John Oliver Travels to Dharamsala, India to Speak With Dalai Lama

“He cured alcoholism in Mongolia with horse milk.”

In the latest episode of Last Week Tonight , host John Oliver traveled to Dharamsala, India to talk with Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. Oliver found the Tibetan monk to be extraordinarily welcoming, jovial and comfortable to talk about hard subjects, going so far as to call Oliver a demon and claiming to cure alcoholism in Mongolia with horse milk.

Tibetan Buddhists have suffered deep persecution by the Chinese government. John Oliver sits down with the Dalai Lama to discuss China, the conditions in Tibet, and horse milk.