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Season 19 • 09/11/2014

President Barack Obama delivers a speech revealing his strategy for battling ISIS.

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05:49

Kirsten Gillibrand Pt. 2
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand talks about her book "Off the Sidelines" and discusses the military, universities and the NFL in terms of their treatment of women.
09/09/2014
00:12

Moment of Zen - Awesome vs. Not Awesome
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Fox News's Shepard Smith shares his opinions about the iPhone 6 and Malaysia Airlines.
09/09/2014
08:18

Thoroughly Modern Militants
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The mission and tactics of the fundamentalist group ISIS causes the rest of the world to unite against them while Al Qaeda struggles to keep up with the times.
09/09/2014
07:34

The League of Exculpatory Gentlemen
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Professional football player Ray Rice faces indefinite expulsion from the NFL after an explicit video emerges of him beating his then-fiancee in an elevator.
09/10/2014
00:17

Moment of Zen - Punch in the Face
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Fox News's Howard Kurtz describes the impact of the emergence of a second video depicting professional football player Ray Rice assaulting his wife in an elevator.
09/10/2014
09:03

Ban Ki-moon
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expresses the need for the world to unite in defense of peace, security and human rights.
09/10/2014
03:59

DeMacAlypse 2014 - How to Secede in Britain Without Really Fighting
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Prime Minister David Cameron and other British political leaders head to Scotland in an attempt to win back the country and its considerable oil reserves.
09/10/2014
06:26

Tavis Smiley
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In his book "Death of a King," Tavis Smiley describes how Martin Luther King Jr. has been idolized in death despite facing considerable struggles while he was alive.
09/11/2014
00:10

Moment of Zen - The End of War
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Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters discusses the endlessness of war with Sean Hannity on Fox News.
09/11/2014
05:03

The Obamacare Apocalypse
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Jordan Klepper speaks with medical professionals and patients in an attempt to understand how the implementation of Obamacare has ruined their lives.
09/11/2014
08:53

The Big Bang Strategy
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On the anniversary of 9/11, President Barack Obama and hawkish Republicans find themselves in unexpected agreement about military action in Iraq.
09/11/2014
06:30

Ken Burns
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Documentarian Ken Burns recounts the personal struggles that Theodore, Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt overcame in his film "The Roosevelts."
09/15/2014
00:33

Moment of Zen - The Casual Sex of War
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Former Director of the CIA Michael Hayden makes a suggestive remark about the appeal of airstrikes as a military tactic.
09/15/2014
08:04

Welcome Back, Combat
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The Obama administration gathers a broad coalition of countries together to fight ISIS, but Fox News pundits remain unimpressed.
09/15/2014
05:29

A Nightmare on Graham Street
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After Senator Lindsey Graham issues a dire warning about the threat that ISIS poses to Americans, Samantha Bee reports on the state of his paranoia.
09/15/2014
08:18

Democalypse 2016 - Willary or Won'tary
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Hillary Clinton returns to Iowa for the first time since her 2008 presidential campaign, but the media begins to tire of her enigmatic hints about running in 2016.
09/16/2014
00:14

Moment of Zen - Cat and Mouse Game
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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough criticizes Hillary Clinton's failure to announce her bid for presidency outright.
09/16/2014
06:09

Bill Hader
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Bill Hader reminisces about his eight years on "Saturday Night Live" and describes working with former cast member Kristen Wiig in the movie "The Skeleton Twins."
09/16/2014
06:00

The Pharmaceutical Drug Epidemic
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Michael Che discovers that pharmaceutical companies and drug cartels have more in common than one might think.
09/16/2014
03:25

Threatflix
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ISIS releases a dramatic video in response to President Obama's counter-terrorism strategy, but their threats don't compare to the danger of the Ebola outbreak.
09/17/2014
06:36

Zephyr Teachout
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Zephyr Teachout examines the history of money's corrosive influence on politics in her book "Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United."
09/17/2014
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