Episode #08073

Mitt Romney wins Hawaii and American Samoa primaries, and Rick Santorum visits Puerto Rico. (05:07)

Tags:  Rick Santorum,  Newt Gingrich,  lying,  Puerto Rico,  primaries,  Mitt Romney,  Guam,  Republicans,  candidates,  Spanish,  Netherlands,  death,  Wisconsin,  Louisiana,  laws,  Twitter,  Indecision 2012,  wealth,  Latino,  international affairs

Episode #08006

Steven Pinker believes the world is increasingly nonviolent and that this may be the most peaceful time in human existence. (05:30)

Tags:  Steven Pinker,  interviews,  books,  violence,  death,  murder,  wars,  statistics,  history,  World War II,  Abraham Lincoln,  Adolf Hitler,  mental health,  peace,  elitism,  Medieval Times,  international affairs

Episode #07115

Debates are supposed to help Americans find the Republican presidential candidate, but instead they found the running mate. (03:24)

Tags:  debates,  Republicans,  Rick Perry,  Wolf Blitzer,  health,  persistent vegetative state,  death penalty,  Tea Party,  Ron Paul,  Mitt Romney,  Tim Pawlenty,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  candidates,  elections,  Grim Reaper,  death,  senior citizens,  Barry Bonds,  steroids,  Nobel Prize,  Paul Krugman,  Al Gore,  college,  Heroe$ Crawl

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

Stephen explores Asia, talks to Ghandi and points out that a woman's knuckles are basically finger boobs. (04:04)

Tags:  On Topic,  mashups,  exclusives,  dictators,  earthquakes,  economy,  international affairs,  labor,  pollution,  puking,  volcanoes,  Japan,  China,  India,  Palau,  North Korea,  South Korea,  Qatar,  Iran

Episode #07003

Atul Gawande explains how checklists make flying, surgery and Van Halen shows safer. (06:07)

Tags:  Atul Gawande,  interviews,  books,  America,  surgery,  doctors,  health,  flying,  Netherlands,  sex,  nailed,  art,  Van Halen,  safety,  kids

Episode #06061

Lori Roman and Michael Jacobson debate the FDA's plan to limit the amount of salt allowed in processed food. (07:11)

Tags:  Lori Roman,  Michael Jacobson,  interviews,  Obama administration,  junk food,  FDA,  health,  government,  science,  Jesus,  laws,  debates,  food

Episode #05128

John Darnielle discusses his cheerfully desolate song lyrics and his respect for suicidal mountain goats. (03:28)

Tags:  John Darnielle,  The Mountain Goats,  interviews,  music,  indie rock,  Colbert Bump,  animals,  Bible,  religion,  mental health

Episode #05111

Glenn Beck didn't call President Obama a racist, and he didn't compare his health care plan to Hitler's eugenics program. (03:41)

Tags:  Glenn Beck,  advertising,  racism,  Barack Obama,  health,  laws,  Michael Steele,  Nazi,  conservative

Episode #03097

Polluted air from Asia, or "kung fumes," are taking away emphysema-related deaths from hardworking American pollutants. (2:56)

Tags:  China,  environment

Episode #02069

Christiane Amanpour instructs Stephen on the correct way to pronounce Iraq and Iran. (6:20)

Tags:  Christiane Amanpour,  interviews,  Iraq,  Iran,  Condoleezza Rice,  North Korea,  international affairs,  media

Episode #01017

The Japanese are so ashamed of their prime minister's suicide attempt, they hide their ashamed faces behind shame cotton. (4:45)

Tags:  Un-American News,  media,  Japan,  terrorism,  economy,  Jimmy,  CIA,  international affairs