burnt down There was streets that u couldn't drive down and not because the street was messed up but because there was so many dudes with their cars parked in the middle of the streets just hanging out talking to each other It was a disaster area After we drove through Fergy we stopped at a gas station that was like the only store not burnt down in a 10 mile stretch of road and the people seemed fine. Bought a mixtape from a dude and a movie this guy had made a fn movie about Ferguson and the street life there. It was an experience to say the least

[@lackeyreader]

So sad that we are stilling dealing with the same shit.

[@racehen]

ah yes, Michigan roads need MRAPS. We have at least 4 spaced out cherry-themed events in the summer, too, I say we ought to construct an iron dome.

[@tee_es_bee]

Thank you for releasing the entire first season from a current HBO subscriber! 🧡💛🧡

[@vanessawhitneypro]

Thank You for the reminders, John & LWT Crew!

[@RedEvee]

America . the greatest country in the world they way .. here in norway we dont need tanks to keep the ppl in line

[@Magnavox-1972]

Hard to believe the show has been on for so long I got nostalgia for the writing of the show during the Pre-Trump era seasons.

[@zhaoluyue1995]

Holy shit is very single episode coming?!

[@GeneralDragon011]

Just from season one.

[@piedpiper1172]

Several seasons are coming, with a new season each week they’re off during the ongoing season

[@T_A_R_A_N_G_O]

Yes! Love this show!

[@Belgrythaz]

And in 10 years we've learned... Nothing. Still the same issues and nobody is solving anything.

[@abemauricio7076]

*edit* by the color of John's hair I realized this is an old repost. Well played, sir, well played.

[@jssmith0225]

I would have thought it was the small glimmer of hope that existed

[@user-tj7ek8bs7x]

in the movie "we're the millers" a dude asks "know what i'm saying?" the response was "Yes, I'm Awake and I speak English"

[@corbinpeacock8722]

Someone in that audience REALLY likes Battlestar Galactica.

[@Scott-wf9kp]

The events in Ferguson were really heartbreaking to revisit.

[@TheUltimateYouTuberyay]

I love how KZbin age-restricted this video.

[@tinhoyhu]

holy crap, I remember that police militarization segment.

[@haleybee8938]

ok so niche but the keene NH pumpkin fest actually DID have a riot at the pumpkin fest the year after they did this. UNH students flipped a car over lollll

[@l-b284]

not Bono having an allergic reaction hahahahaha

[@tuckerbowen4626]

i'm ashamed to admit that at the time i was on the wrong side of some of these issues, but of course none of them have been fixed since then, so...

[@E2O10]

Take pride in the fact that you're willing to admit it in the first place. Seems to me like most people wont ever do self-reflection in their lives and just double down on every idiotic opinion. As if being wrong is somehow this insane thing.

[@oregonsnob31]

I looked at thumbnail and thought, DAMN! Oliver got some work done

[@andrewfloodeen5720]

Watching a story on Ferguson 10 years later thinking “wait until you get to George Floyd”…

[@Jcewazhere]

Tempus Fugit? They couldn't be more wrong, or right. It's been ten years?! Nothing has changed!

[@ema7768]

Ufff.... i will go on a binge

[@robdavlin]

Please include the original air date. When?

[@TheRunningLeopard]

Ah yes, the anniversary of when I got kicked out of my house and feared that my “father” would kill me because I said BLM, and that Brown didn’t deserve to die. Rural Iowa’s just gotten more downhill since.

[@JeffLarge-ij9dp]

I remember seeing that live

[@chrisfrederickson4150]

So men who fight fires and women who babysit toddlers should be paid the same?

[@jasperoliger]

When I was a kid I wanted to be a cop....not joining the academy was the best choice I've ever made...

[@TheGameSmith-oe4ux]

My dad got chased by a Cleveland police helicopter, when he was in highschool for no reason lol😂

[@joannejohnson7006]

You are fabulous

[@scottmacdonald3438]

It was a crazy time in ferguson.

[@jakeenns6845]

Man who's this guy claiming to be John Oliver? Dude doesn't even look like a bird

[@BrettHenry]

I feel like half the stories could have happened today

[@H3xx99]

Okay, for a second I thought there was ANOTHER Ferguson shooting.. fml...

[@Ganurath]

Should've gone with Out of Touch for the Simon and Garfunkle bit.

[@midna2800]

Do you know how confused I was that John Oliver had coloured his hair without mentioning it once? I didn't understand it was an old upload until "President Obama"

[@kilo.sierra]

Who else saw John's hair and went straight to the description for looking for a date?..

[@Julianna.Domina]

That vehicle the Doraville Police showed off isn't a tank. It's an M113, an armored personel carrier. The biggest weapon it ever carries is a .50 Cal machine gun or a grenade launcher, and its armor couldn't stop even a ww2 era rocket launcher. The M113 is designed just to get soldiers to the front, then boogie on out of there

[@piedpiper1172]

Cus police face a lot of rocket launchers, lol. Man, as a history and equipment enthusiast, you make us look bad. You and I both know that there is a technical definition of tank, and also the colloquial use of the word to refer to any vehicle that is exceptionally durable and dangerous in its expected environment. The M113 with its significant resistance to nearly all firearms likely to be personally owned meets that colloquial use. Pedantry is just annoying. Now, meet me under a LazerPig video and we can argue about why the T-14 isn’t a tank because to be a tank it would need to exist.

[@MaidMirawyn]

I work in Doraville, Georgia. Time for some fun facts! In 2020, Doraville was 15% white, 56% Hispanic. In 2000, it was 46% white, 44% Hispanic. I’m sure the changing demographics had no relation to the decision to get a giant tank (which you occasionally would see on the street.) That test area? The video showed the entire area. It was from one corner to the other. It’s bounded by the police station, a community building, a church, a park, the city pool, and some restaurants. This isn’t a really dangerous area. Mainly we have small crime, and a bunch of homeless people who exit the train here when transit stops at 2 am. Tanks are going to be super helpful with that. I know some of the people at the police station and they’re nice. But I am well aware I get a better experience because (1) I have a business relationship with them and (2) I’m a middle class white lady. Oh, and if you look at the website, the SWAT team has one member who may not be white, and they’re all male… 🙄

[@dmi6101]

Knowing what we know now about Ferguson...wow.

[@kareningram6093]

I tell ya, when I first heard these season one episodes were coming to KZbin, I thought "what's the point of watching them? They're ten years old. They're not relevant anymore." Holy crap, was I wrong. Aside from surprise appearances by Obama as president, I can't even tell these episodes are from a decade ago. It's depressing to see how little progress we've made on all of these serious issues.

[@joaoborges6851]

Oh people were definitely saying that even with the insuline innaler it was not gonna sell

[@angelabennett8245]

Militarizing the police in Missouri shouldn't be a surprise since it is a southern state. What else is there to say?

[@mollybeebee]

And these same police departments staff schools

[@suciptosarina]

Is it 2015

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

I really can’t believe how revalent issues from a decade ago are now. Gaza, Ukraine, police violence against African Americans. We have been through 3 different presidents and progress remains slow.

[@ShawnsterVideos]

Remains topical ten years on.

[@JeffLarge-ij9dp]

Honestly who just added it.

[@averagetim8660]

Illegal birth control sounds familiar

[@bailbondsyesbailbonds]

This show premiered weeks before I moved to rural NC from a normal part of the country. This show seriously might have saved me from becoming a fascist.

[@Rad9000]

I'm wondering how many of you younger people knew who Lena Riefenstahl is. Before you Googled it.

[@333lucerodelalba7]

When Oliver's kid took over the show?

[@ruckusrevolution9475]

I mean. There are certainty some beliefs that warrant condemnation.

[@pro272727]

Glad people are saying it, getting sick of hearing from the dog.

[@DryBones271]

That little girl at the start is 23 now.

[@henrywood1304]

Oh my god Kellyanne Conway

[@kevinmcqueenie7420]

"People are saying..." translated into English: "We want you to think this is true"

[@ZedaZ80]

I work in a corporate environment, and I learned that, for the same work, a coworker (a man) with significantly less experience started at 16% higher pay. Fortunately, I have a very solid reputation in the field, and people had been trying to poach me with benefits I was seeking, and a huge pay increase. I don't need a fucktonne of money, but at least pretend to pay me a semblance of my worth. The wild part? I gave my employer notice, and they matched the offer I was taking, but told me they'd have to bump the pay of another coworker (a woman), who has way more knowledge and experience, is very highly regarded in the field, and who everyone up to the VPs in the company knows "if she goes, we're fucked."

[@ZedaZ80]

PSA for everyone, including men, but especially everyone else: your employer is not looking to pay you your worth. If you don't speak up, they'll happily take more for less pay. And they'll tell you they can't give you a raise, and they are almost always lying. They do not have your interest at heart, they have theirs first and foremost. If you want more money, look elsewhere. I know it's very hard when you've built up relationships with coworkers and customers, but it's the only way out. Only reason I was able to finally do it was because my partner got Sick™ (the big bad), rumor had a rent hike, and we're still not able to afford anything but our tiny, falling apart apartment, and even amazing insurance doesn't cover all the bills. Only reason we're staying is to be near their doctors. I know full well that my employer will take advantage of me again, but they matched other offers, and this buys us a little extra stability not having to move far away.

[@joshgreatscott]

Why is John dying his hair?

[@davidfuentes9957]

The Ayatollah in 2014: (bans birth control) America: That’s insane, why would they do that? GOP in 2022: (overturns Roe v Wade) America: Why is this happening? Why did they take a woman’s right to choose? Well, at least birth control is safe right? GOP in 2023: (publishes Project 2025 which contains bans on birth control) Me in 2024: it’s your choice America, we go Iran or we go free. Don’t screw up! If the GOP loses in November, we will still have time to make Dark Brandon uncomfortable for what he’s doing for Israel. If Trump wins, he will not hear our pleas and will crush us like Pinochet, Franco, or Gustavo Diaz Ordaz; and he will also stand with Israel. Also Brandon, please stop the genocide.

[@thegoodpimps]

Iran has a President and a Supreme Leader, and Two Militaries one for each… sounds like America.. 😱😨🙀

[@piedpiper1172]

Brandon stopped arms deliveries since you posted this.

[@PuncherOfAbs]

The choice of music should tell you about the mentality of the cops wink wink

[@JeffLarge-ij9dp]

Wow, only nine minutes in.

[@sealyoness]

JO is on fire.

[@trinafirey1175]

OMG!

[@murphyjdm]

He's all over that Michael Brown case without knowing the facts.

[@thomaswillard6267]

Not really, he was entirely correct. Michael Brown, regardless of what he had done 10 minutes before, was confronted on the basis he was walking in the street. The Police Chief himself acknowledges this. Considering this alongside the utter lack of injury to Wilson, the police force's historic mistreatment of minorities, and the police overreaction, it is entirely legitimate to point out these flaws. Hence why even in 2020 the State Prosecutor doubled checked the case to see if charges could be brought, but declined on the basis of insufficient evidence. Not a lack of merit, but insufficient evidence.

[@bwerto2423]

Jamie Foxx

[@JeffLarge-ij9dp]

Just released.

[@FoxyPinkGirl]

That one lone lady screaming was extremely irritating 😫

[@colinvanoverdijk5855]

Did he dye his hair. Looking less grayish.

[@ericgraf1127]

I agree most of the time. But refering to leni in relation to trash film memes. That's simply disrespectful. She was a talented person in an unfortunate place in history.

[@loud865]

This show has been so much better than Bill Maher since it started. Bill says dumb one liners and holds for laugh every sentence Its the most annoying thing to watch Hes rude to everyone and so arrogant I believe he'd fk himself upon asking him to

[@rafraf4725]

Inequality issue. I'm not saying it's fair, but here's what's going to happen. Employer chooses to less paid female employees because he calculates that a female employee may become pregnant, hence it offsets that pay gap. Now, if the pay is the same. NOTE because it WILL HAPPEN, no women are going to be hired at all. Sucks, but it's true. As I said, it is not fair, but knowing employers and their bottom line, IT WILL HAPPEN.

[@alanp741]

The fact that a black man was charged for "destroying city property" by bleeding on the officers uniforms is so evil that even i wouldn't come up with that and btw my imagination can turn into something that on ao3 you'll need to tag it with dead dove do not eat I had to have a moment to process that on god

[@Mandraquex3000]

So on wage gap, one of two things must be true. Either the wage gap isn't a thing or corporations are not evil greedy institutions. You're going to tell me a company wouldn't hire all women if it could say anywhere from 4% to 23% on salary dollars?

[@CV-ql2tl]

Chicken fart

[@lukeknocks]

Admin for John here! So I was fired over some bullsht and I am uploading everything I have access to.

[@kylegallien6893]

👀

[@Info-eh4tv]

Okay?

[@alexs5394]

This is a lie. They announced a few days ago that all of the old episodes will be uploaded by the way.

[@kilo.sierra]

Then why wouldn't you post this comment from the official account that you claim to have access to? 🤔

[@lukeknocks]

@@kilo.sierra I was "laid off" yeah right those pompus fcks fired me because I refused to do 3 others peoples work along with my own. Well nope...not me. And I was fired so I don't have access to any main account. I only have the episodes I took.

[@PuncherOfAbs]

The gov should step down

[@PuncherOfAbs]

The do the same if the name on the apple is a perceived ethnic name as well.

[@JeffLarge-ij9dp]

Be humble and honest, Add a date.