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Cheating Death - Blue M&Ms, Vitamin D & Hormones

Season 5 • 08/13/2009

Blue M&Ms mend spinal injuries, kids lack vitamin D, and every woman should take hormones.

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02:10

Americans Sacrifice Their iPods
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Stephen saves the environment by donating his old iPod to an endangered mountain snail.
08/12/2009
00:32

Intro - 8/12/09
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Americans speak Glenn Beck's mind at town hall meetings, and Mark Johnson spreads peace through music.
08/12/2009
05:19

Who's Not Honoring Me Now? - Obama, NRA & Teen Choice Awards
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Barack Obama awards the Medal of Freedom to Sidney Poitier, the NRA recognizes Sarah Palin for gun collecting, and Joe Jonas steals Stephen's idea at the "Teen Choice Awards."
08/12/2009
04:49

Formidable Opponent - Health Care & Burger King
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Stephen denies ever saying Aetna is a bigger threat to America than Osama bin Laden, and Stephen heckles a Burger King commercial.
08/12/2009
03:34

Mark Johnson
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Mark Johnson explores the way music helps us persevere through struggles with his movement, "Playing for Change."
08/12/2009
00:20

Sign Off - Stephen's Online Information
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Stephen's online password is always "actionman4" and his MasterCard security code is 786.
08/13/2009
05:42

Mark Devlin
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Mark Devlin sends giant weather balloons into space to learn about galaxies that are billions of light years away.
08/13/2009
01:35

Sheila Jackson-Lee Takes a Phone Call
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Sheila Jackson-Lee interrupting a cancer survivor to answer her phone looks bad, but it was a very important call.
08/13/2009
03:41

Glenn-Harried Glenn-Lost
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Glenn Beck didn't call President Obama a racist, and he didn't compare his health care plan to Hitler's eugenics program.
08/13/2009
00:40

Intro - 8/13/09
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Glenn Beck loses his sponsors, and Mark Devlin uses giant balloons to life telescopes to the edge of space.
08/13/2009
06:49

Cheating Death - Blue M&Ms, Vitamin D & Hormones
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Blue M&Ms heal spinal injuries in rats, kids spend too much time indoors, and all women need hormones.
08/13/2009
06:28

Even Better-er Know a District - Colorado's 2nd - Jared Polis
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Jared Polis didn't announce that he was gay as a political ploy to get elected in a liberal district.
08/17/2009
00:03

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen will see you tomorrow.
08/17/2009
04:33

Bill McKibben
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Bill McKibben urges international leaders to take steps to lower the world's carbon dioxide levels through his 350.org movement.
08/17/2009
00:35

Intro - 8/17/09
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Reporters get so desperate they'll even work for a newspaper, and Bill McKibben lowers carbon dioxide levels by not exhaling when he talks.
08/17/2009
06:31

The Word - Must-Be TV
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If pundits want to save America, they have to do what's wrong to prove they're right.
08/17/2009
01:47

Obama Publishes Health Care Op-Ed
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President Obama publishing an op-ed in the New York Times on health care reform is a textbook sign of surrender.
08/17/2009
06:10

Tip/Wag - German Campaign, Russian Dogs & Flying Rabbis
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Vera Lengsfeld uses sex to campaign in Germany, Russian dogs take the subway, and flying rabbis ward off swine flu.
08/18/2009
05:11

Robert Wright
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Robert Wright believes that the three major religions can help God move toward a level of tolerance and compassion.
08/18/2009
01:41

Hamid Karzai Endorsement
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Hamid Karzai locks up the key human rights abusers demographic with an endorsement from warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum.
08/18/2009
00:34

Intro - 8/18/09
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The German parliamentary election holds a surprise twist, and Robert Wright discusses religion's evolution.
08/18/2009
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