
Episodes List

Ep.1 Nancy Grace
Air Date: 2006-01-09
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann!

Ep.2 Carl Bernstein
Air Date: 2006-01-10
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of The Al Franken Show, Al Franken!

Ep.3 John Stossel
Air Date: 2006-01-11
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes ABC News' John Stossel!

Ep.4 Ken Miller
Air Date: 2006-01-12
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Professor of Biology at Brown University, Ken Miller!

Ep.5 George Stephanopoulos
Air Date: 2006-01-16
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of "This Week", George Stephanopoulos!

Ep.6 Andrew Sullivan
Air Date: 2006-01-17
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and blogger, Andrew Sullivan!

Ep.7 Frank McCourt
Air Date: 2006-01-18
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Teacher Man: A Memoir", Frank McCourt!

Ep.8 Nina Totenberg
Air Date: 2006-01-19
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes National Public Radio's legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg!

Ep.9 David Gregory
Air Date: 2006-01-23
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former FEMA director, Michael Brown!

Ep.10 Robin Givhan
Air Date: 2006-01-24
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes "Washington Post" fashion editor, Robin Givhan!

Ep.11 Norah Vincent
Air Date: 2006-01-25
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back" Norah Vincent!

Ep.12 Paul Begala
Air Date: 2006-01-26
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes CNN commentator and the co-author of "Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future", Paul Begala!

Ep.13 Annie Duke
Air Date: 2006-01-30
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Rev. Jesse Jackson!

Ep.14 Dave Marash
Air Date: 2006-01-31
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Manliness", Harvey Mansfield!

Ep.15 Emily Yoffe
Air Date: 2006-02-01
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner", Emily Yoffe!

Ep.16 Christine Todd Whitman
Air Date: 2006-02-02
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!

Ep.17 Sen. Barbara Boxer
Air Date: 2006-02-06
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes California Senator Barbara Boxer!

Ep.18 James Woolsey
Air Date: 2006-02-07
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former CIA Director James Woolsey!

Ep.19 Alan Dershowitz
Air Date: 2006-02-08
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can be Resolved", Alan Dershowitz!

Ep.20 George Packer
Air Date: 2006-02-09
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq", George Packer!

Ep.21 Lama Surya Das
Air Date: 2006-02-21
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Natural Radiance: Awakening to Your Great Perfection, Lama Surya Das!

Ep.22 Michael Eric Dyson
Air Date: 2006-02-22
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina And the Color of Disaster, Michael Eric Dyson!

Ep.23 David Brooks
Air Date: 2006-02-23
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!

Ep.24 Tony Campolo
Air Date: 2006-02-27
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel, Tony Campolo!

Ep.25 Brett O'Donnell
Air Date: 2006-02-28
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the director of debate at King's College, Brett O'Donnell!

Ep.26 Arianna Huffington
Air Date: 2006-03-01
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and internet blogger, Arianna Huffington!

Ep.27 Jeffrey Sachs
Air Date: 2006-03-02
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, Jeffrey Sachs!

Ep.28 Bob Schieffer
Air Date: 2006-03-06
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!

Ep.29 Norman Ornstein
Air Date: 2006-03-07
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!

Ep.30 James Webb
Air Date: 2006-03-08
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America, James Webb!

Ep.31 Lorraine Bracco
Air Date: 2006-03-09
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actress, Lorraine Bracco!

Ep.32 Christopher Buckley
Air Date: 2006-03-13
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Thank You for Smoking : A Novel, Christopher Buckley!

Ep.33 Keith Olbermann
Air Date: 2006-03-14
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann!

Ep.34 Al Franken
Air Date: 2006-03-15
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of The Al Franken Show, Al Franken!

Ep.35 Frank Vincent
Air Date: 2006-03-16
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man, Frank Vincent!

Ep.36 Connie Chung
Air Date: 2006-03-20
Tonight Stephen welcomes Dateline NBC anchor Stone Philips.

Ep.37 Steve Kroft
Air Date: 2006-03-21
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes 60 Minutes correspondent, Steve Kroft!

Ep.38 Dan Senor
Air Date: 2006-03-22
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Advisor to the U.S. Presidential Envoy in Iraq, Dan Senor!

Ep.39 John Kasich
Air Date: 2006-03-23
Tonight Stephen welcomes Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good For You.

Ep.40 Sen. Gary Hart
Air Date: 2006-03-27
Tonight Stephen welcomes environmental politician, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Ep.41 Michael Brown
Air Date: 2006-03-28
Tonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.

Ep.42 Bruce Bartlett
Air Date: 2006-03-29
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy, Bruce Bartlett!

Ep.43 Robert Greenwald
Air Date: 2006-03-30
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!

Ep.44 Michael Smerconish
Air Date: 2006-04-03
Tonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.

Ep.45 Rev. Jesse Jackson
Air Date: 2006-04-04
Tonight Stephen welcomes Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus.

Ep.46 Harvey Mansfield
Air Date: 2006-04-05
Tonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.

Ep.47 Markos Moulitsas
Air Date: 2006-04-06
Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of The Great Deluge, Douglas Brinkley.

Ep.48 Reza Aslan
Air Date: 2006-04-17
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of No god But God, Reza Aslan!

Ep.49 Anthony Romero
Air Date: 2006-04-18
Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.

Ep.50 Caitlin Flanagan
Air Date: 2006-04-19
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of To Hell With All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife, Caitlin Flanagan!

Ep.51 Ralph Nader
Air Date: 2006-04-20
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist Christpher Noxon, author of Rejuvenile.

Ep.52 Hugh Hewitt
Air Date: 2006-04-24
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Painting the Map Red: The Fight to Create a Permanent Republican Majority, Hugh Hewitt!

Ep.53 Sam Harris
Air Date: 2006-04-25
Tonight Stephen welcomes skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.

Ep.54 Sebastian Junger
Air Date: 2006-04-26
Tonight Stephen welcomes editor in chief for U.S. News World Report, Mort Zuckerman.

Ep.55 Bill Kristol
Air Date: 2006-04-27
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!

Ep.56 Jon Meacham
Air Date: 2006-05-01
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, Jon Meacham!

Ep.57 Gov. Mike Huckabee
Air Date: 2006-05-02
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!

Ep.58 Paul Rieckhoff
Air Date: 2006-05-03
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington, Paul Rieckhoff!

Ep.59 Rick Reilly
Air Date: 2006-05-04
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Shanks For Nothing, Rick Reilly!

Ep.60 Shere Hite
Air Date: 2006-05-08
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!

Ep.61 Frank Rich
Air Date: 2006-05-09
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of the New York Times, Frank Rich!

Ep.62 Bill Bastone
Air Date: 2006-05-10
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of The Smoking Gun.com, Bill Bastone!

Ep.63 Madeleine Albright
Air Date: 2006-05-11
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright!

Ep.64 Kevin Phillips
Air Date: 2006-05-15
Tonght, Democratic hopeful for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont.

Ep.65 Tyson Slocum
Air Date: 2006-05-16
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.

Ep.66 Jonathan Alter
Air Date: 2006-05-17
Tonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in the World.

Ep.67 Ted Daeschler
Air Date: 2006-05-18
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the Assistant Curator and Chair, Vertebrate Zoology at the Center for Systematic Biology & Evolution, Ted Daeschler!

Ep.68 Stone Phillips
Air Date: 2006-06-05
Tonight Stephen welcomes Dateline NBC anchor Stone Philips.

Ep.69 Christiane Amanpour
Air Date: 2006-06-06
Tonight Stephen welcomes CNN's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.

Ep.70 Steven Squyres
Air Date: 2006-06-07
Tonight Stephen welcomes Cornell University scientist and author of Roving Mars Steven Squyres.

Ep.71 Steven Johnson
Air Date: 2006-06-08
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.

Ep.72 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Air Date: 2006-06-12
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.

Ep.73 Tim Flannery
Air Date: 2006-06-13
Tonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.

Ep.74 David Sirota
Air Date: 2006-06-14
Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary musician Neil Young.

Ep.75 Michael Pollan
Air Date: 2006-06-15
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.

Ep.76 Gustavo Arellano
Air Date: 2006-06-19
Tonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.

Ep.77 Bart Ehrman
Air Date: 2006-06-20
Tonight Stephen welcomes Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus.

Ep.78 Bay Buchanan
Air Date: 2006-06-21
Tonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.

Ep.79 Douglas Brinkley
Air Date: 2006-06-22
Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Martin Short.

Ep.80 Marc Bowden
Air Date: 2006-06-26
Tonight Stephen welcomes Marc Bowden, author of Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam.

Ep.81 Chris Matthews
Air Date: 2006-06-27
Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.

Ep.82 Robert Baer
Air Date: 2006-06-28
Tonight Stephen welcomes form CIA agents and author of Blow the House Down, Robert Baer.

Ep.83 Christopher Noxon
Air Date: 2006-06-29
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.

Ep.84 Amy Sedaris
Air Date: 2006-07-10
Tonight Stephen welcomes Amy Sedaris, star of Strangers with Candy.

Ep.85 Tony Hawk
Air Date: 2006-07-11
Tonight Stephen welcomes skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.

Ep.86 Mort Zuckerman
Air Date: 2006-07-12
Tonight former defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg.

Ep.87 Ron Suskind
Air Date: 2006-07-13
Tonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life

Ep.88 Lee Silver
Air Date: 2006-07-17
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor Ted Danson.

Ep.89 Dhani Jones
Air Date: 2006-07-18
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.

Ep.90 Joe Scarborough
Air Date: 2006-07-19
Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Scarborough Country, Joe Scarborough.

Ep.91 Tom Brokaw
Air Date: 2006-07-20
Tonight Stephen welcomes former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw.

Ep.92 Howell Raines
Air Date: 2006-07-24
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The One That Got Away: A Memoir, Howell Raines

Ep.93 William Donohue
Air Date: 2006-07-25
Tonight Stephen Welcomes the president of the Catholic League, William Donohue.

Ep.94 Neal Katyal
Air Date: 2006-07-26
Tonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back, Amy Goodman.

Ep.95 Joe Quesada
Air Date: 2006-07-27
Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Randy Newman.

Ep.96 Ned Lamont
Air Date: 2006-07-31
Tonght, Democratic hopeful for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont.

Ep.97 Peter Beinart
Air Date: 2006-08-01
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.

Ep.98 Linda Hirshman
Air Date: 2006-08-02
Tonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in the World.

Ep.99 Paul Hackett III
Air Date: 2006-08-03
Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.

Ep.100 Bill Rhoden
Air Date: 2006-08-08
Tonight, New York Times columnist and author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete, Bill Rhoden.

Ep.101 Alexandra Robbins
Air Date: 2006-08-09
Tonight cultural anthropologist Alexandra Robbins, author of The Overachievers: The Secret Life of Driven Kids.

Ep.102 Eli Pariser
Air Date: 2006-08-10
Tonight campaign director for MoveOn.org, Eli Pariser.

Ep.103 Ramesh Ponnuru
Air Date: 2006-08-14
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.

Ep.104 David Gergen
Air Date: 2006-08-15
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.

Ep.105 Morgan Spurlock
Air Date: 2006-08-16
Tonight Stephen welcomes documentary filmmaker and host of 30 Days, Morgan Spurlock.

Ep.106 Neil Young
Air Date: 2006-08-17
Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary musician Neil Young.

Ep.107 Geoffrey Nunberg
Air Date: 2006-08-21
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.

Ep.108 Paul Krugman
Air Date: 2006-08-22
Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and colmnist Paul Krugman, author of The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century.

Ep.109 Gideon Yago
Air Date: 2006-08-23
Tonight Stephen welcomes writer and correspondent for MTV News, Gideon Yago

Ep.110 Janna Levin
Air Date: 2006-08-24
Tonight Stephen welcomes mathematician Janna Levin, author of A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines.

Ep.111 Martin Short
Air Date: 2006-09-11
Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Martin Short.

Ep.112 Toby Keith
Air Date: 2006-09-12
Tonight Stephen welcome country music star Toby Keith.

Ep.113 Ken Jennings
Air Date: 2006-09-13
Tonight Stephen welcomes record setting Jeopardy champion and author of Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competetive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs, Ken Jennings

Ep.114 Bill Simmons
Air Date: 2006-09-14
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

Ep.115 Will Power
Air Date: 2006-09-18
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.

Ep.116 Frank Rich
Air Date: 2006-09-19
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.

Ep.117 James Carville
Air Date: 2006-09-20
Tonight Stephen welcomes Democratic political consultant James Carville.

Ep.118 Daniel Ellsberg
Air Date: 2006-09-21
Tonight former defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg.

Ep.119 Arianna Huffington
Air Date: 2006-09-25
Tonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life

Ep.120 Ted Danson
Air Date: 2006-09-26
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor Ted Danson.

Ep.121 Lowell Bergman
Air Date: 2006-09-27
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.

Ep.122 Steve Wozniak
Air Date: 2006-09-28
Tonight Stephen welcomes co-founder of Apple Computers, Steve Wozniak.

Ep.123 Michael Lewis
Air Date: 2006-10-02
Tonight Stephen welcomes Michael Lewis, author of The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.

Ep.124 Andy Stern
Air Date: 2006-10-03
Tonight Stephen welcomes union leader and author of A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track, Andy Stern.

Ep.125 Senator Byron Dorgan
Air Date: 2006-10-04
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.

Ep.126 Amy Goodman
Air Date: 2006-10-05
Tonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back, Amy Goodman.

Ep.127 Randy Newman
Air Date: 2006-10-09
Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Randy Newman.

Ep.128 Ariel Levy
Air Date: 2006-10-10
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, Ariel Levy.

Ep.129 George Lucas
Air Date: 2006-10-11
Tonight Stephen reveals the winner of the Green Screen Challenge. Plus, another Tek Jansen Adventure.

Ep.130 Gov. Brian Schweitzer
Air Date: 2006-10-12
Tonight Stephen welcomes Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer

Ep.131 Barry Scheck
Air Date: 2006-10-16
Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.

Ep.132 Richard Dawkins
Air Date: 2006-10-17
Tonight Stephen celebrates his 1st anniversary episode with Oxford Professor of Biology and author of The God Delusion Richard Dawkins.

Ep.133 David Kuo
Air Date: 2006-10-18
Tonight Stephen welcomes former special assistant to President Bush and author of Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction, David Kuo.

Ep.134 Dr. Peter Agre
Air Date: 2006-10-19
Tonight Stephen welcomes Nobel Prize winning chemist Dr. Peter Agre. Plus Stephen talks to Jim Gilchrist, founder of The Minuteman Project.

Ep.135 Barry Manilow
Air Date: 2006-10-30
Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Barry Manilow.

Ep.136 Tim Robbins
Air Date: 2006-10-31
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor and politcal activist Tim Robbins.

Ep.137 Penn Jillette
Air Date: 2006-11-01
Tonight Stephen welcomes magician Penn Jillette.

Ep.138 Ronald Reagan Jr.
Air Date: 2006-11-02
Tonight Stephen welcomes political activist Ronald Reagan Jr.

Ep.139 Mark Halperin
Air Date: 2006-11-06
Tonight Stephen welcoms ABC News correspondent and co-author of The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008, Mark Halperin.

Ep.140 Indecision 2006 Election Coverage
Air Date: 2006-11-07
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.

Ep.141 Jeff Greenfield
Air Date: 2006-11-08
Tonight Stephen welcomes CNN anchor Jeff Greenfield.

Ep.142 Dean Kamen
Air Date: 2006-11-09
Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of FIRST and President of DEKA Research and Development Corporation, Dean Kamen.

Ep.143 Dan Rather
Air Date: 2006-11-13
Tonight Stephen welcomes former CBS News anchor Dan Rather.

Ep.144 Jeff Swartz
Air Date: 2006-11-14
Tonight Stephen welcomes CEO of Timberland, Jeff Swartz.

Ep.145 Al Franken/Dr. Michael Novacek
Air Date: 2006-11-15
Tonight Stephen welcomes Al Franken and paleontologist Dr. Michael Novacek.

Ep.146 Richard Linklater
Air Date: 2006-11-16
Tonight Stephen welcomes Richard Linklater, director of Fast Food Nation.

Ep.147 Jim Lehrer
Air Date: 2006-11-27
Tonight Stephen welcomes PBS News Hour anchor and author of The Phony Marine: A Novel, Jim Lehrer.

Ep.148 Harry Shearer
Air Date: 2006-11-28
Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Harry Shearer.

Ep.149 Nora Ephron
Air Date: 2006-11-29
Tonight Stephen welcomes screenwriter and author of I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman, Nora Ephron.

Ep.150 Mike Lupica
Air Date: 2006-11-30
Tonight Stephen welcomes ESPN commentator and author of Miracle on 49th Street, Mike Lupica.

Ep.151 Will Wright
Air Date: 2006-12-04
Tonight Stephen welcomes computer game designer Will Wright.

Ep.152 Steven D. Levitt
Air Date: 2006-12-05
Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and co-author of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, Steven D. Levitt.

Ep.153 John Sexton
Air Date: 2006-12-06
Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of New York University, John Sexton.

Ep.154 Dr. Francis S. Collins
Air Date: 2006-12-07
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.

Ep.155 Dr. Peter Singer
Air Date: 2006-12-11
Tonight Stephen welcomes Princeton ethicist, animal rights activist and co-author of The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter, Dr. Peter Singer

Ep.156 Dan Savage
Air Date: 2006-12-12
Tonight Stephen welcomes nationally syndicated columnist and author of The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family, Dan Savage.

Ep.157 Doris Kearns Goodwin
Air Date: 2006-12-13
Tonight Stephen welcomes historian and author of Team of Rivals, The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Ep.158 Daniel Pinchbeck
Air Date: 2006-12-14
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.

Ep.159 Jack Welch
Air Date: 2006-12-18
Tonight Stephen welcomes the retired CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch.

Ep.160 Deepak Chopra
Air Date: 2006-12-19
Tonight Stephen welcomes the leader in the field of mind body medicine, Deepak Chopra.

Ep.161 Chris Funk, Robert Schneider
Air Date: 2006-12-20
Stephen Colbert vs the Decemberists.