The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Eugene Jarecki

Season 18 • 10/16/2012

"The House I Live In" director Eugene Jarecki explains how America became a gulag nation.

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You Magnificent Bastards

Missouri would-be Senator Todd Akin weathers criticism over controversial "legitimate rape" comments with support from Reverend Stoney Shaw.
10/11/2012
00:51

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Moment of Zen - Arlen Specter Tribute

The late Arlen Specter dodges a question about his birth certificate.
10/15/2012
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Democalypse 2012 - V.P. Debate: Battle for the Historical Footnote

Vice President Joe Biden steps up his game during his debate with Paul Ryan.
10/15/2012
03:52

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Democalypse 2012 - V.P. Debate: Battle for the Historical Footnote - Joe Biden

Following Joe Biden's forceful debate showing against Paul Ryan, Fox News delegitimizes it.
10/15/2012
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Democalypse 2012 - V.P. Debate: Battle for the Historical Footnote - Martha Raddatz

Martha Raddatz controls the vice-presidential debate while the media focuses on facial expressions and tweets.
10/15/2012
05:24

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J.K. Rowling

Author J.K. Rowling discusses her post-"Harry Potter" writing life and how her days on government assistance influenced her book, "The Casual Vacancy."
10/15/2012
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Back in Black - Lance Armstrong, Butt Chugging & Farm Animal Sex

Lewis Black wonders why everyone isn't doping, examines the "butt chugging" phenomenon and finds the one honest man in America.
10/16/2012
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Moment of Zen - Tropical Storm John

Weatherman Dan Pope describes how tropical storm John will turn into a depression.
10/16/2012
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Herman Cain: An American Presidency - American Exceptionalism

John Oliver asks would-be President Herman Cain to point out where on his body he feels that America is the world's greatest country.
10/16/2012
03:47

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Democalypse 2012 - Please, For the Love of God, Make It Stop

Paul Ryan stops at an Ohio homeless shelter to wash dishes specifically set aside for campaign snapshots of him selflessly washing them.
10/16/2012
06:32

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Eugene Jarecki

Director Eugene Jarecki discusses the senselessness of American drug laws and how corporate interests perpetuate the prison-industrial complex.
10/16/2012
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Experts Critique the Presidential Debate

John Oliver recruits his own diverse panel of experts to analyze the second presidential debate in real time.
10/17/2012
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Democalypse 2012 - The Second Debate*: Now Including the President - Binders of Women

Mitt Romney contradicts himself on contraception issues and recalls recruiting "binders full of women" for cabinet positions in Massachusetts.
10/17/2012
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Nate Silver

Statistician Nate Silver weighs in on the presidential race and discusses the limits of statistical predictability.
10/17/2012
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Democalypse 2012 - The Second Debate*: Now Including the President

President Obama decides to attend the second presidential debate, and the two candidates finally have a substantive discussion about how much they hate each other.
10/17/2012
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Democalypse 2012 - The Second Debate*: Now Including the President - Benghazi

While pressing President Obama on the Benghazi attacks, Mitt Romney walks into a nitpicky semantic trap that really hadn't even been set.
10/17/2012
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Moment of Zen - "Fifty Shades of Grey" & the New York Senate Race

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and her Republican opponent Wendy Long debate the tough questions.
10/18/2012
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Condescent of a Woman

Samantha Bee confirms that women dislike it when people argue on television and suggests measures to make the debates more palatable to female voters.
10/18/2012
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Barack Obama Pt. 2

President Barack Obama admits that Joe Biden looks pretty good in a bathing suit and explains the continuation of Bush-era wiretapping practices.
10/18/2012
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Barack Obama Pt. 1

President Barack Obama reflects on his sub-par first debate performance and makes a case for having earned a second term.
10/18/2012
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Obama's Final Campaign

Samantha Bee and Jessica Williams seize their last chance to see President Obama do what he does best as president: campaign to be president.
10/22/2012
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