The Colbert Report (2005)
The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. It satirizes conservative personality-driven political pundit programs, particularly Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits. The Colbert Report has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards each in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, two Television Critics Association Awards Awards, and two Satellite Awards. In 2013, it won two Emmys. It has been presented as non-satirical journalism in several instances, including by the Tom DeLay Legal Defense Trust and by Robert Wexler following his interview on the program. The Report received considerable media coverage following its debut on October 17, 2005, for Colbert's coining of the term "truthiness", which dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster named its 2006 Word of the Year.
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Episode 1 - Gov. Ed Rendell
Release Date: 2011-01-03Stephen uncovers a menace in Florida and talks to Ed Rendell about leaving office by choice.
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Episode 2 - Geoffrey Canada
Release Date: 2011-01-04Some want the dollar to be converted back to gold, and Geoffrey Canada advocates for education reform.
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Episode 3 - Atul Gawande
Release Date: 2011-01-05America's fruit supply is in danger, and Atul Gawande wants to reduce health risks in hospitals.
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Episode 4 - Dr. Ronald DePinho
Release Date: 2011-01-06Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how tides work, and Robert DePinho wants to reverse the aging process.
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Episode 5 - Fen Montaigne
Release Date: 2011-01-10Stephen violates the Constitution, and Fen Montaigne talks about Antarctic penguins.
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Episode 6 - Chris Hughes
Release Date: 2011-01-11Stephen picks this year's Grammy winners, and Chris Hughes starts a site for Jewish sumo wrestlers.
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Episode 7 - Bernard-Henri Levy
Release Date: 2011-01-1250 Cent makes $8 million on Twitter, and Bernard-Henri Levy discusses public intellectualism.
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Episode 8 - Kevin Spacey
Release Date: 2011-01-13Hitler delivers a moving speech in Tucson, and Stephen pictures Kevin Spacey naked with rose petals.
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Episode 9 - Sherry Turkle
Release Date: 2011-01-17Stephen unveils a new portrait of himself and talks to Sherry Turkle about alienating technology.
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Episode 10 - Cornel West
Release Date: 2011-01-18Stephen looks at education reform and assumes Cornel West's book is about Obama joining the circus.
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Episode 11 - Ron Reagan Jr.
Release Date: 2011-01-19Stephen gets a present from Afghanistan and talks to Ron Reagan about his memoir.
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Episode 12 - Chris Matthews
Release Date: 2011-01-20Christine Todd Whitman discusses state budget shortfalls, and Chris Matthews defends JFK's legacy.
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Episode 13 - Charlie Rose
Release Date: 2011-01-24House Republicans repeal health care to create new jobs, and Stephen talks to Charlie Rose.
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Episode 14 - Amy Chua
Release Date: 2011-01-25Stephen covers home appliance safety and talks to Amy Chua about her controversial book.
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Episode 15 - Michael Waldman, Christine Yvette Lewis
Release Date: 2011-01-26Michael Waldman rates the State of the Union, and Christine Yvette Lewis fights for domestic workers.
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Episode 16 - Dr. Daryl Bem, Brian Greene
Release Date: 2011-01-27Stephen wonders if ESP exists and asks Brian Greene if there is a universe where people buy books.
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Episode 17 - Samer Shehata, Dr. Paul Offit
Release Date: 2011-01-31There's a breakthrough in taser technology, and Dr. Paul Offit discusses the importance of vaccines.
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Episode 18 - Leslie Dach, Michael Lewis
Release Date: 2011-02-01Leslie Dach confirms Wal-Mart's collaboration with Obama, and Michael Lewis discusses Wall Street.
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Episode 19 - Sean Kelly
Release Date: 2011-02-02America must break its dependency on foreign turmoil, and Sean Dorrance Kelly discusses the sacred.
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Episode 20 - Jane McGonigal
Release Date: 2011-02-03Stephen previews the Super Bowl and talks to Jane McGonigal about video games.
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Episode 21 - LCD Soundsystem
Release Date: 2011-02-14Hosni Mubarak steps down onto a pillowy mound of money, and LCD Soundsystem performs.
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Episode 22 - Christiane Amanpour, David Albright
Release Date: 2011-02-15President Twitter Bird will lead Egypt, and David Albright talks about Iran's computer virus.
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Episode 23 - Eric Foner
Release Date: 2011-02-16Rupert Murdoch takes a new approach to journalism, and Eric Foner talks about Abraham Lincoln.
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Episode 24 - Jeffrey Leonard
Release Date: 2011-02-17Stephen poses for Project, and Jeffrey Leonard calls out big companies' late payment policies.
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Episode 25 - Eugene Jarecki
Release Date: 2011-02-21Rick Santorum complains about his Google problem, and Eugene Jarecki dispels the myths of Reagan.
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Episode 26 - Randi Weingarten, Bing West
Release Date: 2011-02-22Wisconsin Democrats waddle out of the state, and Bing West discusses the way out of Afghanistan.
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Episode 27 - Stephanie Coontz
Release Date: 2011-02-23Stephen brings a criminal to justice, and Stephanie Coontz talks about women in the 60s.
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Episode 28 - Glenn Greenwald, Mike Huckabee
Release Date: 2011-02-24Aaron Barr threatens WikiLeaks, and Mike Huckabee doesn't believe Obama is a Muslim.
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Episode 29 - Michael Scheuer
Release Date: 2011-02-28Stephen's portrait goes up for auction, and Michael Scheuer talks about Osama bin Laden.
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Episode 30 - Evan Osnos
Release Date: 2011-03-01Stephen addresses America's elderly and talks to Evan Osnos about the Oscars.
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Episode 31 - Harry Connick Jr.
Release Date: 2011-03-02There's a new hope for American manufacturing, and Harry Connick, Jr. won't be tickling the ivories.
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Episode 32 - Mark W. Moffett
Release Date: 2011-03-03Stephen fights Jimmy Fallon over his new ice cream flavor, and Mark Moffett talks about bees.
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Episode 33 - Joshua Foer
Release Date: 2011-03-07Stephen examines new questions about Obama's past and asks Joshua Foer where he put his car keys.
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Episode 34 - Dan Sinker
Release Date: 2011-03-08Congress bans the sale of traditional light bulbs, and Dan Sinker impersonates Rahm Emanuel.
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Episode 35 - David Brooks
Release Date: 2011-03-09Clarence Thomas may have a conflict of interest, and David Brooks talks about "The Social Animal."
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Episode 36 - Reza Aslan
Release Date: 2011-03-10Al Qaeda recruits Americans, and Reza Aslan talks about the Islamic-American experience.
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Episode 37 - Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers
Release Date: 2011-03-21Stephen's self-portrait goes up for auction, and Steve Martin does some bluegrass.
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Episode 38 - Ayman Mohyeldin
Release Date: 2011-03-22The art world buzzes about Stephen's portrait, and Ayman Mohyeldin talks in the Situation Mosque.
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Episode 39 - Nathan Myhrvold
Release Date: 2011-03-23Simon de Pury dances to Snoop Dogg, and Nathan Myhrvold uses modern scientific methods to cook food.
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Episode 40 - Jody Williams
Release Date: 2011-03-24Food prices skyrocket, a cable news feud escalates, and Jody Williams wants to advance equality.
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Episode 41 - Michael Moore
Release Date: 2011-03-28Labor unions fight on, and Stephen stands outside with a bullhorn to interview Michael Moore.
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Episode 42 - Dr. Anthony Fauci
Release Date: 2011-03-29Stephen questions Obama's plan for Libya and talks infectious diseases with Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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Episode 43 - Tim Shriver
Release Date: 2011-03-30Stephen practices Rebecca Black's "Friday" and does a PSA for Tim Shriver.
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Episode 44 - Piers Gibbon
Release Date: 2011-03-31The Wisconsin anti-union law faces trouble, and Piers Gibbon talks about cannibalism.
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Episode 45 - Andrew Chaikin
Release Date: 2011-04-04Stephen prepares for a world without Glenn Beck, and Andrew Chaikin wants humans to travel to Mars.
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Episode 46 - James Franco
Release Date: 2011-04-05Tim Pawlenty raps about pop culture, and James Franco proves he's a Tolkien fan.
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Episode 47 - Sir David Tang
Release Date: 2011-04-06Stephen prepares for the royal wedding, and David Tang corrects celebrity rumors.
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Episode 48 - Jeff Greenfield
Release Date: 2011-04-07Stephen gets ready for the royal wedding and talks to Jeff Greenfield about alternate histories.
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Episode 49 - Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage
Release Date: 2011-04-11Walgreens offers Pap smears, and Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage test the blue ice myth.
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Episode 50 - Ray Kurzweil
Release Date: 2011-04-12Mitt Romney throws his hat in the ring, and Ray Kurzweil says man and machine are becoming one.
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Episode 51 - Morgan Spurlock
Release Date: 2011-04-13Unilever creates armpit insecurity among women, and Morgan Spurlock addresses product placement.
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Episode 52 - Caroline Kennedy
Release Date: 2011-04-14Trevor Potter helps Stephen fill out super PAC forms, and Caroline Kennedy recites poetry.
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Episode 53 - Ron Paul
Release Date: 2011-04-25n this episode, Stephen recovers from a Catholic bender, and Donald Trump leads in the potential Republican candidate polls. Masturbation cures restless leg syndrome, and Ron Paul criticizes the Federal Reserve.
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Episode 54 - A.C. Grayling
Release Date: 2011-04-26The climate change debate continues, and A.C. Grayling writes a secular Bible.
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Episode 55 - Ice-T
Release Date: 2011-04-27The new danger in air travel comes with a $25 fee, and Ice-T talks about his memoir.
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Episode 56 - Wade Graham
Release Date: 2011-04-28Stephen travels to England for the royal wedding, and asks Wade Graham about Covent Garden.
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Episode 57 - Francis Fukuyama
Release Date: 2011-05-02Stephen throws a "We Got Bin Laden" party, and Francis Fukuyama warns of the Chinese threat.
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Episode 58 - Rex Ryan
Release Date: 2011-05-03Stephen covers new details in the hunt for Bin Laden and talks to Rex Ryan for six minutes.
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Episode 59 - Amy Farrell
Release Date: 2011-05-04"Atlas Shrugged" comes to the big screen, and Amy Farrell wants to end the persecution of fat people.
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Episode 60 - Bill James
Release Date: 2011-05-05Donald Trump applies his wisdom to same-sex marriage, and Bill James discusses true crime.
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Episode 61 - Lupe Fiasco
Release Date: 2011-05-09Stephen looks at a unique solution to the debt crisis in Michigan, and Lupe Fiasco performs.
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Episode 62 - Geoffrey Rush
Release Date: 2011-05-10A billboard predicts the end of the world, and Geoffrey Rush explains why he's not a method actor.
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Episode 63 - Eric Greitens
Release Date: 2011-05-11Stephen receives an unexpected honor, and Eric Greitens talks about being a Navy Seal.
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Episode 64 - John Bradshaw
Release Date: 2011-05-12Stephen warns of a new government intrusion and talks to John Bradshaw about dog behavior.
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Episode 65 - Alison Klayman
Release Date: 2011-05-16Stephen files his super PAC request, and Alison Klayman talks about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
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Episode 66 - Amy Kremer
Release Date: 2011-05-17Stephen covers tax breaks for oil companies and talks to Amy Kremer dressed as an American patriot.
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Episode 67 - Austan Goolsbee
Release Date: 2011-05-18Newt Gingrich struggles to stay on message, and Austan Goolsbee talks about the debt ceiling.
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Episode 68 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Release Date: 2011-05-19John Lithgow performs Gingrich's press release, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar discusses the Harlem Rens.
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Episode 69 - James Stewart
Release Date: 2011-05-31Stephen wonders if the world ended and lies about reading James Stewart's book.
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Episode 70 - Robert Kennedy, Jr.
Release Date: 2011-06-01Stephen examines the Weiner scandal, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. makes a mountain out of a molehill.
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Episode 71 - Salman Khan
Release Date: 2011-06-02Congress rejects raising the debt ceiling, and Salman Khan teaches over 53 million students.
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Episode 72 - Werner Herzog
Release Date: 2011-06-06Sarah Palin describes Paul Revere's midnight ride, and Werner Herzog talks about cave paintings.
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Episode 73 - Sugar Ray Leonard
Release Date: 2011-06-07Rand Paul identifies terrorists, and Stephen thumb wrestles Sugar Ray Leonard.
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Episode 74 - Bre Pettis
Release Date: 2011-06-08Anthony Weiner captures the manscaping vote, and Bre Pettis print a 3-D copy of Stephen's head.
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Episode 75 - Tom Ridge
Release Date: 2011-06-09Andrew Breitbart shows a photo of Anthony Weiner's penis, and Tom Ridge talks about natural gas.
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Episode 76 - Henry Kissinger
Release Date: 2011-06-13Freestyle canoe dancing heats up, and Henry Kissinger discusses America's relationship with China.
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Episode 77 - Janny Scott
Release Date: 2011-06-14Stephen explores "Sesame Street" corruption and talks to Janny Scott about Barack Obama's mother.
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Episode 78 - Keith Olbermann
Release Date: 2011-06-15Seniors face a shocking new threat, and Keith Olbermann returns to television.
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Episode 79 - Bon Iver
Release Date: 2011-06-20Stephen looks at new developments in technology, and Bon Iver performs.
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Episode 80 - Florence And The Machine
Release Date: 2011-06-21Jack White helps Stephen revive his music career, and Florence and the Machine perform.
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Episode 81 - Talib Kweli
Release Date: 2011-06-22Stephen comes clean with Jack White, Obama defends actions in Libya, and Talib Kweli performs.
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Episode 82 - The Black Belles
Release Date: 2011-06-23Jack White presents "Charlene II (I'm Over You)," and Stephen performs with the Black Belles.
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Episode 83 - Grover Norquist
Release Date: 2011-06-27Ted Nugent writes an Op-ed, and Stephen wants to claim Grover Norquist as a dependent.
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Episode 84 - Alexandra Pelosi
Release Date: 2011-06-28The Supreme Court throws out a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart, and Alexandra Pelosi discusses her documentary on immigrant naturalization in the U.S.
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Episode 85 - Gary Sinise
Release Date: 2011-06-29The FEC makes a decision about Stephen's Super PAC, and Gary Sinise entertains American troops.
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Episode 86 - Timothy Garton Ash
Release Date: 2011-06-30The FEC allows Stephen to form his Super PAC, and Timothy Garton Ash discusses subversive facts.
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Episode 87 - Michael Shermer
Release Date: 2011-07-11The natural gas industry tries to counter bad press, and Michael Shermer discusses "Skeptic Magazine."
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Episode 88 - Dan Savage
Release Date: 2011-07-12Michele Bachmann signs a controversial pledge, and Dan Savage talks about marriage and monogamy.
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Episode 89 - David McCullough
Release Date: 2011-07-13The Republican Party has a fresh young face that's only 235 years old, and David McCullough has a new book about Americans in Paris.
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Episode 90 - Jose Antonio Vargas
Release Date: 2011-07-14The Rupert Murdoch scandal deepens, and Jose Antonio Vargas comes out of the border-gay closet.
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Episode 91 - John Prendergast
Release Date: 2011-07-18Fox News blows the lid back onto the Murdoch story, and John Prendergast discusses South Sudan.
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Episode 92 - David Carr
Release Date: 2011-07-19Newt Gingrich drowns in debt, and David Carr feels like the tallest leprechaun in "Page One."
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Episode 93 - Michael Sandel
Release Date: 2011-07-20A pie attack makes Rupert Murdoch sympathetic, Republicans limit who can vote, and Michael Sandel examines the ethical issue of sailor cannibalism.
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Episode 94 - David Eagleman
Release Date: 2011-07-21California passes a law requiring public schools to teach gay history, NBC loves breasts, and neuroscientist David Eagleman discusses the secret lives of the brain.
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Episode 95 - Brian Cox
Release Date: 2011-07-25The media assumes Norway's native gunman is Muslim, Summer's Eve uses vaginal puppetry to market their product to vaginas, and Brian Cox reveals the mysteries of space.
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Episode 96 - Brooke Gladstone
Release Date: 2011-07-26Herman Cain breaks Stephen's heart, Peter Edelman talks "poors," and Brooke Gladstone reflects on the media's influence.
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Episode 97 - Mary (Missy) Cummings
Release Date: 2011-07-27Home-owning vampire Patrick Rodgers turns the tables on Wells Fargo, electric car drivers face a critical deadline, and Missy Cummings develops a new breed of flying robots.
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Episode 98 - Buddy Roemer
Release Date: 2011-07-28John McCain enrages Tea Partiers by calling them "Hobbits," and Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer won't take special-interest donations.
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Episode 99 - Tony Hsieh
Release Date: 2011-08-01Stephen tells the "Billy Goats Gruff" debt ceiling story, an Alabama company turns ashes into bullets, and Zappos' C.E.O. Tony Hsieh talks about delivering happiness.
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Episode 100 - Al Hunt
Release Date: 2011-08-02Scandal rocks Newt Gingrich's Twitterverse, David Leonhardt knows how to save America's credit rating, and Al Hunt thinks everyone lost the debt ceiling deal.
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Episode 101 - Robert Wittman
Release Date: 2011-08-03A half-Hispanic teenager steals Spider-Man's job, Monopoly gets a makeover, and Robert Wittman solves art crimes.
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Episode 102 - Anthony Bourdain
Release Date: 2011-08-04Wisconsin Democrats get bad absentee ballot applications, Stephen takes over MLB's Twitter feed, and Anthony Bourdain describes the grossest things he's ever eaten.
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Episode 103 - Nassir Ghaemi
Release Date: 2011-08-08America's credit rating plummets, Prescott Group has a cheap doomsday solution, and Nassir Ghaemi thinks madness creates first-rate leaders.
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Episode 104 - The Cars
Release Date: 2011-08-09The liberal media's hot-airheads have started indoctrinating America's kids.
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Episode 105 - Elliot Ackerman
Release Date: 2011-08-10Father Jim Martin discusses God's job performance, political junkies donate money for a fix, and Elliot Ackerman lets voters directly nominate a president.
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Episode 106 - Gloria Steinem
Release Date: 2011-08-11Mitt Romney thinks corporations are people too, Stephen reveals his super PAC ad, and Gloria Steinem discusses gender equality.
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Episode 107 - Ambassador Susan Rice
Release Date: 2011-08-15Stephen apologizes to WOI in Des Moines, Michele Bachmann wins the Iowa straw poll, and Ambassador Susan Rice discusses the role of the United Nations.
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Episode 108 - STS-135 astronauts
Release Date: 2011-08-16Barack Obama spins "Obamacare," Frank Luntz transforms the Colbert Super PAC, and Atlantis' crewmembers talk about their final space mission.
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Episode 109 - Jeff Bridges
Release Date: 2011-08-17Rick Perry hires Colbert Super PAC's treasurer, Rick Santorum puts gay marriage into everyday napkin terms, and Jeff Bridges looks good by having fun.
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Episode 110 - Kevin Mitnick
Release Date: 2011-08-18America wants a badass president, WOI reports on the "Rick Parry" write-in scandal, and hacker Kevin Mitnick is the ghost in the wires.
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Episode 111 - Gov. Tim Pawlenty
Release Date: 2011-09-06People enjoy a story more when they know how it ends, Prescott Group unveils its toning shoes, and Tim Pawlenty explains why he pulled out of the presidential race.
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Episode 112 - Robin Wright
Release Date: 2011-09-07The TSA makes changes to airport security, controversy surrounds Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial, and Robin Wright discusses the cultural impact of the Arab Spring.
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Episode 113 - Tom Brokaw
Release Date: 2011-09-08The GOP debate drives Stephen to watch MSNBC, Rick Perry calls Social Security a Ponzi scheme, and Tom Brokaw follows the progress of 9/11 victims' family members.
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Episode 114 - Diane Sawyer
Release Date: 2011-09-12Stephen reports on an old-school reporter, America profits from grief, and Diane Sawyer discusses "Jacqueline Kennedy: In Her Own Words."
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Episode 115 - Al Gore
Release Date: 2011-09-13Barack Obama unveils his jobs plan, Paul Krugman discusses the Lesser Depression, and Al Gore focuses on climate reality.
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Episode 116 - Michael Moore
Release Date: 2011-09-14Fox News objects to Barack Obama's jobs bill binder clip, Stephen unveils his postal solution, and Michael Moore talks about his memoir "Here Comes Trouble."
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Episode 117 - David Copperfield
Release Date: 2011-09-15Swiss banking giant UBS reports a $2 billion loss, Jimmy Fallon loves Stephen, and David Copperfield discusses the mind-bending science of perception.
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Episode 118 - Jeffrey Kluger
Release Date: 2011-09-20Barack Obama unveils his deficit reduction plan; the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" changes everything; and Jeffrey Kluger examines the bond between siblings.
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Episode 119 - Daniel Yergin
Release Date: 2011-09-21Reuters' Chrystia Freeland discusses Europe's financial crisis, protestors occupy Wall Street, and Daniel Yergin discusses the world's quest for energy.
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Episode 120 - Jeremy Ben-Ami
Release Date: 2011-09-22A defunct satellite threatens the earth, the Marine Corps limits troops to silent farts in Afghanistan, and Jeremy Ben-Ami discusses the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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Episode 121 - Radiohead
Release Date: 2011-09-26America reaches a milestone in corporate civil rights, Thom Yorke and Ed O'Brien discuss global warming, and rock legend Radiohead performs.
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Episode 122 - Melinda Gates
Release Date: 2011-09-27Rick Perry owns his horrific debate performance, the NFL tightens stadium security, and Melinda Gates works on improving America's public schools.
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Episode 123 - Ken Burns
Release Date: 2011-09-28Rick Perry talks immigration, America gets tough on pregnant Mexicans, John Lithgow calls the Atone Phone, and Ken Burns discusses his Prohibition documentary.
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Episode 124 - Mark Cuban
Release Date: 2011-09-29Karl Rove's fundraising takes a turn, Trevor Potter arms Stephen with a 501(c)(4), Kevin Kline hosts The Donating Game, and Mark Cuban talks billionaires.