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Jonathan Alter

Season 9 • 06/05/2013

Jonathan Alter shares his book, "The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies."

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IRS Political Targeting & Line Dancing Scandals
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Conservative donors speak out about their audits, and IRS employees learn to line dance on the taxpayer's dime.
06/04/2013
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Alex Gibney
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Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney discusses Bradley Manning's WikiLeaks trial and the Obama administration's crackdown on whistleblowers.
06/04/2013
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Michele Bachmann's Last Term
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Michele Bachmann announces her retirement in a web video recorded at the Sears portrait studio.
06/04/2013
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Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight.
06/04/2013
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04:22

Monsanto's Modified Wheat - Laurie Garrett
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Science journalist Laurie Garrett explains how Senator Roy Blunt's Farmer Assurance Provision protects Monsanto and its zombie wheat.
06/05/2013
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Monsanto's Modified Wheat
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Monsanto swears it destroyed all its genetically modified wheat from 2005 -- and to make sure no one ever found the remains, they buried that wheat in a field.
06/05/2013
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Commando of Steel
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Superman's costume in "Man of Steel" clearly shows the outline of his Fortress of Solitude.
06/05/2013
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Sign Off - Amber Waves of Frankengrain
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Stephen strokes a bushel of genetically modified wheat.
06/05/2013
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02:53

Photojournalists vs. iPhones
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The Chicago Sun-Times lays off its entire photography department and requires its reporters to learn iPhone camera basics.
06/05/2013
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Intro - 6/5/13
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Food engineering goes haywire, photojournalism receives bad news, and Jonathan Alter shares his book on Barack Obama's relationship with Republicans.
06/05/2013
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Jonathan Alter
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Jonathan Alter explains how Barack Obama's young geek volunteers crushed Mitt Romney's "Mad Men" campaign during the 2012 election.
06/05/2013
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04:19

John Mellencamp, Stephen King & T Bone Burnett - Pt. 1
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John Mellencamp, Stephen King and T Bone Burnett reveal the inspiration behind their Southern gothic, supernatural musical.
06/06/2013
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04:53

NSA Phone Surveillance
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The Nation Security Agency collects millions of phone records from Verizon, and unlike during the Bush administration, this time it's the Obama administration.
06/06/2013
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02:58

John Mellencamp, Stephen King & T Bone Burnett - Pt. 2
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Out of Stephen King, John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett, T Bone is the only person with social skills.
06/06/2013
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08:42

Colbert Classic - Spy Training with Peter Earnest
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Stephen relives his undercover education at the International Spy Museum.
06/06/2013
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Sign Off - Nose Tap
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Stephen sends a secret signal and says goodnight.
06/06/2013
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05:16

Dan Savage
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Dan Savage shares his book, "American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics."
06/10/2013
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03:05

The Imploding Muslim Country of the Week - Turkey - Omer Taspinar
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Professor Omer Taspinar predicts further polarization between Turkey's conservative religious masses and its liberal upper class.
06/10/2013
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04:50

Edward Snowden's NSA Leaks
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The NSA says it cannot intentionally target U.S. citizens -- just like how a handheld massager is for neck cramps and cannot be used to intentionally target anywhere else.
06/10/2013
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Sign Off - The Imploding Muslim Country of the Week Booth
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Stephen signs off in the Sabra hummus booth.
06/10/2013
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04:20

The Imploding Muslim Country of the Week - Turkey
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Stephen practices a time-honored editorial process, and Turkish protestors target Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
06/10/2013
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