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Episode: #06026
Stephen plays fondue pong at the Swiss House, reads "Ulysses" at an Irish bar and competes against Russia in table hockey. (06:56)
Aired: 02/23/2010
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Views: 46,515
February 23, 2010
 - Lindsay Vonn, Bob Costas

Episode: #06021
If the underwear bomber was weak enough to give intelligence when he wasn't tortured, imagine what he would have said under duress. (06:02)
Aired: 02/08/2010
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Views: 57,403

Episode: #06018
A new website takes social networking to the next level, and Eliot Spitzer is pretty stoked about that Tiger Woods business. (00:34)
Aired: 02/02/2010
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Views: 35,495

Episode: #06018
Henry Allen is willing to say on record that J.D. Salinger blew it by not coming on the show. (06:48)
Aired: 02/02/2010
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Views: 17,189

Episode: #06017
Republicans must tie themselves to the mast of their principles in order to sail safely to re-election. (05:39)
Aired: 02/01/2010
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Views: 19,238

Episode: #05139
An American finally wins the New York City marathon, and the Colbert Nation becomes the official sponsor of the U.S. Speedskating team. (07:34)
Aired: 11/02/2009
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Views: 92,580

Episode: #05104
Stephen cures Dominic Philip's reading habit by sending him an entire box of books and forcing him to read every last one of them. (02:56)
Aired: 08/03/2009
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Views: 14,579

Episode: #05094
No man is a failure who has friends, unless his friends are failures. (00:13)
Aired: 07/15/2009
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Views: 5,658

Episode: #05093
Stephen suggests looking for change in the folds of Barney Frank, and asks Leymah Gbowee where Liberia is. (00:34)
Aired: 07/14/2009
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Views: 7,132

Episode: #05093
If J.D. Salinger doesn't come on the show, Stephen will publish his prequel, "The Pitcher in the Oat," under the pseudonym J.D. Stephenger. (03:22)
Aired: 07/14/2009
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Views: 17,328

Episode: #05093
Stephen reads his J.D. Salinger tribute prequel, written under the pseudonym, J.D. Stephenger. (00:05)
Aired: 07/14/2009
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Views: 9,690

In the recession, poetry is not as lucrative of a field as it used to be. Irish poet Paul Muldoon explains how he keeps food on the table. (2:46)
Aired: 07/06/2009
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Views: 14,000

Episode: #05083
Paul Muldoon and Stephen recite "Tea" together to help it become the number one poem in America. (04:55)
Aired: 06/18/2009
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Views: 16,830

Episode: #05074
This is the way the show ends Not with a bang but a whimper. (00:22)
Aired: 06/03/2009
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Views: 6,072

Episode: #05050
Stephen wants a summary of the show with special emphasis on theme and literary devices on his desk tomorrow morning. (00:26)
Aired: 04/15/2009
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Views: 2,442

Episode: #05035
Republicans turn to a classic novel for inspiration -- 'It was the worst of times, it was the worster of times.' (00:34)
Aired: 03/11/2009
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Views: 2,968

Episode: #05035
Stephen wants to live on an island with the CEOs, hedge fund managers, House Republicans and TV pundits. (06:06)
Aired: 03/11/2009
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Views: 76,103

Episode: #05030
For those of you just tuning in, the murderer was Derek. (00:14)
Aired: 03/03/2009
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Views: 9,224

Episode: #04148
Stephen locks up the coveted demos of invisible women and elastic dads in the Marvel Universe. (06:00)
Aired: 11/13/2008
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Views: 60,465

Episode: #04125
Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt discusses the Shakespearean parallels of Obama, McCain and Palin. (06:26)
Aired: 10/02/2008
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Views: 74,199

 
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