The Problem with Jon Stewart - Season 2

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The War Over Gender

1 - The War Over Gender

Air Date: October 6, 2022

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

Where Is Our Tax Money Going?

2 - Where Is Our Tax Money Going?

Air Date: October 13, 2022

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.

Globalization: Made in America

3 - Globalization: Made in America

Air Date: October 20, 2022

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

Midterms: This Is What Democracy Looks Like?

4 - Midterms: This Is What Democracy Looks Like?

Air Date: October 27, 2022

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

Allies: Friends Without Benefits

5 - Allies: Friends Without Benefits

Air Date: November 3, 2022

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

Election Wrap-Up Special

6 - Election Wrap-Up Special

Air Date: November 10, 2022

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.

Chaos, Law, and Order

7 - Chaos, Law, and Order

Air Date: March 2, 2023

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

The Military Industrial Excess

8 - The Military Industrial Excess

Air Date: March 9, 2023

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

The Inflation Blame Game

9 - The Inflation Blame Game

Air Date: March 16, 2023

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

America's Incarceration Epidemic

10 - America's Incarceration Epidemic

Air Date: March 23, 2023

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

Searching for Allies

11 - Searching for Allies

Air Date: March 30, 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.

Trump Indicted

12 - Trump Indicted

Air Date: April 6, 2023

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