All Episodes
Episode 4
Ken Miller
January 12, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Professor of Biology at Brown University, Ken Miller!
Episode 5
George Stephanopoulos
January 16, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of "This Week", George Stephanopoulos!
Episode 6
Andrew Sullivan
January 17, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and blogger, Andrew Sullivan!
Episode 7
Frank McCourt
January 18, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Teacher Man: A Memoir", Frank McCourt!
Episode 8
Nina Totenberg
January 19, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes National Public Radio's legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg!
Episode 10
Robin Givhan
January 24, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes "Washington Post" fashion editor, Robin Givhan!
Episode 11
Norah Vincent
January 25, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back" Norah Vincent!
Episode 12
Paul Begala
January 26, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes CNN commentator and the co-author of "Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future", Paul Begala!
Episode 14
Dave Marash
January 31, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Manliness", Harvey Mansfield!
Episode 15
Emily Yoffe
February 1, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner", Emily Yoffe!
Episode 16
Christine Todd Whitman
February 2, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "It's My Party, Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America", Christine Todd Whitman!
Episode 17
Sen. Barbara Boxer
February 6, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes California Senator Barbara Boxer!
Episode 18
James Woolsey
February 7, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former CIA Director James Woolsey!
Episode 19
Alan Dershowitz
February 8, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can be Resolved", Alan Dershowitz!
Episode 20
George Packer
February 9, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq", George Packer!
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Episode 21
Lama Surya Das
February 21, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Natural Radiance: Awakening to Your Great Perfection, Lama Surya Das!
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Episode 22
Michael Eric Dyson
February 22, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina And the Color of Disaster, Michael Eric Dyson!
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Episode 23
David Brooks
February 23, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!
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Episode 24
Tony Campolo
February 27, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel, Tony Campolo!
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Episode 25
Brett O'Donnell
February 28, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the director of debate at King's College, Brett O'Donnell!
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Episode 26
Arianna Huffington
March 1, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and internet blogger, Arianna Huffington!
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Episode 27
Jeffrey Sachs
March 2, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, Jeffrey Sachs!
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Episode 28
Bob Schieffer
March 6, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!
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Episode 29
Norman Ornstein
March 7, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track, Norman Ornstein!
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Episode 30
James Webb
March 8, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America, James Webb!
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Episode 31
Lorraine Bracco
March 9, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actress, Lorraine Bracco!
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Episode 32
Christopher Buckley
March 13, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Thank You for Smoking : A Novel, Christopher Buckley!
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Episode 33
Keith Olbermann
March 14, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann!
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Episode 34
Al Franken
March 15, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of The Al Franken Show, Al Franken!
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Episode 35
Frank Vincent
March 16, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man, Frank Vincent!
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Episode 37
Steve Kroft
March 21, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes 60 Minutes correspondent, Steve Kroft!
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Episode 38
Dan Senor
March 22, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Advisor to the U.S. Presidential Envoy in Iraq, Dan Senor!
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Episode 39
John Kasich
March 23, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good For You.
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Episode 40
Sen. Gary Hart
March 27, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes environmental politician, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Episode 41
Michael Brown
March 28, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.
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Episode 42
Bruce Bartlett
March 29, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy, Bruce Bartlett!
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Episode 43
Robert Greenwald
March 30, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the producer of Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, and most recently, The Big Buy: How Tom Delay Stole Congress, Robert Greenwald!
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Episode 44
Michael Smerconish
April 3, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.
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Episode 45
Rev. Jesse Jackson
April 4, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus.
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Episode 46
Harvey Mansfield
April 5, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.
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Episode 47
Markos Moulitsas
April 6, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of The Great Deluge, Douglas Brinkley.
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Episode 48
Reza Aslan
April 17, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of No god But God, Reza Aslan!
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Episode 49
Anthony Romero
April 18, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.
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Episode 50
Caitlin Flanagan
April 19, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of To Hell With All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife, Caitlin Flanagan!
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Episode 51
Ralph Nader
April 20, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist Christpher Noxon, author of Rejuvenile.
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Episode 52
Hugh Hewitt
April 24, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Painting the Map Red: The Fight to Create a Permanent Republican Majority, Hugh Hewitt!
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Episode 54
Sebastian Junger
April 26, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes editor in chief for U.S. News World Report, Mort Zuckerman.
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Episode 55
Bill Kristol
April 27, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!
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Episode 56
Jon Meacham
May 1, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, Jon Meacham!
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Episode 57
Gov. Mike Huckabee
May 2, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork: A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle and the Governor of Arkansas, Gov. Mike Huckabee!
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Episode 58
Paul Rieckhoff
May 3, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington, Paul Rieckhoff!
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Episode 59
Rick Reilly
May 4, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Shanks For Nothing, Rick Reilly!
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Episode 60
Shere Hite
May 8, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!
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Episode 61
Frank Rich
May 9, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of the New York Times, Frank Rich!
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Episode 62
Bill Bastone
May 10, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of The Smoking Gun.com, Bill Bastone!
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Episode 63
Madeleine Albright
May 11, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright!
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Episode 64
Ned Lamont
May 15, 2006
Tonght, Democratic hopeful for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont.
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Episode 65
Tyson Slocum
May 16, 2006
Tonight former editor for the New Republic and author of The Good Fight: Why Liberals--And Only Liberals--Can Win the War On Terror and Make America Great Again, Peter Beinart.
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Episode 66
Jonathan Alter
May 17, 2006
Tonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in the World.
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Episode 67
Ted Daeschler
May 18, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the Assistant Curator and Chair, Vertebrate Zoology at the Center for Systematic Biology & Evolution, Ted Daeschler!
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Episode 69
Christiane Amanpour
June 6, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes CNN's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.
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Episode 70
Steven Squyres
June 7, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Cornell University scientist and author of Roving Mars Steven Squyres.
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Episode 73
Tim Flannery
June 13, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.
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Episode 75
Michael Pollan
June 15, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Geoffrey Nunberg, professor of linguistics and columnist for the New York Times and author of Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalsim into a Tax Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body Piercing, Hollywood Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show.
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Episode 76
Gustavo Arellano
June 19, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.
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Episode 77
Bart Ehrman
June 20, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus.
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Episode 78
Bay Buchanan
June 21, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.
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Episode 80
Marc Bowden
June 26, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Marc Bowden, author of Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam.
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Episode 81
Chris Matthews
June 27, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.
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Episode 82
Robert Baer
June 28, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes form CIA agents and author of Blow the House Down, Robert Baer.
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Episode 83
Christopher Noxon
June 29, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.
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Episode 84
Amy Sedaris
July 10, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Amy Sedaris, star of Strangers with Candy.
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Episode 87
Ron Suskind
July 13, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life
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Episode 89
Dhani Jones
July 18, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, Lowell Bergman.
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Episode 90
Joe Scarborough
July 19, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Scarborough Country, Joe Scarborough.
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Episode 91
Tom Brokaw
July 20, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw.
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Episode 92
Howell Raines
July 24, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The One That Got Away: A Memoir, Howell Raines
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Episode 93
William Donohue
July 25, 2006
Tonight Stephen Welcomes the president of the Catholic League, William Donohue.
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Episode 94
Neal Katyal
July 26, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back, Amy Goodman.
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Episode 96
Ned Lamont
July 31, 2006
Tonght, Democratic hopeful for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont.
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Episode 97
Peter Beinart
August 1, 2006
Tonight former editor for the New Republic and author of The Good Fight: Why Liberals--And Only Liberals--Can Win the War On Terror and Make America Great Again, Peter Beinart.
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Episode 98
Linda Hirshman
August 2, 2006
Tonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in the World.
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Episode 99
Paul Hackett III
August 3, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.
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Episode 100
Bill Rhoden
August 8, 2006
Tonight, New York Times columnist and author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete, Bill Rhoden.
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Episode 101
Alexandra Robbins
August 9, 2006
Tonight cultural anthropologist Alexandra Robbins, author of The Overachievers: The Secret Life of Driven Kids.
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Episode 103
Ramesh Ponnuru
August 14, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor of the National Review and author of The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts and the Disregard for Human Life.
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Episode 104
David Gergen
August 15, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes political commentator of PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and author of Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton, David Gergen.
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Episode 105
Morgan Spurlock
August 16, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes documentary filmmaker and host of 30 Days, Morgan Spurlock.
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Episode 107
Geoffrey Nunberg
August 21, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Geoffrey Nunberg, professor of linguistics and columnist for the New York Times and author of Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalsim into a Tax Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body Piercing, Hollywood Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show.
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Episode 108
Paul Krugman
August 22, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and colmnist Paul Krugman, author of The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century.
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Episode 109
Gideon Yago
August 23, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes writer and correspondent for MTV News, Gideon Yago
Episode 110
Janna Levin
August 24, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes mathematician Janna Levin, author of A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines.
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Episode 113
Ken Jennings
September 13, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes record setting Jeopardy champion and author of Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competetive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs, Ken Jennings
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Episode 114
Bill Simmons
September 14, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes ESPN's Sports Guy columnist and author of Now I Can Die In Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank, and the 2004 Red Sox, Bill Simmons
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Episode 115
Will Power
September 18, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.
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Episode 116
Frank Rich
September 19, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes New York Times columnist Frank Rich, author of The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina.
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Episode 117
James Carville
September 20, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Democratic political consultant James Carville.
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Episode 119
Arianna Huffington
September 25, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life
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Episode 121
Lowell Bergman
September 27, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, Lowell Bergman.
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Episode 122
Steve Wozniak
September 28, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes co-founder of Apple Computers, Steve Wozniak.
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Episode 123
Michael Lewis
October 2, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Michael Lewis, author of The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.
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Episode 124
Andy Stern
October 3, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes union leader and author of A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track, Andy Stern.
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Episode 125
Senator Byron Dorgan
October 4, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan, author of Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed And Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America.
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Episode 126
Amy Goodman
October 5, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back, Amy Goodman.
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Episode 128
Ariel Levy
October 10, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, Ariel Levy.
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Episode 129
George Lucas
October 11, 2006
Tonight Stephen reveals the winner of the Green Screen Challenge. Plus, another Tek Jansen Adventure.
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Episode 130
Gov. Brian Schweitzer
October 12, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer
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Episode 131
Barry Scheck
October 16, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.
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Episode 132
Richard Dawkins
October 17, 2006
Tonight Stephen celebrates his 1st anniversary episode with Oxford Professor of Biology and author of The God Delusion Richard Dawkins.
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Episode 133
David Kuo
October 18, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes former special assistant to President Bush and author of Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction, David Kuo.
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Episode 134
Dr. Peter Agre
October 19, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Nobel Prize winning chemist Dr. Peter Agre. Plus Stephen talks to Jim Gilchrist, founder of The Minuteman Project.
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Episode 136
Tim Robbins
October 31, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor and politcal activist Tim Robbins.
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Episode 138
Ronald Reagan Jr.
November 2, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes political activist Ronald Reagan Jr.
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Episode 139
Mark Halperin
November 6, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcoms ABC News correspondent and co-author of The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008, Mark Halperin.
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Episode 140
Indecision 2006 Election Coverage
November 7, 2006
Combined with the Daily Show for the night, Stephen talks to Warren Beatty by phone, Rep. Robert Wexler via satellite and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton via satellite.
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Episode 142
Dean Kamen
November 9, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of FIRST and President of DEKA Research and Development Corporation, Dean Kamen.
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Episode 143
Dan Rather
November 13, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes former CBS News anchor Dan Rather.
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Episode 145
Al Franken/Dr. Michael Novacek
November 15, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Al Franken and paleontologist Dr. Michael Novacek.
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Episode 146
Richard Linklater
November 16, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Richard Linklater, director of Fast Food Nation.
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Episode 147
Jim Lehrer
November 27, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes PBS News Hour anchor and author of The Phony Marine: A Novel, Jim Lehrer.
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Episode 149
Nora Ephron
November 29, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes screenwriter and author of I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman, Nora Ephron.
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Episode 150
Mike Lupica
November 30, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes ESPN commentator and author of Miracle on 49th Street, Mike Lupica.
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Episode 151
Will Wright
December 4, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes computer game designer Will Wright.
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Episode 152
Steven D. Levitt
December 5, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and co-author of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, Steven D. Levitt.
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Episode 153
John Sexton
December 6, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of New York University, John Sexton.
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Episode 154
Dr. Francis S. Collins
December 7, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the fromer head of the Human Genome Project and author of The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, Francis Collins.
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Episode 155
Dr. Peter Singer
December 11, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Princeton ethicist, animal rights activist and co-author of The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter, Dr. Peter Singer
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Episode 156
Dan Savage
December 12, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes nationally syndicated columnist and author of The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family, Dan Savage.
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Episode 157
Doris Kearns Goodwin
December 13, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes historian and author of Team of Rivals, The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin.
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Episode 158
Daniel Pinchbeck
December 14, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes a writer for the Village Voice and Rolling Stone and author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism, Daniel Pinchbeck.
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Episode 159
Jack Welch
December 18, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the retired CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch.
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Episode 160
Deepak Chopra
December 19, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the leader in the field of mind body medicine, Deepak Chopra.
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