Episode #08102

Egyptian voters narrow down their presidential candidates, but angry protests reveal that nobody likes either contender. (04:09)

Tags:  international affairs,  Egypt,  elections,  candidates,  voting,  democracy,  photos,  Morrissey,  extremism,  Punxsutawney Phil,  Islamic,  men/women,  Hosni Mubarak,  Jan Brewer,  protests,  Mitt Romney,  cats & cats,  Indecision 2012

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 #08095

Election advertising gets ugly, God sanctions cuts to the poor, and Carne Ross believes democracy is defective. (00:35)

Tags:  intro,  ethnic,  campaigns,  advertising,  America,  poverty,  government,  God,  religion,  Carne Ross,  democracy,  American Idol,  TSA,  breasts,  plastic surgery,  terrorism,  explosions,  bombs,  lookin' good,  profiling

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 #08077

Peter Beinart discusses his book "The Crisis of Zionism" and what he sees as a divide between the democratic Israel and the Israel of the West Bank. (05:38)

Tags:  Peter Beinart,  interviews,  Peter Beinart,  interviews,  media,  Palestine,  Israel,  peace,  Iran,  religion,  give it to me,  Jewish,  World War II,  democracy,  friends,  Middle East,  Nobel Prize,  Christian,  international affairs,  wars

Episode #08065

Dawn Quarles, a Florida high school teacher, faces voter fraud fines for registering her students to vote. (07:13)

Tags:  People Who Are Destroying America,  Florida,  on location,  voting,  kids,  teens,  school,  education,  laws,  elections,  discrimination,  democracy,  mongering,  corruption,  parenting,  Rick Scott,  crime,  statistics,  sexism,  men/women

Episode #08060

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi believes that super PACs threaten American democracy and that Citizens United should be overturned. (08:13)

Tags:  Nancy Pelosi,  interviews,  Colbert Super PAC,  money,  fundraising,  wealth,  democracy,  Supreme Court,  freedom of speech,  business,  elections,  Better Know a District,  Colbert Bump,  advertising,  Congress,  government,  California,  Catholic,  Lent,  holidays,  Jesus,  Rick Santorum,  men/women,  health,  birth control,  family,  kids

Episode #08059

Author Robert Kagan talks about advising Mitt Romney on foreign policy and explores America's use of military force in international affairs. (05:24)

Tags:  Robert Kagan,  interviews,  books,  conservative,  Mitt Romney,  America,  business,  economy,  history,  high five,  democracy,  international affairs,  wars,  Iraq War,  Iran,  Israel,  nuclear,  weapons,  Middle East,  WMDs,  military,  Muammar al-Gaddafi,  Barack Obama

Episode #08044

South Carolina's locked ballot means that Stephen can't get on and Herman Cain can't get off, but Colbert supporters can still send a message. (04:28)

Tags:  The Word,  South Carolina,  Colbert 2012,  primaries,  Herman Cain,  Colbert Nation,  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,  democracy,  challenges,  Rick Perry,  food,  Civil War,  voting,  Republicans,  candidates,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012

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 #08037

Senator Bernie Sanders calls on Americans to support his proposed Saving American Democracy Amendment and help overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. (06:08)

Tags:  Bernie Sanders,  interviews,  books,  business,  Supreme Court,  protests,  campaigns,  laws,  Constitution,  civil rights,  democracy,  elections,  money,  government,  filibusters,  taxes,  Congress,  wealth,  outsourcing

Episode #07108

In politics, messaging is everything, so Stephen turns to the Persuadulux 6000 to generate a Colbert Nation word cloud from Super PAC donor write-ins. (03:52)

Tags:  Colbert Super PAC,  touch screen,  Colbert Nation,  technology,  advertising,  Rick Perry,  money,  fundraising,  photos,  Frank Luntz,  democracy,  marijuana,  drugs,  Fox News,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  elections,  Republicans,  Supreme Court,  Andy Serkis,  the heroes,  freedom of speech,  audience interaction

Episode #07105

AmericansElect.org CEO Elliot Ackerman believes that individuals should have the power and tools to draft and directly nominate their own presidential candidate. (06:08)

Tags:  Elliot Ackerman,  interviews,  Internet,  elections,  voting,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  campaigns,  fundraising,  Democrats,  Republicans,  money,  Colbert Super PAC,  the heroes,  South Carolina,  democracy,  New Hampshire,  Iowa,  primaries

Episode #07099

With the proposed Super Congress, only 12 lawmakers will have to make unpopular recommendations, and the rest of Congress can avoid blame. (04:18)

Tags:  The Word,  Congress,  democracy,  debt,  economy,  voting,  senior citizens,  dogs,  Social Security,  Medicare,  the heroes,  elections,  accountability,  laws,  poverty,  Constitution

Episode #07086

After filing his Super PAC papers, Stephen wades into the crowd with a credit card swiper attached to his iPad like Washington crossing the Delaware to ask it for money. (05:11)

Tags:  Colbert Super PAC,  on location,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  money,  fundraising,  Washington DC,  democracy,  freedom of speech,  I Did It!,  Colbert Nation,  mail/e-mail,  patriotism,  speeches,  audience interaction,  Internet

Episode #07070

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. says mountaintop mining is not a good thing for American democracy. (06:26)

Tags:  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,  interviews,  environment,  documentaries,  explosions,  business,  energy,  alternative energy,  unemployment,  poverty,  lobbyists,  democracy,  Address the Mess

Episode #07061

Michigan's emergency financial manager strips elected officials of power so they don't oppose his ideas to save money. (06:03)

Tags:  The Word,  Michigan,  America,  money,  economy,  debt,  African American,  poverty,  police business,  firefighters,  democracy,  government,  don't see color,  Soylent Green,  movies

Episode #07057

Francis Fukuyama believes Osama bin Laden's death weakens the argument for American troops staying in Afghanistan. (04:44)

Tags:  Francis Fukuyama,  interviews,  books,  government,  history,  Osama bin Laden,  assassinations,  Al Qaeda,  Middle East,  Libya,  Muammar al-Gaddafi,  George W. Bush,  Afghanistan,  Taliban,  China,  death,  terrorism,  war on terror,  democracy,  dictators,  international affairs