Episode #08100

Barack Obama becomes the first sitting president to push the rainbow button and launch gay-mageddon, but North Carolina strikes down marriage equality. (04:38)

Tags:  Barack Obama,  North Carolina,  gay/homosexual,  same-sex marriage,  marriage,  family,  civil rights,  laws,  men/women,  discrimination,  Good Morning America,  Democratic National Convention,  sex,  conservative,  crying,  stereotypes,  Tad,  Paul Dinello,  appearances,  under the desk,  Monica Lewinsky,  Jimmy

Episode #08086

Award-winning American singer Bonnie Raitt talks about environmental activism and her popular track "Angel from Montgomery." (04:36)

Tags:  Bonnie Raitt,  interviews,  music,  songs,  awards,  men/women,  protests,  Occupy Wall Street,  environment,  aging,  Address the Mess,  sexual advances

Episode #08069

Don Fleming, Elvis Costello and Emmylou Harris discuss the the folk music legacy of Alan Lomax. (06:44)

Tags:  Don Fleming,  Elvis Costello,  Emmylou Harris,  interviews,  Bob Dylan,  performances,  songs,  music,  friend of the show,  culture,  history,  poverty,  Internet,  demonstrations

Episode #08068

With virtual reality, we can visit a Republican National Convention where candidate choices are limited only by our imaginations. (03:58)

Tags:  Republican National Convention,  Tampa,  Florida,  CNN,  technology,  balloons,  simulations,  under the desk,  time travel,  inventions,  zombies,  Patricia Heaton,  birth control,  TV,  sexual advances,  sex,  candidates,  Republicans,  Mitt Romney,  24-hour news,  media,  demonstrations,  conservative

Episode #08058

Mitt Romney attempts to connect to Michigan voters and brings out the biggest, tannest, most leathery gun of them all: Donald Trump. (06:53)

Tags:  Mitt Romney,  Donald Trump,  South Carolina Serious Classy Republican Debate,  Michigan,  primaries,  lookin' good,  impressions,  Rick Santorum,  polls,  bailouts,  Detroit,  wealth,  celebrities,  Animal Planet,  National Geographic,  Jimmy,  asses,  cars/trucks,  Stephen's friends,  dogs,  animals,  environment,  campaigns,  candidates,  Republicans,  Indecision 2012

Episode #08049

During a Florida town hall meeting, Rick Santorum fails to correct an elderly woman claiming that Barack Obama is an avowed Muslim and a noncitizen. (03:48)

Tags:  Rick Santorum,  appearances,  left-wing,  Barack Obama,  secret Muslim,  senior citizens,  Thanksgiving,  citizenship,  audience interaction,  holidays,  Nana & Pee-Pop,  slavery,  prostitution,  kids,  security,  bestiality,  animals,  penises,  candidates,  Republicans,  Indecision 2012

Episode #08046

Frank Luntz moderates a focus group comprised of South Carolina moms to gauge whether Stephen should run for president. (03:48)

Tags:  South Carolina,  polls,  approval ratings,  Frank Luntz,  appearances,  Colbert 2012,  impressions,  Republicans,  candidates,  Rick Perry,  poop & pee,  crying,  parents,  MILFs,  Jimmy,  Indecision 2012

Episode #08029

Stephen needs help staying awake through this episode of The Report after honoring Yo-Yo Ma at the 34th Kennedy Center Honors. (03:33)

Tags:  Meryl Streep,  Newt Gingrich,  awards,  books,  photos,  under the desk,  Twitter,  junk food,  lobbyists,  sharks,  rodeos,  clowns,  Jimmy

Episode #08026

The Catholic Church revises the liturgy, Pope Benedict XVI gets caught riding the Popemobile without a seat belt, and a vodka ad offends Jews and Christians alike. (06:48)

Tags:  Yahweh or No Way,  Catholic,  religion,  Pope Benedict XVI,  popes,  Jesus,  God,  Germany,  driving,  safety,  advertising,  Jewish,  Christian,  discrimination,  controversies,  Heaven,  education,  scandals,  iPhone,  video games,  lookin' good,  photos,  alcohol,  Jimmy,  Christmas,  Hanukkah,  holidays,  James Martin,  basic cable,  Billy Joel,  songs,  dogs

Episode #07124

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

Tags:  sign off,  Jimmy,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07119

Reuters' Global Editor-at-Large Chrystia Freeland believes the European financial crisis could be bigger than America's economic crisis in 2008. (05:04)

Tags:  Chrystia Freeland,  appearances,  Europe,  Germany,  international affairs,  European Union,  economy,  debt,  bailouts,  money,  Greece,  wars,  England,  America,  recession,  alcohol,  Spain,  Italy,  Heroe$ Crawl,  Henry Kissinger,  conspiracies

Episode #07119

Author Daniel Yergin discusses hydrofracking, alternative energy sources and America's decreasing demand for oil. (05:54)

Tags:  Daniel Yergin,  interviews,  oil,  books,  alternative energy,  technology,  energy,  fracking,  money,  gas prices,  economy,  environment,  international affairs,  China,  America,  shortages,  Barack Obama,  Ronald Reagan,  marijuana,  Heroe$ Crawl,  safety,  Address the Mess

Episode #07118

Author Jeffrey Kluger discusses the effect of sibling dynamics on people's lives and explains why Stephen is such a charmer. (06:26)

Tags:  Jeffrey Kluger,  interviews,  siblings,  books,  family,  kids,  growing up,  crying,  men/women,  mental health,  cats & cats,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07116

If Barack Obama really believed in his jobs bill, he should have presented it in a leather-bound volume with gold filigree and illuminated initials. (03:03)

Tags:  Barack Obama,  unemployment,  economy,  friendly friends at Fox & Friends,  Fox News,  interns,  Bill Clinton,  Jimmy,  Rupert Murdoch,  media,  print media,  New York Post,  conservative,  Republicans,  laws,  photos,  Heroe$ Crawl

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 #07115

The New York Times' Paul Krugman talks about the Lesser Depression and the confidence fairy's effect on the American economy. (04:32)

Tags:  Paul Krugman,  appearances,  business,  unemployment,  economy,  government,  Great Depression,  right-wing,  Nobel Prize,  kids,  Shirley Temple Black,  movies,  iPad,  New York Times,  supernatural,  Heroe$ Crawl,  labor

Episode #07113

All the 2012 election media coverage until now has been bulls**t, but everything from here out is crucial, life-or-death stuff. (03:50)

Tags:  debates,  Republicans,  Labor Day,  media,  MSNBC,  Jimmy,  Ronald Reagan,  balls,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  elections,  candidates,  books,  flying,  space,  Newt Gingrich,  Herman Cain,  Ron Paul,  Social Security,  Chile,  modeling,  poverty,  lookin' good,  Heroe$ Crawl,  trademark,  Colbertisms,  holidays

Episode #07113

To reach the unemployed, Barack Obama should deliver his speech when the unemployed are watching TV: at 3 a.m., right after a Slap Chop commercial. (06:01)

Tags:  Barack Obama,  speeches,  unemployment,  Congress,  Republicans,  Mitch McConnell,  David Vitter,  economy,  prostitution,  Green Bay Packers,  scandals,  football,  sports,  under the desk,  cooking,  costumes,  food,  alcohol,  balls,  debates,  birthdays,  photos,  advertising,  Jimmy,  breasts,  fashion,  Heroe$ Crawl,  TV,  Wisconsin

Episode #07112

WOI station manager and men's room Emmy fluffer Ray Cole sends an update on the Rick Parry write-in scandal. (03:59)

Tags:  ABC5/WOI,  local news team,  Des Moines,  Iowa,  polls,  voting,  controversies,  scandals,  Colbert Super PAC,  Colbert Nation,  money,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  elections,  candidates,  Republicans,  Emmy Awards,  TV,  cavemen,  media,  mail/e-mail,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07111

Since people know how everything ends, they can either worry or they can enjoy the show. (05:21)

Tags:  The Word,  polls,  mental health,  books,  movies,  Sixth Sense,  Planet of the Apes,  Soylent Green,  Star Wars,  penises,  death,  under the desk,  food,  Heroe$ Crawl,  parents,  parenting,  literary references,  kids,  work/office