The Colbert Report

Intro - 6/18/12

Season 8 • 06/18/2012

Barack Obama deals with disruption, and Paul Krugman examines economic downturn.

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Super PAC Super Cash & 24-Hour Political Ad Channels

America's TV networks could run out of political ad airtime, but Hawaii's breakthrough in free speech offers a solution.
06/14/2012
03:08

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Marijuana Legalization as Election Hot-Button Issue

Pro-pot initiatives could give Barack Obama the election edge since marijuana legalization is the ultimate grassroots campaign.
06/14/2012
01:32

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Sign Off - Bon Voyage, Peter Gwinn

Stephen takes a fond look back at Peter Gwinn's most memorable show moments.
06/14/2012
05:22

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Steve Coll

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll talks about ExxonMobil's corporate model, management and international reputation.
06/14/2012
05:29

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Cheating Death - Penis Curvature Cures & Single Women Sleep Aids

The angle of the dangle can become a serious medical issue, and Stephen's favorite sleep aid, CNN Headline News, says women sleep better with a bed buddy.
06/14/2012
03:26

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Press Interruption at Barack Obama's Immigration Address

Conservative blogger Neil Munro cuts the president's immigration speech short, and Stephen reveals that he is also a member of the White House Press Corps reserve.
06/18/2012
06:49

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Paul Krugman

Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman discusses America's recessions and depressions, the effect of affluence on politics, and Europe's big economic mistake.
06/18/2012
00:06

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Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen says goodnight.
06/18/2012
05:31

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Operation Artificial Swedener - Sweden's Response

Sweden reacts to Stephen's Twitter- takeover operation, mandating that only Swedes may participate in their national tweets.
06/18/2012
04:25

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Barack Obama's Immigration Policy Change

Stephen reveals an election conspiracy theory, and Latinos seek a man of principle like Mitt Romney.
06/18/2012
00:38

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Intro - 6/18/12

A conservative reporter interrupts Barack Obama, Stephen falls into an international incident, and Paul Krugman shares his book "End This Depression Now!"
06/18/2012
06:02

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Mitt Romney's Champion Horse & Dressage Tribute

The Romneys' horse Rafalca makes the Olympic team, and the United States Equestrian Federation welcomes Stephen's new dressage tradition.
06/19/2012
07:01

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Olivia Wilde

Actress Olivia Wilde talks about campaigning for Barack Obama, competing in dressage, and joining Stephen on Maxim's Hot 100 list.
06/19/2012
04:42

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Unscooped Dog Poop Crimes

PooPrints uses forensic DNA testing to help communities take fecal matters into their own hands.
06/19/2012
00:12

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Sign Off - Stephen's Dressage Dance

Stephen emulates the Romneys' competition horse, Rafalca.
06/19/2012
02:43

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John Kerry as Mitt Romney in Debate Prep

Senator John Kerry will play Mitt Romney in Barack Obama's mock debates, even though Kerry and Romney hail from completely different pages of a thesaurus.
06/19/2012
03:27

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Asian Immigration Threat

Asian immigrants are the new Mexicans, and even a super awesome wall around China won't curb their invasion.
06/20/2012
05:02

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Daniel Klaidman

Newsweek correspondent Daniel Klaidman discusses his book "Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency."
06/20/2012
03:05

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Joe the Plumber's Controversial Gun Control Ad

Ohio congressional hopeful Samuel Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. "Joe the Candidate the Plumber," releases a powerful gun control ad.
06/20/2012
02:58

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Unraveling the Operation Fast & Furious Scandal

The Fast and Furious gun-tracking program was an unconscionable waste of money to promote senseless acts of violence, just like the movies for which it was named.
06/20/2012
00:37

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Intro - 6/20/12

Scandal strikes the Department of Justice, Taco Bell launches a fast food novelty, and Daniel Klaidman shares his book "Kill or Capture."
06/20/2012
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