The worst episodes of The Problem with Jon Stewart
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
Many politicians praise working-class Americans. But why is so little done to actually help them succeed?
- 02
Shootings in America are an epidemic. Many agree that bad guys shouldn't have gun access, but how do we decide who the bad guys are?
- 03
We're being told the planet is headed towards catastrophe if we don't fix climate change. What will it take for everyone to change their behavior?
- 04
Cable news positions itself as a safeguard of freedom and democracy—but is that undermined by ratings-driven ploys to keep people watching?
- 05
Allies: Friends Without Benefits
When America needs help from allies, it makes promises. When those allies ask for help, it breaks those promises.
- 06
No matter how sincerely some white people want to educate themselves and take action against racism, white comfort seems to block progress.
- 07
Supporting the troops is one thing Americans seem to agree on—but why are so many veterans struggling to receive the care they need?
- 08
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.
- 09
Can you be tough on crime but soft on guns? The numbers say no, but too many legislators say yes.
- 10
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.
- 11
It's a boy! It's a girl! It's a spectrum! It's 19 possible chromosomal combinations! Look, it's complicated. Just watch.
- 12
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?
- 13
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?
- 14
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?
- 15
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.
- 16
Inflation is hard on everybody. So why is the Fed making it even harder by helping push people out of work?
- 17
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.
- 18
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.
- 19
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.
- 20
A former president getting indicted makes us wonder: Do we have a two-tiered system of justice in the United States?
