The Colbert Report

Austan Goolsbee

Season 6 • 10/13/2010

Austan Goolsbee believes the American economy will grow its way out of the recession.

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101-Year-Old Woman Becomes a U.S. Citizen
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Eulalia Garcia Maturey proves that, if you follow the rules, there is a legal path to citizenship, and it takes less than 102 years.
10/12/2010
04:05

Merch to Keep Fear Alive
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Stephen announces official March to Keep Fear merchandise and forgets to apply for a permit.
10/12/2010
00:28

Intro - 10/12/10
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Schools find a new way to raise money with marketable organs, and M. Night Shyamalan isn't really here.
10/12/2010
07:13

Brendan Steinhauser
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Brendan Steinhauser believes that the Tea Party movement is winning because it's staying on the message of reducing national debt.
10/12/2010
00:05

Sign Off - Apple Filled With Razor Blades
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Stephen thinks about biting into an apple filled with razor blades.
10/12/2010
03:34

Tax Shelter Skelter
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The upcoming expiration of the Bush tax cuts force the super rich to go to boot camp to bond with their like-minded friends.
10/13/2010
00:32

Intro - 10/13/10
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It's not fair to tax rich people until you've driven a mile in their limousine, and Austan Goolsbee gives Obama economic advice.
10/13/2010
05:08

Sport Report - Steroids, Commonwealth Games & Brett Favre's Sexting
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Brent Musburger endorses steroid use, athletes overcome the Commonwealth Games, and Brett Favre allegedly texted naked photos of himself.
10/13/2010
00:13

Sign Off - Tic-Tac-Toe With Austan Goolsbee
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Stephen loses a game of Tic-Tac-Toe to Austan Goolsbee.
10/13/2010
03:21

America Helps Rescue Chilean Miners
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Stephen doesn't want to miss out on the trapped Chilean miner craze, so he rescues his intern from a locker
10/13/2010
07:17

Austan Goolsbee
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Austan Goolsbee says that extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy won't pull the American economy out of recession.
10/13/2010
05:52

Bill Bryson
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Bill Bryson tells the history of the world by questioning the common things we take for granted, in his book, "At Home."
10/14/2010
00:15

Sign Off - Oprah Is Wonderful
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Stephen just wants to tell Oprah that he was kidding and she's wonderful.
10/14/2010
03:49

Transitive Property of Christine O'Donnell
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Following Christine O'Donnell's ironclad logic, Stephen concludes that masturbating equals being gay.
10/14/2010
05:48

People Who Are Destroying America - Landscaping Goats
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Horny goats head to a Department of Defense nuclear sub base after stealing all the landscaping jobs.
10/14/2010
03:56

Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Chinatown Bus Tickets
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Since Oprah won't send Stephen's audience to D.C., he buys them tickets for the Shin Wu Chinatown bus.
10/14/2010
05:21

Nicholas Negroponte
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Nicholas Negroponte wants to give laptop computers to children in third-world countries so they can communicate with the rest of the world.
10/25/2010
03:21

The Word - Midterm Erection
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A large number of lady politicians say it's time that America ditches the ballot box in favor of the measuring stick.
10/25/2010
06:31

Who's Honoring Me Now? - Colbert Nation Five Years of Excellence Award
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Stephen receives the Colbert Nation Five Years of Excellence Award and assembles a montage of his most world-changing moments.
10/25/2010
03:07

Indecision 2010 - Revenge of the Fallen - Sean Bielat & Ken Buck
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Sean Bielat and Ken Buck can't help being politically opportunistic election year gay-baiters -- they were born that way.
10/25/2010
01:13

Sign Off - Fifth Anniversary Portrait
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Stephen's new portrait commemorates his speedskating team victory and Grammy Award.
10/25/2010
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