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Season 19 • 07/23/2014

George Takei discusses his childhood and the documentary film "To Be Takei."

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00:14

Moment of Zen - Shoot That Theory Down
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CNN's Chris Cuomo demonstrates his questionable word-play skills while reporting on the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
07/21/2014
02:00

We Need to Talk About Israel
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Jon tries to have a calm discussion about Israel's ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, but he is quickly thwarted by The Best F#@king News Team Ever.
07/21/2014
05:30

Highway-Robbing Highway Patrolmen
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Jordan Klepper investigates a common practice called civil forfeiture, which involves police officers around the country robbing innocent people of their money.
07/22/2014
00:19

Moment of Zen - Russian C**ks
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William Pomeranz, the Deputy Director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, receives a prank call while discussing U.S.-Russia relations on C-SPAN.
07/22/2014
04:54

Wrong-Off
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After John McCain criticizes the integrity of a certain late-night comic, Jon challenges McCain to a competition with a unique consequence for the loser.
07/22/2014
06:33

Richard Linklater
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Richard Linklater discusses the inspiration behind his film "Boyhood," which he filmed over the course of a dozen years.
07/22/2014
03:31

Corporations of a Shopaholic
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Rupert Murdoch's plan to acquire Time Warner puts CNN at risk, leading The Daily Show to launch a Kickstarter campaign at www.LetsBuyCNN.com to save the news organization.
07/22/2014
08:09

Sin Subsidy
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A ruling on a clause in the Affordable Care Act causes utter chaos -- until later that same day when a different decision is reached.
07/23/2014
00:10

Moment of Zen - Obamacare Chaos
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Fox News's Stuart Varney discusses the legal ramifications of the ruling about Obamacare subsidies in federal-run exchanges.
07/23/2014
05:03

I Miss What We Did Last Summer
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A summer filled with violence in the Middle East, the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 tragedy and a lack of juicy scandals leads to nostalgia for news stories of summers past.
07/23/2014
07:19

George Takei
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George Takei talks about the documentary "To Be Takei" and recollects spending part of his childhood in a Japanese-American internment camp.
07/23/2014
05:58

CSI: Cuomo Scandal Investigation
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Governor Andrew Cuomo forms an ethics commission to tackle corruption but then refuses the group access to his own office.
07/24/2014
04:42

We May Have Problems, But at Least We're Not Jailing Artists for 3-D Printing Their Vaginas
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The arrest of a female artist in Japan highlights the genitalia double standard in Japanese culture.
07/24/2014
00:25

Moment of Zen - Good Luck, Pat
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In 1996, a future producer of The Daily Show risks losing his role in a high school play because of his smoking habit.
07/24/2014
07:41

Fareed Zakaria
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Fareed Zakaria explains why this is not the worst time in history and imagines working for Jon Stewart, should the www.LetsBuyCNN.com Kickstarter campaign succeed.
07/24/2014
02:08

Forkgate 2.0
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is back to his unseemly pizza-eating habits, this time in Italy.
07/24/2014
05:51

Truce Defective
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As violence between Israel and Hamas rages on, the United Nations, Pope Francis and John Kerry all take a stab at forging peace.
07/28/2014
07:10

Sonia Nazario
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"Enrique's Journey" author Sonia Nazario discusses the hold drug cartels have over Central America and the dangerous conditions facing children hoping to escape to the U.S.
07/28/2014
04:19

Five Officers and a Gentleman
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The NYPD arrests a man in a Spider-Man costume after he punches a cop in the face in Times Square, but Batman thinks that there's more to this case than meets the eye.
07/28/2014
00:15

Moment of Zen - Unsavory Characters
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Strawberry Shortcake turns vicious when a family of tourists fails to tip generously after a photo op in Times Square.
07/28/2014
03:21

Five Officers and a Gentleman - Brandishing Blackness
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A Michigan man threatens police with a rifle, and Senior Black Correspondent Larry Wilmore reports on the incident's surprising conclusion.
07/28/2014
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