Episode #07124

Colbert thanks the unsung heroes with a final, eight-tiered Heroe$ Crawl. (00:34)

Tags:  sign off,  Jimmy,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07120

Barack Obama finds peace much harder than winning a Nobel Peace Prize, and Rick Perry stands with the Jews when he's not dancing with them. (04:17)

Tags:  Barack Obama,  United Nations,  diplomacy,  Rick Perry,  international affairs,  stereotypes,  discrimination,  Mongolia,  Israel,  Mahmoud Abbas,  Palestine,  peace,  Jewish,  Christian,  Jimmy,  religion,  Middle East,  photos,  songs,  music,  Nobel Prize,  dancing,  apocalypse,  rallies,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07120

Jeremy Ben-Ami, the president of the pro-Israel lobby J Street, discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Palestine's application for full U.N. membership. (06:46)

Tags:  Jeremy Ben-Ami,  interviews,  United Nations,  Israel,  Palestine,  Middle East,  diplomacy,  lobbyists,  peace,  wars,  history,  Mahmoud Abbas,  Jewish,  religion,  apocalypse,  Christian,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07115

Al Gore talks about his work on the Climate Reality Project and marvels at the sophistication of Stephen's global warming metaphor. (06:43)

Tags:  Al Gore,  interviews,  Nobel Prize,  Democrats,  Rick Perry,  Republicans,  global warming,  weather,  environment,  Address the Mess,  science,  economy,  money,  Galileo,  international affairs,  Middle East,  China,  oil,  energy,  movies,  documentaries,  Keith Olbermann,  Heroe$ Crawl,  An Inconvenient Truth,  wars

Episode #07112

Controversy develops around the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and not just because the sculptor mistakenly made him white. (03:25)

Tags:  Martin Luther King Jr.,  controversies,  speeches,  Washington DC,  civil rights,  Maya Angelou,  ethnic,  African American,  pregnancy,  photos,  Conan O'Brien,  fashion,  Heroe$ Crawl,  art,  history,  music

Episode #07112

Robin Wright believes that, by rejecting extremism, Muslims have created the most important political turning point of the early 21st century. (07:09)

Tags:  Robin Wright,  interviews,  Middle East,  rage,  terrorism,  Islamic,  wars,  extremism,  protests,  Iraq War,  Afghanistan War,  Saddam Hussein,  Jesus,  religion,  Al Qaeda,  Egypt,  Osama bin Laden,  Muammar al-Gaddafi,  Hosni Mubarak,  fashion,  weapons,  guns,  9/11,  stereotypes,  military,  Heroe$ Crawl,  international affairs,  America,  debt,  economy,  mongering

Episode #07111

The American Council on Exercise finds that toning shoes offer no benefits, and pharmaceutical companies create two-for-one combination pills to extend their patents. (06:21)

Tags:  Cheating Death,  Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA,  Vaxa,  Prescott Group,  exercise,  weight/obesity,  health,  breasts,  asses,  photos,  poop & pee,  food,  lookin' good,  fashion,  cracks up,  Heroe$ Crawl,  drugs

Episode #07110

Stephen goes live via satellite to The Colbert Report's local affiliate in Des Moines, WOI, for the latest on the Rick Parry write-in scandal. (03:58)

Tags:  ABC5/WOI,  Rachel Pierce,  Amanda Krenz,  Brad Edwards,  John Walters,  appearances,  Colbert Super PAC,  Republicans,  Iowa,  Des Moines,  scandals,  controversies,  media,  local news team,  polls,  health,  kids,  sports,  weather,  Emmy Awards,  football,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07110

Once the world's most wanted hacker, Kevin Mitnick talks about his start as a phone prankster and his years as a government fugitive. (05:55)

Tags:  Kevin Mitnick,  interviews,  security,  crime,  business,  technology,  pranks,  Internet,  prison,  government,  China,  FBI,  weapons,  nuclear,  books,  intelligence,  terrorism,  teens,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07108

In politics, messaging is everything, so Stephen turns to the Persuadulux 6000 to generate a Colbert Nation word cloud from Super PAC donor write-ins. (03:52)

Tags:  Colbert Super PAC,  touch screen,  Colbert Nation,  technology,  advertising,  Rick Perry,  money,  fundraising,  photos,  Frank Luntz,  democracy,  marijuana,  drugs,  Fox News,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  elections,  Republicans,  Supreme Court,  Andy Serkis,  the heroes,  freedom of speech,  audience interaction

Episode #07107

Michele Bachmann gets a commanding 80% of the votes she paid for at the Iowa straw poll, and "Rick Parry" receives at least 718 write-in votes. (07:36)

Tags:  Iowa,  Rick Perry,  polls,  Indecision,  Michele Bachmann,  Tim Pawlenty,  Indecision 2012,  candidates,  Republicans,  Colbert Super PAC,  Colbert Nation,  elections,  photos,  zoos,  kids,  money,  food,  mental health,  advertising,  cracks up,  media,  print media,  dogs,  Pulitzer Prize,  the heroes,  local news team,  voting,  challenges,  scandals

Episode #07101

The state of North Dakota may not exist, subversive weather blows into Arizona, and the classic American game of anti-trust law violation gets a makeover. (07:31)

Tags:  Constitution,  ThreatDown,  North Dakota,  America,  Jimmy,  movies,  documentaries,  flags,  under the desk,  steroids,  Arabic,  weather,  discrimination,  Arizona,  toys & games,  Islamic,  driving,  money,  wealth,  technology,  family,  kids,  the heroes,  Alaska,  troops,  business

Episode #07100

In order to get the soft tooth market back up, kids must reduce baby teeth inventory and stop losing teeth. (03:04)

Tags:  kids,  dental,  money,  economy,  stocks,  family,  growing up,  junk food,  black market,  magic,  labor,  the heroes,  stunts,  drugs,  under the desk,  crystal meth

Episode #07099

Alabama company Holy Smoke turns loved ones' ashes into real bullets that can be used to hunt turkeys on Thanksgiving. (03:06)

Tags:  Second Amendment,  death,  guns,  weapons,  business,  mental health,  money,  photos,  family,  food,  animals,  Thanksgiving,  hunting,  circuses,  Nana & Pee-Pop,  Alabama,  inventions,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07096

Peter Edelman explains why America can't call the troops home and beat its plowshares back into swords when it comes to fighting the war on poverty. (04:22)

Tags:  Peter Edelman,  appearances,  poverty,  books,  Xbox,  lying,  food,  recession,  economy,  debt,  money,  wealth,  unemployment,  housing,  kids,  gay/homosexual,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07094

Neuroscientist David Eagleman likens the brain to a neural Parliament with different political parties that are battling it out to steer the ship of state. (05:45)

Tags:  David Eagleman,  interviews,  books,  Are you high right now?,  mental health,  science,  dreams,  future,  space,  Pink Floyd,  unions,  movies,  college,  simulations

Episode #07093

To safeguard against voter fraud and ensure that only the "right people" get elected, Republicans pass laws requiring voters to show government-issued photo IDs. (06:33)

Tags:  voting,  America,  discrimination,  friends,  Barack Obama,  alcohol,  corruption,  Republicans,  Democrats,  food,  elections,  Indecision,  laws,  kids,  poverty,  founding fathers,  Texas,  guns,  education,  Second Amendment,  Jimmy,  South Carolina,  African American,  John Stossel,  Ohio,  Nikki Haley,  William O'Brien,  ethnic,  growing up,  Tea Party,  statistics,  facial hair

Episode #07093

Michael Sandel uses real-world examples to test big philosophical concepts and ethical questions about justice and cannibalism. (07:10)

Tags:  Michael Sandel,  interviews,  books,  Harvard,  education,  college,  ethics,  baseball,  cannibalism,  Alex Rodriguez,  money,  government,  philosophy,  Internet,  China,  YouTube,  school,  sports,  morality,  Asian,  boats

Episode #07092

With his campaign $1 million in debt, Newt Gingrich will have to abandon Moby Dick Airways and travel on Metaphorical Unattainable Goal Bus Lines. (04:06)

Tags:  Colbert Super PAC,  Colbert Nation,  money,  Newt Gingrich,  literary references,  Republicans,  junk food,  Internet,  fundraising,  debt,  campaigns,  Facebook,  Indecision 2012,  Indecision,  elections,  Jimmy,  transportation,  weight/obesity,  candidates,  the heroes

Episode #06146

President Obama celebrates Veterans Day by giving a do-nothing speech to a base full of active duty American troops in South Korea. (02:27)

Tags:  Garfield,  Barack Obama,  troops,  holidays,  America,  patriotism,  military,  print media,  South Korea,  photos