The Colbert Report

Talib Kweli

Season 7 • 06/22/2011

Talib Kweli calls rap a tool for expression that's more folk than folk music.

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Justin Vernon

Justin Vernon might have written a club album if he had been sick with St. Vitus Dance instead of mono.
06/20/2011
00:32

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Intro - 6/20/11

Stephen kicks off his summer concert series, looks at new developments in technology and welcomes Bon Iver.
06/20/2011
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2011: A Rock Odyssey Featuring Jack White Pt. 1

Stephen urges Jack White to sell yogurt with the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army."
06/21/2011
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Sign Off - Talib Kweli Tomorrow

Talib Kweli will be spitting rhymes and dropping science tomorrow.
06/21/2011
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StePhest Colbchella '011 - Stephen Revives His Music Career

After his Billboard-eligible hit, "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)," Stephen decides to jump back into the music business.
06/21/2011
02:55

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Florence Welch

Florence Welch recalls being discovered while singing drunkenly in a girl's bathroom.
06/21/2011
04:46

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Generic Republican Presidential Nominee

Jon Huntsman announces his presidential candidacy, and Stephen finds the perfect generic Republican presidential candidate.
06/21/2011
04:28

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The Word - The Defining Moment

President Obama could end all wars by using the executive power of meaningless semantics.
06/22/2011
06:41

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2011: A Rock Odyssey Featuring Jack White Pt. 2

Jack White plans to combine Stephen's qualities with the Black Belles' good looks and musical talent.
06/22/2011
02:15

The Colbert ReportS7
George W. Bush Helps Break a World Record

President Bush restores America's image by helping break the world record for most people wearing sunglasses in the dark.
06/22/2011
04:00

The Colbert ReportS7
Talib Kweli

Talib Kweli thinks his conscious rapper label is a limitation and a compliment.
06/22/2011
00:49

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StePhest Colbchella '011 - Stephen Announces His Hit Song

Jack White and Stephen will present their new hit song to end the summer concert series.
06/23/2011
07:59

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2011: A Rock Odyssey Featuring Jack White Pt. 3

Jack White wants Stephen to look a little more rock 'n' roll for his album cover photo shoot.
06/23/2011
04:37

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Jack White

Jack White brings out Stephen's record, "Charlene II (I'm Over You)."
06/23/2011
01:35

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Nation Building in America

President Obama wants to focus on nation building a country with crumbling infrastructure and a barely functioning democracy.
06/23/2011
04:51

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Tip/Wag - Scented Razors & Rick Scott's Approval Rating

Schick's disposable men's razor smells like it just stepped out of the shower, and Florida Governor Rick Scott writes his own praises.
06/27/2011
03:49

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Good Point/Other Point - Ted Nugent vs. Millennials

Tea Party darling and 70s rock 'n' roll participant Ted Nugent finds today's youth 'terminally stoned on apathy,' which is a gateway drug.
06/27/2011
00:07

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Sign Off - Scented Box Cutter

Stephen shaves with a box cutter duct-taped to a Glade PlugIn.
06/27/2011
00:36

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Intro - 6/27/11

Rick Scott wants to increase his popularity, Ted Nugent writes an op-ed, and Grover Norquist talks about Americans for Tax Reform.
06/27/2011
06:30

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Grover Norquist

Grover Norquist, lobbyist for Americans for Tax Reform, must choose between terrorized grandmothers and higher taxes.
06/27/2011
00:38

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Stephen & Jonathan Alter at Gaillard Auditorium

Stephen invites Colbert Nation to his live interview with Jonathan Alter at South Carolina's Gaillard Auditorium.
06/27/2011
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