Season 14
All Episodes
Episode 1
David Gregory
January 5, 2009
Jon wants David Gregory to explain why Brett Favre walking off his charter plane is breaking news on MSBNC.
Episode 3
Rachel Maddow
January 7, 2009
Wyatt Cenac, Samantha Bee and John Oliver go undercover for more information on the Obama girls. Aasif Mandvi says Sanjay Gupta's appointment will be a tremendous over achievement in a community of overachievers. Rachel Maddow is insulted as an American that the Obamas can't stay in the presidential guesthouse.
Episode 4
Dana Perino
January 8, 2009
Barack Obama dines with all the living ex-presidents, and Joe the Plumber goes to Gaza. Roland Burris is turned away while trying to take his Senate seat. Dana Perino talks about her 12 days left in the White House.
Episode 5
Maxwell Kennedy
January 12, 2009
Barack Obama doesn't sound like a newly elected president. John Oliver explains Rod Blagojevich's Tennyson reference. Jason Jones learns how to be a great pundit, and Maxwell Kennedy discusses kamikaze pilots.
Episode 7
Fareed Zakaria
January 14, 2009
Marcus Schrenker is caught faking his own death. Hillary Clinton gets sleepy at her confirmation hearing. Lewis Black lists the mega corporations asking for bailouts, and Fareed Zakaria talks about terrorism in India.
Episode 10
Bishop Gene Robinson
January 20, 2009
A veritable who's who of statesmen arrives for Barack Obama's historic inauguration. Jason Jones brushes off any comparisons between the Obama and Bush speeches. Wyatt Cenac reports from Obama's crazy-cool inaugural ball. Samantha Bee declares an end to frat boy humor, and Gene Robinson prays for Rick Warren.
Episode 11
David Sanger
January 21, 2009
Barack Obama watches the inaugural parade and then hits the parties. John Oliver feels the unity in DC, the news networks cover the inauguration differently, and David Sanger warns of the danger Pakistan poses.
Episode 12
Liam Neeson
January 22, 2009
Hillary Clinton frees the State Department, and Barack Obama moves to close Guantanamo Bay. Gitmo is excited to leave, but he still wants to kill you. Rush Limbaugh hopes Barack Obama fails, and Liam Neeson visits the horse stable next door.
Episode 13
President Jimmy Carter
January 26, 2009
Rod Blagojevich boycotts his own impeachment trial, Barack Obama closes down Guantanamo, and Jon gives Jimmy Carter a gift.
Episode 17
Lawrence Lindsey
February 2, 2009
The Republicans pick Michael Steele as their RNC chairman, and now Wyatt Cenac is confused. The Super Bowl ads show where we are as a culture, and Lawrence Lindsey agrees with Jon's stimulus plan.
Episode 18
Dev Patel
February 3, 2009
The star of Slumdog Millionaire drops by to promote the Oscar-nominated movie.
Episode 20
Randall Balmer
February 5, 2009
Author of God in the White House: A History: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W.
Episode 22
Thomas Ricks
February 10, 2009
Barack Obama gives thoughtful answers at a press conference. Samantha Bee meets a few robot soldiers, and Thomas Ricks says we'll be in Iraq for a long time.
Episode 23
Daniel Sperling
February 11, 2009
The author of "Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability" draws up a road map to smarter energy policy.
Episode 28
Brian Williams
February 26, 2009
Fox News reports on a Joe Biden gaffe, and Congressman Rob Bishop opposes the "monkey bite bill." Hillary Clinton discusses poetry in Asia, and Brian Williams doesn't Twitter.
Episode 29
Harold Varmus
March 2, 2009
The Nobel Prize-winning scientist navigates the real world or research in "The Art and Politics of Science.
Episode 33
Nathaniel Frank
March 9, 2009
Author of the new book 'Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America'.
Episode 34
Craig Mullaney
March 10, 2009
West Point graduate, Rhodes Scholar, Army Ranger and author of the new book 'The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education'.
Episode 36
Jim Cramer
March 12, 2009
Jon and Jim Cramer prepare for their highly anticipated skirmish. Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to 11 counts of fraud. Jim Cramer admits to his mistakes, and vows to do a better job reporting the financial market.
Episode 37
Gen. Richard B. Myers
March 16, 2009
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers talks about his new book 'Eyes on the Horizon: Serving on the Front Lines of National Security'.
Episode 39
Nandan Nilekani
March 18, 2009
Jon Stewart interviews Nandan Nilekani, Author of 'Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation'.
Episode 40
Bruce Springsteen
March 19, 2009
Bruce Springsteen comes by the show to promote his new album 'Working on a Dream'.
Episode 41
Jack Cafferty
March 30, 2009
Wolf Blitzer's resident political observer takes a break from 'The Cafferty File' to discuss the latest tomfoolery in Washington D.C.
Episode 42
Seth Rogen
March 31, 2009
Actor Seth Rogen talks about his latest movie 'Observe and Report'.
Episode 43
Peter Orszag
April 1, 2009
Economist and current Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Barack Obama, Peter Orszag is tonight's guest.
Episode 44
Tom Zoellner
April 2, 2009
Author Tom Zoellner talks about his book 'Uranium - War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World'.
Episode 45
Michael J. Fox
April 6, 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Actor Michael J. Fox talks about his new book Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist.
Episode 46
Jehan Sadat
April 7, 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Jehan Sadat, the widow of the assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat talks about her book My Hope for Peace.
Episode 48
William Cohan
April 9, 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Author William Cohan talks about his new book House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street.
Episode 49
Ron Darling
April 14, 2009
Ronald Maurice Darling, Jr. is an American former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics and Montreal Expos. Darling currently works as a color commentator for national baseball coverage on TBS as well as for the Mets on both SNY and WPIX. During his 13-year career, Darling amassed a 136–116 won-loss record, with 13 shutouts. He threw 1,590 strikeouts and had a 3.87 ERA. In 1985, he was picked for the All-Star team. Darling's weak point was control; he finished seasons in the top four in base on balls three times. He was considered one of the better fielding pitchers of the time, and won a Gold Glove Award in 1989. Darling had one of the best pickoff moves among right-handers. An above-average athlete, he was sometimes used as a pinch runner. In 1989, he hit home runs in two consecutive starts.
Episode 51
Ben Affleck
April 16, 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Actor Ben Affleck talks about his new movie "State of Play".
Episode 52
Reza Aslan
April 20, 2009
President Obama releases the memos on America's handbook for torture. Lewis Black examines the TV networks that are reaching out to kids for Earth Day. Reza Aslan believes Al Qaeda is fighting a war of the imagination.
Episode 53
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
April 21, 2009
Liberia's "Iron Lady," the first elected female head of state in Africa, discusses her new memoir, "This Child Will Be Great," with Jon.
Episode 54
Philip Alcabes
April 22, 2009
Philip Alcabes is an infectious-disease epidemiologist who talks about his new book 'Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu'.
Episode 55
Richard Beeman
April 23, 2009
Author of "Plain Honest Men", Richard Beeman talks to Jon on the show tonight.
Episode 56
Christine Lagarde
April 27, 2009
France's Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde talks with Jon about the state of the global economy.
Episode 57
Clifford D. May
April 28, 2009
The President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Clifford D. May, guest stars on tonight's show.
Episode 58
Doris Kearns Goodwin
April 29, 2009
Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin joins Jon on the show tonight.
Episode 59
Hugh Jackman
April 30, 2009
Actor Hugh Jackman comes by on the show to talk about his new movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Episode 60
Denis Leary
May 4, 2009
Actor and star of Rescue Me, Denis Leary is on the show tonight.
Episode 61
Fareed Zakaria
May 5, 2009
Journalist and author Fareed Zakaria talks about his new book The Post-American World.
Episode 62
George Stephanopoulos
May 6, 2009
The guest on tonight's show is Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News, George Stephanopoulos.
Episode 63
Ken Salazar
May 7, 2009
The current U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar talks to Jon tonight.
Episode 64
Frank Partnoy
May 11, 2009
Financial commentator and author of "The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals", Frank Partnoy is on the show tonight.
Episode 65
Tom Hanks
May 12, 2009
Actor and star of the new movie Angels and Demons, Tom Hanks talks to Jon tonight.
Episode 66
Ambassador Husain Haqqani
May 13, 2009
Pakistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani talks to Jon Stewart on the show tonight.
Episode 67
Lisa P. Jackson
May 14, 2009
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is talking on the show tonight.
Episode 70
Elizabeth Edwards
May 20, 2009
Michael Steele says gay marriage is bad for small business, and President Obama sets a national fuel efficiency standard. John Oliver defends England's moat scandal, and Elizabeth Edwards fights for health care.
Episode 71
Larry King
May 21, 2009
One of the most popular names in the television news game compares notes with Jon.
Episode 89
Mike Kim
June 30, 2009
The U.S. leaves Iraq like a houseguest who broke something, and Dick Cheney complains about his own troop withdrawal timeline. Jon hands out Rippy Awards for the media's outstanding coverage of Michael Jackson's death. Mike Kim discusses his mission to help North Koreans escape to China.
Episode 92
Rep. Barney Frank
July 13, 2009
The Massachusetts congressman discusses the new congress' legislative priorities with Jon.
Episode 98
Kevin Nealon
July 22, 2009
The controversy over Barack Obama's birth certificate lives on six months into his presidency. "Good Morning America" solves the mystery of Michael Jackson's lost corpse, and Kevin Nealon would never engage in autoerotic asphyxiation.
Episode 99
Sally Jenkins
July 23, 2009
The author and historian sits down with Jon to discuss a largely unknown anti-Confederacy rebellion in Civil War Mississippi.
Episode 117
Matt Damon
September 15, 2009
The award-winning actor returns to The Daily Show to discuss his new movie, "The Informant.
Episode 138
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
October 29, 2009
Comedian Wanda Sykes talks about her new show "The Wanda Sykes Show".