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Episode #08100
Profits from "I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)" go to U.S. VETS, an organization that helps veterans reintegrate into civilian life. (01:22)
Episode #08099
In tribute to the late Maurice Sendak, Stephen revisits his Colberty Tales and releases his Sendak-approved "I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)" children's book. (05:36)
Episode #08087
Jonah Lehrer examines dangerous creativity myths and the history of innovation. (06:48)
Episode #08083
Stephen celebrates Chuck Grassley's minimalist Twitter feed and artistic aversion to typing. (03:01)
Episode #08083
Higher education consultant Richard Hersh believes in challenging college students to develop their highest intellectual and emotional capabilities. (06:44)
Episode #08080
National Geographic explorer-in-residence Robert Ballard talks about "Save the Titanic," his documentary promoting its preservation and protection against tourism. (06:56)
Episode #08067
Stephen mourns the end of King-Size Snickers bars and celebrates the rising popularity of "second breakfast." (04:36)
Episode #08067
Jonathan Safran Foer discusses his book "The New American Haggadah" and explains the Jewish Passover tradition of retelling stories. (05:25)
Barack Obama pushes higher education, the Colbert Report airs its 1,000th show, Stephen demands that men get transurethral ultrasounds, and the GOP sets its sights on Jeb Bush. (04:06)
Episode #08065
Researchers discover a Babylonian gut-buster thought to predate even the earliest biblical "Yo Mama" joke. (04:43)
Episode #08062
The Persian menace nabs its first ever Oscar, and "The Lorax" has over 70 different product tie-ins, which should automatically win it Best Picture in 2013. (04:14)
Episode #08062
Stephen makes a Seussian pitch, Barack Obama urges Americans to send their kids to ITT, and King Peggy tells of her ascent to the throne of Otuam, Ghana. (01:00)
Herman Cain sings at the South Cain-olina Primary Rally, Rick Santorum panders to the elderly, Maurice Sendak praises Stephen's idiocy, and Newt Gingrich reimagines the moon. (04:09)
Episode #08050
Maurice Sendak considers the state of children's literature and gets high on markers. (07:05)
Episode #08050
Maurice Sendak calls Stephen an idiot, a Chinese tycoon dies after eating poisoned cat-meat stew, and Terry Gross appreciates her "Fresh Air" guests. (01:00)
Episode #08049
Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak contemplates the complexity of children and the simplicity of Newt Gingrich. (07:32)
Episode #08042
A Molotov cocktail of doom known as Phobos-Grunt hurtles toward the Earth's surface, threatening New York, London and Tokyo. (03:57)
Episode #08041
Conservative pundits criticize the Obama White House for throwing an extravagant Halloween party for the children of U.S. troops. (05:06)
Episode #08036
2011 has been tough on everybody, but Stephen hopes The Colbert Report has brightened people's spirits. (01:22)
Episode #08035
Christine O'Donnell likes that Mitt Romney's been consistent since he changed his mind. (02:16)