Rush Limbaugh shares his kung pao jibber-jabber and compares NFL games to gang violence. (03:23)

Tags:  5 x Five,  exclusives,  mashups,  Rush Limbaugh,  Hu Jintao,  China,  Chinese,  Talib Kweli,  music,  African American,  Arizona,  laws,  government,  history,  Black History Month,  George Washington,  food,  Lewis Black,  Abraham Lincoln,  slavery,  vampires,  The Daily Show,  weight/obesity,  sports,  NFL,  gangs,  weapons,  Al Sharpton,  Barack Obama,  Ohio,  John Kasich,  stereotypes,  Hispanic,  Power Rangers,  pop culture

Episode #08100

One of the hottest pop culture paintings portrays Barack Obama burning the Constitution, and Stephen explicates its complicated, multi-level message. (05:16)

Tags:  art,  portrait,  socialism,  Constitution,  fires,  Barack Obama,  Utah,  Sean Hannity,  culture,  patriotism,  history,  Bo Dietl,  Fox News,  collectibles,  mongering,  conservative,  liberal,  religion,  Jesus,  Shepard Fairey,  Steve Martin,  impressions,  founding fathers,  Jimmy,  America

Episode #08100

Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour discusses The Met's Costume Institute exhibit "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations." (06:22)

Tags:  Anna Wintour,  interviews,  museums,  culture,  art,  fashion,  history,  lookin' good,  Vogue,  gay/homosexual,  same-sex marriage,  Tad,  lookin' good,  feminism,  civil rights,  sexual advances,  movies

Episode #08099

Civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander discusses her book "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness." (05:17)

Tags:  Michelle Alexander,  interviews,  books,  civil rights,  ethnic,  profiling,  prison,  discrimination,  war on drugs,  Ronald Reagan,  statistics,  David Simon,  poverty,  don't see color,  African American,  legalization,  marijuana,  violence,  laws,  Islamic,  police business,  crime,  stereotypes,  history

Episode #08098

Controversy strikes the Obama administration, a threat jeopardizes American jobs, and Bravo's Andy Cohen answers "Real Housewives" questions. (00:39)

Tags:  intro,  controversies,  Obama administration,  sex,  Timothy Geithner,  work/office,  money,  Andy Cohen,  Bravo,  reality shows,  dinosaurs,  farts,  global warming,  environment,  Address the Mess,  interns,  science,  history

Episode #08096

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses his book "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion." (05:58)

Tags:  Jonathan Haidt,  interviews,  books,  government,  religion,  morality,  liberal,  conservative,  debates,  mental health,  lawyers,  America,  Civil War,  The Matrix,  Republicans,  right-wing,  left-wing,  truthiness,  history,  left-wing,  right-wing

Episode #08090

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

Tags:  Don McLeroy,  interviews,  education,  creationism,  evolution,  documentaries,  Jimmy,  science,  religion,  Bible,  Satan,  Thomas Jefferson,  voting,  high five,  controversies,  Texas,  school,  God,  dinosaurs,  history,  Tea Party,  founding fathers,  conservative,  miracles,  truthiness,  Charles Darwin,  atheist,  censorship,  dreams

Episode #08087

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

Tags:  Jonah Lehrer,  interviews,  books,  inventions,  technology,  philosophy,  culture,  kids,  statistics,  history,  Steve Jobs,  William Shakespeare,  Google,  alcohol,  mental health,  growing up,  dreams,  crime,  literary references,  art,  teens

Episode #08083

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

Tags:  Richard Hersh,  interviews,  college,  books,  education,  liberal,  conservative,  work/office,  MIT,  history,  culture,  business,  religion,  literary references

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)

Tags:  Robert Ballard,  interviews,  Titanic,  anniversaries,  boats,  history,  military,  sex,  travel,  literary references,  collectibles,  oceans,  museums,  treasures

Episode #08079

Rick Santorum criticizes California universities after reading something from the state of California. (03:58)

Tags:  Rick Santorum,  lying,  California,  college,  print media,  primaries,  dogs,  Washington DC,  history,  San Francisco,  elitism,  patriotism,  doctors,  health,  Benjamin Franklin,  STDs,  gay/homosexual,  education,  America

Episode #08074

Dr. David Page, director of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, defends the Y chromosome in the face of enumerable challenges and insults to its character. (07:38)

Tags:  David Page,  demonstrations,  interviews,  genetics,  science,  future,  evolution,  religion,  men/women,  sex,  history,  Jimmy,  monkeys!,  bestiality

Episode #08074

In this unedited, extended interview, biomedical researcher Dr. David Page discusses the evolution of the Y chromosome. (10:52)

Tags:  exclusives,  David Page,  extended interviews,  demonstrations,  interviews,  genetics,  science,  future,  evolution,  religion,  men/women,  sex,  history,  Jimmy,  monkeys!,  bestiality,  animals,  gay/homosexual,  audience interaction,  toys & games,  Adam and Eve

Episode #08070

Dave "Mudcat" Saunders explains the Southern culture of "fight, sing, drink, pray" and the Southern values of "God, guns and gays." (05:09)

Tags:  Dave Saunders,  appearances,  primaries,  blue collar,  the South,  Republicans,  South Carolina,  guns,  culture,  Mitt Romney,  under the desk,  food,  mental health,  Jimmy,  Richard Nixon,  Florida,  history,  80s,  Indecision 2012,  candidates,  campaigns,  friends,  simulations,  gay/homosexual

Episode #08069

Don Fleming, Elvis Costello and Emmylou Harris discuss the the folk music legacy of Alan Lomax. (06:44)

Tags:  Don Fleming,  Elvis Costello,  Emmylou Harris,  interviews,  Bob Dylan,  performances,  songs,  music,  friend of the show,  culture,  history,  poverty,  Internet,  demonstrations

Episode #08067

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

Tags:  Jonathan Safran Foer,  interviews,  books,  Jewish,  religion,  holidays,  Passover,  history,  Bible,  balls,  birth control,  culture,  literary references,  Koran

Episode #08066

Audra McDonald gives some historical background on "Porgy and Bess" and explains why it's not a musical about Stephen. (04:45)

Tags:  Audra McDonald,  interviews,  Broadway,  theater,  music,  South Carolina,  opera,  ethnic,  African American,  racism,  stereotypes,  Rush Limbaugh,  musicals,  history

Episode #08065

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

Tags:  Mysteries of the Ancient Unknown,  Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando,  Middle East,  parents,  Iraq,  print media,  history,  religion,  translations,  Bible,  weight/obesity,  literary references,  Yo' Mama,  Gallagher

Episode #08061

Spanish tenor Placido Domingo talks about his world-famous production of "Tosca" and explains why women find tenors so captivating. (03:50)

Tags:  Placido Domingo,  interviews,  celebrities,  opera,  music,  theater,  songs,  death,  Europe,  history,  lookin' good

Episode #08060

In 1906, an earthquake struck California's 8th district, leveling San Francisco and marking the last time anyone could afford to live there without six roommates. (02:28)

Tags:  Better Know a District,  San Francisco,  California,  Nancy Pelosi,  Native American,  religion,  history,  earthquakes,  Wheel of Fortune,  books,  appearances,  costumes,  under the desk,  Lent,  holidays,  housing,  hippies,  food,  cracks up,  WristStrong,  on location,  BKAD