Episode #08083

Stephen celebrates Chuck Grassley's minimalist Twitter feed and artistic aversion to typing. (03:01)

Tags:  Twitter,  Chuck Grassley,  conservative,  poetry,  challenges,  literary references,  iPhone,  cats & cats,  under the desk,  Colbert Nation,  translations,  cooking,  food

Episode #08041

Conservative pundits criticize the Obama White House for throwing an extravagant Halloween party for the children of U.S. troops. (05:06)

Tags:  White House,  partying,  Barack Obama,  troops,  scandals,  Halloween,  holidays,  Steve Doocy,  Rush Limbaugh,  Conan O'Brien,  Johnny Depp,  literary references,  performances,  poetry,  trademark,  media,  conservative,  photos,  Star Wars,  George Lucas,  under the desk,  Christmas,  pagan

Anthony Weiner tweets penis pics, StePhest Colbchella '011 rocks The Report, and Colbert PAC becomes a super PAC. (05:33)

Tags:  exclusives,  mashups,  Anthony Weiner,  Twitter,  scandals,  Republicans,  dancing,  health,  gay/homosexual,  Sesame Street,  Barack Obama,  Keith Olbermann,  alcohol,  Jack White,  addiction,  heroin,  Michele Bachmann,  John Wayne,  John Wayne Gacy,  Iowa,  Colbert Super PAC,  StePhest Colbchella '011,  Talib Kweli,  taxes,  Sarah Palin,  America,  rock 'n' roll,  poetry,  sexual advances,  South Korea,  drugs,  Grover Norquist

Episode #07122

Rick Perry throws up all over himself at the third Republican debate, and Arizona steals South Carolina's presidential primary date. (06:43)

Tags:  Rick Perry,  debates,  speeches,  poetry,  George H.W. Bush,  Brit Hume,  puking,  poop & pee,  gross-out,  Rick Santorum,  George W. Bush,  Bushisms,  Jimmy,  monkeys!,  Mitt Romney,  candidates,  Republicans,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  campaigns,  mental health,  cracks up,  South Carolina,  primaries,  Arizona,  Florida,  senior citizens,  Jan Brewer,  money,  asses,  polls,  business,  flags,  voting,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07097

Grassroots-organic-slow-food-locavore types who buy electric cars love manufactured traditions. (04:24)

Tags:  hybrids,  cars/trucks,  advertising,  poetry,  performances,  business,  Facebook,  photos,  balls,  hippies,  environment,  alternative energy,  Address the Mess,  the heroes,  competitions

Episode #07074

When it comes to health care, America should listen to the man who made his fortune selling bacon cheeseburger pizza. (03:34)

Tags:  Herman Cain,  Republicans,  Iowa,  candidates,  health,  insurance,  fast food,  Constitution,  founding fathers,  slavery,  poetry,  campaigns,  elections,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  Jimmy,  toys & games,  cats & cats

Episode #07052

Caroline Kennedy and Stephen read poetry by W.H. Auden and Edna St. Vincent Millay. (06:47)

Tags:  Caroline Kennedy,  interviews,  books,  poetry,  men/women,  George W. Bush,  great or greatest,  America,  literary references,  feminism,  performances

Episode #06115

Sean Wilentz explains to the young people, like Stephen, why they should care about Bob Dylan. (07:11)

Tags:  Sean Wilentz,  interviews,  books,  Bob Dylan,  history,  growing up,  music,  60s,  New York City,  poetry

Episode #06012

A senior citizen tries to board a plane with a sword hidden inside his cane, and an eight-year-old boy is on the TSA watch list. (04:22)

Tags:  ThreatDown,  security,  flying,  terrorism,  senior citizens,  poop & pee,  kids,  dating,  weapons,  bombs,  camping,  poetry,  men/women

Episode #05133

Pat Roberts is concerned that health care reform is full of spending quicksand, cactus tax hikes and policy briar patches. (02:23)

Tags:  health,  laws,  Olympia Snowe,  Pat Robertson,  Jimmy,  costumes,  cowboys,  poetry,  insurance

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)

Tags:  Paul Muldoon,  backstage,  exclusives,  poetry,  books,  literary references,  driving,  outtakes,  work/office

Episode #05091

The sun is a dangerous, unchecked nuclear power that causes global warming, and it must be put out. (05:43)

Tags:  The Word,  global warming,  environment,  Jimmy,  Congress,  taxes,  John Boehner,  iPhone,  Sean Hannity,  fires,  science,  Republicans,  poetry,  C-SPAN,  business,  media,  energy

Episode #05083

Someone finally agrees to accept Gitmo detainees, and Stephen nails poet Paul Muldoon. (00:30)

Tags:  intro,  Guantanamo Bay,  Congress,  smoking,  Pulitzer Prize,  poetry,  nailed,  Joe Biden,  Paul Muldoon

Episode #05083

Paul Muldoon and Stephen recite "Tea" together to help it become the number one poem in America. (04:55)

Tags:  Paul Muldoon,  interviews,  books,  poetry,  Pulitzer Prize,  Barack Obama,  Robert Pinsky,  literary references,  performances,  college,  work/office

Episode #05074

This is the way the show endsNot with a bang but a whimper. (00:22)

Tags:  T.S. Eliot,  sign off,  poetry,  literary references

Episode #05011

It's Obama's first day and the economy's still in the toilet -- some change. (00:32)

Tags:  intro,  Barack Obama,  economy,  poetry,  Elizabeth Alexander

Episode #05011

Elizabeth Alexander explains to Stephen the difference between a metaphor and a lie. (06:20)

Tags:  Elizabeth Alexander,  interviews,  Barack Obama,  poetry,  inaugurations,  Indecision 2008,  Indecision

Episode #04144

American voters must not watch TV, or they would know that every time a black man is president something terrible happens. (04:44)

Tags:  ThreatDown,  Barack Obama,  New York Times,  poetry,  health

Episode #04020

Presenting: Stephen's Black Chinese History New Year Month Minute. (5:59)

Tags:  ethnic,  culture,  diversity,  Black History Month,  Chinese New Year,  Americone Dream,  Star Trek,  poetry

Episode #03099

Stephen is all in favor of a new system of charging higher tuition for certain college majors and has some additional ideas of his own. (3:57)

Tags:  The Word,  WristStrong,  violence,  money,  college,  Internet,  poetry,  dogs,  Jeopardy