Episode #07124

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

Tags:  sign off,  Jimmy,  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 #07118

If Americans don't find someone to pay the government's tab soon, Congress may get desperate enough to do the unthinkable. (04:31)

Tags:  The Word,  economy,  taxes,  money,  poverty,  drugs,  senior citizens,  Social Security,  unemployment,  bacon,  Michele Bachmann,  Republicans,  death,  under the desk,  housing,  Wall Street,  health,  Congress

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 #07114

If Americans can exploit the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to make a quick buck, it's like hitting the terrorists with economic Jujitsu. (04:38)

Tags:  9/11,  World Trade Center,  business,  Stephen's products,  collectibles,  shopping,  terrorism,  martial arts,  Osama bin Laden,  alcohol,  poop & pee,  money,  mental health,  flying,  food,  kids,  books,  under the desk,  violence,  charity,  fundraising,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07109

Jeff Bridges performs " What a Little Bit of Love Can Do" from his self-titled album. (04:02)

Tags:  Jeff Bridges,  performances,  music,  songs,  country music,  celebrities,  the heroes

Episode #07106

Gloria Steinem believes Americans know that women can do what men can do, but they don't know that men can do what women can do. (06:05)

Tags:  Gloria Steinem,  interviews,  feminism,  sexism,  culture,  documentaries,  movies,  men/women,  discrimination,  civil rights,  history,  60s,  70s,  pregnancy,  marriage,  kids,  family,  parenting,  mental health,  lookin' good,  Jimmy,  the heroes

Episode #07105

The Mormon Church's PR campaign makes Mormons irresistibly cool, while only 52% of Americans approve of God. (05:04)

Tags:  Yahweh or No Way,  Mormon,  religion,  lookin' good,  God,  polls,  advertising,  approval ratings,  Mitt Romney,  Indecision,  Catholic,  Indecision 2012,  elections,  campaigns,  candidates,  appearances,  Republicans,  Barack Obama,  secret Muslim,  Joseph Smith,  animals,  the heroes,  sports,  rock 'n' roll,  discrimination,  Jon Huntsman

Episode #07104

Technology turns people into empty flesh terminals that rely on it for all their ideas, memories and relationships. (05:40)

Tags:  The Word,  technology,  Internet,  friends,  Jimmy,  Google,  mental health,  Nana & Pee-Pop,  kittens,  cats & cats,  science,  food,  Gene Simmons,  business,  cell phones,  the heroes,  phone calls,  Facebook,  iPad

Episode #07097

With America's helium supply dwindling, the country has no choice but to hunt balloons in the wild. (03:10)

Tags:  science,  shortages,  balloons,  flying,  animals,  drugs,  health,  Nooo!,  Jimmy,  balls,  poop & pee,  family,  kids,  apologies,  documentaries,  Doris Kearns Goodwin,  the heroes,  vacations,  elitism,  South Park

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 #07092

With the tough challenges facing America, Rick Perry thinks it's time to hand it over to God and ask Him to jump in. (05:39)

Tags:  Republicans,  Rick Perry,  Indecision 2012,  Indecision,  elections,  religion,  advertising,  atheist,  Houston,  Texas,  God,  circumcision,  Christian,  Jesus,  lawsuits,  hunting,  dogs,  guns,  penises,  candidates,  campaigns,  animals,  the heroes

Episode #07092

The August 2nd debt ceiling deadline could be a Muslim-Nazi-Vietcong conspiracy to keep America fiscally solvent. (04:48)

Tags:  conspiracies,  China,  debt,  economy,  money,  Louie Gohmert,  secret Muslim,  Jimmy,  Fox News,  Rush Limbaugh,  Islamic,  Nazi,  Africa,  conservative,  Republicans,  the heroes,  nerd alert,  partying,  friendly friends at Fox & Friends

Episode #07091

Sean Parnell supports Colbert Super PAC's plan to buy an elephant, but Sheila Krumholz wants to shine a light on the taint of private money. (06:27)

Tags:  on location,  Sheila Krumholz,  Sean Parnell,  appearances,  money,  freedom of speech,  business,  fundraising,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  elections,  First Amendment,  taints,  animals,  elephants,  dogs,  crying,  death,  Bud Light Lime,  alcohol,  advertising,  founding fathers,  laws,  campaigns

Episode #03074

NASA's Michael Griffin made their mission statement better by deleting any mention of planet protection. (4:20)

Tags:  The Word,  NASA,  global warming,  Al Gore,  science,  Supreme Court,  food