The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Brian Fagan

Season 13 E 36 • 03/17/2008

The professor explains how droughts affected past civilizations.

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John Oliver pinpoints Eliot Spitzer's Achilles heel and gives the final take on the governor's legacy.
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Dear Madame President

Kristen Schaal prepares a video time capsule for the future first female President and shows an archive of her family's past bad picks.
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Dana Perino

The White House Press Secretary talks about the ins and outs of dodging reporter flak and thinks President Bush would make a great guest.
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Moment of Zen - Prayers for Bush

President Bush thanks a conference of evangelicals for their support.
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The Gift of Freedom

Jon tries to follow the logic of President Bush's faith-based present to the Iraqi people.
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The Daily Show with Jon StewartS13 E35
You're Not Helping - Retraction

Geraldine Ferraro tries to get her Obama remarks off the news - by going to all the major news networks.
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NY's New Governor

Larry Wilmore claims David Paterson for African Americans and compares him to the fourth Ghostbuster.
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Moment of Zen - Capital Haines

CNBC's Mark Haines has a perturbed reaction to President Bush's economic outlook.
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Crisis in the Chartland

Aasif Mandvi reports on the Bear Stearns bailout while experiencing gravitational altitude correction.
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Broken Arrow

Jon responds to President Bush's rosy outlook on Wall Street and Jim Cramer's terrible Bear Stearns advice.
03/17/2008
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Brian Fagan

The archaeologist and historian predicts huge droughts, but only wants the Tri-State area report.
03/17/2008
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Open Discussion

Despite their differences, Larry Wilmore and Jon can agree about at least one thing.
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The Daily Show with Jon StewartS13 E37
St. Patty's Spitzer

Jason Jones finds out how New Yorkers coped with Governor Spitzer's scandal and resignation.
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Barack's Wright Response

Barack Obama addresses race after the hubbub over his pastor and makes history on a Tuesday.
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The Govs Must Be Horny

Jon reveals a new segment that uncovers the sexual deviancy of each state's governor preemptively.
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Moment of Zen - Chew On

CNN's Tony Harris is chomping at the pen after Barack Obama's speech.
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Jeffrey Sachs

Economist Jeffrey Sachs thinks America won't get anywhere while looking at Third World conflicts in purely militaristic terms.
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Moment of Zen - The White Vote

The talking heads of the major networks wonder about Barack's appeal to white voters.
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Arlen Specter

After surviving cancer, Senator Arlen Specter proves that Jon's audience will laugh at anything.
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The Daily Show with Jon StewartS13 E38
Economic Future

John Hodgman uses a time helmet to see if we're currently in a recession and bats around economic semantics.
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The Dialogue Begins

The 24 hour news networks stumble about in their attempt to contextualize Barack Obama's speech on racial divisions.
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