The BEST episodes of The Problem With Jon Stewart

Every episode of The Problem With Jon Stewart ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Problem With Jon Stewart!

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the world’s problems. It’s harder to pinpoint the systems responsible for creating them. In this series, Jon Stewart brings together people affected by different parts of a problem to discuss how we come up with change.

Last Updated: 1/20/2026Network: Apple TVStatus: Ended

8.31

90 votes

#1 - Chaos, Law, and Order

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/3/2023

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

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8.02

126 votes

#2 - The War Over Gender

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2022

It’s a boy! It’s a girl! It’s a spectrum! It’s 19 possible chromosomal combinations! Look, it’s complicated. Just watch.

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7.70

100 votes

#3 - Where Is Our Tax Money Going?

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2022

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.

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7.68

81 votes

#4 - The Inflation Blame Game

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/17/2023

Inflation is hard on everybody. So why is the Fed making it even harder by helping push people out of work?

7.64

73 votes

#5 - The Military Industrial Excess

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/2023

Can the U.S. be the world’s arms dealer and its policeman all at the same time? The government sure thinks so.

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7.64

77 votes

#6 - Allies: Friends Without Benefits

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2022

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

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7.63

88 votes

#7 - Media

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/17/2022

Cable news positions itself as a safeguard of freedom and democracy—but is that undermined by ratings-driven ploys to keep people watching?

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Midterms: This Is What Democracy Looks Like?

7.59

83 votes

#8 - Midterms: This Is What Democracy Looks Like?

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2022

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

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7.59

151 votes

#9 - Freedom

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2021

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?

7.58

125 votes

#10 - The Economy

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/28/2021

Many politicians praise working-class Americans. But why is so little done to actually help them succeed?

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7.58

200 votes

#11 - War

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2021

Supporting the troops is one thing Americans seem to agree on — but why are so many veterans struggling to receive the care they need?

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7.57

126 votes

#12 - Guns

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/11/2021

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?

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7.53

93 votes

#13 - Climate Change

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/10/2022

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?

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7.50

88 votes

#14 - Globalization: Made in America

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2022

America’s leaders know what’s plaguing the country: globalization. Thankfully they have a plan—globalization of their own, American-style.

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7.49

98 votes

#15 - Racism

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/24/2022

No matter how sincerely some white people want to educate themselves and take action against racism, white comfort seems to block progress.

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7.47

66 votes

#16 - America’s Incarceration Epidemic

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/24/2023

We have a simple philosophy in America: You do the crime, you do the time. But why is the time always a life sentence?

7.44

112 votes

#17 - The Stock Market

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/3/2022

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?

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7.36

74 votes

#18 - Trump Indicted

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/7/2023

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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7.27

85 votes

#19 - Election Wrap-Up Special

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2022

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.

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6.91

76 votes

#20 - Searching for Allies

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/31/2023

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.

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