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Moment of Zen - "Joe the Plumber" Isn't His Name

Season 17 • 10/27/2011

Samuel Wurzelbacher clears up confusion over his name.

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Science claims it's working to cure disease, save the planet and solve the greatest human mysteries, but Aasif Mandvi finds out what it's really up to.
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Physicist and author Lisa Randall explores how science illuminates the modern world and why some people are unwilling to accept scientific findings.
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Everything's going well among those who have taken to the streets to protest America's wealth inequality -- except in Oakland.
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Moment of Zen - Occupy Halloween
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People can dress up as Occupy Wall Street protesters on Halloween.
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A study funded by the Koch brothers debunks Climategate, but the cable news media doesn't cover it.
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Andrew Napolitano
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Andrew Napolitano thinks that government spends more time evading the Constitution than upholding it.
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Indecision 2012 - Scared Mittless - Mitt Romney's Competitors
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Mitt Romney has surveyed the Republican field and decided 23% is enough to beat any of those yahoos.
10/27/2011
04:23

Stock & Awe
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Europe's financial crisis threatens to decimate the global economy, so Jon exercises his contractual doomsday clause with help from The Best F#@king News Team Ever.
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Indecision 2012 - Scared Mittless
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When it comes to his polling numbers, Mitt Romney remains consistent despite his shocking inconsistency in every other regard.
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00:29

Moment of Zen - "Joe the Plumber" Isn't His Name
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Samuel Wurzelbacher doesn't know why his name is so hard for Americans to grasp.
10/27/2011
00:21

Moment of Zen - Haunted House Analysis
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A monster explores the effects of the financial crisis on America's interest in the supernatural.
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How a Bill Doesn't Become a Law
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Wyatt Cenac reports on the death of H.R. 3472, a bill providing health insurance premium discounts for exercising.
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The 7 Billionth Person
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A baby born in the Philippines is considered the world's 7 billionth person.
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Indecision 2012 - Ruh Roh Edition
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Herman Cain denies allegations of sexual harassment, and Rick Perry overcorrects for past debate performance stiffness.
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Halloween Spooktacular
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Jon introduces The Daily Show's Halloween Spooktacular.
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Mindy Kaling
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Mindy Kaling discusses her book "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?" and her parents' fondness for Sanjay Gupta.
10/31/2011
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Condoleezza Rice talks about the long-term threat posed by Saddam Hussein prior to and during the Bush administration.
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Condoleezza Rice compares U.S. intervention in Libya with its actions in Iraq and believes that the Bush administration's freedom agenda was largely successful.
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Moment of Zen - Tribute to Gil Cates
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Jon fondly remembers the late Academy Awards producer Gil Cates.
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Men of a Certain Wage
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Fox News defends the real victims of the epic battle between businesses and Occupy Wall Street protesters: the demonized 1%.
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