The Colbert Report

Mark Devlin

Season 5 • 08/13/2009

Mark Devlin launches balloon-borne telescopes into space to measure heat in the sky.

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02:10

The Colbert ReportS5
Americans Sacrifice Their iPods

Stephen saves the environment by donating his old iPod to an endangered mountain snail.
08/12/2009
00:32

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Intro - 8/12/09

Americans speak Glenn Beck's mind at town hall meetings, and Mark Johnson spreads peace through music.
08/12/2009
05:19

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Who's Not Honoring Me Now? - Obama, NRA & Teen Choice Awards

Barack Obama awards the Medal of Freedom to Sidney Poitier, the NRA recognizes Sarah Palin for gun collecting, and Joe Jonas steals Stephen's idea at the "Teen Choice Awards."
08/12/2009
04:49

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Formidable Opponent - Health Care & Burger King

Stephen denies ever saying Aetna is a bigger threat to America than Osama bin Laden, and Stephen heckles a Burger King commercial.
08/12/2009
03:34

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Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson explores the way music helps us persevere through struggles with his movement, "Playing for Change."
08/12/2009
00:20

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Sign Off - Stephen's Online Information

Stephen's online password is always "actionman4" and his MasterCard security code is 786.
08/13/2009
01:35

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Sheila Jackson-Lee Takes a Phone Call

Sheila Jackson-Lee interrupting a cancer survivor to answer her phone looks bad, but it was a very important call.
08/13/2009
03:41

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Glenn-Harried Glenn-Lost

Glenn Beck didn't call President Obama a racist, and he didn't compare his health care plan to Hitler's eugenics program.
08/13/2009
00:40

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Intro - 8/13/09

Glenn Beck loses his sponsors, and Mark Devlin uses giant balloons to life telescopes to the edge of space.
08/13/2009
06:49

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Cheating Death - Blue M&Ms, Vitamin D & Hormones

Blue M&Ms heal spinal injuries in rats, kids spend too much time indoors, and all women need hormones.
08/13/2009
05:42

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Mark Devlin

Mark Devlin sends giant weather balloons into space to learn about galaxies that are billions of light years away.
08/13/2009
06:28

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Even Better-er Know a District - Colorado's 2nd - Jared Polis

Jared Polis didn't announce that he was gay as a political ploy to get elected in a liberal district.
08/17/2009
00:03

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Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen will see you tomorrow.
08/17/2009
04:33

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Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben urges international leaders to take steps to lower the world's carbon dioxide levels through his 350.org movement.
08/17/2009
00:35

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Intro - 8/17/09

Reporters get so desperate they'll even work for a newspaper, and Bill McKibben lowers carbon dioxide levels by not exhaling when he talks.
08/17/2009
06:31

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The Word - Must-Be TV

If pundits want to save America, they have to do what's wrong to prove they're right.
08/17/2009
01:47

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Obama Publishes Health Care Op-Ed

President Obama publishing an op-ed in the New York Times on health care reform is a textbook sign of surrender.
08/17/2009
06:10

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Tip/Wag - German Campaign, Russian Dogs & Flying Rabbis

Vera Lengsfeld uses sex to campaign in Germany, Russian dogs take the subway, and flying rabbis ward off swine flu.
08/18/2009
05:11

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Robert Wright

Robert Wright believes that the three major religions can help God move toward a level of tolerance and compassion.
08/18/2009
01:41

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Hamid Karzai Endorsement

Hamid Karzai locks up the key human rights abusers demographic with an endorsement from warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum.
08/18/2009
00:34

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Intro - 8/18/09

The German parliamentary election holds a surprise twist, and Robert Wright discusses religion's evolution.
08/18/2009
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