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 #08095

Carne Ross discusses his book "The Leaderless Revolution: How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the 21st Century." (06:08)

Tags:  Carne Ross,  interviews,  books,  government,  Occupy Wall Street,  democracy,  America,  capitalism,  corruption,  business,  Colbert Super PAC,  protests,  money,  Wall Street,  poverty,  Congress,  U.K.,  Bush administration

Episode #08092

Harvard University's Michael Sandel illustrates the ethical and moral concerns regarding the growing role of money and market values in society. (07:02)

Tags:  Michael Sandel,  interviews,  money,  capitalism,  wealth,  ethics,  elitism,  morality,  democracy,  corruption,  America,  books,  education,  prison,  immigration,  housing,  citizenship,  voting,  Colbert Super PAC,  business,  Saudi Arabia,  elections,  Indecision 2012,  California,  debates,  international affairs

Episode #08089

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West talk about their book on American poverty, "The Rich and the Rest of Us." (06:16)

Tags:  Tavis Smiley,  Cornel West,  interviews,  poverty,  America,  blue collar,  books,  economy,  wealth,  government,  democracy,  lobbyists,  capitalism,  Mitt Romney,  Paul Ryan,  Native American,  voting,  unemployment,  poop & pee

Episode #08082

Auto executive Bob Lutz discusses the soul of the American car industry, Mitt Romney and the award-winning Chevy Volt. (06:22)

Tags:  Bob Lutz,  interviews,  books,  demonstrations,  cars/trucks,  business,  bailouts,  competitions,  Obama administration,  Mitt Romney,  hybrids,  elections,  General Motors,  exercise,  government,  capitalism,  America,  awards,  Rush Limbaugh,  aging,  conservative,  alternative energy,  Europe

Episode #08041

Bill Moyers believes that capitalism is out of control and there can be no people's democracy as long as corporations are considered people. (06:02)

Tags:  Bill Moyers,  interviews,  media,  business,  wealth,  nailed,  capitalism,  freedom of speech,  Supreme Court,  democracy,  corruption,  laws,  Mitt Romney,  Lyndon Johnson,  Joseph Campbell,  the South,  animals,  racism

Episode #08028

Sir Richard Branson believes that business leaders have a responsibility to try to solve some of the world's biggest problems. (06:33)

Tags:  Richard Branson,  interviews,  books,  business,  capitalism,  wealth,  accountability,  Occupy Wall Street,  Air Colbert,  protests,  cults,  government,  global warming,  oil,  energy,  alternative energy,  money,  economy,  facial hair,  lookin' good,  flying,  travel,  space,  fights,  fires,  audience interaction

Episode #08011

Planet huggers turn America's Almond Joy into almond shame, and a Christian group in Texas hands out Bibles instead of candy. (03:31)

Tags:  Halloween,  holidays,  costumes,  kids,  Jesus,  Christian,  religion,  Texas,  Bible,  young Stephen,  photos,  health,  huggers,  Colbertisms,  Scientology,  zombies,  death,  environment,  shopping,  capitalism,  poop & pee,  growing up,  Address the Mess,  pranks

Episode #06124

Steven Rattner talks about what would have happened if the Obama administration hadn't bailed out the auto industry. (06:21)

Tags:  interviews,  books,  bailouts,  cars/trucks,  business,  Obama administration,  economy,  unions,  debt,  government,  Steven Rattner,  capitalism

Stephen worries that Senator Sanders' call for a redistribution of wealth will overcrowd his yacht club. (06:27)

Tags:  interviews,  socialism,  health,  insurance,  money,  wealth,  poverty,  education,  balls,  Bobby,  food,  capitalism,  taxes,  energy,  business,  Eric Drysdale,  cannibalism,  Bernie Sanders

Episode #04052

Stephen worries that Senator Sanders' call for a redistribution of wealth will overcrowd his yacht club. (6:27)

Tags:  Bernie Sanders,  interviews,  socialism,  health,  insurance,  money,  wealth,  poverty,  education,  balls,  Bobby,  food,  capitalism,  taxes,  energy,  business,  Eric Drysdale,  cannibalism

Episode #04030

Stephen uses delicious metaphors to try and find out which candidate Robert Reich supports. (5:07)

Tags:  Hillary Clinton,  Barack Obama,  Indecision 2006,  capitalism,  Robert Reich,  economy,  primaries

Episode #04001

Stephen tells Richard Freeman that capitalists are the chickens and workers are the eggs that we have the right to scramble. (4:09)

Tags:  interviews,  Richard Freeman,  books,  on strike,  unions,  labor,  work/office,  blue collar,  business,  capitalism,  pirates,  insurance