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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Inside Albany
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John Oliver pinpoints Eliot Spitzer's Achilles heel and gives the final take on the governor's legacy.
03/12/2008
04:48

Dear Madame President
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Kristen Schaal prepares a video time capsule for the future first female President and shows an archive of her family's past bad picks.
03/13/2008
08:22

Dana Perino
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The White House Press Secretary talks about the ins and outs of dodging reporter flak and thinks President Bush would make a great guest.
03/13/2008
00:12

Moment of Zen - Prayers for Bush
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President Bush thanks a conference of evangelicals for their support.
03/13/2008
03:38

The Gift of Freedom
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Jon tries to follow the logic of President Bush's faith-based present to the Iraqi people.
03/13/2008
02:28

You're Not Helping - Retraction
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Geraldine Ferraro tries to get her Obama remarks off the news - by going to all the major news networks.
03/13/2008
03:23

NY's New Governor
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Larry Wilmore claims David Paterson for African Americans and compares him to the fourth Ghostbuster.
03/17/2008
00:20

Moment of Zen - Capital Haines
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CNBC's Mark Haines has a perturbed reaction to President Bush's economic outlook.
03/17/2008
01:33

Crisis in the Chartland
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Aasif Mandvi reports on the Bear Stearns bailout while experiencing gravitational altitude correction.
03/17/2008
06:39

Broken Arrow
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Jon responds to President Bush's rosy outlook on Wall Street and Jim Cramer's terrible Bear Stearns advice.
03/17/2008
06:53

Brian Fagan
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The archaeologist and historian predicts huge droughts, but only wants the Tri-State area report.
03/17/2008
04:01

Open Discussion
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Despite their differences, Larry Wilmore and Jon can agree about at least one thing.
03/18/2008
01:53

St. Patty's Spitzer
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Jason Jones finds out how New Yorkers coped with Governor Spitzer's scandal and resignation.
03/18/2008
05:50

Barack's Wright Response
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Barack Obama addresses race after the hubbub over his pastor and makes history on a Tuesday.
03/18/2008
02:22

The Govs Must Be Horny
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Jon reveals a new segment that uncovers the sexual deviancy of each state's governor preemptively.
03/18/2008
00:14

Moment of Zen - Chew On
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CNN's Tony Harris is chomping at the pen after Barack Obama's speech.
03/18/2008
05:47

Jeffrey Sachs
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Economist Jeffrey Sachs thinks America won't get anywhere while looking at Third World conflicts in purely militaristic terms.
03/18/2008
00:12

Moment of Zen - The White Vote
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The talking heads of the major networks wonder about Barack's appeal to white voters.
03/19/2008
06:12

Arlen Specter
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After surviving cancer, Senator Arlen Specter proves that Jon's audience will laugh at anything.
03/19/2008
04:04

Economic Future
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John Hodgman uses a time helmet to see if we're currently in a recession and bats around economic semantics.
03/19/2008
05:01

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