Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S10E19 · December 3, 2023: Organ & Body Donations

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John Oliver discusses the systems in place for donating our organs and bodies, why those donations don't always go where we might think they're going, and which airline is the Greyhound bus of the sky.

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