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Nell Irvin Painter

Season 6 • 03/17/2010

Nell Irvin Painter arm-wrestles Stephen over the origins of the Scots-Irish.

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Intro - 3/16/10
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Stephen finds out what's in children's textbooks and discusses the ethics of science with Rebecca Skloot.
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Rebecca Skloot discusses Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were the first to be immortal and commercialized.
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Doctors offer March Madness vasectomy deals, chess players punch opponents in the face, and Tiger Woods hires Ari Fleischer.
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Sign Off - Goodnight
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That's it for The Report, everybody.
03/17/2010
06:40

United States Census 2010
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Stephen reluctantly fills out his census form so the military won't target a Predator drone missile at his house.
03/17/2010
03:14

Ireland's Shamrock Shortage
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Stephen finds a shamrock replacement under some grow lights in his neighbor's backyard shed.
03/17/2010
05:01

Nell Irvin Painter
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Nell Irvin Painter debates the meaning of white people and arm-wrestles Stephen over the Scots-Irish.
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Sign Off - Goodnight
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That's it for The Report, everybody.
03/18/2010
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Glenn Beck Attacks Social Justice - James Martin
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James Martin works with the poor because he believes in capitalism, but he knows it doesn't provide for everyone.
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Middle Eastern Dogs
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Cheating Death - Clenched Fingers & Pill Reminder
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Mary Matalin
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Claire McCaskill praises the health care reform bill and sends a message to Rush Limbaugh in Costa Rica.
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Stephen quotes Friedrich Schiller as he says goodnight.
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