The Problem with Jon Stewart - Season 2

The Problem with Jon Stewart - Season 2

Season 2

In season 2, Jon Stewart takes on anti-transgender legislation, questions the American tax proposition and confronts economic globalization, with special appearances from LeVar Burton and Susan Sarandon.

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Episodes12
DatesOct 7, 2022 - Apr 7, 2023
Previous Season

Episodes

The War Over Gender
Season 2Episode 147 min

The War Over Gender

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

Oct 7, 2022
Where Is Our Tax Money Going?
Season 2Episode 241 min

Where Is Our Tax Money Going?

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.

Oct 14, 2022
Globalization: Made in America
Season 2Episode 334 min

Globalization: Made in America

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

Oct 21, 2022
Midterms: This Is What Democracy Looks Like?
Season 2Episode 438 min

Midterms: This Is What Democracy Looks Like?

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

Oct 28, 2022
Allies: Friends Without Benefits
Season 2Episode 540 min

Allies: Friends Without Benefits

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

Nov 4, 2022
Election Wrap-Up Special
Season 2Episode 635 min

Election Wrap-Up Special

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.

Nov 11, 2022
Chaos, Law, and Order
Season 2Episode 737 min

Chaos, Law, and Order

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

Mar 3, 2023
The Military Industrial Excess
Season 2Episode 834 min

The Military Industrial Excess

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

Mar 10, 2023
The Inflation Blame Game
Season 2Episode 934 min

The Inflation Blame Game

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

Mar 17, 2023
America's Incarceration Epidemic
Season 2Episode 1030 min

America's Incarceration Epidemic

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

Mar 24, 2023
Searching for Allies
Season 2Episode 11

Searching for Allies

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.

Mar 31, 2023
Trump Indicted
Season 2Episode 1236 min

Trump Indicted

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

Apr 7, 2023

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