The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

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Season 19 • 09/25/2014

Steven Johnson shares the remarkable history of commonplace objects.

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04:54

Tony Zinni Pt. 2
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General Tony Zinni, the author of "Before the First Shots Are Fired," discusses the need for regional and international cooperation to effectively build democracy.
09/23/2014
02:50

The Big Bang Area - The Next Big Terrorist Threat
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Jessica Williams reports on the U.S.'s long-term counter-terrorism strategy in the Middle East and breaks the news about the ultimate terrorist supergroup.
09/23/2014
04:15

Billion Dollar Baba
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The Chinese company Alibaba launches its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, and the stock soars – despite the fact that no one is quite sure what the company does.
09/24/2014
03:08

Democalypse 2014 - Senate Control: The Race to Get Filibustered - Zorban 37
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Zorban 37 (formerly known as Samantha Bee) reveals how election campaign ads are done on her home planet.
09/24/2014
06:26

Democalypse 2014 - Senate Control: The Race to Get Filibustered
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The stakes are high in the Senate's upcoming midterm elections, and candidates in Kentucky, Alaska and Louisiana attempt to one-up each another.
09/24/2014
00:13

Moment of Zen - Keg Stand
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While discussing keg stands, Fox News's Gretchen Carlson admits that she is not a fan of beer.
09/24/2014
06:44

Tia Torres
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Tia Torres discusses her Animal Planet reality show, "Pit Bulls & Parolees," which chronicles her experiences operating a pit bull shelter in New Orleans.
09/24/2014
00:19

Moment of Zen - Decoding Obama's Coffee Cup Salute
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Fox News's Keith Ablow assesses President Barack Obama's psychiatric health following his coffee cup salute.
09/25/2014
07:15

The Way We War
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Although ISIS and the Ebola outbreak pose serious threats to the world, the media dedicates its time to President Barack Obama's "latte salute."
09/25/2014
07:19

The Redskins' Name - Catching Racism
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Jason Jones speaks with Native American activists as well as devoted football fans about the Washington Redskins' controversial team name.
09/25/2014
05:51

Steven Johnson
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Steven Johnson discusses how the objects often taken for granted are the result of some of the world's greatest innovations in his book and mini-series "How We Got to Now."
09/25/2014
00:15

Moment of Zen - The Panties Expert
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When Detroit's Fox News anchor Anqunette Jamison announces her love for peonies, her co-anchor Jay Towers thinks she is saying something else entirely.
09/29/2014
04:58

The Warm Ultimatum
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The U.N. Climate Summit draws leaders together from around the world to make little to no headway on the climate change crisis.
09/29/2014
08:56

Chatty Chatty Bomb Bomb
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British Parliament and the United States Congress take drastically different approaches to debating the decision to start a war against ISIS.
09/29/2014
06:41

Hadi al-Bahra
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The president of the Syrian National Coalition, Hadi al-Bahra, discusses the opposition movement's fight to defeat ISIS and gain liberation from Bashar al-Assad.
09/29/2014
04:03

America's Next Top Modi
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a superstar welcome in the U.S. as he addresses a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden.
09/30/2014
00:12

Moment of Zen - Reload with Truth
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Sarah Palin mistakes the address of the White House while making a speech to fellow conservatives.
09/30/2014
07:14

Ben Affleck
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Ben Affleck chats about his role in "Gone Girl" and points out that Jon copied him by making a movie about Iran.
09/30/2014
09:18

How a Bill Becomes an Ad
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The classic "Schoolhouse Rock!" song "I'm Just a Bill" is updated to more closely reflect Congress's sluggish legislative process.
09/30/2014
03:23

Germs of Engagement
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The media adopts an inappropriately ominous tone in its coverage of the first confirmed case of Ebola within the United States.
10/01/2014
07:58

The Shoddyguard
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The Secret Service blunders the handling of an intruder in the White House, leading to several creative recommendations for how to improve security.
10/01/2014
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