Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down podcast.

My thanks as always for clicking and listening along.

Very excited to bring in my conversation this week with John Oliver, the host of last week tonight on HBO and HBO Max.

Obviously embarking on the new season of his news satire show in the middle of a presidential election year.

We'll talk about that.

And all these Emmys he's won, including very recently for last week tonight, between himself as host, for the writing, and for the series itself. They've won 16 Emmys for last week tonight.

He also, by the way, won three when he was on The Daily Show.

He had a memorable stint in 2013 filling in for eight weeks as host of the Daily Show

when John Stewart was away directing a movie.

And as you'll hear him talk about, a lot of people watched him do that and said,

oh, he's not just the correspondent. He could sit alone and host a show. And now we got last week tonight.

Came up through comedy growing up in Birmingham, moved to London, went to Cambridge, to this

incredible society, effectively, of comedy that gave birth to Monty Python,

among many others. Very, very smart, very fast, and very funny. I think you're going to enjoy

our conversation. That's really about much more than his show. It's about everything going on

in the world and his rise at a great storyteller, I have to say. A little background. John and I got

together to a place called McAiles in Midtown Manhattan, known to be a Liverpool bar, meaning

it's where fans of Liverpool. Supporters go to watch the matches in the Premier League. Now,

John Oliver, lifelong from birth, Liverpool fan, passed down from

his family, and he is a intense fan. I'll just say that as I think you're about to find out.

Knows everything about the team past, current, future, and is very excited because Liverpool

right now, as we speak, sits at the top of the table, meaning they're in first place in the Premier League. These are good times to be a Liverpool fan. So we went to a place where he felt at home for a great conversation right now on the Sunday Sit Down podcast with John Oliver. Great to see, man. I'm about to shut down now. Oh, you're going to get rid of real? Yeah, that's right. The pre-talk was fun. Let's just, I'm just going to remove any discernible personality and then just shut down. You were so charming there before we started. That's not for a camera, Willie. Some people come alive when the cameras turn on, I die inside. I noticed when the lights came up, you sort of sl it. That's right. That's right. It diminishes me. Attention diminishes me. I'm better outside of this environment. Sure. Let's do our best. You know, let's talk about something that might make you feel comfortable, which is football. Yes. And we are in Mikhail's bar, which is the home of Liverpool supporters, right? Correct, yes. And do you come and watch...

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