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The Problem with Jon Stewart
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The Problem with Jon Stewart

Thu, Sep 30, 2021
  • Comedy
  • Talk
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the world's problems. It's harder to pinpoint the systems responsible for creating them. In this series, Jon Stewart brings together people impacted by different parts of a problem to discuss how we come up with change.

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Cast

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  • Jon Stewart
    Jon Stewart
    as Self - Host
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Episodes

2 seasons · 20 episodes

Ended · 20 aired
Season 1
8 episodes · 8 aired
▾
  • E1
    War
    Aired · Thu, Sep 30, 2021 · 43m

    Supporting the troops is one thing Americans seem to agree on—but why are so many veterans struggling to receive the care they need?

  • E2
    Freedom
    Aired · Thu, Oct 14, 2021 · 43m

    Americans love freedom. But what price are they willing to pay for it—and what can be learned from other countries that are fighting to be free?

  • E3
    The Economy
    Aired · Thu, Oct 28, 2021 · 43m

    Many politicians praise working-class Americans. But why is so little done to actually help them succeed?

  • E4
    Guns
    Aired · Thu, Nov 11, 2021 · 41m

    Shootings in America are an epidemic. Many agree that bad guys shouldn't have gun access, but how do we decide who the bad guys are?

  • E5
    The Stock Market
    Aired · Thu, Mar 3, 2022 · 50m

    The rise of e-brokers was meant to democratize the stock market—yet inequality in the market has actually worsened. How can it be fixed?

  • E6
    Climate Change
    Aired · Thu, Mar 10, 2022 · 51m

    We're being told the planet is headed towards catastrophe if we don't fix climate change. What will it take for everyone to change their behavior?

  • E7
    Media
    Aired · Thu, Mar 17, 2022 · 57m

    Cable news positions itself as a safeguard of freedom and democracy—but is that undermined by ratings-driven ploys to keep people watching?

  • E8
    Racism
    Aired · Thu, Mar 24, 2022 · 57m

    No matter how sincerely some white people want to educate themselves and take action against racism, white comfort seems to block progress.

Season 2
12 episodes · 12 aired
▾
  • E1
    The War Over Gender
    Aired · Fri, Oct 7, 2022 · 47m

    It's a boy! It's a girl! It's a spectrum! It's 19 possible chromosomal combinations! Look, it's complicated. Just watch.

  • E2
    Where Is Our Tax Money Going?
    Aired · Fri, Oct 14, 2022 · 41m

    Sure, people hate taxes — but maybe they wouldn't if they knew where the money went? Well, we found out, and now we hate it even more.

  • E3
    Globalization: Made in America
    Aired · Fri, Oct 21, 2022 · 34m

    America's leaders know what's plaguing the country: globalization. Thankfully they have a plan — globalization of their own, American-style.

  • E4
    Midterms: This Is What Democracy Looks Like?
    Aired · Fri, Oct 28, 2022 · 38m

    The most important U.S. midterm elections of all time are here (again). But the game has changed.

  • E5
    Allies: Friends Without Benefits
    Aired · Fri, Nov 4, 2022 · 40m

    When America needs help from allies, it makes promises. When those allies ask for help, it breaks those promises.

  • E6
    Election Wrap-Up Special
    Aired · Fri, Nov 11, 2022 · 35m

    Who won? Who lost? Are we still a democracy? All we know is that everyone is happy and absolutely no one is questioning the results.

  • E7
    Chaos, Law, and Order
    Aired · Fri, Mar 3, 2023 · 37m

    Can you be tough on crime but soft on guns? The numbers say no. but too many legislators say yes.

  • E8
    The Military Industrial Excess
    Aired · Fri, Mar 10, 2023 · 34m

    Can the U.S. be the world's arms dealer and its policeman all at the same time? The government sure thinks so.

  • E9
    The Inflation Blame Game
    Aired · Fri, Mar 17, 2023 · 34m

    Inflation is hard on everybody. So why is the Fed making it even harder by helping push people out of work?

  • E10
    America's Incarceration Epidemic
    Aired · Fri, Mar 24, 2023 · 30m

    We have a simple philosophy in America: You do the crime, you do the time. But why is the time always a life sentence?

  • E11
    Searching for Allies
    Aired · Fri, Mar 31, 2023

    Jon heads to Europe on an urgent diplomatic mission to see who's with us, who's against us…and who makes the best pastries.

  • E12
    Trump Indicted
    Aired · Fri, Apr 7, 2023 · 36m

    A former president getting indicted makes us wonder: Do we have a two-tiered system of justice in the United States?