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Intro - 7/18/11

Season 7 • 07/18/2011

The News Corp. phone-hacking scandal unfolds, and John Prendergast discusses South Sudan.

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Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight and runs around.
07/14/2011
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Carmageddon
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With the temporary closure of the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles, increased traffic on two off-peak days means someone might have to walk someplace.
07/14/2011
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Jose Antonio Vargas
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Jose Antonio Vargas explains which is more difficult: coming out of the closet as a gay man or as a border gay.
07/14/2011
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Improvised Expressive Devices
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Gitmo detainees craft a dangerous new weapon behind bars that may shatter our aesthetic paradigm.
07/14/2011
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Epic Blockbuster
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The final "Harry Potter" and Sarah Palin's documentary would make a great double feature because both movies are about outsiders plucked from obscurity by an old wizard.
07/18/2011
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Sign Off - Prerecorded Episodes
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Stephen can't be sure what day it is because he prerecorded all these episodes in a 96-hour meth-fueled news binge.
07/18/2011
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Blood in the Water - Rupert Murdoch's News of the World Scandal
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For some reason, the media continues to talk about the Rupert Murdoch piffle, so Steve Doocy blows the lid back onto the story.
07/18/2011
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Colbert Super PAC - Cash Crawl
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To seduce the prudent, Stephen puts the names of people who have donated to Colbert Super PAC on a cash crawl.
07/18/2011
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07:17

Colbert Super PAC - Campaign Finance
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Sean Parnell supports Colbert Super PAC's plan to buy an elephant, but Sheila Krumholz wants to shine a light on the taint of private money.
07/18/2011
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04:59

John Prendergast
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John Prendergast talks about the birth of South Sudan, the creation of its flag and the oil curse that might plague its future.
07/18/2011
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Intro - 7/18/11
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Everyone continues to talk about the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal, and John Prendergast discusses the two-week-old nation of South Sudan.
07/18/2011
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God Calls Rick Perry
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With the tough challenges facing America, Rick Perry thinks it's time to hand it over to God and ask Him to jump in.
07/19/2011
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05:55

David Carr
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David Carr of the New York Times admits that papers sell based on the misery of others, but that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. sells misery best.
07/19/2011
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Newt's White Whale
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With his campaign $1 million in debt, Newt Gingrich will have to abandon Moby Dick Airways and travel on Metaphorical Unattainable Goal Bus Lines.
07/19/2011
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Debt Ceiling Deadline Conspiracy
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The August 2nd debt ceiling deadline could be a Muslim-Nazi-Vietcong conspiracy to keep America fiscally solvent.
07/19/2011
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Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight with a wave.
07/19/2011
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Sign Off - Reading
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Stephen interrupts his reading of Michael Sandel's "Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?" to say goodnight.
07/20/2011
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03:43

Humanized by Pie
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After Rupert Murdoch gets hit with a pie, News Corp.'s stocks spike, the English Parliament apologizes, and even the media sharks celebrating his downfall feel bad.
07/20/2011
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Voter ID Laws
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To safeguard against voter fraud and ensure that only the "right people" get elected, Republicans pass laws requiring voters to show government-issued photo IDs.
07/20/2011
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Michael Sandel
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Michael Sandel uses real-world examples to test big philosophical concepts and ethical questions about justice and cannibalism.
07/20/2011
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Congressional Partisan Rancor
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Allen West brings civility back to Washington by calling Debbie Wasserman Shultz a "vile coward" after she spews bile over his support for the GOP's debt reduction bill.
07/20/2011
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