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NSA Phone Surveillance

Season 9 • 06/06/2013

The FBI orders Verizon to hand over customers' "telephony metadata."

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04:22

Monsanto's Modified Wheat - Laurie Garrett
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Science journalist Laurie Garrett explains how Senator Roy Blunt's Farmer Assurance Provision protects Monsanto and its zombie wheat.
06/05/2013
03:42

Monsanto's Modified Wheat
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Monsanto swears it destroyed all its genetically modified wheat from 2005 -- and to make sure no one ever found the remains, they buried that wheat in a field.
06/05/2013
03:27

Commando of Steel
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Superman's costume in "Man of Steel" clearly shows the outline of his Fortress of Solitude.
06/05/2013
00:09

Sign Off - Amber Waves of Frankengrain
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Stephen strokes a bushel of genetically modified wheat.
06/05/2013
02:53

Photojournalists vs. iPhones
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The Chicago Sun-Times lays off its entire photography department and requires its reporters to learn iPhone camera basics.
06/05/2013
00:39

Intro - 6/5/13
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Food engineering goes haywire, photojournalism receives bad news, and Jonathan Alter shares his book on Barack Obama's relationship with Republicans.
06/05/2013
04:19

John Mellencamp, Stephen King & T Bone Burnett - Pt. 1
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John Mellencamp, Stephen King and T Bone Burnett reveal the inspiration behind their Southern gothic, supernatural musical.
06/06/2013
02:58

John Mellencamp, Stephen King & T Bone Burnett - Pt. 2
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Out of Stephen King, John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett, T Bone is the only person with social skills.
06/06/2013
08:42

Colbert Classic - Spy Training with Peter Earnest
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Stephen relives his undercover education at the International Spy Museum.
06/06/2013
00:06

Sign Off - Nose Tap
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Stephen sends a secret signal and says goodnight.
06/06/2013
04:53

NSA Phone Surveillance
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The Nation Security Agency collects millions of phone records from Verizon, and unlike during the Bush administration, this time it's the Obama administration.
06/06/2013
05:16

Dan Savage
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Dan Savage shares his book, "American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics."
06/10/2013
03:05

The Imploding Muslim Country of the Week - Turkey - Omer Taspinar
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Professor Omer Taspinar predicts further polarization between Turkey's conservative religious masses and its liberal upper class.
06/10/2013
04:50

Edward Snowden's NSA Leaks
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The NSA says it cannot intentionally target U.S. citizens -- just like how a handheld massager is for neck cramps and cannot be used to intentionally target anywhere else.
06/10/2013
00:07

Sign Off - The Imploding Muslim Country of the Week Booth
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Stephen signs off in the Sabra hummus booth.
06/10/2013
04:20

The Imploding Muslim Country of the Week - Turkey
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Stephen practices a time-honored editorial process, and Turkish protestors target Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
06/10/2013
03:13

Cold War Update - Nuclear Launch Careers
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Instead of feeling honored by their monumental duty, nuclear launch crews complain about being stuck in dead-end careers.
06/10/2013
00:06

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen signs off with a jazzy wave.
06/11/2013
02:45

Chewbacca's TSA Encounter
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The TSA finally joins the Empire in their fight against the Rebel Alliance by detaining Star Wars actor Peter Mayhew.
06/11/2013
05:42

Daniel Bergner
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"What Do Women Want?" author Daniel Bergner explains that women may be just as promiscuous as men.
06/11/2013
03:21

PRISM Surveillance Program - Jeffrey Rosen
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The National Constitution Center's Jeffrey Rosen stands by the Fourth Amendment, which says the government cannot perform general data searches on an ongoing basis.
06/11/2013
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