The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Philip Alcabes

Season 14 • 04/22/2009

Philip Alcabes explains how we react to cultural fears and threats to validate our anxieties.

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04:38

The Stockholm Syndrome Pt. 1
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Wyatt Cenac travels to Sweden to wake up their hauntingly thin citizens from their socialist nightmare.
04/21/2009
06:10

This Week in Demagogues - Ahmadinejad & Chavez
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A clown heckler interrupts Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Hillary Clinton enjoys Barack Obama's awkward interruption from Hugo Chavez.
04/21/2009
01:43

Intro - Heads of State Theme Week
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Liberia has a special relationship with the United States, in that Americans previously enslaved its founders.
04/21/2009
00:15

Moment of Zen - Ignoramus
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After Hugo Chavez calls Barack Obama an "ignoramus," Gretchen Carlson looks up the meaning of the word.
04/21/2009
07:41

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf discusses her triumphant victory after much adversity and makes Jon a chief.
04/21/2009
02:03

Torture Memo - Bizarro Washington
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John Oliver goes to the only place where Dick Cheney and Karl Rove's respect for transparency makes perfect sense.
04/22/2009
05:08

The Stockholm Syndrome Pt. 2
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The Swedes simply will not apologize to Wyatt Cenac for socialism.
04/22/2009
00:13

Intro - Dread
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Jon hasn't read Philip Alcabes' book, nor does he have the most rudimentary understanding of his field.
04/22/2009
06:56

Torture Memo - Balzheimers Disease
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Dick Cheney and Karl Rove suffer from an illness that gives them the balls to attack the Obama administration.
04/22/2009
00:06

Moment of Zen - Personally Attack Obama
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Dick Cheney does not endorse personal attacks on Barack Obama.
04/22/2009
05:19

Philip Alcabes
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Philip Alcabes identifies cultural fear as the result of anxieties about our comfortable, modern lifestyle.
04/22/2009
06:19

A Brief History of Torture
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Barack Obama vowed to look forward regarding prosecution for past torture, but he may have peeked over his shoulder.
04/23/2009
00:10

Moment of Zen - Don't Get Stung
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A Fox News correspondent doesn't want to get stung.
04/23/2009
02:30

A Brief History of Torture - Take Your Child to Work Day
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Samantha Bee describes brutal interrogation techniques in front of her renamed son, Track.
04/23/2009
04:06

Sh#t That's Never Gonna Happen - Spanking Ban & Global Currency
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The UN will never enforce a spanking ban, and America will never adopt a one-world currency.
04/23/2009
00:28

Intro - Beeman
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Bee Man is half man, half bee.
04/23/2009
06:47

Richard Beeman
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Richard Beeman discusses the founding fathers' disagreements and compromises in the composition of the Constitution.
04/23/2009
02:57

Mistakes on a Plane
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No one thought to warn Mayor Bloomberg that Air Force One would be flying low near Ground Zero.
04/27/2009
08:14

Christine Lagarde
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French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde passionately advocates for world cooperation to relieve the global economic crisis.
04/27/2009
00:10

Moment of Zen - The Swine Flu Shot
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The US Public Health Service warns of swine flu in 1976.
04/27/2009
02:50

The Last 100 Days
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Are Obama's first 100 days actually our last 100 days? Jason Jones and John Oliver debate the swine flu pandemic.
04/27/2009
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