The Colbert Report

St. Valentine's Day

Season 9 • 02/14/2013

The true meaning of Valentine's Day is all about the L-word -- "Lupercalia," a Roman fertility feast.

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Dave Grohl
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Dave Grohl talks about Nirvana, L.A.'s legendary Sound City Studios and his touring super group, the Sound City Players.
02/13/2013
00:08

Sign Off - Dry Mouth
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Stephen reaches for a vital sip of water.
02/13/2013
06:28

Obama's State of the Union
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President Fidel Handout raises the federal minimum wage to nine dollars an hour, but he says nothing about raising the maximum wage.
02/13/2013
04:13

Spanish State of the Rubio
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Marco Rubio's Spanish speech runs four minutes longer than the English version, but ABC News botches the translation.
02/13/2013
04:32

State of the Rubio
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Florida Senator Marco Rubio gets cotton mouth and ducks off camera during the biggest speech of his life.
02/13/2013
00:05

Sign Off - "Here's the Deal"
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Stephen pulls up David Leonhardt's book on his iPad.
02/14/2013
06:06

Gavin Newsom
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The Lieutenant Governor of California shares his book, "Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government."
02/14/2013
04:28

Nailed 'Em - Richard Eggers
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One bank finally nails the highest level white-collar mortgage banker to date: a 68-year-old customer service representative.
02/14/2013
03:30

Standard & Poor's Ratings Lawsuit
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The government grows a pair and goes after S&P for giving AAA ratings to what they knew were worthless securities.
02/14/2013
03:43

Standard & Poor's Ratings Lawsuit - David Leonhardt
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The New York Times Washington bureau chief David Leonhardt discusses S&P's defense, private bank suits and the AIG bailout.
02/14/2013
02:56

St. Valentine's Day
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Valentine's Day should be spent guzzling skins full of wine, sacrificing goats to Venus, and whipping women to promote fertility.
02/14/2013
00:07

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen fires off a few WristStrong bracelets.
02/19/2013
05:37

Emily Bazelon
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The senior editor of Slate discusses her book, "Sticks & Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy."
02/19/2013
03:15

Obama's Secretive Golf Outing
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America deserves to know who drove the golf cart, who rode shotgun and whether or not the president hit from the ladies' tee.
02/19/2013
04:13

Russian Meteor Strike
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After an unexpected and cataclysmic 10-ton meteor strike in Russia, NASA scrambles to improve its asteroid detection program.
02/19/2013
07:42

Colbert Platinum - Huayra Sports Car, Phil Mickelson & Belle Isle
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The super rich acquire $1.2 million cup holders, Phil Mickelson takes drastic action against tax hikes, and Rod Lockwood plans to buy an island from Detroit.
02/19/2013
03:40

U.K. Horse Meat Scandal
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Everyone in Europe worries that they may be biting down on horse instead of their usual delicacy of pickled sheep brain.
02/20/2013
03:31

Sport Report - International Soccer Corruption - Alexi Lalas
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The former U.S. team member discusses the World Cup, American soccer and large-scale game fixing in Europe and Asia.
02/20/2013
04:03

Norway's "National Firewood Night"
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Nearly 20% of the Norwegian population tunes in to a 12-hour program on chopping and burning wood.
02/20/2013
05:57

David Goldhill
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The Game Show Network CEO shares his book, "Catastrophic Care: How American Health Care Killed My Father -- and How We Can Fix It."
02/20/2013
03:39

Sport Report - International Soccer Corruption
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Match-fixing mobsters pay off referees and players in over 680 games, but a goalkeeper proves that no one man can be more corrupt than soccer can be boring.
02/20/2013
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