The Problem with Jon Stewart - Season 2

The Problem with Jon Stewart

Season 2

2022 • 12 Episodes

Episodes

The War Over Gender - The Problem with Jon Stewart

1. The War Over Gender

9.0

October 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.

Where Is Our Tax Money Going? - The Problem with Jon Stewart

2. Where Is Our Tax Money Going?

8.3

October 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.

Globalization: Made in America - The Problem with Jon Stewart

3. Globalization: Made in America

8.5

October 20, 2022

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 Problem with Jon Stewart

4. Midterms: This Is What Democracy Looks Like?

8.0

October 27, 2022

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

Allies: Friends Without Benefits - The Problem with Jon Stewart

5. Allies: Friends Without Benefits

7.0

November 3, 2022

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

Election Wrap-Up Special - The Problem with Jon Stewart

6. Election Wrap-Up Special

8.5

November 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.

Chaos, Law, and Order - The Problem with Jon Stewart

7. Chaos, Law, and Order

7.0

March 2, 2023

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

The Military Industrial Excess - The Problem with Jon Stewart

8. The Military Industrial Excess

7.0

March 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.

The Inflation Blame Game - The Problem with Jon Stewart

9. The Inflation Blame Game

8.0

March 16, 2023

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 - The Problem with Jon Stewart

10. America's Incarceration Epidemic

7.5

March 23, 2023

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 - The Problem with Jon Stewart

11. Searching for Allies

8.0

March 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.

Trump Indicted - The Problem with Jon Stewart

12. Trump Indicted

8.5

April 6, 2023

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