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Episode: #05139
Nicholas Thompson describes the lives of two friends -- Paul Nitze and George Kennan -- battling over the U.S. approach to the Cold War. (05:32)
Episode: #05136
Randall Balmer refuses to join the Catholic Church because he's suspicious of any religious group that defines itself in negative terms. (07:28)
Episode: #05136
Gail Collins describes the last 50 years of progress made by American women and the new issues they face today. (04:57)
Episode: #05125
After offering evidence for evolution, Richard Dawkins wants to see the evidence for God. (05:42)
Episode: #05122
Ken Burns believes if America didn't have national parks, the Grand Canyon would be lined with mansions and Yosemite would be a gated community. (05:30)
Episode: #05113
Robert Wright believes that the three major religions can help God move toward a level of tolerance and compassion. (05:13)
Episode: #05105
David Wondrich serves Stephen drinks from the Great Depression and the Civil War, and invents a Colbert Bump cocktail. (04:57)
Episode: #05099
Zev Chafets doesn't have a problem with steroid use in baseball, but he is concerned about its cover-up. (04:51)
Episode: #05094
Douglas Rushkoff discusses the downfalls of operating the world like a corporation and how to weaken corporate influence. (05:58)
Episode: #05089
Kevin Mattson discusses the relevance of Jimmy Carter's underappreciated "national malaise" speech. (06:03)
Episode: #05084
Simon Schama admits that out of all the countries' histories he's covered, the United States has the greatest. (06:45)
Episode: #05072
Byron Dorgan doesn't believe in the kind of banking modernization that caused the Great Depression. (05:57)
Episode: #05059
Jonathan Alter tells Stephen how Obama's first 14 Mondays stack up against FDR's. (04:49)
Episode: #05048
Stephen questions Bart Ehrman on why the Bible is a big fat lie and Stephen's an idiot for believing it. (06:30)
Episode: #05038
David Grann follows the footsteps of an explorer searching for a lost civilization. (05:51)
Episode: #05035
Howard Fineman believes Americans were born and bred to argue. (06:46)
Episode: #05032
Steven Johnson talks about Joseph Priestley, the man who first realized that plants actually create the oxygen we breathe. (05:28)
Episode: #05026
Cliff Sloan believes that Marbury v. Madison is significant because it established the rule of law. (04:50)
Episode: #05024
Adam Gopnik claims that faith and fear no longer rule our lives because of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. (04:40)
Episode: #05018
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. says Abraham Lincoln was always against slavery, but he wasn't a fan of black people. (07:07)
