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John Oliver backs ‘weird, puking’ pūteketeke as he takes New Zealand’s bird of century poll global

Last Week Tonight host throws his weight behind the threatened bird in New Zealand’s often controversial annual vote

The Guardian - AU

John Oliver on abortion rights: ‘A case where voting can have an immediate and lasting effect’

The Last Week Tonight host surveys the bleak state of US reproductive rights ahead of several key state elections

The Guardian - US

John Oliver compares abortion laws to ‘hallucinatory’ movie ‘Money Plane’

Altogether, 14 states have enacted near-total abortion bans

The Independent UK

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John Oliver blasts chocolate makers

The “Last Week Tonight" host touched on the illegal farming and child labor abuses within the lucrative industry

Salon

John Oliver on child labor in the chocolate industry: ‘It is worse than you may realize’

For Halloween, the Last Week Tonight host delves into the long-lived child labor practices in the world’s chocolate supply

The Guardian - US

John Oliver on management consulting firms: ‘They shouldn’t get to be invisible’

The Last Week Tonight host investigates the track record of one of the largest and most influential firms, McKinsey & Company.

The Guardian - US

Jon Stewart was destined to quit Apple

Stewart shutting down his Apple TV+ show exemplifies the peril of tech's incursion into news and information

Salon

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John Oliver: ‘The immense suffering in Israel and Gaza has been sickening to watch’

The Last Week Tonight host touched on the violence in Israel and Gaza before a main segment on vulnerabilities in the US food safety system.

The Guardian - US

John Oliver changes Last Week Tonight format due to ‘horrific’ Israel-Palestine news

‘I don’t really want to tell jokes right now,’ comedian explained in rare serious cold open

The Independent UK

John Oliver Grudgingly Accepts Homeschooling

The tut-tutting class has retreated from pushing for a ban on DIY education to fretting over regulation.

Reason

Writers union votes to ratify contract, ending one of Hollywood's longest strikes

The deal delivers salary increases to writers, along with boosts to their health and pension funds, and the establishment of guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence.

WEKU

Out of the dark, late night returns

"The talentless, low rated CREEPS of Late Night Television are back," and we couldn't be happier

Salon

John Oliver on lax US homeschooling rules: ‘Parents don’t have to teach their kids anything’

The Last Week Tonight hosts looks into the most powerful lobbying group for homeschooling in the US, which has rolled back regulations in many states

The Guardian - US

'Utterly joyful': John Oliver tells NPR about returning after 5 months off the air

Late night TV host John Oliver spoke to All Things Considered about the last few months off air, the tentative agreement for writers, and what he hopes for his writers in the future.

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Salon

Oliver mocks Boebert's Beetlejuice date

The "Last Week Tonight" host also weighed in on which musicals could warrant the audience getting frisky

The Guardian - US

John Oliver on the writers’ strike: ‘Furious that it took the studios 148 days to achieve a deal’

The Last Week Tonight host blasted studios for dragging out the writers’ strike and dove into the issue of grossly inadequate healthcare for US prisoners

The Independent UK

Late-night shows return after writers strike as actors resume talks that could end their standoff

Late-night talk shows are returning after a five-month absence brought on by the Hollywood writers strike

WEKU

Hollywood actors to resume negotiations with studios next week as writers strike ends

With the Hollywood writers strike over, actors will now get a shot at cutting their own deal with studios and streaming services after SAG-AFTRA said negotiations would resume Monday.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Late-night TV talkshows announce return after Hollywood writers strike ends

The plans for some late-night shows were not immediately clear, like “Saturday Night Live” and Comedy Central’s “Daily Show,” which had been using guest hosts when the strike hit.

The Guardian - US

Late-night comedy shows to return in early October after strike end

Colbert, Fallon, Meyers and Kimmel will return to the air next week while Last Week Tonight with John Oliver will air this Sunday

Salon

Daily Show should count Hasan Minhaj out

Debates over a comic's license to lie don't account for the importance of trust in the topical satire business

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Strike Force Five; British Scandal; Intrigue: The Immortals – reviews

US talkshow hosts raise funds for striking staff via a rambly Zoom call; the podcast that takes on the murky British elite has a field day with Liz Truss; and Radio 4 asks if tech bros really can live for ever

The Independent UK

Late-night hosts team up for 'Strike Force Five' podcast to benefit their out-of-work staff

Late-night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver and Seth Meyers have teamed up for a new podcast called “Strike Force Five” — named after their personal text chain

The Guardian - US

Strike Force Five: what happens when late-night TV hosts make a podcast?

Fallon, Kimmel, Colbert, Meyers and Oliver have reunited for a new Spotify series, talking ‘on top of each other for an hour’ in aid of their striking writers

Broadcasting & Cable

Late-Night Hosts Launch Strike-Themed Podcast on Spotify Aug. 30

‘Strike Force Five’ features Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel, Meyers, Oliver

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