The Colbert Report

Oct 17, 2005

In the premiere episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen starts off the show with a segment called The Word coining the term "Truthiness". Other segments include: The Threat Down rating avian flu, basketball, babies, hurricanes and James Brady. Stephen interviews Stone Phillips, an Emmy award winning journalist and host of Dateline NBC. At the end of the interview, Stephen and Stone Phillips have a competition of gravitas.

Oct 18, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes 60 Minutes correspondent, Lesley Stahl!

Oct 19, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes journalist, Fareed Zakaria!

Oct 20, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer!

Oct 24, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes host of Lou Dobbs Tonight, Lou Dobbs!

Oct 25, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy", Greg Behrendt!

Oct 26, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes astrophysicist and author of "Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution", Neil DeGrasse Tyson!

Oct 27, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actor, Jeff Daniels!

Oct 31, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes co-host of Connected: Coast to Coast, Monica Crowley!

Nov 1, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes filmmaker author, Ken Burns!

Nov 2, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion", Bruce Feiler!

Nov 3, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes star of The West Wing, Bradley Whitford!

Nov 7, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the New York State Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer!

Nov 8, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes CourtTV anchor, Catherine Crier!

Nov 9, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife", Mary Roach!

Nov 10, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes anchor and newswoman, Cokie Roberts!

Nov 14, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former Senator Bob Kerrey!

Nov 15, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Reverend Al Sharpton!

Nov 16, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Spanking the Donkey", Matt Taibbi!

Nov 17, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes star of Zathura, Tim Robbins!

Nov 28, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality, Brian Greene!

Nov 29, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of several science books, Richard Preston!

Nov 30, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of The Dictionary of Republicanisms, Katrina vanden Heuvel!

Dec 1, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Scorpion's Gate, Richard Clarke!

Dec 5, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Are Men Necessary?, Maureen Dowd!

Dec 6, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the Host of Anderson Cooper 360, Anderson Cooper!

Dec 7, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Attack the Messenger: How Politicians Turn You Against the Media, Craig Crawford!

Dec 8, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father, Peggy Noonan!

Dec 12, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes co-host of The Early Show, Harry Smith!

Dec 13, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Costas Now and sports commentator, Bob Costas!

Dec 14, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actor and star of The Family Stone, Dermot Mulroney!

Dec 15, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban!

Jan 9, 2006

Jan 10, 2006

Jan 11, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes ABC News' John Stossel!

Jan 12, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Professor of Biology at Brown University, Ken Miller!

Jan 16, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of "This Week", George Stephanopoulos!

Jan 17, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and blogger, Andrew Sullivan!

Jan 18, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Teacher Man: A Memoir", Frank McCourt!

Jan 19, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes National Public Radio's legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg!

Jan 23, 2006

Jan 24, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes "Washington Post" fashion editor, Robin Givhan!

Jan 25, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back" Norah Vincent!

Jan 26, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes CNN commentator and the co-author of "Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future", Paul Begala!

Jan 30, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Rev. Jesse Jackson!

Jan 31, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Manliness", Harvey Mansfield!

Feb 1, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner", Emily Yoffe!

Feb 2, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "It's My Party, Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America", Christine Todd Whitman!

Feb 6, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes California Senator Barbara Boxer!

Feb 7, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former CIA Director James Woolsey!

Feb 8, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can be Resolved", Alan Dershowitz!

Feb 9, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq", George Packer!

Feb 21, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Natural Radiance: Awakening to Your Great Perfection, Lama Surya Das!

Feb 22, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina And the Color of Disaster, Michael Eric Dyson!

Feb 23, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!

Feb 27, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel, Tony Campolo!

Feb 28, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the director of debate at King's College, Brett O'Donnell!

Mar 1, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and internet blogger, Arianna Huffington!

Mar 2, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, Jeffrey Sachs!

Mar 6, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!

Mar 7, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track, Norman Ornstein!

Mar 8, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America, James Webb!

Mar 9, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actress, Lorraine Bracco!

Mar 13, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Thank You for Smoking : A Novel, Christopher Buckley!

Mar 14, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann!

Mar 15, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of The Al Franken Show, Al Franken!

Mar 16, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man, Frank Vincent!

Mar 20, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Dateline NBC anchor Stone Philips.

Mar 21, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes 60 Minutes correspondent, Steve Kroft!

Mar 22, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Advisor to the U.S. Presidential Envoy in Iraq, Dan Senor!

Mar 23, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good For You.

Mar 27, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes environmental politician, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Mar 28, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.

Mar 29, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy, Bruce Bartlett!

Mar 30, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the producer of Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, and most recently, The Big Buy: How Tom Delay Stole Congress, Robert Greenwald!

Apr 3, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.

Apr 4, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus.

Apr 5, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.

Apr 6, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of The Great Deluge, Douglas Brinkley.

Apr 17, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of No god But God, Reza Aslan!

Apr 18, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.

Apr 19, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of To Hell With All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife, Caitlin Flanagan!

Apr 20, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist Christpher Noxon, author of Rejuvenile.

Apr 24, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Painting the Map Red: The Fight to Create a Permanent Republican Majority, Hugh Hewitt!

Apr 25, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.

Apr 26, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes editor in chief for U.S. News World Report, Mort Zuckerman.

Apr 27, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!

May 1, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, Jon Meacham!

May 2, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork: A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle and the Governor of Arkansas, Gov. Mike Huckabee!

May 3, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington, Paul Rieckhoff!

May 4, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Shanks For Nothing, Rick Reilly!

May 8, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!

May 9, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of the New York Times, Frank Rich!

May 10, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of The Smoking Gun.com, Bill Bastone!

May 11, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright!

May 15, 2006

Tonght, Democratic hopeful for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont.

May 16, 2006

Tonight former editor for the New Republic and author of The Good Fight: Why Liberals--And Only Liberals--Can Win the War On Terror and Make America Great Again, Peter Beinart.

May 17, 2006

Tonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in the World.

May 18, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the Assistant Curator and Chair, Vertebrate Zoology at the Center for Systematic Biology & Evolution, Ted Daeschler!

Jun 5, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Dateline NBC anchor Stone Philips.

Jun 6, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes CNN's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.

Jun 7, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Cornell University scientist and author of Roving Mars Steven Squyres.

Jun 8, 2006

Jun 12, 2006

Jun 13, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.

Jun 14, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary musician Neil Young.

Jun 15, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Geoffrey Nunberg, professor of linguistics and columnist for the New York Times and author of Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalsim into a Tax Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body Piercing, Hollywood Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show.

Jun 19, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.

Jun 20, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus.

Jun 21, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.

Jun 22, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Martin Short.

Jun 26, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Marc Bowden, author of Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam.

Jun 27, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.

Jun 28, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes form CIA agents and author of Blow the House Down, Robert Baer.

Jun 29, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.

Jul 10, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Amy Sedaris, star of Strangers with Candy.

Jul 11, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.

Jul 12, 2006

Tonight former defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg.

Jul 13, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life

Jul 17, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor Ted Danson.

Jul 18, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, Lowell Bergman.

Jul 19, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Scarborough Country, Joe Scarborough.

Jul 20, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw.

Jul 24, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The One That Got Away: A Memoir, Howell Raines

Jul 25, 2006

Tonight Stephen Welcomes the president of the Catholic League, William Donohue.

Jul 26, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back, Amy Goodman.

Jul 27, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Randy Newman.

Jul 31, 2006

Tonght, Democratic hopeful for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont.

Aug 1, 2006

Tonight former editor for the New Republic and author of The Good Fight: Why Liberals--And Only Liberals--Can Win the War On Terror and Make America Great Again, Peter Beinart.

Aug 2, 2006

Tonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in the World.

Aug 3, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.

Aug 8, 2006

Tonight, New York Times columnist and author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete, Bill Rhoden.

Aug 9, 2006

Tonight cultural anthropologist Alexandra Robbins, author of The Overachievers: The Secret Life of Driven Kids.

Aug 10, 2006

Tonight campaign director for MoveOn.org, Eli Pariser.

Aug 14, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor of the National Review and author of The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts and the Disregard for Human Life.

Aug 15, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes political commentator of PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and author of Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton, David Gergen.

Aug 16, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes documentary filmmaker and host of 30 Days, Morgan Spurlock.

Aug 17, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary musician Neil Young.

Aug 21, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Geoffrey Nunberg, professor of linguistics and columnist for the New York Times and author of Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalsim into a Tax Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body Piercing, Hollywood Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show.

Aug 22, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and colmnist Paul Krugman, author of The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century.

Aug 23, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes writer and correspondent for MTV News, Gideon Yago

Aug 24, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes mathematician Janna Levin, author of A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines.

Sep 11, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Martin Short.

Sep 12, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcome country music star Toby Keith.

Sep 13, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes record setting Jeopardy champion and author of Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competetive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs, Ken Jennings

Sep 14, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes ESPN's Sports Guy columnist and author of Now I Can Die In Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank, and the 2004 Red Sox, Bill Simmons

Sep 18, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.

Sep 19, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes New York Times columnist Frank Rich, author of The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina.

Sep 20, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Democratic political consultant James Carville.

Sep 21, 2006

Tonight former defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg.

Sep 25, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life

Sep 26, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor Ted Danson.

Sep 27, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, Lowell Bergman.

Sep 28, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes co-founder of Apple Computers, Steve Wozniak.

Oct 2, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Michael Lewis, author of The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.

Oct 3, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes union leader and author of A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track, Andy Stern.

Oct 4, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan, author of Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed And Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America.

Oct 5, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back, Amy Goodman.

Oct 9, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Randy Newman.

Oct 10, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, Ariel Levy.

Oct 11, 2006

Tonight Stephen reveals the winner of the Green Screen Challenge. Plus, another Tek Jansen Adventure.

Oct 12, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer

Oct 16, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.

Oct 17, 2006

Tonight Stephen celebrates his 1st anniversary episode with Oxford Professor of Biology and author of The God Delusion Richard Dawkins.

Oct 18, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes former special assistant to President Bush and author of Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction, David Kuo.

Oct 19, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Nobel Prize winning chemist Dr. Peter Agre. Plus Stephen talks to Jim Gilchrist, founder of The Minuteman Project.

Oct 30, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Barry Manilow.

Oct 31, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor and politcal activist Tim Robbins.

Nov 1, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes magician Penn Jillette.

Nov 2, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes political activist Ronald Reagan Jr.

Nov 6, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcoms ABC News correspondent and co-author of The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008, Mark Halperin.

Nov 7, 2006

Combined with the Daily Show for the night, Stephen talks to Warren Beatty by phone, Rep. Robert Wexler via satellite and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton via satellite.

Nov 8, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes CNN anchor Jeff Greenfield.

Nov 9, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of FIRST and President of DEKA Research and Development Corporation, Dean Kamen.

Nov 13, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes former CBS News anchor Dan Rather.

Nov 14, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes CEO of Timberland, Jeff Swartz.

Nov 15, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Al Franken and paleontologist Dr. Michael Novacek.

Nov 16, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Richard Linklater, director of Fast Food Nation.

Nov 27, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes PBS News Hour anchor and author of The Phony Marine: A Novel, Jim Lehrer.

Nov 28, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Harry Shearer.

Nov 29, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes screenwriter and author of I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman, Nora Ephron.

Nov 30, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes ESPN commentator and author of Miracle on 49th Street, Mike Lupica.

Dec 4, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes computer game designer Will Wright.

Dec 5, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and co-author of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, Steven D. Levitt.

Dec 6, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of New York University, John Sexton.

Dec 7, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the fromer head of the Human Genome Project and author of The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, Francis Collins.

Dec 11, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Princeton ethicist, animal rights activist and co-author of The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter, Dr. Peter Singer

Dec 12, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes nationally syndicated columnist and author of The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family, Dan Savage.

Dec 13, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes historian and author of Team of Rivals, The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Dec 14, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes a writer for the Village Voice and Rolling Stone and author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism, Daniel Pinchbeck.

Dec 18, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the retired CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch.

Dec 19, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the leader in the field of mind body medicine, Deepak Chopra.

Dec 20, 2006

Stephen Colbert vs the Decemberists.

Jan 8, 2007

Stephen opens the show disappointed that Saddam Hussein was suddenly hanged over the show's break. He responds to Lake Superior State University's ban of the word 'truthiness' in "Who's Attacking Me Now?", and gay.com's naming of Stephen as Person of the Year in "Who's Honoring Me Now?"; gives "Stephen's Sound Advice" for getting over the winter blues.

Jan 9, 2007

Freem replaces superstantial in the opening sequence. Stephen thanks former Archbishop of Warsaw Stanis³aw Wielgus for being caught in a Catholic Church scandal of a non-sexual nature; scorns Democrats for taking a day off Congress for the college football National Championship game, with quick suggestion of taking a day off for a Ontario Junior League Hockey game; begins new segment "We the MEdiator" to pick sides in celebrity feuds, featuring Rosie O'Donnell vs. Donald Trump, Angelina Jolie vs. Madonna, and Amitabh Bachchan vs. Shahrukh Khan; and ends the show in tribute to James Brown by declaring himself the new "hardest working man in show business".

Jan 10, 2007

Stephen criticizes Bush for not sending 300 million troops as Stephen advised the day before but he pardons him if this is "the only mistake he makes in this war". He then talks about illegal immigration in a new segment called "Invasion of the Country Snatchers" and about the new Democratic senator of Missouri and its liberal legislation in the Word-Segment. After the break there is a new episode of Stephen's Tek Jansen adventures.

Jan 11, 2007

Stephen starts with another episode of his challenge "What Number is Stephen thinking of?" with a clip from 2005. He then celebrates 5 years of Guantanamo Bay and talks to the executive director of Human Rights Watch, Ken Roth. After that he does a "Tip of the Hat/Wag of the finger", double-wagging Apple (claiming this is his first double-wag) for 1) changing their name to "Apple, Inc." and 2) bringing out the iPhone.

Jan 15, 2007

Wishing viewers a happy Martin Luther King Day, Stephen calls for a nationwide lie-in to refuse engaging in "anything at all", in the style of passive protest such as Rosa Parks, then attacks Senator Barbara Boxer for comments suggesting Condoleezza Rice has no personal ties to the Iraq War. Stephen praises the army for lowering recruitment expectations in order to be filled; channels last week's guest Jim Cramer for a new financial segment "Stephen's Bears and Balls" focusing on real estate, oil, Cingular's name change, soy milk, and beef jerkey.

Jan 16, 2007

In anticipation of Bill O'Reilly arriving in-studio on Thursday, Stephen lashes out at Jimmy the director for a squeaky chair. In a new segment "Invasion of the Country Snatchers", Stephen profiles immigration issues, from an Italian-descended anti-immigrant possible Presidential nominee, to a chain of pizza restaurants which accept pesos, segueing into Letters from Iwo Jima winning the Best foreign Film Golden Globe. In another "Stephen Colbert's Sport Report", Stephen covers David Beckham playing for Los Angeles, and an anti-Colbert movement of fans throwing teddy bears on the ice when the Saginaw Spirit played the Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey League.

Jan 17, 2007

Still in anticipation of Bill O'Reilly arriving in-studio on Thursday Stephen is more nervous than the day before, bringing out some cherished objects he plans to show O'Reilly the next day. He then talks about the NFL play-offs with Lynn Swann, trying to trash talk all teams except the New Orleans Saints who he favors. After the break "Better know a district" continues with Washington's 3rd congressional district representative, Brian Baird.

Jan 18, 2007

The big day is here, so Stephen is crazy with anticipation that Bill O'Reilly will be on the show, stating that his only goal with this show was to see this day, which makes him reveal a "Mission Accomplished" banner and open the last door on his "Bill O'Reilly advent calendar" (in which he finds Geraldo's mustache). He then turns back to US politics talking about Bush's plans to rise the troop levels in Iraq. He then talks about fights between celebrities on his segment "We the MEdiator", rethinking his last week's judgements.

Jan 22, 2007

Stephen is disappointed at the loss by the New Orleans Saints to the Chicago "God-less killing Machines" Bears. In another "Who's Riding My Coattails Now?", Stephen calls out Bill Clinton for speaking at Knox College after Colbert already had, and artist Terence Koh for selling sperm (in his art) after Stephen's Formula 401 line. The Word is based on the refusal of Alberto Gonzales to admit a right of the people not stated specifically in the Constitution. In another "Stephen Colbert's Balls For Kidz", gambling is discussed.

Jan 23, 2007

Stephen explains that this is the second of two episodes they taped on January 22, so that he can host a State of the Union address party on the 23rd. Russ Lieber appears in-studio to comment on new laws of the Democrat-controlled Congress. A new Threatdown is "Media Watchdog" themed.

Jan 24, 2007

Lou Dobbs, author of War on the Middle Class, faces the truth hammer when he sits down to talk with Stephen.

Jan 25, 2007

Bill O'Reilly spills the beans on Stephen, and says what he really thought of him on his show. Stephen interviews Coach Bob Mancini of the Saginaw Spirit. And he doesn't like how he stands on the SMU dispute over Bush's library.

Jan 29, 2007

Colbert wins bet with mayor of Oshawa after Saginaw Spirit defeated Oshawa Generals. Colbert discusses Microsoft paying someone for Wikipedia edits, and concludes that reality has become a commodity. Wag of the finger to Scientology, which named Tom Cruise as the "Christ" of the cult.

Jan 30, 2007

Stephen opens the show by showing a clip from Fox News' Fox and Friends, talking about the invisible beam that makes a person think he is on fire. Stephen then talks about how he stole his neighbor's New York Times and argues with David Leonhardt about what one could do with $1.2 trillion. This is followed by a new segment, "Judge, Jury, and Executioner" and ends by revealing the new microwave (fitted with a Colbert Report logo) which he would be sending to Bill O'Reilly after stealing his earlier.

Jan 31, 2007

Stephen opens the show by discussing the "problem" with Global Warming and in protest replaces Bobby with a 5000 Watt heat lamp. This is followed by the return of the "On Notice" board and the introduction of the "Fantasies" board. Jane Fonda (his fantasy) and The Weather Channel are placed on notice and Lutherans and E Street Band are taken off. This is followed by the 39th installment of Better Know a District, with New York's 6th congressional district representative,Gregory Meeks.

Feb 1, 2007

Stephen comments on the 2007 Boston Mooninite Scare that occurred in Boston and laments the fact that he can no longer proceed with his obviously threatening-looking advertisements. This is followed by the "Movies Destroying America" segment, commenting on Steve Carrell's nomination and Ellen DeGeneres hosting. The show is ended by Stephen presenting "The Most Poetic F#@king Thing I've Ever Heard"

Feb 5, 2007

Stephen is ecstatic at the slaughtering the Bears underwent in Super Bowl XLI. Also, he introduces a new product "Formula 419" (A combination of his Formula 401 and 18, Peyton Manning's Jersey number). Then, Stephen notes that Stephen Jr. has returned from Canada and back into Washington (unfortunately in Washington's 3rd, where Better Known representative Brian Baird has lobbied for a new hunting law).

Feb 6, 2007

Stephen receives a message from Master Media International that they would be praying on his behalf on February 22. This is followed by the 40th installment of Better Know A District (Ohio's 18th with congressman Zack Space).

Feb 7, 2007

Stephen starts by introducing a new segment, "California Values Watch". After addressing San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's recent problems. Then talks about the controversy stirred between Representatives Loretta Sanchez and Joe Baca. This is followed by the series finale of Tek Jansen.

Feb 8, 2007

Stephen starts by talking about the astronaut incident on the news and especially that everyone talks about Lisa Nowak wearing a diaper, admitting that he too wears a diaper during his workday. He then claims that Henry Kissinger called him to get him to run for president, which he says he will "not" do (or will he?) but he has formed an exploratory committee on whether to form an exploratory committee.

Feb 12, 2007

Stephen starts by dancing/singing "My Humps" behind his desk and discusses Grammys. He then talks about criticism of the Iraq War transitioning into "The Word." This is followed by a "Tip of the Hat - Wag of the Finger" segment, in which he commends Australian Prime Minister John Howard for his attack on Barack Obama, but also chastises him for attacking an American citizen.

Feb 13, 2007

Colbert talks about the Chinese Menace, entitling a Colbert Report special report "Apocalypse Mao: Murdered By The Orient's Success".

Feb 14, 2007

Stephen makes correction, that the Chinese have four times more population than the US, not three. Colbert admonishes people teaching seniors about sex. Sport Report: about the Westminster Dog Show, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, and mentions that the Saginaw Spirit had reached the playoffs.

Feb 15, 2007

Colbert talks about how Mastermedia International will pray for him on February 22nd. Asks J. J. Abrams how his prayer day went, with photo of Jimmie "J.J." Walker showing. Then he moves on, to talking about Helen Thomas losing her front row seat at the White House press room. Interviews Candice Bergen by phone about her prayer day too. Better Know A District guest was Vic Snyder from Arkansas's 2nd congressional district.

Feb 26, 2007

Stephen compares Britain leaving Iraq to Britain leaving the U.S. and India - saying it will cause a flourish of Democracy.

Feb 27, 2007

Stephen comments on a recent report about Al Gore's energy usage. Outdoor Life Magazine fires a columnist for calling for an assault rifle ban, an action Stephen commends in the Word. Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle is named a top mascot, behind only the Toronto Raptor. As a result, the Toronto Raptors are moved from "on notice" to "dead to me." Tip/Wag: Wag to Bilk (Japanese beer + milk company), Tip to 107-year-old Chan Chi.

Feb 28, 2007

Colbert comments on how David Geffen has switched his support from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama. Then he mentions how Tom Vilsack chickened out of the presidential race, and interviews him in a new segment, Profiles In Quitters. And Problems Without Solutions, special report about SAHD's (Stay-at-home dad's), which Stephen says is against nature's laws.

Mar 1, 2007

Mr. Colbert thanks those who prayed for him last Thursday, with his prayer hat and foam fingers. Also he comments on the coverage of the Anna Nicole Smith story. Better Know A District guest was Steve Cohen from Tennessee's 9th congressional district.

Mar 5, 2007

Stephen comments on how many politicians have visited Walter Reed Hospital since the scandal. Ben and Jerry appeared to promote their new ice cream flavor named in honor of Stephen. Bears & Balls segment about recent economic fluctuations. And Mara Vanderslice talked about how Democrats can adapt to reach out to Christians.

Mar 6, 2007

Stephen brags about winning the Mega Millions drawing, which hadn't happened yet. In this segment he also mocks Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone. Then he talks about how Lewis "Scooter" Libby was found Not Guilty on 1 of the 5 counts. In The Word segment, Colbert commends doctors who refuse to treat patients for religious reasons. ThreatDown segment: No. 1 was Gravity.

Mar 7, 2007

Colbert makes a rare correction about winning Mega Millions drawing, and calls his boss Sumner Redstone to grovel. The Word was about removing the military Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. Then there was 2007's first installment of "Easter Under Attack": proposed Easter bunny name change to spring bunny. And Michael Specter talks about Vladimir Putin's suppression of and mysterious deaths of journalists in Russia.

Mar 8, 2007

Stephen wonders why the media is still discussing the Libby trial. Then he talks about the death of Captain America, and adds more in The Word. Better Know A District guest was John Yarmuth from Kentucky's 3rd congressional district.

Mar 12, 2007

Stephen upbraids Bill Gates for giving charitably to other nations while bemoaning America's faltering competitiveness. He retracts his disparaging comments about Captain America when he learns that the superhero has bequeathed him his shield.

Mar 13, 2007

Stephen closes the show by announcing The Word ("Goodnight"), after which the credits roll.

Mar 14, 2007

Colbert introduces a new segment, "When Ancestors Attack." Then he mentions how Colorado has made John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" their second official song. Sport Report: advice on filling out March Madness brackets.

Mar 15, 2007

Stephen celebrates the last St. Patrick's Day ever! Then he moves on to how Latin America has so many rabid admirers of President Bush, with comments from Esteban Colberto. In the 44th installment of Better Know A District, the guest was Phil Hare of Illinois's 17th congressional district.

Mar 19, 2007

Stephen talks about the latest attack in DC, on him, by Rahm Emanuel.[2] The Word refers to South Carolina proposing to allow prisoners to donate organs to reduce jail time. Threatdown: 5.Angry seniors, 4.Dancing seniors, 3.Time Magazine, 2.Fertility clinics, 1.the FDA. And the "Alpha Dog Of the Week" was awarded to Robert Hancock of Carterville, Illinois.

Mar 20, 2007

While unveiling threat # .5 as an addendum to yesterday's threatdown, Stephen finds himself in agreement with a German environmentalist over the euthanasia of Knut, a polar bear cub at the Berlin zoo, until Stephen becomes suddenly enamored when viewing footage of the cub. Later, Colbert collects on a hockey bet with the mayor of Oshawa, Ontario, wherein this day would become "Stephen Colbert Day" in the town; the day was chosen to be the same day as the mayor's birthday.

Mar 21, 2007

In the 45th installment of Better Know A District, the guest was Maurice Hinchey from New York's 22nd congressional district.

Mar 22, 2007

Debate over DC-residents voting bill with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. Criticism over Chicago Sun-Times face reading expert Rose Rosetree's interpretation of Stephen's facial features. Phone conversation with Coach Bob Mancini of the Saginaw Spirit about the Ontario Hockey League playoffs.

Mar 26, 2007

Stephen expressed his anger that a severed mummy hand was recently sold at auction, but not to him; the hand was the earliest example of we're No. #1. In response to Rahm Emanuel's practice of discouraging fellow congresspeople to decline interviews with Stephen Colbert, Stephen played an interview of him conducted by PBS's Gwen Ifill rife with potential misinterpretations.

Mar 27, 2007

Stephen chided Sean Penn for his blunt criticism of the Bush administration. Stephen discusses Iran, specifically a clash over religion, with former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright who took the opportunity to promote her new book The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs.

Mar 28, 2007

Stephen displayed his disappointment at the elimination of Paulina Porizkova from Dancing with the Stars, especially given that her husband Ric Ocasek is a friend of the show. Stephen discussed oil found in the Arctic Ocean near Russia, and an attempt to add Italy to the Axis of Evil led to an uncharacteristic breakdown. Later, Stephen discussed the N-word with author Jabari Asim, who wrote a book on the subject.

Mar 29, 2007

First, Stephen questioned the necessity of the Equal Rights Amendment, since everyone should be on the honor system. Later, Stephen cited the promulgation of John McCain that Sadr City is much safer than it was three months ago thanks to the military surge, despite the first-hand reports by Michael Ware that it is not safe for an American to leave the Green Zone. In response, Stephen suggested that Americans think of Iraq's capitol as Neverland.

Apr 9, 2007

Colbert celebrates the 4th anniversary of the liberation of Baghdad, while he eats his "Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream" ice cream. He continues to eat it through the show. And announces that is now the number one flavor of Ben and Jerry's. He also runs an empty microwave in response to a family's attempt to live a "no environmental impact" lifestyle. Also in a fake radio show, Stephen insults Hungarians, reminiscent of the Don Imus scandal.

Apr 10, 2007

Stephen scolded the 15 British sailors whom after recently returning from captivity in Iran were seeking to publish accounts of their experience. In "The Word", he talked about America's bogus health care crisis. Stephen then changed the subject to an ethnic remark that he made against Hungarians on his fictional radio show, Colbert On the Ert (pronounced "air"), in which he described Hungarians as "those paprika-snorting ghoulies."

Apr 11, 2007

Stephen introduced the latest eponymic animal, Stephanie Colburtle, one of the leatherback sea turtles being tracked from Costa Rica to the Galapagos Islands. In "The Word", Stephen revisited Monday's story about the 15 British sailors; in response to a British colonel making the distinction between the soldiers' experiences and reality TV, Stephen devised the notion that perhaps Americans should "make the war a reality show" to achieve success in Iraq and to prepare for a future "spin-off in Iraq."

Apr 12, 2007

Stephen criticized Democratic senator Harry Reid for using "politicizing the war in Iraq" by citing a translation of a recent speech by Pope Benedict XVI. In "The Wørd," Stephen praised the president for proposing a new "war czar" position that would "chiefly be in command" of managing wars. Later aired a video describing Stephen's building manager Tad's quest to find a female companion for Stephen Jr., the eponymous bald eagle being tracked by GPS.

Apr 16, 2007

Stephen begins by issuing a correction for having called Boyd K. Packer the "Mormon Pope" or "Mope," when he is more of a Mormon Cardinal, or "Mardinal." Colbert then compares Don Imus' firing with upcoming testimony of Alberto Gonzales before Congress regarding the U.S. Attorney firings scandal.

Apr 17, 2007

Stephen announced that he will be having a metaphor-off with Sean Penn on Thursday's show. Update on Stephanie Colburtle the turtle who was in 2nd place at the time of broadcast on the race to the Galápagos Islands, by some logic "proving Darwin wrong." Short mention of Iraqi insurgents.

Apr 18, 2007

On Who's NOT honoring me now, Stephen complained that he was not being awarded a Pulitzer Prize in journalism. In "The Word," Stephen suggested the corporate sponsorship of the War on Terror since the "War on Terror is more than a name." Video showed promoting bovine growth hormones in dairy cows.

Apr 19, 2007

Stephen balks at a scientific study saying that chimpanzees are more evolved than humans in DNA. On "The Word," he talks about John Edwards' $400 haircut and considers him going over to the Republican party. Colbert then interviews Sean Penn, and leads to a Meta-Free-Phor-All hosted by Pinsky (the decider of topics for the rounds used humorous pictures and sound effects in the style of The Daily Show's "God Machine," which Colbert usually took part in).

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The first act opens with a remembrance of Boris Yeltsin. Stephen continues with a combative interview with Eleanor Holmes Norton regarding a recent bill to give the District of Columbia a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. In "The Word," Stephen comments on EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson's announcement that the Bush Administration's anti-global warming efforts are delivering "real results".

Apr 25, 2007

Colbert decides that a new name is necessary for the long war, and comes up with Freemerican Victernity Made in China. He then backs the idea of having illegal immigrants fight in the armed services in exchange for citizenship. He points out his position on the cover of GQ, then complains about the Four Horsemen of the A-pop-calypse: movies, television, music, and books.

Apr 26, 2007

Stephen is unhappy at the fact that Stephanie Colburtle The Turtle did not win The Great Turtle Race, after being bested by another turtle named Billy. He claims Billy is a male, and demands a re-race. (After explaining that one can tell the sex of a turtle by the concavity of its plastron, Stephen says that he checks the plastron on "all [his] dates, and if it's not concave, [he is] outta there."

Apr 30, 2007

"It's the last day of April. One more month 'till Speedo season! Do your squats. This is The Colbert Report.

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From the previous episode, Stephen again mentions the possibility that his ancestors were Jewish. He then discusses perceived inflammatory speech on the Daily Kos website and interviews the website's founder, Markos Moulitsas. In the "Monkey on the Lam" segment, Stephen talks about a capuchin monkey that picked the lock on his cage door at a zoo in Tupelo, Mississippi for the second time in two weeks. He then discusses Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' failure to meet his potential. Finally, Stephen interviews Michael Wallis about the Lincoln Highway.

Aug 16, 2007

Stephen begins by asking people not to watch his interview with Richard Branson on August 22, which has been reported in the media as a "trainwreck." Stephen then interviews Mike Huckabee, claiming that he came second in the Iowa Straw Poll due to his appearances on The Colbert Report, and what Stephen claims is the "Colbert Bump."

Aug 20, 2007

Stephen continues to attack wrist violence, and says the worst offender in "Wrist snuff" is Steven Seagal. He also announces that his "WristStrong" wristbands are now available from colbertneation.com, and all proceeds go to help the Yellow Ribbon Fund. Stephen introduces a new segement, "Nailed 'Em", focusing on successful stories in the criminal justice system.

Aug 21, 2007

Stephen starts with the \"Smokin\' Pole: The Fight for Arctic Riches\" segment, where he attacks Canada\'s claim to the Northwest Passage through the Arctic, claiming it belongs to the United States. In \"The Word,\" Stephen attacks WikiScanner claiming it prevents corporations from editing their own entries, and describes Wikipedia as, \"Second Life for corporations\".

Aug 22, 2007

In \"Colbert Platinum\", he talks about the shutting down of a helipad in Saint-Tropez and the growing demand for champagne. He then interviews Richard Branson about Virgin America and \"Air Colbert\". However, as the interview goes on, Branson and Stephen throw water over each other.

Aug 23, 2007

Stephen reviews the Iraq War and Dick Cheney\'s role in advocating it. He then interviews Thomas E. Ricks about the war. Stephen then talks about his broken wrist and shows a documentary film entitled Fractured Freedom: The Stephen Colbert Story. He announces that several people had signed his cast, including Nancy Pelosi, Tim Russert, Tony Snow, Brian Williams, Bill O\'Reilly and Michael Bloomberg.

Sep 10, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes the former director of the Environmental Assessment Institute and author of Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming, Bjorn Lomborg.

Sep 11, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes humorist and author of Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon, Garrison Keillor.

Sep 12, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes the chancellor of New York City Schools, Joel Klein.

Sep 13, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor and environmental activist and co-author of Grassroots Rising, Ed Begley jr. Also Stephen talks with Father James Martin, author of My Life with the Saints, over recent revelations regarding Mother Teresa having doubts about God.

Sep 18, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes actress and activist and the co-star of In the Valley of Elah, Susan Sarandon.

Sep 19, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes feminist and author of The End of America: A Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot, Naomi Wolf

Sep 20, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes legal writer and author of The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, Jeffrey Toobin.

Sep 24, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes New York Times columnist and author of The World is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Firedman

Sep 25, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes retired attorney and author of Playing For Pizza, John Grisham.

Sep 26, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes opera singer Nathan Gunn, whose new CD is Just Before Sunrise.

Sep 27, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes the chief film curator of the Museum of Moving Image, David Schwartz.

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Feb 4, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes Slate editor in chief Jacob Weisberg, author of The Bush Tragedy. Also, Stephen talks with Tony Campolo, author of Red Letter Christians, about the Chrisitian right's influence on politics.

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Tonight Stephen welcomes Democratic strategist Tad Devine. Also Stephen talks with the senior editor of The National Review Richard Brookhiser about whether the Republicans will vote for John McCain.

Feb 7, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes naturalist Mark Moffett, author of Face to Face with Frogs. Also, Presidental candiate and former Arkansas Governaor Mike Huckabee stops by to discuss, and play air hockey with Stephen, about which state he hopes to win next.

Feb 11, 2008

Stephen begins with congratulating Barack Obama winning a Grammy award for "Best Spoken Word Album" for The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. He then talks about Mitt Romney dropping out of the race for President. He then interviews Aubrey de Gray about defeating aging and trying to make John McCain young. Stephen then talks about his portait to Marc Pachter (over the telephone). Pachter tells him that the portait has increased the number of visitors to the museum and that it will now be displayed in the National Portrait Museum until April 1. He then interviews Philip Zimbardo about "The Lucifer Effect" and how people become evil.

Feb 12, 2008

Stephen begins with a discussion on Mike Huckabee's running mate. Stephen claims that via obligation, he should be the running mate. He also displays his dislike of John McCain, due to other right-wing political pundits, such as Rush Limbaugh, disliking McCain. He then talks to superdelegate Eliot Spitzer about superdelegates. He then talks to Eleanor Holmes Norton, another superdelegate, about her support of Barack Obama. Finally, Stephen interviews Lisa Randall about other dimensions.

Feb 13, 2008

Stephen begins by talking about how he survived the writers strike. He brings his writers (including, strangely enough, Tiki Barber, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Kevin Bacon) onto the set and welcomes them back personally. He then interviews David Gracer about eating insects. Stephen then introduces a new segment, "Stephen Colbert's Fallback Position," where he investigates different jobs he may take if he loses his job as a pundit. He investigates becoming a astrophysicist with Neil deGrasse Tyson. Finally, he interviews Richard Thompson Ford about the Democrats, and how he thinks the "race card" is being played too often.

Feb 14, 2008

Stephen begins with "Who's Riding my Coattails now?", putting German comedian Oliver Pocher on notice for stealing his pose that he used on the front cover of GQ magazine. He then talks about the Roger Clemens hearing, defending Brian McNamee collecting used medical waste by claiming that he does it also. He then interviews John Feinstein about the use of steroids in sport. In "People Destroying America", Stephen talks about Susan Pagan, who refused to give his daughter a free Happy Meal for getting good grades. He then interviews Leonard Nimoy about a book featuring nude photos of overweight women.

Feb 26, 2008

Stephen starts by talking about a photo of Barack Obama in Muslim dress, claiming he is a terrorist. He says that the photo does not devide people, but unites people by making them think that Obama is a terrorist. In "The Wørd", Stephen agrees with Bill O'Reilly that a New York Times article about Vicki Iseman, but mainly because he claims the article was written poorly. In a special "Movies That Are Destroying America" entitled "Oscars That Are Destroying America", he attacks the fact that too many awards went to foreigners. Stephen then talks to Henry Louis Gates, Jr. about race and agrees to have a DNA test to see how black he is.

Feb 27, 2008

Stephen begins by discussing a recent John McCain rally, in which opening speaker Bill Cunningham said negative things about Barack Obama. The "Threatdown:" 5. Monopoly! 4. Richard Branson! 3. Bankruptcy! 2. John McCain! 1. Starbucks! He then talks about all Starbucks locations closing for three hours to re-train employees. Finally, Stephen interviews Tony Snow about his experience as White House Press Secretary.

Feb 28, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the president and co-founder of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk. Also, Stephen talks with the senior editor for The National Review magazine Richard Brookhiser about the influence the late William F. Buckley Jr had on conservatism and political talk shows

Mar 3, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the former UN undersecretary general for communications and public information, and author of The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: The Emerging 21st Century Power, Shashi Tharoor. Also, Stephen talks with the conductor for the New York Philharmonic, Maestro Lorin Maazel about their recent concert in North Korea.

Mar 4, 2008

Stephen starts by talking about John McCain and his support from John Hagee. Stephen expresses his anger of Hagee's views about Catholics. However, as a Christian, he is forced to turn the other cheek. Therefore, Stephen gets William Donohue to express his anger for him. In "The Wørd," he talks about McCain's continued claims of experience, but only over certain things. Next, Howard Dean calls Stephen to talk about the primaries. In "Nailed 'Em," he talks about a six-year-old girl who was cited for vandalism after drawing on the pavement in front of her front door with chalk. Finally, Stephen interviews Jennifer 8. Lee about Chinese food.

Mar 5, 2008

Stephen begins by paying tribute to Brett Favre. He then becomes angry about Mike Huckabee losing the Republican primaries to John McCain. He then interviews Robert Reich about the Democrats. In "Difference Makers," Stephen interviews Jason Grunstra, a man who created a website which gives away free breast implants. He then interviews Gregory Rodriguez about race relations and Mexican immigration. Finally, he pays tribute to Gary Gygax.

Mar 6, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes musician John Legend.

Mar 10, 2008

Stephen begins by talking about the Eliot Spitzer scandal. In "The Wørd," he talks about Hillary Clinton's claim that she is ahead in the Democratic primaries because she was won bigger states. Stephen then presents a special repor-t called, "The '72 Democrats: Alone Again Naturally" covering the history of the 1972 Democratic presidential race. Stephen makes clear his dislike of George McGovern, whom he then interviews. This episode marks the first appearance of the phrase "President Bush Have a Hot Dog With Me" in the opening titles.

Mar 11, 2008

Stephen talks about his hate for John McCain, which he is forced to set aside to support him as the Republican nominee. In "The Wørd," Stephen explains how McCain is like a boyfriend who the country could get used to after getting to know him better. He concludes the segments by showing clips of Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Mitt Romney saying negative things about McCain, then juxtaposing them with clips of most of these same people endorsing and talking proudly about McCain. Then in Colbert Platinum, he talks about fake Ferraris and the destruction of homes in Liechtenstein. Finally Stephen interviews Geraldo Rivera about his new book, HISPANIC (the "his" and "panic" portrayed as different words) about the fear generated by the right wing about illegal immigrants coming into the United States. Stephen ends the interview by playing the clip of Geraldo on The O'Reilly Factor when he said, "The two guys, Stewart and Colbert... they make a living showing clips of old ladies slipping on ice and people laughing. That's their life, that's their life. They exist in a small little place where they count for nothing." When Stephen asks Geraldo to clarify, Geraldo admits that he changed his mind about Stephen.

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Tonight Stephen welcomes Columbia University professor and author of Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes it to the Streets, Sudhir Venkatesh.

Mar 17, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World, Samantha Power.

Mar 18, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary singer/songwriter Carole King.

Mar 19, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes former White House Press Secretary and author of Why Women Should Rule the World, Dee Dee Myers.

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Tonight Stephen welcomes professor of English and journalism and author of Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America, Eric Alterman.

Apr 1, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the co-founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Van Jones.

Apr 2, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes classic American rock band R.E.M. to talk about their new album, "Accelerate".

Apr 3, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes telecommunications professor and author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations, Clay Shirky.

Apr 7, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes former pro wrestler and Governor of Minnesota and author of Don't Start the Revolution Without Me!, Jesse Ventura. Also, Stephen talks with Trevor Paglen about the supposed shoulder patches worn by black ops members.

Apr 8, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes former Clinton Secretary of State and author of Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership, Madeline Albright.

Apr 9, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of Citizens for Retiring the Penny, Jeff Gore.

Apr 10, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist (specializing in the Middle East) and author of Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East, Robin Wright.

Apr 14, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.

Apr 15, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes Grammy Award winning musical group The Roots.

Apr 16, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes Pennsylvania's Governor, Ed Rendell.

Apr 17, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes Pennsylvania Congressman Rep. Patrick Murphy.

Apr 21, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes Vermont Congressman Rep. Bernie Sanders.

Apr 22, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Age of American Unreason, Susan Jacoby.

Apr 23, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes radio host and author of For One More Day, Mitch Albom.

Apr 24, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist, California's First Lady and author of Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question, Little Book. Answers Within, Maria Shriver.

Apr 28, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Feist.

Apr 29, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes political activist and author of Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, Anne Lamott.

Apr 30, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes law professor at Harvard University and author of The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman.

May 1, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes social critic and author of World Made by Hand, James Kunstler.

May 5, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport, Carl Hiaasen.

May 6, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes opera singer Nathan Gunn.

May 7, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes science writer and author of The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments, George Johnson.

May 8, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the editor in chief of the Huffington Post and author of Right Is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe, Arianna Huffington.

May 12, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the co-author of You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty, Dr. Mehmet Oz.

May 13, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the co-author of What Really Sank the Titanic: New Forensic Discoveries, Jennifer McCarty.

May 14, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of Americans for Tax Reform and author of Leave Us Alone: Getting the Government's Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives, Grover Norquist.

May 15, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour, Andrei Cherny.

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May 28, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill.

May 29, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington, David Sirota.

Jun 2, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the co-producer of the movie Surf Wise, Jon Paskowitz.

Jun 3, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes political commentator and author of One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation, George Will.

Jun 4, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes Oklahoma Representative and Libertarian Presidential candidate, Bob Barr.

Jun 5, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes conservative political commentator and author of Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World, Pat Buchanan

Jun 9, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes New York columnist Phil Weiss.

Jun 10, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes wildlife scientist and author of Life in the Valley of Death: The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed, Alan Rabinowitz.

Jun 11, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America, David Hajdu.

Jun 12, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University, Dixon Despommier.

Jun 16, 2008

Tonight Stephen talks with biologist and author of Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul, Kenneth Miller.

Jun 17, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet Security and author of The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It, Jonathan Zittrain.

Jun 18, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz.

Jun 19, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes Bible scholar and author of Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, Bishop N.T. Wright.

Jun 23, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes political satirist and author of This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation, Barbara Ehrenriech.

Jun 24, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes rapper, actor and star of Hancock, Will Smith.

Jun 25, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Also, Stephen talks with architecture critic and author of Up from Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York, Paul Goldberger.

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Tonight Stephen welcomes the head of Yale's Center for Business the Environment, Dan Esty. Also Stephen talks with Lama Surya Das about whether Barack Obama should become a Tibetan Buddhist.

Jul 15, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders, Jason Riley. Also, Stephen talks with Julia Sweig, author of Friendly Fire about the rise of Venezuela and other South American nations rise out of poverty.

Jul 16, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes rock group Rush. They perform Tom Sawyer

Jul 17, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the wife of former Presidential candidate John Edwards and author of Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers, Elizabeth Edwards.

Jul 21, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes Virginia Senator and author of A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America, Senator Jim Webb.

Jul 22, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of OBD: Obsessive Branding Disorder: The Illusion of Business and the Business of Illusion, Lucas Conley.

Jul 23, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes rapper Nas who is representing www.colorofchange.org and their petition to FOX to stop racist bias in news.

Jul 24, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes astronaut Garrett Reisman.

Jul 28, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes country music superstar Toby Keith and star of Beer for My Horses, plus Keith performs the song of the same name.

Jul 29, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes Eric Roston, author of The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat.

Jul 30, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary musical act Crosby, Stills Nash.

Jul 31, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

Aug 4, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of OBD: Obsessive Branding Disorder: The Illusion of Business and the Business of Illusion, Lucas Conley.

Aug 5, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes New York Times columnist and author of The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of his Life--His Own, David Carr.

Aug 6, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor/director and star of Swing Vote, Kevin Costner.

Aug 7, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes contributing editor for Harper's and author of The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule, Thomas Frank.

Aug 11, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the anchor for Univision News and author of The Gift of Time: Letters from a Father, Jorge Ramos.

Aug 12, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals, Jane Mayer.

Aug 13, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes social critic and author of Why We Hate Us: American Discontent in the New Millennium, Dick Meyer.

Aug 14, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes combat journalist and author of The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq, Bing West.

Aug 26, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, author of What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, Scott McClellan. Also, Stephen talks with former Georgia Representative and Libertarian Presidential candidate Bob Barr about the Libertarian party's "green" efforts.

Aug 27, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes former Arkansas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee.

Aug 28, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes biographer, historian and author of George Washington on Leadership, Richard Brookhiser.

Aug 29, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes political commentator and author of All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America, John McWhorter.

Sep 2, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the former director of the National Economic Council, Laura Tyson.

Sep 3, 2008

Sep 4, 2008

Sep 5, 2008

Sep 15, 2008

Sep 16, 2008

Sep 17, 2008

Sep 18, 2008

Sep 23, 2008

Sep 24, 2008

Sep 25, 2008

Sep 29, 2008

Sep 30, 2008

Oct 1, 2008

Oct 2, 2008

Oct 6, 2008

Oct 7, 2008

Oct 8, 2008

Oct 9, 2008

Oct 13, 2008

Stephen offers his investment advice, and Kathleen Parker doesn't think Sarah Palin is ready.

Oct 14, 2008

Oct 15, 2008

Oct 16, 2008

Stephen starts by talking about the final presidential debate, praising John McCain, but attacking his references to Joe the Plumber. Stephen then talks about the third anniversary of The Colbert Report and that his portrait has now been accepted by Brent Glass as part of the National Museum of American History. He then interviews Robert Greenwald about his series of anti-McCain commercials on YouTube. Stephen then unveils a new portrait of himself, which features him holding his Emmy.

Oct 20, 2008

Stephen begins by talking about Colin Powell endorsing Barack Obama for president. He then interviews Fareed Zakaria about the economic crisis. Stephen presents a new "lower cost" segment based on "Colbert Platinum", "Colbert Aluminum." He talks about Paris, rich people opening various bank accounts in order to protect themselves, and stealth wealth. Finally, Stephen talks to Wynton Marsalis about jazz and together they perform "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Oct 21, 2008

Stephen begins by talking about Stephen Jr., his adopted eagle son, who was spotted in Oregon. He claims that Stephen Jr. has been supporting John McCain in the state. In "The Wørd," Stephen discusses Acorn and voter fraud, with some votes containing the names of cartoon characters. He claims that cartoon characters should not be allowed to vote. Stephen then examines of God concerning the election, after claims of a battle between God, Allah, Buddah and Hindu (despite the fact Buddah and Hindu are not gods). He plays some reponses from his Atone-Phone. Stephen then interviews Michael Farris about the Patrick Henry College.

Oct 22, 2008

Oct 23, 2008

Oct 27, 2008

Grammy Award winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma, (Songs of Joy and Peace).

Oct 28, 2008

Stephen welcomes Sherman Alexie, author of "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian."

Oct 29, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon.

Oct 30, 2008

Nov 3, 2008

Andrew Sullivan says conservatives should support Obama.

Nov 4, 2008

Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart report live from Indecision World Headquarters where Comedy Central has rounded up the best researchers and consultants (that it can afford) to provide shallow analysis, obscure factoids, random guesses and pointless sound.

Nov 5, 2008

Stephen sits down with civil rights pioneer Andrew Young.

Nov 6, 2008

Nov 11, 2008

Nov 12, 2008

Nov 13, 2008

Nov 17, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell. Also, Stephen talks with the host of Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw about the important cabinet positions to be filled by Barack Obama.

Nov 18, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes singer/songwriter Paul Simon.

Nov 19, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity, Michael Lewis.

Nov 20, 2008

Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and author of Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America, Thomas Friedman.

Dec 1, 2008

Stephen checks in on the war in Afghanistan, and Roland Fryer sees if cash incentives inspire students.

Dec 2, 2008

Plaxico Burress could go to jail, and Jeffrey Goldberg says airline security is insufficient.

Dec 3, 2008

The media reacts to Obama's cabinet picks, and Barbara Walters promotes her TV special.

Dec 4, 2008

A new report predicts a biological attack, and Nicholas Wade wants to recreate a woolly mammoth.

Dec 8, 2008

Stephen briefly mentions Barbra Streisand kissing President Bush. He then talks about a potential government bailout of the Big Three U.S. automakers. Stephen then discusses Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen unknowingly hanging up on President-elect Obama. Finally, he interviews Geoffrey Canada about his work with the Harlem Children's Zone.

Dec 9, 2008

Stephen briefly mentions the arrest and indictment of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. A discussion on Frost/Nixon, he interviews Kevin Bacon about the film. As a prelude to Thursday's new episode of Tek Jansen, Stephen shows the previous installment. Finally, he interviews Charlie Kaufman about his new film, Synecdoche, New York.

Dec 10, 2008

Richard Haass believes this century has the potential for America to cooperate with other countries to make the world safer.

Dec 11, 2008

Stephen talks about Atheists trying to take the Christ out of Christmas. Michael Phelps will compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics after Stephen teaches him how to ice dance.

Jan 5, 2009

Stephen congratulates John King and the rest of the media on getting Obama elected.

Jan 6, 2009

Matt Miller says the government must make sure we have basic securities like health care and pensions.

Jan 7, 2009

Benicio Del Toro talks about meeting Castro to prepare for "Che."

Jan 8, 2009

Lawrence Lessig says the outdated copyright laws have turned our kids into criminals.

Jan 12, 2009

Anthony Romero believes it will be a huge mistake if Barack Obama doesn't close Guantanamo immediately.

Jan 13, 2009

Niall Ferguson explains how money is a relationship between a creditor and a debtor.

Jan 14, 2009

Barack Obama may be over-marketed, and Alan Khazei wants Americans to volunteer.

Jan 15, 2009

A look back on President Bush's relationship with the media -- Stephen wonders if tonight's the night they finally do it and Shepard Fairey's "Hope" poster belongs to everyone.

Jan 19, 2009

Frank Rich says George W. Bush delivers a message of hope for mediocrity.

Jan 20, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes Washington Post columnist and author of The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why, Jabari Asim.

Jan 21, 2009

Elizabeth Alexander explains to Stephen the difference between a metaphor and a lie.

Jan 22, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes Newsweek editor and author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, Jon Meacham.

Jan 26, 2009

Obama changes Bush's policy on science, and Ed Young thinks married people should have more sex.

Jan 27, 2009

Documentary, "Man on Wire"

Jan 28, 2009

Jan 29, 2009

President and CEO, Center for American Progress

Feb 2, 2009

The government collapses in Iceland, and Stephen gets mad at Dan Zaccagnino.

Feb 3, 2009

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. says Abraham Lincoln was always against slavery, but he wasn't a fan of black people.

Feb 4, 2009

Actor, "The Pink Panther 2"

Feb 5, 2009

Stephen salutes the Boy Scouts, and Jonah Lehrer discusses the neuroscience of decision-making.

Feb 9, 2009

Stephen welcomes musical guest TV On The Radio.

Feb 10, 2009

It's tough times for the Republican Party, and Stephen gives a shout out to a former employee.

Feb 11, 2009

New York Times article, "My Genomic Self"

Feb 12, 2009

Adam Gopnik claims that faith and fear no longer rule our lives because of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin.

Feb 23, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the chief scientific advisor for chemistry.com, anthropology professor and author of Why Him? Why Her?: Finding Real Love By Understanding Your Personality Type, Helen Fisher.

Feb 24, 2009

Cliff Sloan believes that Marbury v. Madison is significant because it established the rule of law.

Feb 25, 2009

Mayor John Fetterman believes Braddock, PA is a great place to spend some of the stimulus money.

Feb 26, 2009

Stephen wants to know how Kris Kristofferson can be a country musician and a liberal at the same time.

Mar 2, 2009

Late at night, who does David Byrne fear David Byrne is?

Mar 3, 2009

President Obama taxes the rich to pay for universal health care, and South Carolina may finally end gun prostitution.

Mar 4, 2009

Carl Wilson tries to understand the popularity of Celine Dion in "Let's Talk About Love" and will NASA name part of the space station after Stephen if he changes his name to Stephen Urine Filtration System?

Mar 5, 2009

Steven Johnson talks about Joseph Priestley, the man who first realized that plants actually create the oxygen we breathe.

Mar 9, 2009

Lisa Hannigan sewed the cover, liner notes and lyrics of her album "Sea Sew."

Mar 10, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes microbiologist and member of the Joint BioEnergy Institute, Dr. Jay Keasling. Also Stephen talks with NASA's associate administrator for space operations Bill Gerstenmaier about the Kepler Probe and other space exploration.

Mar 11, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes Newsweek correspondent and author of 'The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates that Define and Inspire Our Country', Howard Fineman.

Mar 12, 2009

Peter Singer urges Stephen to give money to poor people rather than enjoying it himself.

Mar 16, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of 'The Graveyard Book'.

Mar 17, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of 'The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon'.

Mar 18, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of 'Engaging the Muslim World'.

Mar 19, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of Choose Responsibility.

Mar 30, 2009

The guest tonight is Derrick Pitts, Chief Astronomer at The Franklin Institute.

Mar 31, 2009

David Plotz, Author of 'Good Book LP' talks to Stephen tonight.

Apr 1, 2009

Author of "Dead Aid", Dambisa Moyo is the guest on tonight's show.

Apr 2, 2009

One of the co-founders of Twitter is the guest for tonight's show.

Apr 6, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the co-author of Banquo's Ghosts, Rich Lowry.

Apr 7, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes Jordan's Queen Noor.

Apr 8, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the editor at large for the San Francisco Chronicle, Phil Bronstein.

Apr 9, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes Bible expert and author of Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don't Know About Them), Bart Ehrman.

Apr 14, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes psychotherapist and author of Bodies, Susie Orbach. Also, Stephen talks with NASA's Deputy Chief, Astronaut Office at the Johnson Space Center, Sunita Williams about the naming of the new node on the International Space Station.

Apr 15, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the anchor of PBS' NewsHour and author of Oh, Jonny, Jim Lehrer.

Apr 16, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the former head of the Office of Legal Council for both President Reagan and George Bush Sr., and author of Can a Catholic Support Him? Asking the Big Questions about Barack Obama, Doug Kmiec. Also, Stephen talks with the associate editor for opendemocracy.net, Kanishk Tharoor.

Apr 20, 2009

Sheriff Joe Arpaio denies that he focuses too much on illegal immigration.

Apr 21, 2009

Tonight Stephen talks with Duke University men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Apr 22, 2009

Tonight Stephen talks with host of This American Life, Ira Glass.

Apr 23, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the West Africa Program Officer for Heifer International, Elizabeth Bintliff.

Apr 27, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes musical group The Decemberists.

Apr 28, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of 'Dumb Money: How Our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation', Daniel Gross. Also, Stephen talks with war correspondent Richard Engel.

Apr 29, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes former FDA commissioner and author of The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, David Kessler.

Apr 30, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, Ethan Nadlemann.

May 4, 2009

The Prescott Group needs a bailout, and J.J. Abrams reveals clues to Stephen's Persian Gulf mystery.

May 5, 2009

Cliff Sloan believes that Marbury v. Madison is significant because it established the rule of law and Paul Rieckhoff wants to make sure returning veterans get education, employment and health care support.

May 6, 2009

President Obama's approval numbers are at 67%, and public health expert Laurie Garrett is here to shed some light on the swine flu.

May 7, 2009

It's Bring Your Savior to Work Day, and Mitchell Joachim wants to build carbon-neutral cities.

May 11, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor Jeff Daniels Also, Stephen talks with the vice president of policy at Demos.org, Tamara Draut about credit cart reform.

May 12, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the producer & director of Angels & Demons, Ron Howard. Also, Stephen talks with the head of Latin American Division of the Council on Foreign Relations, Julia Sweig about Cuba.

May 13, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, Michael Pollan.

May 14, 2009

Donald Trump allows Miss California to keep her crown, the DonorsChoose competition continues, and Yusuf performs.

May 18, 2009

Meghan McCain loves the Republican Party and wants to save it from the people trying to make it more extreme.

May 19, 2009

Republicans find a way to make us love them again, and a Difference Maker stands up to the government.

May 20, 2009

Torture memo author John Yoo gets a newspaper column, and Nancy Pelosi says the CIA lied to her.

May 21, 2009

Stephen reveals most of the Indian election results, and Green Day talks about their album, "21st Century Breakdown."

Jun 1, 2009

Republicans could lose their Latino voter, and you can see Stephen's Persian Gulf destination from Sarah Palin's house.

Jun 2, 2009

The FDA challenges medical claims made by Cheerios, and Jim Moran protects kids from erectile dysfunction advertising.

Jun 3, 2009

California allows some gay couples to stay married, and Obama invites Iran to celebrate 4th of July.

Jun 4, 2009

Wikipedia takes on the Church of Scientology, and the latest on abstinence-only education will be worth the wait.

Jun 8, 2009

General Ray Odierno steps up to the plate to be Stephen’s first guest in Iraq.

Jun 9, 2009

Stephen welcomes Sergeant Robin Balcom and Specialist Tareq Salha to his international desk of wisdom and truthiness.

Jun 10, 2009

Tom Hanks and Stephen prepare a care package, and Charles H. Jacoby Jr. picks his favorite soldier.

Jun 11, 2009

George W. Bush praises the troops, and Frank A. Grippe orders his officers to sing the Army song.

Jun 15, 2009

Stephen gives advice to the next leader of North Korea, and asks Austan Goolsbee if his arm gets tired from throwing money at problems.

Jun 16, 2009

According to polls, 120% say the Iranian election wasn't rigged, and Jim Rogers wants to reduce Duke Energy's carbon footprint.

Jun 17, 2009

Sonia Sotomayor belongs to an exclusive women's-only club, and Joshua Micah Marshall won't be doing the pointing and talking.

Jun 18, 2009

Someone finally agrees to accept Gitmo detainees, and Stephen nails poet Paul Muldoon.

Jun 22, 2009

Stephen suggests punching randomly until we find the enemy among us, and Simon Schama writes a history of the future of America.

Jun 23, 2009

David Kilcullen fights wars by taking a local approach to combat smaller guerrilla movements.

Jun 24, 2009

The Jonas Brothers don't abstain from making awesome rock, and Matthew Crawford believes in working with his hands.

Jun 25, 2009

ABC turns their network over to Barack Obama, and Jim Fouratt meets the leader of the gay shame movement.

Jun 29, 2009

Neil deGrasse Tyson tries to make science accessible to whomever wants to reach out and touch it.

Jun 30, 2009

Stephen questions whether America should embrace soccer, and Kevin Mattson thinks Jimmy Carter was underappreciated.

Jul 1, 2009

The Supreme Court takes its recess, and Nicholas Kristof discusses "It's Time to Learn From Frogs" after crossing five lanes of busy traffic.

Jul 2, 2009

Congress passes a renewable energy bill, and climber Ed Viesturs scales Stephen's ego.

Jul 13, 2009

The Sotomayor confirmation hearings begin, and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman knows a lot about money.

Jul 14, 2009

Stephen suggests looking for change in the folds of Barney Frank, and asks Leymah Gbowee where Liberia is.

Jul 15, 2009

There's bad news for people with target-shaped birthmarks, and Douglas Rushkoff lets Jews and Freemasons off the hook.

Jul 16, 2009

Stephen is emotionally dead inside, and Ed Andrews should write about teen vampires if he wants to get out of debt.

Jul 20, 2009

Geoffrey Canada can't find any area where white men are being disproportionately victimized and Bob Park doesn't understand why humans need go to space when robots can do a better job.

Jul 21, 2009

Stephen will be the mighty oak when he investigates Acorn, and Aaron Carroll believes America should have a single-payer system.

Jul 22, 2009

The truth behind the CIA's secret assassination squad is revealed, and Chris Anderson talks about a future economy where everything is free.

Jul 23, 2009

The British announce plans to cut and run, Tom Vilsack drops out of the presidential race, and Zev Chafets angles for a Christmas present.

Jul 27, 2009

A report on tasers may shock you, and Swedish band Movits! helps Stephen put his Ikea futon together

Jul 28, 2009

Arianna Huffington was born in the United States, but she cultivated an accent to give herself an air of being an ethnic minority.

Jul 29, 2009

Lance Armstrong comes in third in the Tour de France, and Kevin Baker says Obama is the new Hoover.

Jul 30, 2009

Kathryn Bigelow's war movie, "The Hurt Locker," is getting great reviews, despite not having explosions and ear-splitting sound effects.

Aug 3, 2009

President Obama finds a way to pay for health care, and General Anthony Zinni will wax Stephen's chest.

Aug 4, 2009

According to Kurt Andersen, the economic and health crises give Americans a brief chance to get things where they want them.

Aug 5, 2009

Kris Kobach wants to fight illegal immigration on the local level and reward the people willing to come to this country legally.

Aug 6, 2009

Stephen reviews the movies that are destroying America and talks to Meryl Streep about her role as Julia Child.

Aug 10, 2009

Vladimir Putin returns to the spotlight, and Stephen interviews Barbara Boxer with deaf suspicion.

Aug 11, 2009

Afghanistan prepares for Bring Your Rocket Launcher to Work Day, and Jonathan Cohn explains why America's having a health care crisis.

Aug 12, 2009

Americans speak Glenn Beck's mind at town hall meetings, and Mark Johnson spreads peace through music.

Aug 13, 2009

Glenn Beck loses his sponsors, and Mark Devlin uses giant balloons to life telescopes to the edge of space.

Aug 17, 2009

Reporters get so desperate they'll even work for a newspaper, and Bill McKibben lowers carbon dioxide levels by not exhaling when he talks.

Aug 18, 2009

Aug 19, 2009

Ang Lee captures the hope and optimism of tired, dirty kids in his movie, "Taking Woodstock."

Aug 20, 2009

The Earth's population nears 7 billion, and Chris Matthews discusses his documentary, "The Kennedy Brothers."

Sep 14, 2009

The health care debate rages on, MTV's VMAs deliver a shock, and Cory Booker admits he is the mayor of Newark.

Sep 15, 2009

Christiane Amanpour is going to make Americans care about the rest of the world with her CNN show "Amanpour."

Sep 16, 2009

Obama indoctrinates America's school children, Tucker Carlson reveals Muslims' influence on textbooks, and The Flaming Lips perform.

Sep 17, 2009

Stephen resurrects the U.S. military technique of staring at a goats and Frank Bruni talks about mastering his addiction to compulsive eating as a food critic for the New York Times.

Sep 22, 2009

The Senate votes to allow guns on trains, and Shai Agassi wants us all to drive electric cars.

Sep 23, 2009

AJ Jacobs' life experiments include following all the rules of the Bible, trying to be the most rational person alive and radical honesty.

Sep 24, 2009

The Republican Party is accused of racism, another holiday is under attack, and Ken Burns makes a documentary about national parks.

Sep 28, 2009

Sheryl WuDunn believes giving women loans and educating girls is the way to lift developing nations out of poverty.

Sep 29, 2009

An exciting new tobacco product hits the market, and Matt Latimer recalls his Bush speechwriting days.

Sep 30, 2009

Stephen has an update on his space treadmill, and he'll evolve Richard Dawkins' book into tiny shreds of paper.

Oct 1, 2009

Francis Collins informs Stephen that it's going to take time for stem cell research to give him crab claws.

Oct 5, 2009

President Obama proposes a longer school year, and Arne Duncan could only get a job as a secretary.

Oct 6, 2009

The Mountain Goats perform "Psalms 40:2" from their album, "The Life of the World to Come."

Oct 7, 2009

Doctors invent a radical new surgery, and Alison Gopnik says babies can help us understand deep philosophical questions.

Oct 8, 2009

The media attacks Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh may buy a football team, and Colin Beavan makes no environmental impact.

Oct 12, 2009

Stephen takes on Norwegians for giving Obama the Nobel Peace Prize, plays tennis with James Blake and talks zombies with Sanjay Gupta.

Oct 13, 2009

Stephen posts Twitter updates on Miley Cyrus, talks fetuses with David Javerbaum and asks Sylvia Earle why he should care about the ocean.

Oct 14, 2009

Stephen gets angry over health care reform, discusses obesity with Amy Farrell, and talks wisdom with the RZA.

Oct 15, 2009

Stephen proves that mayo is the illest condiment, asks Jerry Mitchell what a newspaper reporter is and unveils his new portrait.

Oct 26, 2009

Stephen criticizes Washington State, endorses your job application and disagrees with everything Cornel West stands for.

Oct 27, 2009

The Catholic Church reaches out to former members, and Gail Collins talks about the modern American woman.

Oct 28, 2009

Stephen finds out what broke the largest particle accelerator and preps for his interview with Brian Cox by watching "Baby Einstein" tapes.

Oct 29, 2009

Stephen talks to Rosanne Cash about torturing detainees with music and discusses "Teen Wolf" with Bill Simmons.

Nov 2, 2009

Stephen sponsors the U.S. speedskating team, analyzes Arnold Schwarzenegger's breakfast and disputes the end of the Cold War with Nicholas Thompson.

Nov 3, 2009

Stephen makes history with the U.S. Speedskating team, covers a gay couple's arrest on Mormon Church property and wants Andrew Sullivan to admit he's wrong.

Nov 4, 2009

Stephen declares Barack Obama the loser, gets dunked in water by Al Gore and asks Harold Evans if he's going to be a chimney sweep.

Nov 5, 2009

Stephen puts Canada on notice with Joey Cheek, introduces Vaxaconda and talks to William Bratton about McGruff the Crime Dog.

Nov 9, 2009

Stephen asks Mike Castle why he can't marry a chicken, helps Katherine Reutter win a gold medal, and talks art with Thomas Campbell.

Nov 10, 2009

Stephen defends Barney Frank for not recognizing marijuana, enjoys a Taser XREP ad and feeds ice cream to Maria Shriver.

Nov 11, 2009

Stephen believes bankers are God's representatives, criticizes "Sesame Street" and asks Christopher Caldwell where the Muslim pope is.

Nov 12, 2009

Stephen uses Miracle Whip money to buy mayo, claims Lou Dobbs' audience and shaves Woody Harrelson's head.

Nov 16, 2009

Stephen shows Barack Obama how to greet foreign leaders, offers to sing in Aerosmith, and discusses architecture with Paul Goldberger.

Nov 17, 2009

Stephen talks to Marc Kielburger about child labor, skateboards with Jackie Speier and asks Malcolm Gladwell to explain a New Yorker cartoon.

Nov 18, 2009

Sarah Palin has a 400-page book, "2012" takes the world by storm, and Norah Jones talks about her famous father, Indiana.

Nov 19, 2009

The Senate introduces a tax on plastic surgery, and Elvis Costello plays "Cheap Reward" with Stephen.

Nov 30, 2009

Stephen talks to Dan Esty about global warming, forces Joseph Cirincione to play "Sanction, Bomb, Marry?" and compares school to prison with Cevin Soling

Dec 1, 2009

Stephen profiles a made-up district, discusses alien Jesus with Guy Consolmagno and helps Sherman Alexie save part of white culture

Dec 2, 2009

Stephen critiques President Obama's speech, presents a device that lets him poop whenever he wants, and questions Craig Watson's innocence

Dec 3, 2009

Stephen covers Tiger Woods' car crash, tries out for the U.S. skeleton team and talks to Janet Napolitano about the color-coded threat level.

Dec 7, 2009

Bill T. Jones describes how Fela Kuti fought against the Nigerian government with his music.

Dec 8, 2009

Stephen gives Bernie Sanders a chance to address the vicious socialist rumors and discusses the best of the public with Andy Schlafly.

Dec 9, 2009

Stephen appeals to the monkey demographic, gets a visit from Krampus and calls out Goldman Sachs with Matt Taibbi.

Dec 10, 2009

Stephen details Russia's battle plan for Afghanistan, tries out for the U.S. bobsled team and puts words in Lara Logan's mouth.

Dec 14, 2009

Stephen interviews President Obama's cardboard cutout, signs Katherine Reutter's thigh and pre-censors Snoop Dogg.

Dec 15, 2009

John Slattery sells gold, Stephen relays the story of Treesus, and Alicia Keys performs her hit song.

Dec 16, 2009

Stephen encourages Tiger Woods, sees the ghost of Stephen King and remembers the wacky decade with Tom Brokaw.

Jan 4, 2010

Stephen tries out for the U.S. curling team, and Erick Erickson opposes the RNC's purity test.

Jan 5, 2010

The military responds to the underwear bomber, and Riley Crane wins a contest to find 10 balloons.

Jan 6, 2010

The Senate and House debate health care, and Charles Moore discovers a floating patch of garbage.