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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Sex Work (Season 9, Episode 2)
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TV Episode | 40 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

As long as sex work has existed, so have efforts to end it. John Oliver explains why criminalizing the trade hasn't helped the most vulnerable people involved, and why we should start listening to sex workers.
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Director
Writers
Daniel O'Brien (senior writer) | Owen Parsons (senior writer) | Charlie Redd (senior writer) | Joanna Rothkopf (senior writer) & 11 more
Producers
Status
Edit Released
Updated Feb 27, 2022

Release date
Feb 27, 2022 (United States)

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Cast

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20 cast members
Name Known for
John Oliver
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
Ryan Barger
Voice Over (voice) Voice Over (voice)   See fewer
Susan Evans
Voice Over (voice) (as Susan M. Evans) Voice Over (voice) (as Susan M. Evans)   See fewer
David Kaye
Voice Over (voice) Voice Over (voice)   See fewer
Dave Aronberg
Self - State Attorney Palm Beach County, Florida (archive footage) Self - State Attorney Palm Beach County, Florida (archive footage)   See fewer
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Christi DeCoufle
Self - Phoenix Police Department (archive footage) Self - Phoenix Police Department (archive footage)   See fewer
David DiPietro
Self - New York State Assembly Member (archive footage) Self - New York State Assembly Member (archive footage)   See fewer
Yuriy Filatov
Self - Russian Ambassador to Ireland (archive footage) Self - Russian Ambassador to Ireland (archive footage)   See fewer
Lester Holt
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Pye Jakobsson
Self - Swedish Sex Worker and Activist (archive footage) Self - Swedish Sex Worker and Activist (archive footage)   See fewer
Andrew Lewis
Self - Former Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force Coordinator (archive footage) Self - Former Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force Coordinator (archive footage)   See fewer
Madam Mary
Self - Owner, Funhouse Escort Agency (archive footage) Self - Owner, Funhouse Escort Agency (archive footage)   See fewer
Sergey Naryshkin
Self - Director of Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (archive footage) Self - Director of Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (archive footage)   See fewer
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Vladimir Putin
Self - Russian President (archive footage) Self - Russian President (archive footage)   See fewer
Rebel Rae
Self - Prostitute and Sex Worker Advocate (archive footage) Self - Prostitute and Sex Worker Advocate (archive footage)   See fewer
Patricia Spencer
Self - Las Vegas Metropolitian Police Department. (archive footage) Self - Las Vegas Metropolitian Police Department. (archive footage)   See fewer
Jared Trujillo
Self - Policy Counsel, New York Civil Liberties Union (archive footage) Self - Policy Counsel, New York Civil Liberties Union (archive footage)   See fewer
Wendy Williams
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
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