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)

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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)

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Episode #08090

Former Texas Board of Education Chairman Don McLeroy discusses the documentary "The Revisionaries," science in textbooks and religious conservatism. (06:41)

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Episode #08087

Jonah Lehrer examines dangerous creativity myths and the history of innovation. (06:48)

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Episode #08083

Stephen celebrates Chuck Grassley's minimalist Twitter feed and artistic aversion to typing. (03:01)

Tags:  Twitter,  Chuck Grassley,  conservative,  poetry,  challenges,  literary references,  iPhone,  cats & cats,  under the desk,  Colbert Nation,  translations,  cooking,  food

Episode #08083

Higher education consultant Richard Hersh believes in challenging college students to develop their highest intellectual and emotional capabilities. (06:44)

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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)

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Episode #08067

Stephen mourns the end of King-Size Snickers bars and celebrates the rising popularity of "second breakfast." (04:36)

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Episode #08067

Jonathan Safran Foer discusses his book "The New American Haggadah" and explains the Jewish Passover tradition of retelling stories. (05:25)

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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)

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Episode #08065

Researchers discover a Babylonian gut-buster thought to predate even the earliest biblical "Yo Mama" joke. (04:43)

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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)

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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)

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Episode #08053

The Tennessee Tea Party demands that textbooks remove references to the Founding Fathers' slave ownership and violence against Native Americans. (04:27)

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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)

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Episode #08050

Maurice Sendak considers the state of children's literature and gets high on markers. (07:05)

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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)

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Episode #08049

Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak contemplates the complexity of children and the simplicity of Newt Gingrich. (07:32)

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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)

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Episode #08041

Conservative pundits criticize the Obama White House for throwing an extravagant Halloween party for the children of U.S. troops. (05:06)

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