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Season 17 • 05/10/2012

Robert Caro relates how Bobby Kennedy put Vice President Lyndon Johnson at the "losers' table."

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The Life of Kristen

Kristen Schaal explores what it says about a president's policies when he uses a cartoon character, rather than real people, to justify his record.
05/09/2012
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Endless Suffrage 2012 - States' Rights Edition

North Carolina takes a step towards equality, granting opposite-sex couples the same lack of rights same-sex couples have always never had.
05/09/2012
05:52

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John Hall

John Hall, Dean of Westminster Abbey and author of "Queen Elizabeth and Her Church," discusses the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the history of his venerable workplace.
05/09/2012
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Endless Suffrage 2012 - States' Rights Edition - Yo! CNN Snaps

Obama loses 40% of the West Virginia primary vote to an inmate who might be wearing a coonskin cap, and Dick Lugar is out after 36 years in the Senate.
05/09/2012
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Moment of Zen - "Fifty Shades of Grey"

The romance novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" involves bondage, princes and something called a flogger.
05/09/2012
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Welcome Back, Cutters

The debt-ceiling super committee is like the Avengers of congressmen, only without being cool or having a super power.
05/10/2012
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Moment of Zen - Major Democratic Funders

Tim Carvel has a new book, and Dick Morris reveals the four financial pillars of the Democratic Party.
05/10/2012
02:24

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Lord of the Rings - The Right Side of History

Fox News pundits' Republican talking points on gay marriage lack their previous turtle sex and polygamy alarmism.
05/10/2012
03:36

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Lord of the Rings - George Clooney's Fundraiser

Jason Jones reports on the most powerful man in the free world having Barack Obama over to his house for a fundraiser.
05/10/2012
02:46

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Lord of the Rings

It's a great day when the President of the United States says on national television that gay people should no longer be relegated to only planning other people's weddings.
05/10/2012
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Robert Caro

In his book, "The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power," author Robert Caro explores the relationship between Lyndon B. Johnson and the Kennedys.
05/10/2012
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Intro - Socialism & Roger Ailes

Jon recalls details from a meeting with Roger Ailes during the 2000 Republican Convention in Philadelphia.
05/29/2012
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Communist Central

Jon has at various times described himself as socialist, independent, Whig, Rockefeller Republican, Teddy Roosevelt Democrat, and contrarian a**hole.
05/29/2012
04:36

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Michelle Obama Pt. 1

First Lady Michelle Obama discusses her book "American Grown," and how she leads hundreds of kids in harvesting the White House garden in preparation for a vegetable feast.
05/29/2012
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Communist Central - Obama's Socialist Scheme

You know a socialist policy like the auto industry bailout has worked when a staunch capitalist takes credit for it with a hostile takeover.
05/29/2012
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Moment of Zen - Mitt Romney's Mic Check

Mitt Romney overcomes audio issues at a rally in Colorado.
05/29/2012
04:58

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Michelle Obama Pt. 2

Michelle Obama doesn't lord her superior approval ratings over President Obama, and says she's comfortable with her kids hanging around Joe Biden.
05/29/2012
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Johnny Pregnant-Pause Vs. Captain Chucklebuns

The Coney Island Mermaid Parade that was the Republican primaries ends, leaving five months of Barack Obama versus Mitt Romney.
05/30/2012
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Dan Rather

Dan Rather discusses his childhood growing up along the Texas coast, a perceived lack of journalistic guts, and the notion of liberal bias in broadcast news.
05/30/2012
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Moment of Zen - Trump's Reputation

Donald Trump knows what other people think about him.
05/30/2012
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Trump-o-Gram - Sell, Baby, Sell

The country needs a man with unerring confidence, and no one is more confident than Donald Trump, who has his ass kissed in stereo.
05/30/2012
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