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.
Episodes
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.
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.
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.
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.
Allies: Friends Without Benefits
When America needs help from allies, it makes promises. When those allies ask for help, it breaks those promises.
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.
Chaos, Law, and Order
Can you be tough on crime but soft on guns? The numbers say no. but too many legislators say yes.
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.
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?
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?
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.
Trump Indicted
A former president getting indicted makes us wonder: Do we have a two-tiered system of justice in the United States?
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