--- description: In a web-only bonus episode, Oliver muses on ostriches, the food chain, orgies and banjoes, among other things. title: Watch John Oliver Discuss 15 Topics in 1 Minute image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch John Oliver Cover 15 Topics in 1 Minute Flat by [Jacob Koffler](/author/jacob-koffler/) ## Jacob Koffler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 6, 2015 3:04 PM CUT by [Jacob Koffler](/author/jacob-koffler/) ## Jacob Koffler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 6, 2015 3:04 PM CUT John Oliver is known for diving deep into complex topics on HBO’s _Last Week Tonight_. The show was off on Sunday in honor of the Fourth of July — what Oliver refers to as the “annual American tradition of reminding the [sky who runs sh\*t](http://time.com/3945240/fourth-of-july-fireworks-names/' "undefined")” — but that didn’t stop Oliver from producing yet another segment that’s destined to go viral. In a web-only bonus episode, Oliver flipped the script, covering 15 topics in one minute, rather than his usual one- topic-in-15-minutes formula. The result? A flash of, well, rather arbitrary opinions about, among other things, ostriches, the food chain, orgies, banjoes, bagels and the fact that Lenny Kravitz and Al Roker are cousins (yes, [it’s true](http://www.today.com/news/al-lenny-kravitz-discuss-being-distant-cousins-776252 "undefined")), that Oliver dubbed “shallow dives.” Dive in! ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3946481/john-oliver-15-topics-one-minute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3946481/john-oliver-15-topics-one-minute/"},"headline":"Watch John Oliver Cover 15 Topics in 1 Minute Flat","datePublished":"2015-07-06T15:04:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:59:04.028Z","description":"The Last Week Tonight host takes on a series of random topics","url":"https://time.com/3946481/john-oliver-15-topics-one-minute/","keywords":["Television","HBO","John Oliver"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jacob Koffler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jacob-koffler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3946481/john-oliver-15-topics-one-minute/","name":"Watch John Oliver Cover 15 Topics in 1 Minute Flat"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The 14 Best Television Intros","description":"The best 30 seconds on TV come before the feature. Here are the best opening credits television has to offer.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/43fbt7yd/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-10T18:51:21.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/43fbt7yd.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3946481/john-oliver-15-topics-one-minute/","duration":"PT1M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3946481/john-oliver-15-topics-one-minute/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```