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The Word - Pound of Flesh

Season 3 • 03/19/2007

Allowing prisoners to donate their organs is like the death penalty in a few easy installments.

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03:26

St. Patrick's Day
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St. Patrick's Day can't go on now that geneticists have discovered that the English and the Irish are a single people.
03/15/2007
00:17

Sign Off - Candy
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Stephen plans out a sweet dreamscape for his loyal audience.
03/15/2007
00:34

Intro - 3/15/07
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In tonight's episode, Stephen talks to Ayaan Hirsi Ali about fundamentalist Islam, and President Bush returns from his trip to Latin America.
03/15/2007
06:00

Better Know a District - Illinois' 17th - Phil Hare
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Stephen takes his vitamin E -- a couple of caplets in the mouth keeps the blood flow going south.
03/15/2007
02:35

Emanuel Attacks Stephen
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Congressman Rahm Emanuel tells freshman students to avoid Stephen, and Stephen fights back by offering the congressman a severed finger.
03/19/2007
01:22

Alpha Dog of the Week - Pennies
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After getting charged triple the amount of his normal electric bill, Robert Hancock paid the damage in pennies and is thus named Alpha Dog of the Week.
03/19/2007
01:01

Willie Nelson Tomorrow
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In anticipation of Willie Nelson's appearance on The Report, Stephen speaks out against Willie Nelson's Country Peach Cobbler ice cream and promotes Americone Dream.
03/19/2007
06:07

Jerome Groopman
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Dr. Jerome Groopman discusses "How Doctors Think" and explains that Dr. Gregory House is based on Sherlock Holmes, who was addicted to cocaine, not heroine.
03/19/2007
04:20

ThreatDown - Seniors
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Time Magazine, angry dancing seniors, fertility clinics and the FDA are all threatening America.
03/19/2007
00:29

Intro - 3/19/07
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Prisoners can donate organs in South Carolina, senior citizens speak out against the war in Iraq, and Stephen speaks with author Jerome Groopman
03/19/2007
03:03

The Word - Pound of Flesh
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South Carolina has come up with a program to help control the prisoner population -- inmates can reduce their sentences by donating vital organs.
03/19/2007
02:55

Stephen Colbert Day - Honor
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In celebration of Stephen Colbert Day, Stephen takes a few moments to honor Oshawa, Ontario, the city that will now give him free parking.
03/20/2007
03:59

Willie Recall
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Stephen goes after Willie Nelson for his competing ice cream flavor with a vicious ad campaign.
03/20/2007
00:27

Intro - 3/20/07
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Scientist do some renovating inside the womb, Stephen gives us a reason to visit Canada, and country musician Willie Nelson stops by.
03/20/2007
05:06

Willie Nelson
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Stephen and Willie Nelson sample each other's ice creams for the first time. Willie enjoys Americone Dream and Stephen accepts an unspoken apology.
03/20/2007
03:19

The Word - Supernatural
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After reading an article about babies being "turned straight" in the womb, Stephen feels everything should be genetically engineered to look more like the Bible says.
03/20/2007
01:49

ThreatDown - Polar Bear Cub
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After a mama polar bear rejected her cub the zoo planned to care for it but activist Frank Albrecht felt the cub should be killed -- Stephen agrees.
03/20/2007
02:48

Impeach Bush
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Stephen supports President Bush by antagonizing the Democrats and telling Congress to strap on their balls.
03/21/2007
01:29

Stephen's Stoned Friend
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After the ice cream feud is finally settled, Stephen hangs out with Willie Nelson on his tour bus and Willie becomes Stephen's new stoned friend.
03/21/2007
00:04

Sign Off - Goodnights
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Stephen bids his many goodnights.
03/21/2007
03:31

The Word - Sex
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Richard Cizik's speaking out about hurting the environment dilutes Christianity's first priority of promoting sexual abstinence.
03/21/2007
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