The Colbert Report

David Grann

Season 5 • 03/17/2009

David Grann traces the steps of an Amazon explorer.

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00:19

Stephen Wants to Hug You
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Stephen wants to hug every one of you.
03/16/2009
05:00

Better Know a Governor - Mark Sanford Update
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Stephen asks South Carolina's Mark Sanford what barbeque sauce he wants for his last meal.
03/16/2009
05:31

Neil Gaiman
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Neil Gaiman replaces being scared of dead people with being afraid of living people in his new book "The Graveyard Book."
03/16/2009
00:33

Intro - 3/16/09
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Your tax money is being spent on executive bonuses. At least it's not going to welfare.
03/16/2009
05:21

The New Deal - Jonathan Chait
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Jonathan Chait believes the New Deal was successful because it eased people's misery.
03/16/2009
00:23

Persian Gulf Countdown Clock
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Stephen is one day closer, or further away, to going to the Persian Gulf.
03/17/2009
03:34

Shout Out - The Colbert Report Overseas
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The Colbert Report is definitely going to visit our troops sometime in the near or distant future -- or past.
03/17/2009
00:32

Intro - 3/17/09
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How will the wealthy weather the economic crisis? Easy, they have weather-control machines.
03/17/2009
05:04

World of Nahlej - Shmeat
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PETA funds a scientist developing meat from tissue culture.
03/17/2009
04:20

Colbert Aluminum - Cigar Nubs, Faux Poor & Blixseth
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Cigars get shorter, the British elite act poor, and Tim Blixseth sells his private island.
03/17/2009
05:51

David Grann
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David Grann follows the footsteps of an explorer searching for a lost civilization.
03/17/2009
07:10

The Word - Keeping Our Heads
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Stephen propses that CEOs be stripped naked and locked together in a Thunderdome scenario with screaming taxpayer spectators.
03/18/2009
00:31

Intro - 3/18/09
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Scientists dig up something unexpected, and no, it's not a social life.
03/18/2009
03:36

Tip/Wag - Mississippi, Talk Shows & SyFy
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Mississippi ends child selling, talk shows move to Connecticut, and the SciFi Channel changes its name.
03/18/2009
00:11

Sam's Club Time
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That's it for time until Stephen runs to Sam's Club and picks up some more.
03/18/2009
01:24

Predator X Discovery
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Jesus buried the bones of Predator X under the ocean 6,000 years ago to test our faith.
03/18/2009
06:50

Juan Cole
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Juan Cole doesn't advocate a soft approach, but he wants to take the Muslim world's views into account.
03/18/2009
03:17

Bill Posey Alligator Rumors
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Stephen demands a DNA test to determine whether Congressman Bill Posey is part alligator.
03/19/2009
03:42

When Animals Attack Our Morals - Chimps, Lizards & Spiders
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A chimp throws rocks at Swedes, male lizards imitate females, and spiders perform miracles.
03/19/2009
00:36

Intro - 3/19/09
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A new bill would require presidential candidates to produce birth records. Mitt Romney, you can just show your serial number.
03/19/2009
05:45

John McCardell
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John McCardell believes the current drinking age law drives alcohol consumption out of public view, putting young people at greater risk.
03/19/2009
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