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Intro - 1/28/13

Season 9 • 01/28/2013

Tensions rise in North Korea, and environmentalist Michael Shellenberger defends nuclear energy.

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05:48

France & The Mali Conflict
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Anti-gay protestors flood Paris, while French President Francoise Hollande pursues Al Qaeda in Mali with sophisticated helicopter gunship.
01/24/2013
04:40

Benghazi Attack Hearing
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stomps Senator Ron Johnson's Johnson during the Benghazi hearing, but conservative pundits say she faked her anger.
01/24/2013
00:09

Sign Off - Stephen's Makeover
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Stephen takes Tavi Gevinson's fashion advice and embraces boy band hair.
01/24/2013
06:45

Tavi Gevinson
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Fashionista Tavi Gevinson describes her online magazine, "Rookie, " the world of teenage girls, and effective fashion styles for Stephen.
01/24/2013
03:37

France & The Mali Conflict - Edward Berenson
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Professor Edward Berenson discusses the colonial history of France, narcoterrorism in Mali, and the nature of French military force.
01/24/2013
00:06

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight.
01/28/2013
06:48

Michael Shellenberger
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Co-founder of The Breakthrough Institute Michael Shellenberger explores global energy consumption, nuclear power and lessons from Frankenstein.
01/28/2013
06:17

The Word - The New Abnormal
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Australia adds new colors to the weather map for temperatures above 125 degrees, and conservatives hit the fifth stage of right-wing climate change grief: acceptance.
01/28/2013
03:20

Rapiscan Scanners
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With the removal of TSA full-body scanners, America will never complete its national database of radical Islamic naughty parts.
01/28/2013
03:47

The Axis of Evil of the Week - North Korea
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North Korea calls America its archenemy, which is kind of a big commitment since America just got out of a 50-year archenemy thing with the Soviets.
01/28/2013
00:36

Intro - 1/28/13
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Obama fights climate change, tensions rise in North Korea, and environmentalist Michael Shellenberger discusses nuclear power.
01/28/2013
02:44

Gun Control & State Sovereignty
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State officials fight Obama's gun grab-o-rama by trying to outlaw the enforcement of federal gun control measures.
01/29/2013
00:07

Sign Off - "Tenth of December"
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Stephen glances over George Saunders' book, "Tenth of December: Stories."
01/29/2013
05:58

George Saunders
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The MacArthur Grant Fellow uses analogies to explain why he prefers short stories over novels.
01/29/2013
03:21

Guantanamo Bay Office Closure
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The Obama administration reassigns the guy who failed to close Gitmo to a more cushy post: solving the Middle East.
01/29/2013
03:50

Iran's Space Monkey & America's Ape Moratorium
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Iran acquires weapons of macaque destruction, while the National Institute of Health retires 110 government-owned chimpanzees.
01/29/2013
04:08

Gun Control & State Sovereignty - Cliff Sloan
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The former associate White House counsel describes past nullification efforts during the Civil War and Brown v. Board.
01/29/2013
00:34

Intro - 1/29/13
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States wonder if they have to follow federal law, the war on terror persists, and George Saunders shares his critically-acclaimed book.
01/29/2013
04:59

The Word - It Gets Worse
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Pro-DOMA lawyer Paul Clement thinks the struggle for gay rights has just been too successful, so it therefore must end in failure.
01/30/2013
00:31

Intro - 1/30/13
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Gays and lesbians advocate for same-sex marriage, the Ku Klux Klan makes big changes, and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates joins Stephen.
01/30/2013
07:03

Bill Gates
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Microsoft's founder talks about polio eradication, information technology and the decline in childhood deaths worldwide.
01/30/2013
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