Seasons & episodes

S5 · E97Dr. Aaron Carroll 2009-07-21＋

Stephen will be the mighty oak when he investigates Acorn, and Aaron Carroll believes America should have a single-payer system.

S5 · E98Matthew Waxman, Chris Anderson 2009-07-22＋

The truth behind the CIA's secret assassination squad is revealed, and Chris Anderson talks about a future economy where everything is free.

The British announce plans to cut and run, Tom Vilsack drops out of the presidential race, and Zev Chafets angles for a Christmas present.

S5 · E100Movits! 2009-07-27＋

A report on tasers may shock you, and Swedish band Movits! helps Stephen put his Ikea futon together

S5 · E101Arianna Huffington 2009-07-28＋

Arianna Huffington was born in the United States, but she cultivated an accent to give herself an air of being an ethnic minority.

S5 · E102Kevin Baker 2009-07-29＋

Lance Armstrong comes in third in the Tour de France, and Kevin Baker says Obama is the new Hoover.

S5 · E103Kathryn Bigelow 2009-07-30＋

Kathryn Bigelow's war movie, "The Hurt Locker," is getting great reviews, despite not having explosions and ear-splitting sound effects.

S5 · E104General Anthony Zinni 2009-08-03＋

President Obama finds a way to pay for health care, and General Anthony Zinni will wax Stephen's chest.

S5 · E105Kurt Andersen 2009-08-04＋

According to Kurt Andersen, the economic and health crises give Americans a brief chance to get things where they want them.

S5 · E106Kris Kobach 2009-08-05＋

Kris Kobach wants to fight illegal immigration on the local level and reward the people willing to come to this country legally.

S5 · E107Meryl Streep 2009-08-06＋

Stephen reviews the movies that are destroying America and talks to Meryl Streep about her role as Julia Child.

S5 · E108Sen. Barbara Boxer 2009-08-10＋

Vladimir Putin returns to the spotlight, and Stephen interviews Barbara Boxer with deaf suspicion.

S5 · E109Jonathan Cohn 2009-08-11＋

Afghanistan prepares for Bring Your Rocket Launcher to Work Day, and Jonathan Cohn explains why America's having a health care crisis.

S5 · E110Mark Johnson 2009-08-12＋

Americans speak Glenn Beck's mind at town hall meetings, and Mark Johnson spreads peace through music.

S5 · E111Mark Devlin 2009-08-13＋

Glenn Beck loses his sponsors, and Mark Devlin uses giant balloons to life telescopes to the edge of space.

S5 · E112Bill McKibben 2009-08-17＋

Reporters get so desperate they'll even work for a newspaper, and Bill McKibben lowers carbon dioxide levels by not exhaling when he talks.

S5 · E113Robert Wright 2009-08-18＋

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S5 · E114Ang Lee 2009-08-19＋

Ang Lee captures the hope and optimism of tired, dirty kids in his movie, "Taking Woodstock."

S5 · E115Chris Matthews 2009-08-20＋

The Earth's population nears 7 billion, and Chris Matthews discusses his documentary, "The Kennedy Brothers."

S5 · E116Cory Booker 2009-09-14＋

The health care debate rages on, MTV's VMAs deliver a shock, and Cory Booker admits he is the mayor of Newark.

S5 · E117Christiane Amanpour 2009-09-15＋

Christiane Amanpour is going to make Americans care about the rest of the world with her CNN show "Amanpour."

S5 · E118Tony Danza 2009-09-16＋

Obama indoctrinates America's school children, Tucker Carlson reveals Muslims' influence on textbooks, and The Flaming Lips perform.

S5 · E119Frank Bruni 2009-09-17＋

Stephen resurrects the U.S. military technique of staring at a goats and Frank Bruni talks about mastering his addiction to compulsive eating as a food critic for the New York Times.

S5 · E120Tue, Sep 22, 2009 2009-09-22＋

The Senate votes to allow guns on trains, and Shai Agassi wants us all to drive electric cars.