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Season 9 • 03/27/2013

London scientists study the correlation between Facebook "likes," personality, sexuality and IQ.

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05:33

Eric Topol
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The cardiologist talks about his book, "The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care."
03/26/2013
03:17

Stephen Colbert Is Watching Your Kids - Whale Bone Porn
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Thanks to the Vancouver Maritime Museum, youngsters are going to head to the wharves for porn instead of the Internet.
03/26/2013
06:42

The Word - Narcicitizenship
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The Supreme Court considers same-sex marriage, but Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss avoids the gay trap that snared Rob Portman and Dick Cheney.
03/26/2013
05:12

GOP Growth & Opportunity Project
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RNC Chairman Reince Priebus reveals that Republicans need to do a better job of reaching out to black people, brown people, women people and young people.
03/26/2013
00:09

Sign Off - Medical Smartphone
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Stephen examines his throat.
03/26/2013
00:37

Intro - 3/27/13
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Facebook profiles contain secret data, people learn how to spot radical Muslims, and Carl Edgar Blake II wants to breed the perfect pig.
03/27/2013
03:15

Sharia Mops
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Despite Tennessee lawmakers' best efforts, Sharia law manages to work its way into the state building's men's room.
03/27/2013
00:08

Sign Off - Hamlet
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Hamlet the pig signs off with Stephen.
03/27/2013
05:09

Bill O'Reilly on Gay Marriage
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If Bill O'Reilly is now pro-gay marriage, then back when he said gay marriage was like marrying a goat, he was really saying that he's pro-goat marriage.
03/27/2013
06:42

Carl Edgar Blake II
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The owner of Rustik Rooster Farms explains how breeding a Chinese pig and a Russian pig makes a prize-winning German pig.
03/27/2013
04:59

Facebook "Like" Button Science
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The University of Cambridge gives 60,000 Facebook users a series of psychological tests and finds that homosexual men tend to "like" musicals and Kathy Griffin.
03/27/2013
05:19

Robert Lustig
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The pediatric endocrinologist shares his book, "Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease."
03/28/2013
00:07

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight.
03/28/2013
02:59

Supreme Court Hearings on Gay Marriage - Emily Bazelon Pt. 2
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Emily Bazelon talks about Justice Anthony Kennedy, the arguments for traditional marriage, and discrimination against same-sex couples.
03/28/2013
04:36

Supreme Court Hearings on Gay Marriage - Emily Bazelon Pt. 1
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Slate's senior editor explains that, even with DOMA out of the picture, gay couples would lose federal benefits if they move to states that don't recognize same-sex marriage.
03/28/2013
07:59

Supreme Court Hearings on Gay Marriage
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Giving same-sex marriages federal recognition means giving gay couples 1,100 rights previously reserved for straight married couples.
03/28/2013
06:23

Sigourney Weaver
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The Golden Globe winner discusses her Broadway debut, science fiction roles and television miniseries "Political Animals."
04/01/2013
04:22

Easter Under Attack - Pope Edition
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Fox News criticizes Google for their Easter Sunday doodle, and Pope Francis looks like the spokesman for Linens 'n Things.
04/01/2013
00:49

Sign Off - Welcome Baby Nurick!
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Stephen sends his audience coordinator home with a congratulatory basket of "America Again" copies.
04/01/2013
00:34

Intro - 4/1/13
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Obamacare meets its match, environmentalists celebrate Earth Day differently, and Sigourney Weaver stars in "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike."
04/01/2013
02:56

Utah's Earth Day Celebration
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Utah's Department of Natural Resources celebrates Earth Day by asking kids, "Where would we be without oil, gas and mining?"
04/01/2013
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