John Oliver is the Peabody Award–winning host of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, a show that's won more than two dozen Emmys since premiering in 2014.
Catch new episodes Sunday nights on HBO at 11:00 ET, with past episodes canonized rather conveniently right here on YouTube.
But how is he with spicy food?
Find out as the former Daily Show correspondent discusses the problems with cable news, his love for the Muppets, and his iconic (in his own mind) free kick in Soweto.