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John Oliver Offers More Rules As Random As “No White After Labor Day”

In a web exclusive video for his show’s off-week, John Oliver has some suggestions for other post-holiday rules as arbitrary as Labor Day’s.

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Watch John Oliver Fight Fake Science With A Fake TED Talk

On the latest episode of “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver uses a TED Talk format to rail against so many speciously groundbreaking studies.

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Tim Cook Gives A Lesson In How To Talk To People With Disabilities

The Apple CEO joins celebrities like John Oliver, Michael J. Fox and more in the Cerebral Palsy Foundation’s PSA campaign.

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John Oliver Made The Most Honest Sex-PSA Ever, With Laverne Cox and Nick Offerman

Following a typically smart diatribe about sex ed, Oliver’s PSA features stars from whom you’d most want to learn about sex.

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John Oliver’s Alternative To The CNN Doomsday Video Captures Humanity At Its Monster-Trucking Best

Ted Turner at one point prepared a video for CNN to play at the end of the world. John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight made a better one.

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John Oliver Scores An Edward Snowden Interview, Completely Clarifies The Issue Of Government Surveillance

Last Week Tonight has always masterfully walked a line between funny and informative, and now it seems like it was all leading up to this.

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John Oliver’s Fake Home Depot Ad Pits Nick Offerman Against Couple-Fights

This is why robots don’t belong in hardware stores–they’re not trained to step in just before one half of a couple says something they can’t take back.

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Need An Entertaining Refresher On Net Neutrality? John Oliver Has You Covered

In this week’s Last Week With John Oliver, the comedian makes the critical (but snooze-inducing) issue of net neutrality humorous enough to interest the masses.

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The Set of John Oliver’s HBO Show Features a Hidden Wink At “Game of Thrones”

The “Easter egg” in the Last Week Tonight set is actually a dragon’s egg.

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John Oliver Has His Own Version Of Those Clumsy Ads Targeting Republican Millennials

Although John Oliver’s new HBO show won’t debut until April, some content is already rolling out online, including these videos spoofing some recent GOP ads that try perhaps a little too hard to appeal to millennials.

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Open Letter To SNL: Please Let Melissa McCarthy Do Spicey On TV Right Now

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John Oliver Offers More Rules As Random As “No White After Labor Day”

In a web exclusive video for his show’s off-week, John Oliver has some suggestions for other post-holiday rules as arbitrary as Labor Day’s.

Watch John Oliver Fight Fake Science With A Fake TED Talk

On the latest episode of “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver uses a TED Talk format to rail against so many speciously groundbreaking studies.

Tim Cook Gives A Lesson In How To Talk To People With Disabilities

The Apple CEO joins celebrities like John Oliver, Michael J. Fox and more in the Cerebral Palsy Foundation’s PSA campaign.

John Oliver Made The Most Honest Sex-PSA Ever, With Laverne Cox and Nick Offerman

Following a typically smart diatribe about sex ed, Oliver’s PSA features stars from whom you’d most want to learn about sex.

John Oliver’s Alternative To The CNN Doomsday Video Captures Humanity At Its Monster-Trucking Best

Ted Turner at one point prepared a video for CNN to play at the end of the world. John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight made a better one.

John Oliver Scores An Edward Snowden Interview, Completely Clarifies The Issue Of Government Surveillance

Last Week Tonight has always masterfully walked a line between funny and informative, and now it seems like it was all leading up to this.

John Oliver’s Fake Home Depot Ad Pits Nick Offerman Against Couple-Fights

This is why robots don’t belong in hardware stores–they’re not trained to step in just before one half of a couple says something they can’t take back.

Need An Entertaining Refresher On Net Neutrality? John Oliver Has You Covered

In this week’s Last Week With John Oliver, the comedian makes the critical (but snooze-inducing) issue of net neutrality humorous enough to interest the masses.

The Set of John Oliver’s HBO Show Features a Hidden Wink At “Game of Thrones”

The “Easter egg” in the Last Week Tonight set is actually a dragon’s egg.

John Oliver Has His Own Version Of Those Clumsy Ads Targeting Republican Millennials

Although John Oliver’s new HBO show won’t debut until April, some content is already rolling out online, including these videos spoofing some recent GOP ads that try perhaps a little too hard to appeal to millennials.

Ideas

Is Your Country Ready For A Catastrophe?

The Philanthropy World Is Frightened That Trump’s Tax Plan Is Going To Slow Donations

Could Hawaii Be The First State To Offer A Basic Income?

Entertainment

Here Are The Trailers You’ve Missed From San Diego Comic-Con So Far

Open Letter To SNL: Please Let Melissa McCarthy Do Spicey On TV Right Now

“Fairy Lives Don’t Matter”: Will Smith’s Fantasy Cop Movie On Netflix Is a Racial Allegory

Co.Design

Go Inside The ISS, The Most Expensive Structure Ever Built

This Rotary Phone Is A Delightfully Analog Way To Read The Web

Someday You Could Swallow This Wireless Robot Like A Pill

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Six Words And Phrases That Make Everyone Hate Working With You

Here Are The Trailers You’ve Missed From San Diego Comic-Con So Far

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