The essential episodes of The Problem with Jon Stewart
Watch these 15 in order and you've got The Problem with Jon Stewart — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Supporting the troops is one thing Americans seem to agree on—but why are so many veterans struggling to receive the care they need?
- 02
Americans love freedom. But what price are they willing to pay for it—and what can be learned from other countries that are fighting to be free?
- 03
The rise of e-brokers was meant to democratize the stock market—yet inequality in the market has actually worsened. How can it be fixed?
- 04
No matter how sincerely some white people want to educate themselves and take action against racism, white comfort seems to block progress.
- 05
It's a boy! It's a girl! It's a spectrum! It's 19 possible chromosomal combinations! Look, it's complicated. Just watch.
- 06
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.
- 07
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.
- 08
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.
- 09
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.
- 10
Can you be tough on crime but soft on guns? The numbers say no, but too many legislators say yes.
- 11
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.
- 12
Inflation is hard on everybody. So why is the Fed making it even harder by helping push people out of work?
- 13
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?
- 14
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.
- 15
A former president getting indicted makes us wonder: Do we have a two-tiered system of justice in the United States?
