The Problem with Jon Stewart · S2 · E10
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?
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We have a simple philosophy in America: You do the crime, you do the time. But why is the time always a life sentence?
Season 2
1The War Over Gender
47 minOct 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.
2Where Is Our Tax Money Going?
41 minOct 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.
3Globalization: Made in America
34 minOct 20, 2022
America's leaders know what's plaguing the country: globalization. Thankfully they have a plan—globalization of their own, American-style.
4Midterms: This Is What Democracy Looks Like?
37 minOct 27, 2022
The most important U.S. midterm elections of all time are here (again). But the game has changed.
5Allies: Friends Without Benefits
40 minNov 3, 2022
When America needs help from allies, it makes promises. When those allies ask for help, it breaks those promises.
6Election Wrap-Up Special
35 minNov 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.
7Chaos, Law, and Order
37 minMar 2, 2023
Can you be tough on crime but soft on guns? The numbers say no, but too many legislators say yes.
8The Military Industrial Excess
34 minMar 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.
9The Inflation Blame Game
34 minMar 16, 2023
Inflation is hard on everybody. So why is the Fed making it even harder by helping push people out of work?
10America's Incarceration Epidemic
31 minMar 23, 2023Now viewing
We have a simple philosophy in America: You do the crime, you do the time. But why is the time always a life sentence?
11Searching for Allies
31 minMar 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.
12Trump Indicted
36 minApr 6, 2023
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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