The Colbert Report

Alan Alda

Season 8 • 05/30/2012

Alan Alda talks science, fire and the dirty business of pregnancy.

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01:18

Mother's Day Shout Out
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Stephen gives a shout out to America's moms -- especially his.
05/10/2012
00:39

Intro - 5/10/12
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Innovations change crime fighting, Wisconsin braves government turmoil, and Dr. Francis Collins explores HBO's obesity documentary.
05/10/2012
05:04

Donald Trump's Creative Truth & Mitt Romney's Poll Numbers
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Donald Trump reveals Barack Obama's birthplace, and Mitt Romney must win over America's Sasquatch hunters and alien abductees.
05/29/2012
00:37

Intro - 5/29/12
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Donald Trump makes a contentious claim, Egypt kicks off its presidential elections, and Charlize Theron discusses her film "Snow White and the Huntsman."
05/29/2012
00:06

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight.
05/29/2012
05:13

Who's Honoring Me Now? - Peabody Awards & Maxim's Hot 100
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The Peabody Awards are two-thirds of the way to fully recognizing Stephen's greatness, and Maxim names Stephen one of the hottest women in the world.
05/29/2012
05:45

Charlize Theron
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Actress Charlize Theron discusses fairy tales, beauty, and Stephen's prizewinning switch from handsome man to hot woman.
05/29/2012
00:29

Intro - 5/30/12
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The U.N. makes a shocking announcement, Alan Alda gives scientists an easy task, and Facebook stock continues to fall.
05/30/2012
03:44

Mexico's Drug & Potato Chip Wars
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Mexico's Knights Templar cartel sets fire to PepsiCo warehouses, making enemies of the most powerful American names in chip trafficking.
05/30/2012
00:11

Sign Off - Stephen's Matchbox
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Stephen strikes a match and inspects the flame.
05/30/2012
06:09

Alan Alda
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Actor Alan Alda discusses good business models, the World Science Festival and his international Flame Challenge.
05/30/2012
04:21

Buy Best-Selling "I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)"
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Stephen's clearly nonfiction book about a talking, soul-searching pole hits two best-selling lists, while Bill O'Reilly's book lags behind.
05/31/2012
02:02

Barack Obama's Righteous Drone Strikes
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The government takes out Al Qaeda's "number two," and Barack Obama finds an alternative to shutting down Guantanamo Bay.
05/31/2012
03:31

The Word - Two Birds With One Drone
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The Obama administration reasons that anyone in a strike zone is likely Al Qaeda, so no one has to feel guilty about civilian casualties.
05/31/2012
05:47

Jack Hitt
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Author Jack Hitt explores America's self-made history, job creators and the cyclical nature of amateurism.
05/31/2012
03:55

Michael Bloomberg's Super-Sized Soda Scheme
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to ban super-sized sodas, even though America hasn't achieved type-3 diabetes yet.
05/31/2012
00:51

Sign Off - Welcome Baby Gwinn!
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Stephen suspects that one of his writers has broken the strict, company abstinence pledge.
05/31/2012
05:22

The Word - Sink or Swim
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Scientists predict an economy-destroying, 39-inch sea level rise, but North Carolina drafts a law to make it eight inches.
06/04/2012
04:58

Better Know a District - Represent-O-Map 6000 & Georgia's 5th
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Nancy Pelosi and the Represent-O-Map 6000 boost representative bookings, and Stephen profiles Georgia's 5th congressional district.
06/04/2012
03:38

Juvenile Speeches from Congress & President Sparkle-Talk
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America's leaders speak the high school language of "angry glares at the dinner table," while Barack Obama talks like an eighth-grader.
06/04/2012
06:43

John Lewis
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Congressman John Lewis recalls the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery March, America's segregation and his mentor Martin Luther King, Jr.
06/04/2012
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