Episode #08101

God ordered marriage to be between one man and that man's rib, but Barack Obama's gay marriage announcement drags evolution into the debate. (02:25)

Tags:  Barack Obama,  gay/homosexual,  same-sex marriage,  men/women,  religion,  marriage,  laws,  evolution,  monkeys!,  restaurants,  Bible,  God,  Jesus,  Adam and Eve,  sex,  discrimination,  Robert Jeffress

Episode #08101

Minorities use black hole time travel for revenge, strokes suddenly turn people gay, and a zoo is nothing but monkey prison. (06:25)

Tags:  ThreatDown,  violence,  police business,  NYPD,  African American,  ethnic,  profiling,  racism,  statistics,  men/women,  space,  time travel,  Barack Obama,  gay/homosexual,  same-sex marriage,  impressions,  exercise,  sex,  health,  science,  Matthew McConaughey,  lookin' good,  animals,  monkeys!,  gross-out,  zoos,  prison,  oral sex,  asses,  international affairs,  China,  U.K.,  New York City,  George Clinton

Episode #08101

Dr. Francis Collins talks about America's weight problem, evolution and the holistic way to confront obesity. (06:28)

Tags:  Francis Collins,  interviews,  documentaries,  weight/obesity,  dieting,  HBO,  health,  America,  kids,  epidemics,  lookin' good,  government,  junk food,  asses,  exercise,  gross-out,  fights,  demonstrations,  competitions,  evolution,  family,  death,  Social Security

Episode #08101

Jesus says nothing about homosexuality, a cunning monkey plans for tomorrow, Republicans fake being Democrats, and Francis Collins shares rude potbelly news. (01:01)

Tags:  Colbert in :60 Seconds

Episode #08100

A former Playboy Playmate helps usher Mexico's presidential debate, and one candidate isn't sorry for noticing. (03:22)

Tags:  Mexico,  men/women,  elections,  candidates,  debates,  rage,  patriotism,  slogans,  Rolling Stone,  Bob Dylan,  America,  lookin' good,  Playboy,  Spanish,  monkeys!,  Anderson Cooper,  media,  sexual advances,  breasts,  international affairs,  animals,  costumes,  Indecision 2012

Episode #08100

One of the hottest pop culture paintings portrays Barack Obama burning the Constitution, and Stephen explicates its complicated, multi-level message. (05:16)

Tags:  art,  portrait,  socialism,  Constitution,  fires,  Barack Obama,  Utah,  Sean Hannity,  culture,  patriotism,  history,  Bo Dietl,  Fox News,  collectibles,  mongering,  conservative,  liberal,  religion,  Jesus,  Shepard Fairey,  Steve Martin,  impressions,  founding fathers,  Jimmy,  America

Episode #08100

Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour discusses The Met's Costume Institute exhibit "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations." (06:22)

Tags:  Anna Wintour,  interviews,  museums,  culture,  art,  fashion,  history,  lookin' good,  Vogue,  gay/homosexual,  same-sex marriage,  Tad,  lookin' good,  feminism,  civil rights,  sexual advances,  movies

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)

Tags:  sign off,  I Am a Pole (And So Can You!),  Stephen's products,  books,  kids,  Tom Hanks,  charity,  troops,  military,  shopping,  Stephen's products,  literary references,  competitions,  Amazon

Episode #08099

"Spooky PACs" trailblazer Karl Rove gives anonymous political money to help keep political money anonymous, and Stephen gives in to donor transparency fetishists. (05:27)

Tags:  Colbert Super PAC,  laws,  fundraising,  money,  elections,  Karl Rove,  wealth,  accountability,  business,  Newt Gingrich,  charity,  taints,  founding fathers,  photos,  campaigns,  democracy,  Jay-Z,  Jimmy,  Indecision 2012,  advertising,  oral sex

Episode #08098

A Pennsylvania news team shares its backyard weather forecast: partly grizzly with a chance of precipitation in the pants. (02:05)

Tags:  ThreatDown,  bears,  local news team,  weather,  Jimmy,  Pennsylvania,  animals,  Wolf Blitzer,  Andrew Napolitano,  Steve Doocy,  safety,  media,  pundits,  photos

Episode #08096

Sir Richard Branson commissions four skilled designers to create an ice cube mold in the shape of his head. (03:28)

Tags:  Richard Branson,  business,  wealth,  flying,  travel,  lookin' good,  elitism,  asses,  alcohol,  mental health,  fires,  family,  censorship,  audience interaction,  facial hair,  art

Episode #08096

One of the nation's largest medical debt collectors sneaks into hospitals to seize patients' money before treatment. (05:26)

Tags:  The Word,  health,  insurance,  debt,  business,  money,  capitalism,  America,  Obama administration,  Antonin Scalia,  John Boehner,  drugs,  Republicans,  New York Times,  pregnancy,  death,  balls,  photos,  doctors,  surgery,  Supreme Court,  poverty

Episode #08096

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses his book "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion." (05:58)

Tags:  Jonathan Haidt,  interviews,  books,  government,  religion,  morality,  liberal,  conservative,  debates,  mental health,  lawyers,  America,  Civil War,  The Matrix,  Republicans,  right-wing,  left-wing,  truthiness,  history,  left-wing,  right-wing

Episode #08095

Barack Obama and the Catholic Church wage war on Paul Ryan's deeply Christian Republican House budget. (04:19)

Tags:  religion,  House of Representatives,  Paul Ryan,  Barack Obama,  poverty,  Catholic,  economy,  money,  lookin' good,  Christian,  Jesus,  Republicans,  church and state,  holidays,  creationism,  Vatican,  taxes,  wealth,  Georgetown University,  Bible,  popes

Episode #08095

Georgetown University's Father Thomas Reese finds discrepancies between Catholic doctrine and Paul Ryan's fiscal ministry. (05:59)

Tags:  Thomas Reese,  appearances,  Paul Ryan,  Catholic,  poverty,  philosophy,  Ayn Rand,  lying,  economy,  money,  government,  wealth,  taxes,  morality,  religion,  Jesus,  Christian,  business,  nailed,  socialism,  Pope Benedict XVI,  Georgetown University,  photos,  Bigfoot,  college,  mythology,  Republicans

Episode #08094

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng lulls his guards into complacency and escapes from an 18-month house arrest. (05:17)

Tags:  China,  Beijing,  international affairs,  house arrest,  Obama administration,  human rights,  visually impaired,  diplomacy,  money,  debt,  Canada,  Vancouver,  New York City,  Mexico,  cats & cats,  balls,  America,  Syria,  audience interaction,  marriage

Episode #08094

Missouri lawmakers want to ban homosexuality discussions in schools because finding out that homosexuality exists is a slippery slope to tolerating it. (04:45)

Tags:  The Word,  gay/homosexual,  controversies,  education,  Missouri,  laws,  school,  kids,  growing up,  Republicans,  discrimination,  civil rights,  bestiality,  Neil Patrick Harris,  Craigslist,  sexual advances,  polls,  TV,  censorship,  same-sex marriage,  marriage

Episode #08093

Old, gray-haired Barack Obama successfully panders to the youth vote, but Republicans emphasize the difference between class clown and class president. (04:41)

Tags:  advertising,  campaigns,  Barack Obama,  Mitt Romney,  Jimmy Fallon,  Fox News,  candidates,  voting,  gravitas,  TV,  college,  elections,  approval ratings,  songs,  Republicans,  Charles Krauthammer,  lookin' good,  Late Show with David Letterman,  Harry Truman,  media,  pundits,  Indecision 2012,  Indecision 2008,  aging,  hip hop,  animals

Episode #08093

One thousand college students receive their Colbert Super PAC Super Fun Pack, so Stephen unveils the launch clue and silver treasure. (04:48)

Tags:  Colbert Super PAC,  Super Fun Pack,  collectibles,  college,  challenges,  treasures,  Colbert Nation,  University of Texas,  Texas,  sex,  under the desk,  Mitt Romney,  British,  mail/e-mail,  wealth,  money,  fundraising,  slogans,  sexual advances

Episode #08093

Stephen highlights "Flat Daddy," a military family documentary in New Jersey's inaugural Montclair Film Festival. (00:57)

Tags:  sign off,  documentaries,  movies,  New Jersey,  military,  troops,  family,  IKEA