About this episode

John Oliver discusses the takeover of New College of Florida by Governor Ron DeSantis and its implications.

John Oliver discusses New College of Florida – the small liberal arts school that has been taken over by Governor Ron DeSantis – and why we think their new mascot would really get Samantha from Sex and the City going. Subscribe to the #lastweekto...

People in this episode

Host: John Oliver

Topics covered

• New College of Florida
• Ron DeSantis
• liberal arts education
• mascots
• pop culture references

Keywords

• New College of Florida
• Ron DeSantis
• John Oliver
• Sex and the City
• mascot

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New College of Florida

Books & works: Sex and the City

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