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Season 17 • 07/18/2012

In "Political Animals," Sigourney Weaver channels the Clintons and other American dynasties.

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06:09

Louis C.K.
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Louis C.K. addresses accusations of insensitivity stemming from a Twitter controversy and offers advice for couples making classic gender mistakes.
07/16/2012
05:38

Breaking Ad
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Mexico bans negative presidential election ads, so Al Madrigal smuggles American-style smear tactics into Mexico to take down candidate Enrique Pena Nieto.
07/17/2012
04:55

Mock Like an Egyptian
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In pelting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade with tomatoes, Egyptians show that they have much to learn about the art of public protest.
07/17/2012
04:10

Keep Quiet and Don't Carry On
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A London performance by Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney is cut short when residents enforce a noise curfew, prompting a nightcapped John Oliver to follow suit.
07/17/2012
00:15

Moment of Zen - George W. Bush's Retirement Years
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George W. Bush enjoyed his two terms, but is grateful to be out of the public eye.
07/17/2012
05:50

Victor Cruz
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New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz recounts his remarkable story of making the team, connecting with fans and perfecting his signature end zone salsa dance.
07/17/2012
04:07

International Banking Actuality Part 37 - Libor Fallout
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Banking titans Rich Ricci and Bob Diamond are implicated in the Libor financial scandal, but an eighth-generation Hoare remains innocent of the rampant rate rigging.
07/18/2012
05:05

Mystery Finance Theater 2012
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Mitt Romney refuses to release his tax returns, citing the Obama administration's desire to hound him with frivolous transparency demands.
07/18/2012
00:18

Moment of Zen - Jeremy Lin's Departure
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The Houston Rockets lure popular guard Jeremy Lin away from the Knicks, thus ending the New York era of "Linsanity."
07/18/2012
05:04

International Banking Actuality Part 37
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Banks submit false data to manipulate the Libor interest rate, either for the good of the entire economy and all of mankind, or possibly to just benefit themselves.
07/18/2012
06:09

Sigourney Weaver
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Sigourney Weaver takes on the implausible role of a woman who runs for president, loses, and is then appointed secretary of state by the person that she ran against.
07/18/2012
07:33

E.J. Dionne
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Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne thinks Americans have always been torn by deep tension between individualism and a love of community.
07/19/2012
05:02

Smear and Loathing
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Michele Bachmann and four Republican colleagues accuse Hillary Clinton's deputy chief of staff Huma Abedin of being circuitously connected to the Muslim Brotherhood.
07/19/2012
00:24

Moment of Zen - The Last Undersea Lab
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The world's last undersea laboratory faces closure due to budget cuts. aquariusreefbase.org/
07/19/2012
03:11

HSBC: Helping People Who Want to Kill You Since 1991
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HSBC compliance chief David Bagley testifies amid a government investigation revealing his bank laundered billions of dollars for Mexican cartels and Al Qaeda moneymen.
07/19/2012
04:19

The Romney Returns
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Ann Romney assures America that it knows enough about the Romney's finances, but a close look at Mitt's tax returns reveals a variety of tax avoidance schemes.
07/19/2012
00:19

Moment of Zen - Larry King Interviews Miss Piggy
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Miss Piggy answers Larry King's questions about the difficulties in dating outside one's species.
07/23/2012
06:31

Gaywatch - Holdouts Edition
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The Boy Scouts of America reaffirms its ban on openly gay boys and adult leaders, and Chick-fil-A's exclusionary policy incurs the wrath of the Muppets.
07/23/2012
03:40

Aurora Shootings - ABC's Brian Ross Blows It
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ABC chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross erroneously links the Aurora, CO, shooter with a Tea Party-affiliated man of the same name.
07/23/2012
04:45

Aurora Shootings - Gun Control
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In the wake of the shootings in Aurora, CO, opinions differ on whether it's the right time to debate the efficacy of America's gun-control laws.
07/23/2012
05:40

Fareed Zakaria
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Fareed Zakaria, author of "The Post-American World," offers his perspective on what's holding back the world cavalry from intervening in the Syrian conflict.
07/23/2012
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