Seasons & episodes
S4 · E1Andrew Sullivan, Richard Freeman 2008-01-07
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S4 · E2Chris Beam, Gary Rosen 2008-01-08
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S4 · E3Gov. Mike Huckabee, Matt Taibbi 2008-01-09
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S4 · E4Norman Ornstein, Muhammad Yunus 2008-01-10
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S4 · E5Neil Shubin 2008-01-14
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S4 · E6Peter Hopkins, Jared Cohen 2008-01-15
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S4 · E7Deborah Tannen 2008-01-16
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S4 · E8Lou Dobbs, David Levy 2008-01-17
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S4 · E9Allan Sloan, Eric Weiner 2008-01-21
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S4 · E10Malcolm Gladwell, Andrew Young 2008-01-22
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S4 · E11Stephen Colbert's Sport Report 2008-01-23
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S4 · E12Debra Dickerson, Charles Nesson 2008-01-24
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S4 · E13Marjane Satrapi, Rick Warren 2008-01-28
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S4 · E14Joe Quesada, Alex Ross 2008-01-29
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S4 · E15Carl Hiaasen, Frans de Waal 2008-01-30
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S4 · E16Tim Harford, Andrew Napolitano 2008-01-31
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S4 · E17Tony Campolo, Jacob Weisberg 2008-02-04
Tonight Stephen welcomes Slate editor in chief Jacob Weisberg, author of The Bush Tragedy. Also, Stephen talks with Tony Campolo, author of Red Letter Christians, about the Chrisitian right's influence on politics.
S4 · E18Angelo Falcon, Bob Dole 2008-02-05
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S4 · E19Richard Brookhiser, Tad Devine 2008-02-06
Tonight Stephen welcomes Democratic strategist Tad Devine. Also Stephen talks with the senior editor of The National Review Richard Brookhiser about whether the Republicans will vote for John McCain.
S4 · E20Mark Moffett 2008-02-07
Tonight Stephen welcomes naturalist Mark Moffett, author of Face to Face with Frogs. Also, Presidental candiate and former Arkansas Governaor Mike Huckabee stops by to discuss, and play air hockey with Stephen, about which state he hopes to win next.
S4 · E21Aubrey de Grey, Philip Zimbardo 2008-02-11
Stephen begins with congratulating Barack Obama winning a Grammy award for "Best Spoken Word Album" for The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. He then talks about Mitt Romney dropping out of the race for President. He then interviews Aubrey de Gray about defeating aging and trying to make John McCain young. Stephen then talks about his portait to Marc Pachter (over the telephone). Pachter tells him that the portait has increased the number of visitors to the museum and that it will now be displayed in the National Portrait Museum until April 1. He then interviews Philip Zimbardo about "The Lucifer Effect" and how people become evil.
S4 · E22Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Lisa Randall 2008-02-12
Stephen begins with a discussion on Mike Huckabee's running mate. Stephen claims that via obligation, he should be the running mate. He also displays his dislike of John McCain, due to other right-wing political pundits, such as Rush Limbaugh, disliking McCain. He then talks to superdelegate Eliot Spitzer about superdelegates. He then talks to Eleanor Holmes Norton, another superdelegate, about her support of Barack Obama. Finally, Stephen interviews Lisa Randall about other dimensions.
S4 · E23David Gracer, Richard Thompson Ford 2008-02-13
Stephen begins by talking about how he survived the writers strike. He brings his writers (including, strangely enough, Tiki Barber, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Kevin Bacon) onto the set and welcomes them back personally. He then interviews David Gracer about eating insects. Stephen then introduces a new segment, "Stephen Colbert's Fallback Position," where he investigates different jobs he may take if he loses his job as a pundit. He investigates becoming a astrophysicist with Neil deGrasse Tyson. Finally, he interviews Richard Thompson Ford about the Democrats, and how he thinks the "race card" is being played too often.
S4 · E24John Feinstein, Leonard Nimoy 2008-02-14
Stephen begins with "Who's Riding my Coattails now?", putting German comedian Oliver Pocher on notice for stealing his pose that he used on the front cover of GQ magazine. He then talks about the Roger Clemens hearing, defending Brian McNamee collecting used medical waste by claiming that he does it also. He then interviews John Feinstein about the use of steroids in sport. In "People Destroying America", Stephen talks about Susan Pagan, who refused to give his daughter a free Happy Meal for getting good grades. He then interviews Leonard Nimoy about a book featuring nude photos of overweight women.