The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Pipe Friction

Season 20 • 11/20/2014

The Senate narrowly defeats the Keystone XL pipeline bill, but Republicans vow to resurrect it.

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Benedict Cumberbatch

"The Imitation Game" star Benedict Cumberbatch reflects on Alan Turing's heroism during World War II and brilliance as a mathematician.
11/18/2014
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Petty Woman

Nancy Pelosi goes against her legacy as an advocate for women's voting rights and denies Rep. Tammy Duckworth the right to vote by proxy in the Democratic leadership election.
11/18/2014
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Garden Crate - The Great Debate

New correspondent Hasan Minhaj argues that the use of gestation crates is inhumane, but Jordan Klepper believes that all pigs should face in one direction.
11/19/2014
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Moment of Zen - Mary Fallin's Wild Ride

In honor of the grand opening of the Wilshire Gun range, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin demolishes a Nissan with a tank.
11/19/2014
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Garden Crate

Governor Chris Christie considers the political advantages of allowing New Jersey farmers to use gestation crates that keep pigs from moving and cause them to go insane.
11/19/2014
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Jessica Chastain

"Interstellar" star Jessica Chastain discusses the intelligence of pigs and looks forward to puking during astronaut training.
11/19/2014
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Back in Black - Black Friday

Lewis Black reports on the increasingly outlandish practices associated with Black Friday and discusses its impact on laborers and retailers.
11/19/2014
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Little Seizers

A loophole in the Republicans' anti-eminent domain law would allow TransCanada to acquire private land for the Keystone XL pipeline.
11/20/2014
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Moment of Zen - Mike Nichols Tribute

In one of their classic sketch comedy scenes, Mike Nichols does his best to convince Elaine May that he would be a respectful date.
11/20/2014
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Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne reflects on portraying Stephen Hawking's struggle with ALS in the biopic "The Theory of Everything."
11/20/2014
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Pipe Friction

When the Keystone XL pipeline bill fails to pass, Mary Landrieu's Senate seat is jeopardized, but the bill itself may get a second chance when the Republicans come to power.
11/20/2014
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Instigate

A grand jury in Ferguson decides not to indict Officer Darren Wilson, sparking civil rights protests across the U.S., but Fox News blames "racial arsonists" for the outcry.
12/01/2014
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Andrew Napolitano

Judge Andrew Napolitano, a Fox News analyst and the author of "Suicide Pact," argues that the government could better defend Americans' civil liberties.
12/01/2014
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Porks and Habitation

Governor Chris Christie vetoes a widely supported bill that would ban pig gestation crates in New Jersey, and a woman is removed from a flight when her pig panics in the air.
12/01/2014
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Moment of Zen - Richard Pryor's Detroit Run

In a 1977 episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson," Richard Pryor describes the precautions black men must take in order to exercise in Detroit.
12/01/2014
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American Hands Stand - Race-a-holics

Senior Black Correspondent and The Nightly Show host Larry Wilmore dispels the notion that the Ferguson protests have nothing to do with race.
12/02/2014
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Moment of Zen - The Mission Continues & The Grass Mud Horse

Jon supports the efforts of the nonprofit organization The Mission Continues, and a reporter on Newsy shares one of China's particularly suggestive examples of wordplay.
12/02/2014
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American Hands Stand

The St. Louis Rams and their local police department get into a Twitter fight about the team's "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" gesture in solidarity with the Ferguson protesters.
12/02/2014
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Sophie Delaunay

Doctors Without Borders Executive Director Sophie Delaunay describes the organization's efforts to provide essential medical aid to the regions affected by Ebola.
12/02/2014
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A Measured Discussion of the Prohibition of Wordplay in the People's Republic of China

Fearing that wordplay will lead to cultural and linguistic chaos, China bans the use of puns.
12/02/2014
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Pink Fracking

Energy giant Baker Hughes launches a breast cancer campaign despite the use of known carcinogens in fracking, and Samantha Bee identifies broader pinkwashing opportunities.
12/03/2014
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