The Colbert Report
Weekdays 11:30 PM on Comedy Central Premiered Oct 17, 2005 In Season
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1/25/07Tonight Stephen welcomes senior 60 Minutes anchor Mike Wallace.
1/24/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Lou Dobbs Tonight, Lou Dobbs.
11/16/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Spanking the Donkey", Matt Taibbi!
11/29/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of several science books, Richard Preston!
12/6/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the Host of Anderson Cooper 360, Anderson Cooper!
3/21/07Tonight Stephen welcomes University of Maryland professor and author of Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole, Benjamin Barber.
6/13/07Tonight Stephen welcomes Texas Representative Ron Paul.
6/27/06Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.
1/18/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly.
2/14/08Tonight, Stephen welcomes actor, director and photographer Leonard Nimoy, author of The Full Body Project: Photographs by Leonard Nimoy. Also, Stephen talks with Washington Post sports writer and author of Living On the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember, John Feinstein, about the Roger Clemons steroid allegations.
1/22/08Tonight Stephen welcomes civil rights activist and former United Nations ambassador, Andrew Young. Also, Stephen talks with Malcolm Gladwell about the usefulness of IQ tests.
9/20/07Tonight Stephen welcomes legal writer and author of The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, Jeffrey Toobin.
5/3/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington, Paul Rieckhoff!
5/2/06TONIGHT: 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!
2/6/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes California Senator Barbara Boxer!
7/30/07Tonight Stephen welcomes a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, Evan Osnos.
10/17/05On the premier episode, Stephen Colbert welcomes host of Dateline, Stone Phillips!
11/1/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes filmmaker & author, Ken Burns!
12/4/06Tonight Stephen welcomes computer game designer Will Wright.
3/15/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of The Al Franken Show, Al Franken!
7/27/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Joe Quesada, editor in chief for Marvel Comics.
6/7/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Cornell University scientist and author of Roving Mars Steven Squyres.
3/14/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann!
1/23/07Tonight Stephen welcomes Maryland's former Lt. Governor Michael Steele.
1/30/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes professional poker player and author of Annie Duke: How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions at the World Series of Poker, Annie Duke!
1/24/08Tonight Stephen welcomes Harvard law professor Charles Nesson, who want to make online poker legal again.
Also Stephen talks with Mother Jones columnist Debra Dickerson about Bill Clinton's tactics regarding race.
11/7/06Combined 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.
4/17/08Tonight Stephen welcomes Pennsylvania Congressman Rep. Patrick Murphy.
3/1/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and internet blogger, Arianna Huffington!- 5/3/10Tonight Stephen welcomes Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren. Also, Stephen talks with the president of the Salt Institute Lori Roman and the executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest Michael Jacobson about salt intake regulation.
10/25/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy", Greg Behrendt!- 9/16/08Tonight Stephen welcomes sportswriter, ESPN Magazine columnist and founder of Nothing But Nets, Rick Reilly. Also Stephen talks with consumer advocate Tyson Slocum about the current financial crisis.
12/20/06Stephen Colbert vs the Decemberists.
10/18/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes 60 Minutes correspondent, Lesley Stahl!
1/7/08Tonight Stephen welcomes professor of economics at Harvard and author of America Works: Critical Thoughts on the Exceptional U.S. Labor Market, Richard Freeman. Also Stephen talks with the editor for The New Republic, Andrew Sullivan.
8/20/07Tonight Stephen welcomes professional LEGO Model builder Nathan Sawaya.
9/18/07Tonight Stephen welcomes actress and activist and the co-star of In the Valley of Elah, Susan Sarandon.
12/7/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Attack the Messenger: How Politicians Turn You Against the Media, Craig Crawford!
4/19/07Tonight Stephen and Sean Penn battle in a metaphor-off.- 3/26/13
Dr. Eric Topol discusses his new book "The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care."
4/20/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and activist, Ralph Nader!
2/6/07Tonight Stephen welcomes New York Times reporter and author of US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man, Charlie DeDuff.
10/16/07Tonight Stephen welcomes Los Angeles Times correspondent and author of Curveball: Spies, Lies and the Con Man Who Caused a War, Bob Drogin. Also, Stephen talks with CBS political analyst Jeff Greenfield about Stephen's candidacy for President.- 6/8/09Stephen visits the troops in Iraq. Stephen goes through basic training. Stephen talks with General Ray Odierno.
5/11/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright!
11/17/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes star of Zathura, Tim Robbins!
9/27/06Tonight 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.
12/8/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father, Peggy Noonan!
9/19/07Tonight Stephen welcomes feminist and author of The End of America: A Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot, Naomi Wolf
6/20/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus.
1/22/07Tonight Stephen welcomes University of Maryland political scientists and author of Whistling Post Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South, Thomas Schaller.
1/30/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the former Secretary of Health & Human Services and the current President of the Univeristy of Miami, Donna Shalala.
3/22/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the anchor for CBS News, Katie Couric
10/8/07Tonight Stephen welcomes Syracuse University professor and author of The Braindead Megaphone, George Saunders.
10/11/07Tonight Stephen welcomes photographer and author of Katrina’s Wake: Portraits of Loss from An Unnatural Disaster, Chris Jordan. Also Stephen talks with the founder and president of the Center for Security Policy, Frank Gaffney, about not investing in companies that work with hostile nations.
2/7/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former CIA Director James Woolsey!
9/11/06Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Martin Short.
2/28/07Tonight Stephen welcomes Penn State’s anthropology chair and author of Skin: A Natural History, Nina Jablonski
2/27/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel, Tony Campolo!
4/19/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of To Hell With All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife, Caitlin Flanagan!
11/3/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes star of The West Wing, Bradley Whitford!
1/29/07Tonight Stephen welcomes a former producer for 60 Minutes and author of Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush, Barry Lando.
3/7/07Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist for the New York Times and New Yorker, Michael Specter
10/3/06Tonight Stephen welcomes union leader and author of A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track, Andy Stern.
10/11/06Tonight Stephen reveals the winner of the Green Screen Challenge. Plus, another Tek Jansen Adventure.- 12/8/10Tonight Stephen welcomes actor/comedian and author of An Object of Beauty: A Novel, Steve Martin.
1/25/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back Norah Vincent!
2/11/08Tonight Stephen welcomes Stanford University professor Philip Zimbardo, author of The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil. Also, Stephen talks with Dr. Aubrey de Grey, author of Ending Aging: The Rejuvination Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging In Our Lifetime.
9/27/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the chief film curator of the Museum of Moving Image, David Schwartz.
3/1/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Larry King Live, Larry King
10/3/07Tonight Stephen welcomes former astronaut Jim Lovell. Also, Stephen talks with syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage about expanded hate crimes laws protecting homosexuals.
9/19/06Tonight 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.
2/4/08Tonight 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.- 9/5/08Tonight Stephen welcomes New York's Governor David Paterson.
11/9/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife", Mary Roach!
6/28/06Tonight Stephen welcomes form CIA agents and author of Blow the House Down, Robert Baer.
8/22/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the “Rebel Billionaire” Richard Branson.- 7/15/08Tonight 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.
6/26/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Marc Bowden, author of Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam.
1/24/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Washington Post fashion editor, Robin Givhan!
6/22/06Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of The Great Deluge, Douglas Brinkley.
9/13/07Tonight 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.
7/23/07Tonight Stephen welcomes history and art history professor at Columbia University, Simon Schama.
2/1/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner, Emily Yoffe!
6/6/06Tonight Stephen welcomes CNN's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.
12/6/06Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of New York University, John Sexton.
5/10/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder and publisher of Rolling Stone magazine, Jann Wenner.- 5/4/10Tonight Stephen welcomes explorer, biologist and author of Adventures among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions, Mark Moffett. Also, Michael J. Fox interrupts the Word so that Stephen can sell his new book.
- 7/16/12
Stephen returns after a two week summer break. After discussing the shocking entertainment news, like Anderson Cooper telling the world that he is homosexual, Steven takes a look at Romney and his career at Bain Capital.
In the "Thought For Food" segement, Steven looks at a newstory about a Funeral Home that is selling coffee to its customers.
Special guest Anne-Marie Slaughter discusses her controversial article on women not being able to have a family life and an active career.
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10/26/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes astrophysicist and author of "Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution", Neil DeGrasse Tyson!- 7/16/08Tonight Stephen welcomes rock group Rush and perform one of their old hits Tom Sawyer from the album Moving Pictures.
12/1/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Scorpion's Gate, Richard Clarke!
11/30/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of The Dictionary of Republicanisms, Katrina vanden Heuvel!
2/6/08Tonight 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.
10/5/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back, Amy Goodman.- 8/14/08Tonight Stephen welcomes combat journalist and author of The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq, Bing West.
3/13/07Tonight Stephen welcomes ordained minister, professor at Princeton & the University of Pennsylvania and author of Debating Race, Michael Dyson
4/17/07Tonight Stephen welcomes scholar and author of Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity, Elaine Pagels.- 12/12/06Tonight Stephen welcomes nationally syndicated columnist and author of The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family, Dan Savage.
- 7/8/10Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of United Farm Workers union, Arturo Rodriguez. Also, Stephen talks with Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute and Jackie Hilly from New Yorkers Against Gun Violence about gun laws.
10/19/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes journalist, Fareed Zakaria!
7/26/07Tonight Stephen welcomes campaign strategist Robert Shrum.
Also Stephen talks with Aaron Houston of the Marijuana Policy Project about legalizing hemp.
12/15/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes billionaire and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban!
2/28/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the director of debate at King's College, Brett O'Donnell!
It's Stephen's first Christmas special. Joining the festivities will be Jon Stewart, Willie Nelson and John Legend.
10/9/07Tonight Stephen welcomes…himself?
4/2/08Tonight Stephen welcomes classic American rock band R.E.M. to talk about their new album, "Accelerate".
10/10/06Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, Ariel Levy.
3/2/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, Jeffrey Sachs!
10/31/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the former chief of staff to Colin Powell, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson.- 3/10/11Tonight Stephen welcomes Reza Aslan.
- 9/15/08Tonight Stephen welcomes religion professor at Harvard and author of The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good About the Good News, Peter Gomes.
3/6/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes CBS News anchor and author of This Just In: What I Couldn't Tell You on TV, Bob Schieffer!
10/17/07Tonight Stephen welcomes chess master and author of How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom, Garry Kasparov.
9/26/06Tonight Stephen welcomes actor Ted Danson.
2/13/07Tonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Sheryl WuDunn.
6/6/07Tonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Carl Bernstein.
12/12/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes co-host of The Early Show, Harry Smith!
3/7/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track, Norman Ornstein!
1/9/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of CNN's Nancy Grace, Nancy Grace.
5/8/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!
8/17/06Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary musician Neil Young.
8/23/07Tonight Stephen talks with journalist Thomas Ricks about a speech Vice President Cheney made 5 years ago about the reason to go to war with Iraq. Then the remaining show is all about how he broke his wrist and removing the cast.
1/9/08Tonight Stephen welcomes political reporter and author of Smells Like Dead Elephants: Dispatches from a Rotting Empire, Matt Taibbi.
Also Stephen talks with former Arkansas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.
4/10/08Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist (specializing in the Middle East) and author of Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East, Robin Wright.
5/8/07Tonight Stephen welcomes financial trader and author of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Nassim Taleb.
3/6/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the editor for Make: Technology on Your Time, Mark Frauenfelder
6/24/08Tonight Stephen welcomes rapper, actor and star of Hancock, Will Smith. Also, Stephen talks on the phone with biologist Dr. Jason Bond about naming a spider after Stephen.
7/19/06Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Scarborough Country, Joe Scarborough.
12/13/06Tonight Stephen welcomes historian and author of Team of Rivals, The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin.
2/1/07Tonight Stephen welcomes New York Senator Charles Schumer.
2/5/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of Teach for America, Wendy Kopp.
3/11/08Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of His Panic: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S., Geraldo Rivera.
3/19/07Tonight Stephen welcomes Harvard physician and staff writer for the New Yorker and author of How Doctors Think, Jerome Groopman
9/20/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Democratic political consultant James Carville.
2/7/07Tonight Stephen welcomes MIT professor of psychology Steven Pinker.
1/29/08Tonight Stephen welcomes music critic Alex Ross, author of The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century.`
Also Stephen talks with Marvel Comics Editor-in-chief Joe Quesada about the new Captain America, Stephen's run for President in the Marvel U and the upcoming Secret Invasion storyline.
Jon Stewart stops by to help Stephen in his feud with Conan O'Brien as to who made Mike Huckabee.moreless- 3/9/11Tonight Stephen welcomes senior editor for the Weekly Standard and author of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, David Brooks. Aslo, Stephen talks with New York Congressman Anthony Weiner about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
- 3/30/11Tonight Stephen welcomes the Chairman and CEO of The Special Olympics, Tim Shriver. Also, Stephen talks to the former chairman of the Federal Election Commission Trevor Potter about forming a PAC.
- 9/13/11
Tonight Stephen welcomes former Vice President Al Gore.
Also, Stephen talks with New York Times columnist Paul Krugman about President Obama's jobs bil.
11/2/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion", Bruce Feiler!
11/10/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes anchor and newswoman, Cokie Roberts!
10/4/07Tonight Stephen welcomes entrepreneur, educator and author of Innovation Nation: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do to Get It Back, John Kao.
11/1/07Tonight Stephen welcomes columnist for The Atlantic, Walter Kirn.
7/24/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the executive director of the ACLU, Anthony Romero.
8/21/06Tonight 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.- 9/18/08Tonight Stephen welcomes CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo.
12/7/06Tonight 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.
8/2/06Tonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in the World.- 4/29/10Tonight Stephen welcomes the band Ok Go. Also, Stephen talks with California's Lt. Governor Abel Moldonado about Proposition 14.
5/14/07Tonight Stephen welcomes investigative journalist and author of The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor, William Langewiesche.- 10/24/12
Donald Trump's big announcement about the President is the top story of the night, with a counter announcement from Stephen.
Stephen gives some good advice to any Republican running for office that might want to comment on the topic of rape.
Special guest Anthony Everitt comes by to talk about Ancient Rome.
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- 9/20/12
Tonight Stephen compares Obama with Russian President Putin and tries to help the Republicans produce more angry white guys.
In the segment "Alpha Dog of the Week", Stephen looks at Spanish story about an art restoration that went terribly wrong.
Special guest Errol Morris arrives to talk about his new book about the Green Beret Murders in the 1970's.
moreless - 7/17/12Nas performs a song from his new album, "Life is Good."
- 1/9/13
Stephen looks to endorse a new pro-gun community in Idaho called The Citadel.
In "Thought For Food", the addictive properties of bread is looked at.
Special guest Neil Shubin tries to explain the Universe to Stephen.
11/11/09Tonight Stephen welcomes senior editor for the Weekly Standard and author of Reflections on the Revolution In Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West, Christopher Caldwell.
1/10/08Tonight Stephen welcomes the Nobel Prize wining founder of the Grameen Bank and author of Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism, Muhammad Yunus.
3/5/08Tonight Stephen welcomes L.A. Times columnist and author of Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans and Vagabonds: Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America, Gregory Rodriguez. Also, Stephen talks with former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich about the upcoming fight between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.- 7/14/08Tonight 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.
11/29/06Tonight Stephen welcomes screenwriter and author of I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman, Nora Ephron.
2/8/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can be Resolved, Alan Dershowitz!
3/6/08Tonight Stephen welcomes musician John Legend.
11/28/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality, Brian Greene!
10/2/07Tonight Stephen welcomes University of Chicago political scientist and co-author of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, John Mearsheimer.
6/8/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good For You.
11/14/06Tonight Stephen welcomes CEO of Timberland, Jeff Swartz.
7/31/07Tonight Stephen welcomes former Maryland Lt. Governor and author of Failing America's Youth: How Today's Churches Are Mixing God and Politics and Losing Their Way, Kathleen Townsend.
10/19/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Nobel Prize winning chemist Dr. Peter Agre. Plus Stephen talks to Jim Gilchrist, founder of The Minuteman Project.
4/26/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of A Death in Belmont, Sebastian Junger!
5/1/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, Jon Meacham!
6/5/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Dateline NBC anchor Stone Philips.
11/8/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes CourtTV anchor, Catherine Crier!
8/21/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine and Executive Director of the Skeptics Society, Michael Shermer.
10/29/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the executive director of the Center for Consumer Freedom, Richard Berman.
7/19/07Tonight Stephen welcomes M.I.T. research scholar and author of Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives, Frank Sulloway.
Also, Stephen talks with filmaker Michael Moore about the health care system and his recent fight with CNN.
10/31/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes co-host of Connected: Coast to Coast, Monica Crowley!
10/27/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actor, Jeff Daniels!
7/10/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Amy Sedaris, star of Strangers with Candy.- 9/17/08Tonight Stephen welcomes the vice chairman of GM, Bob Lutz.
4/15/08Tonight Stephen welcomes the wife of Presidential candidate Barack Obama, Michelle Obama.
4/10/07Tonight Stephen welcomes Jeannette Walls, freelance writer and author of The Glass Castle: A Memoir.- 8/11/08Tonight Stephen welcomes the anchor for Univision News and author of The Gift of Time: Letters from a Father, Jorge Ramos.
10/31/06Tonight Stephen welcomes actor and politcal activist Tim Robbins.- 7/7/10Tonight Stephen welcomes actor and star of Despicable Me and Dinner for Schmucks, Steve Carrell.
6/21/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.
11/14/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former Senator Bob Kerrey!
12/13/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Costas Now and sports commentator, Bob Costas!
3/22/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Advisor to the U.S. Presidential Envoy in Iraq, Dan Senor!
4/16/07Tonight Stephen welcomes Massachusetts Senator and author of This Moment on Earth: Today’s New Environmentalists and their Vision of the Future, John Kerry.- 1/27/11Tonight Stephen welcomes physicist and author of The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos, Brian Greene. Also, Stephen talks with Dr. Daryl Bem about ESP.
- 1/20/11Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews. Also, Stephen talks with former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman about the budget crisis facing many states.
1/10/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat, Carl Bernstein.
6/15/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Michael Pollans, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma.
9/14/06Tonight 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
6/7/07Tonight Stephen welcomes Vanity Fair editor and author of Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America, Cullen Murphy.
1/16/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of This Week, George Stephanopoulos!
12/19/06Tonight Stephen welcomes the leader in the field of mind body medicine, Deepak Chopra.
10/9/06Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Randy Newman.
5/13/08Tonight Stephen welcomes the co-author of What Really Sank the Titanic: New Forensic Discoveries, Jennifer McCarty.
8/3/06Tonight Stephen welcomes trial lawyer and veteran of the Iraq War, Paul Hacket III.
9/13/06Tonight Stephen welcomes record setting Jeopardy champion and author of Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competetive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs, Ken Jennings
10/30/06Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Barry Manilow.
2/5/08Tonight Stephen welcomes former Senator Bob Dole Also, Stephen talks with Angelo Falcon, President of the National Institute for Latino Politics, about the candidates courting the Latino vote.
9/26/07Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary singer, (and current Emmy enemy) Tony Bennett.
Also Stephen talks with actor Sam Waterston, spokesman for Unity '08 about how bad politcal factions are.- 1/7/10Tonight Stephen welcomes political scientist and co-author of Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives, James Fowler. Also, Stephen talks with the co-founder of The Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.
- 3/4/09Tonight Stephen welcomes Carl Wilson, author of Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste. Also Stephen invites retired Col. Jack Jacobs and Stephen Moore into his Doom Bunker to discuss possible future events.
- 3/11/09Tonight Stephen welcomes Newsweek correspondent and author of The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates that Define and Inspire Our Country, Howard Fineman.
10/12/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer
9/10/07Tonight 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.
12/5/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Are Men Necessary?, Maureen Dowd!
3/8/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America, James Webb!
11/27/06Tonight Stephen welcomes PBS News Hour anchor and author of The Phony Marine: A Novel, Jim Lehrer.
12/14/06Tonight 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.
8/14/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the director of the Genographic Project, Spencer Wells. Also Stephen talks with Jerry Miller, who was freed from prison based on DNA evidence.- 5/11/11Tonight Stephen welcomes Navy SEAL and authot of The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, The Making of a Navy SEAL, Eric Greitens. Also, Stephen talks with the former chairman of the Federal Election Commission Trevor Potter about more problems his PAC has run into.
10/10/07Tonight Stephen welcomes former NATO supreme commander in Europe and author of A Time to Lead: For Duty, Honor and Country, Gen. Wesley Clark.
2/21/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Natural Radiance: Awakening to Your Great Perfection, Lama Surya Das!
8/9/06Tonight cultural anthropologist Alexandra Robbins, author of The Overachievers: The Secret Life of Driven Kids.
3/28/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former FEMA director, Michael Brown!
7/31/06Tonght, Democratic hopeful for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont.
1/17/07Tonight Stephen welcomes veteran counterterrorism offical and author of Breachpoint, Richard Clarke.
1/12/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Professor of Biology at Brown University, Ken Miller!
6/4/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the Music Director of the American Symphony Orchestra and author of The History of Listening, Leon Botstein.
Also Stephen talks with Rep. Jan Schakowsky about food stamps.
12/14/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actor and star of The Family Stone, Dermot Mulroney!- 5/4/11Tonight Stephen welcomes professor of American Studies and author of Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture, Amy Farrell.
11/13/06Tonight Stephen welcomes former CBS News anchor Dan Rather.
1/19/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes National Public Radio's legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg!
2/27/08Tonight Stephen welcomes former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow.
3/13/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Thank You for Smoking : A Novel, Christopher Buckley!
4/6/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the owner of TheDailyKos.com and the co-author of "Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics", Markos Moulitsas!
7/12/06Tonight Stephen welcomes editor in chief for U.S. News & World Report, Mort Zuckerman.
7/25/07Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Gay Metropolis: The Landmark History of Gay Life in America, Charles Kaiser.- 4/7/09Tonight Stephen welcomes Jordan's Queen Noor.
4/8/08Tonight Stephen welcomes former Clinton Secretary of State and author of Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership, Madeleine Albright.
4/3/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Muzzled: From T-Ball to Terrorism - True Stories That Should Be Fiction", Michael Smerconish!
12/5/06Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and co-author of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, Steven D. Levitt.
2/7/08Tonight 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.
1/31/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes reporter, Dave Marash!
10/2/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Michael Lewis, author of The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.- 1/12/12Mike Allen.
1/16/08Tonight Stephen welcomes Deborah Tannen, author of You're Wearing That? Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation. Also, Stephen talks with syndicated columnist Bernard Epstein.
2/14/07Tonight Stephen welcomes multiple time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.
4/9/08Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of Citizens for Retiring the Penny, Jeff Gore.
5/12/08Tonight Stephen welcomes the co-author of You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty, Dr. Mehmet Oz.
8/1/06Tonight 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.
3/12/07Tonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer prize winning journalist for the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof
6/20/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the editor in chief of Hyperion Books and co-author of Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home, Will Schwalbe.
4/29/08Tonight Stephen welcomes political activist and author of Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, Anne Lamott.
5/8/08Tonight 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. Also, Stephen talks with astronaut Garrett Reisman, currently onboard the International Space Station.
5/4/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Shanks For Nothing, Rick Reilly!
4/11/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the professor of Middle East and South Asia politics and author of The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future, Vali Nasr.
3/8/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the former anchor of Nightline, Ted Koppel
4/7/08Tonight 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.
6/26/07Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist David France.
3/10/08Tonight Stephen welcomes former Presidential candidate and South Dakota Senator George McGovern.
5/9/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of the New York Times, Frank Rich!
11/2/06Tonight Stephen welcomes political activist Ronald Reagan Jr.
4/9/07Tonight Stephen welcomes Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel.- 8/11/09Tonight Stephen welcomes the senior editor for The New Republic and author of Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis---and the People Who Pay the Price, Jonathan Cohn. Also, Stephen talks with political consultant James Carville about his helping in the Afghanistan Presidential election.
- 9/3/08Tonight Stephen welcomes historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Also, Stephen talks with Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, about why she endorsed Barack Obama.
3/14/07Tonight Stephen welcomes mountain climber and author of No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World’s 14 Highest Peaks, Ed Viesturs
5/24/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales.
1/8/08Tonight Stephen welcomes the editor for Commentary magazine, Gary Rosen.
7/18/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Philadelphia Eagle's linebacker and poet, Dhani Jones.
1/31/07Tonight Stephen welcomes former undersecretary of defense and co-author of Showdown: Why China Wants War with the United States, Jed Babbin.
11/15/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Reverend Al Sharpton!
1/11/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes ABC News' John Stossel!
5/15/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century, Kevin Phillips!
8/22/06Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and colmnist Paul Krugman, author of The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century.
1/23/08Stephen presents the head of the Yellow Ribbon Fund, Marie Wood, with a check from the profits of the Wrist Strong Bracelets. Then Stephen welcomes base jumper Jeb Corliss. Finally, Stephen welcomes extreme skier Andrew McLean, who is featured in the documentary Steep.- 8/11/11
Tonight Stephen welcomes feminist Gloria Steinem.
- 1/14/09Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder and CEO of Be the Change, Inc, Alan Khazei.
4/5/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Manliness", Harvey Mansfield!
3/16/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man, Frank Vincent!
6/12/06Tonight Stephen welcomes environmental politician, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.- 1/12/10Tonight Stephen talks with activist and academic and author of The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy, Raj Patel.
2/22/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina And the Color of Disaster, Michael Eric Dyson!
11/9/06Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of FIRST and President of DEKA Research and Development Corporation, Dean Kamen.- 1/18/12The Colbert Report episode on 01/18/2012 from the Comedy Central network includes an interview with Daily Beast political columnist David Frum about the Republican Party's need for modernization. Colbert also discusses the Republican presidential contenders, from front-runner Mitt Romney's evasions on his tax returns to Herman Cain's latest rally in South Carolina.moreless
- 1/3/12Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont discusses his efforts to reverse the Supreme Court’s ruling on Citizens United.
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10/20/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer!
7/25/06Tonight Stephen Welcomes the president of the Catholic League, William Donohue.
8/8/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the former editor of Vanity Fair and author of The Diana Chronicles, Tina Brown. Also, Stephen talks with Jim Cramer about the recent forclosure explosion.
2/28/08Tonight 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
5/17/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, Jonathan Alter!
6/29/06Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist Christpher Noxon, author of Rejuvenile.
9/11/07Tonight Stephen welcomes humorist and author of Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon, Garrison Keillor.
8/24/06Tonight Stephen welcomes mathematician Janna Levin, author of A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines.- 4/12/11Tonight Stephen welcomes scientist and inventor Ray Kurzwell. Also, Stephen talks with the senior editor of the National Review Rick Brookhiser about the Republicans running in 2012.
- 11/29/11
Tonight Stephen welcomes musical group Tinariwen.
- 4/15/09Tonight Stephen welcomes the anchor of PBS' NewsHour and author of Oh, Jonny, Jim Lehrer.
2/13/08Tonight Stephen welcomes law professor Richard Thompson Ford, author of The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse. Stephen welcomes back his writers. (And Kevin Bacon, Tiki Barber & Mr. Met) Also, Stephen talks with entomological gastronomist David Gracer about if we should eat bug. Stephen's Fallback Position Stephen goes to the Hayden Planetarium and talks with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson about becoming an astrophysicist.moreless
6/2/08Tonight Stephen welcomes professional surfer and co-producer of the movie Surf Wise, Jon Paskowitz.
5/10/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of The Smoking Gun.com, Bill Bastone!- 6/29/09Tonight Stephen welcomes the director of the Hayden Planetarium and the host of NOVA Science Now, Neil deGrasse Tyson. Also, Jeff Goldblum returns...from the dead!
4/25/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, Sam Harris!
11/28/06Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Harry Shearer.
5/7/08Tonight Stephen welcomes science writer and author of The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments, George Johnson.
Also, Stephen talks with artist and SJSU professor Hasan Elahi about his being on the terrorism watch list. He created a webiste http://www.trackingtransience.net that tracks his location and every purchase he makes purportedly in order to "aid the government in tracking him".moreless
5/14/08Tonight 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. Also, Stephen talks with actress Laura Dern, star of the upcoming HBO movie Recount.
1/23/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes NBC News White House Correspondent, David Gregory!
2/26/08Tonight Stephen welcomes literary critic and author of Finding Oprah's Roots: Finding Your Own, Henry Louis Gates Jr.- 7/21/08Tonight Stephen welcomes Virginia Senator and author of A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America, Senator Jim Webb.
6/13/06Tonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.
11/16/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Richard Linklater, director of Fast Food Nation.- 4/21/10Tonight Stephen welcomes Oregon State University's basketball coach and author of A Game of Character: A Family Journey from Chicago's Southside to the Ivy League and Beyond, Craig Robinson.
- 3/12/09Tonight Stephen welcomes Peter Singer, author of The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty. Also, Stephen talks with the former chief economist for the International Monetary Fund, Simon Johnson about his comments comparing America's economy to an unstable emerging market.
- 10/26/09Tonight Stephen welcomes Princeton professor and author of Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, A Memoir, Cornel West.
2/9/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, George Packer!- 9/16/10Tonight Stephen welcomes MSNBC anchor and host of The Last Word, Lawrence O'Donnell. Also, Stephen talks with Mississippi State University professor Dr. Jerome Goddard about the recent bedbug infestations.
- 11/5/08Tonight Stephen welcomes civil rights activist Andrew Young.
- 8/20/09Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.
- 6/11/09Stephen visits the troops in Iraq. Stephen goes for a ride with the Air Force Thunderbirds. Stephen talks with Command Sgt. Major Frank Grippe.
- 7/28/09Tonight Stephen welcomes the co-founder and editor in chief of the Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington. Also, Stephen talks with the "mother" of the Birther movement, Orly Taitz.
10/24/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes host of Lou Dobbs Tonight, Lou Dobbs!
9/12/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the chancellor of New York City Schools, Joel Klein.- 4/11/11Tonight Stephen welcomes the hosts of Mythbusters, Adam Savage & Jaime Hyneman.
- 3/28/11Tonight Stephen welcomes documentary filmmaker Michael Moore.
- 1/18/11Tonight Stephen welcomes Princeton professor and author of Hope on a Tightrope, Cornel West.
- 7/2/09Tonight Stephen welcomes mountain climber Ed Viesturs.
- 8/27/08Tonight Stephen welcomes former Arkansas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee.
- 8/12/08Tonight 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. Also, Stephen talks with Olympic Gold Medalist and founder of Team Darfur, Joey Cheek.
- 7/22/08Tonight Stephen welcomes Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
- 7/23/08Tonight Stephen welcomes rapper Nas who is representing www.colorofchange.org and their petition to FOX to stop racist bias in news.
4/17/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of No god But God, Reza Aslan!
11/7/05TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the New York State Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer!
8/13/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the co-founder of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Michael Jacobson.- 8/13/08Tonight Stephen welcomes social critic and author of Why We Hate Us: American Discontent in the New Millennium, Dick Meyer.
3/29/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy, Bruce Bartlett!
4/18/07Tonight Stephen welcomes supermodel Paulina Porizkova and author of A Model Summer.
9/25/07Tonight Stephen welcomes retired attorney and author of Playing For Pizza, John Grisham. Also, Stephen talks with K. David Harrison, author of When Languages Die about the loss of minor languages around the world.- 6/10/09Stephen visits the troops in Iraq. Stephen and Tom Hanks put together care packages. Stephen talks with Deputry Prime Minister of Iraq Barham Saleh and Lt. General Charles H. Jacoby Jr.
- 6/25/08Tonight 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.
3/9/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actress, Lorraine Bracco!
8/10/06Tonight campaign director for MoveOn.org, Eli Pariser.
9/18/06Tonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.
12/18/06Tonight Stephen welcomes the retired CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch.
6/3/08Tonight Stephen welcomes political commentator and author of One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation, George Will.
7/26/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Professor of Law at Georgetown, Neal Katyal.- 4/5/11Tonight Stephen welcomes actor and star of
- 7/25/11Tonight Stephen welcomes particle physicist and host of Wonders of the Universe, Brian Cox.
- 7/20/11Tonight Stephen welcomes professor of government at Harvard and author Justice: What is the right thing to do?, Michael Sandel.
- 2/3/11Tonight Stephen welcomes game designer and author of Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, Jane McGonigal.
- 2/22/11Tonight Stephen welcomes war correspondent and author of The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan, Bing West. Also, Stephen talks with the preident of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten about the problem in Wisconsin. And Stephen talks with Wisconsin State Senator Jon Erpenbach.
- 2/23/11Tonight Stephen welcomes biographer and author of A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s, Stephanie Coontz.
- 2/16/11Tonight Stephen welcomes history professor and author of The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, Eric Foner.
- 10/19/11
Tonight Stephen welcomes former FBI agent and author The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda, Ali Soufan.
Also, Stephen talks with the former head of EPA Carol Browner about the need for the EPA.
- 8/6/09Tonight Stephen welcomes actress and star of Julie & Julia, Meryl Streep.
- 11/12/08Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008, Bob Woodward.
- 9/14/11
Tonight Stephen welcomes documentary filmmaker and author of Here Comes Trouble, Michael Moore.
Also, Stephen talks with history professor Phil Rubio about the need for the Post Office.
- 1/5/10Tonight Stephen welcomes physicist Riley Crane.
5/16/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the Research Director for Public Citizen's Energy Program, Tyson Slocum!
8/14/06Tonight 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.
6/11/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the chairman of the Anatomy & Cell Biology Faculty, Michael Gershon.- 1/30/12Stephen Colbert explores Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney's strategies to win over Latino vote in the state of Florida, and a professor of constitutional law at Harvard University, Laurence Tribe, explores the real motive behind the birther movement. Colbert also does what is necessary to take back the Colbert Super PAC, which was lost in episodes before.moreless
- 10/23/08Tonight Stephen welcomes senior editor for Newsweek, Jonathan Alter.
- 8/30/12
- 12/12/12Stephen welcomes actor Mandy Patinkin to The Colbert Report to talk about his show "Homeland." Then, for Day 3 of Christmas Carol Week, Michael Stipe joins Mandy and Stephen to perform a song.
- 11/28/12Frank Oz talks about the release of the director's cut of "Little Shop of Horrors."
3/20/07Tonight Stephen welcomes country music legend Willie Nelson.
8/7/07Tonight Stephen welcomes video game analyst and author of Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames, Ian Bogost.
1/31/08Tonight Stephen welcomes Fox News analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano, author of A Nation of Sheep. Also, Stephen talks with Tim Hartford, author of The Logic of Life about making decisions based on logic.
8/15/07Tonight Stephen welcomes historian and author of The Lincoln Highway: Coast to Coast from Times Square to the Golden Gate, Michael Wallis.
3/17/08Tonight 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.- 9/4/08Tonight Stephen welcomes Texas Representative and former Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul. Also, Stephen talks to blogger Adam Brickley about his efforts to get Sarah Palin chosen for Vice President.
- 7/31/08Tonight Stephen welcomes former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Also, Stephen talks with Slate.com columnist Brendan Koerner about making good environmental purchasing decisions.
5/18/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the Assistant Curator and Chair, Vertebrate Zoology at the Center for Systematic Biology & Evolution, Ted Daeschler!
2/27/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of The J. Craig Venter Institute, Dr. Craig Venter
10/30/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the head of Celera and author of A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life, Craig Venter. Also Stephen talks with the communications director at the Center for Responsive Politics Massie Ritch about who is giving money to the Presidential candiates.
11/15/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Al Franken and paleontologist Dr. Michael Novacek.- 6/26/08Tonight Stephen welcomes Florida Representative and co-author of Fire-Breathing Liberal: How I Learned to Survive (and Thrive) in the Contact Sport of Congress, Robert Wexler.
2/23/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense, David Brooks!
3/20/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former news anchor, Connie Chung!- 2/15/11Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of the Institute for Science and International Security, David Albright.
Also, Stephen talks with the host of This Week, Christiane Amanpour about the uprising in Egypt. - 4/14/11Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and editor of She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems, Caroline Kennedy. Also, Stephen talks with the former chairman of the Federal Election Commission about forming a Super PAC.
- 3/16/09Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman. Also, Stephen talks with the senior editor of The New Republic Jonathan Chait about the conservative view of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
6/25/07Tonight Stephen welcomes the founding member of the Students for a Democratic Society, California legislator and author of Ending the War in Iraq, Tom Hayden.
4/18/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the National Director of the ACLU, Anthony Romero!- 8/29/08Tonight Stephen welcomes political commentator and author of All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America, John McWhorter. Also, Stephen talks with former Denver Bronco Terrell Davis about how Barack Obama did during his speech.
7/17/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Princeton molecular biologist and author of Challenge Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life.
12/11/06Tonight Stephen welcomes Princeton ethicist, animal rights activist and co-author of The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter, Dr. Peter Singer
1/18/06TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Teacher Man: A Memoir, Frank McCourt!
11/1/06Tonight Stephen welcomes magician Penn Jillette.
8/16/07Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Cult of the Amateur: How today’s Internet is killing our culture, Andrew Keen. Also, Stephen talks with former Arkansas Governor and Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee about his campaign.- 11/12/09Tonight Stephen welcomes actor and star of The Messenger, Woody Harrelson.
- 7/30/08Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary musical act Crosby, Stills & Nash.
- 12/16/09Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist Tom Brokaw.
- 1/4/10Tonight Stephen welcomes the managing editor for RedState.com, Erick Erickson.
- 10/14/08Tonight Stephen welcomes Nobel Prize wined economist and co-author of The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict,, Joseph Stiglitz.
- 11/6/08Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel Maddow.
- 7/30/09Tonight Stephen welcomes the director of The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow.
- 8/8/11Tonight Stephen welcomes professor of psychiatry and author of A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness, Nassir Ghaemi.
- 8/3/11Tonight Stephen welcomes former FBI Agent and author of Priceless, Robert Wittman.
- 11/17/11
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, Susan Orlean.
- 6/28/11Tonight Stephen welcomes documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi.
4/23/08Tonight Stephen welcomes radio host and author of For One More Day, Mitch Albom.
5/28/08Tonight Stephen welcomes Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill.
6/10/08Tonight 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.
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