The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Weathering Fights - Science: What's It Up To?

Season 17 • 10/26/2011

Aasif Mandvi sits down with a Republican strategist to get the cold, hard facts on science.

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Indecision 2012 - The Great Right Hope - Tone Def Comedy Jam
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Between Rick Perry's birtherism and Herman Cain's electrified Mexican border fence idea, a pattern emerges from the Republican field.
10/25/2011
04:49

Indecision 2012 - The Great Right Hope - The 180 Club
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Pat "Gay People Cause Hurricanes" Robertson expresses concern for how extreme the Republican party has gotten.
10/25/2011
04:04

Back in Black - Indoctrinating America's Children
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Lewis Black considers Occupy Wall Street's family sleepover, Mike Huckabee's kids' time-travel show and "Sesame Street"'s starving puppets.
10/25/2011
00:18

Moment of Zen - "The View" on Vibrators
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"The View"'s Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd debate the merits of traveling with a vibrator.
10/25/2011
07:16

Walter Isaacson
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Walter Isaacson talks about becoming emotionally invested throughout the course of writing Steve Jobs' biography.
10/25/2011
00:47

Guest Introduction Jokes
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Like all things Apple, Walter Isaacson's authorized biography of Steve Jobs will cost 30% less and weigh half as much a year from now.
10/25/2011
06:13

Lisa Randall
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Physicist and author Lisa Randall explores how science illuminates the modern world and why some people are unwilling to accept scientific findings.
10/26/2011
03:21

Parks and Demonstration - Oakland Riot
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Everything's going well among those who have taken to the streets to protest America's wealth inequality -- except in Oakland.
10/26/2011
00:18

Moment of Zen - Occupy Halloween
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People can dress up as Occupy Wall Street protesters on Halloween.
10/26/2011
05:02

Weathering Fights
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A study funded by the Koch brothers debunks Climategate, but the cable news media doesn't cover it.
10/26/2011
05:47

Weathering Fights - Science: What's It Up To?
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Science claims it's working to cure disease, save the planet and solve the greatest human mysteries, but Aasif Mandvi finds out what it's really up to.
10/26/2011
07:03

Andrew Napolitano
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Andrew Napolitano thinks that government spends more time evading the Constitution than upholding it.
10/27/2011
00:29

Moment of Zen - "Joe the Plumber" Isn't His Name
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Samuel Wurzelbacher doesn't know why his name is so hard for Americans to grasp.
10/27/2011
03:17

Indecision 2012 - Scared Mittless - Mitt Romney's Competitors
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Mitt Romney has surveyed the Republican field and decided 23% is enough to beat any of those yahoos.
10/27/2011
04:23

Stock & Awe
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Europe's financial crisis threatens to decimate the global economy, so Jon exercises his contractual doomsday clause with help from The Best F#@king News Team Ever.
10/27/2011
05:25

Indecision 2012 - Scared Mittless
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When it comes to his polling numbers, Mitt Romney remains consistent despite his shocking inconsistency in every other regard.
10/27/2011
00:21

Moment of Zen - Haunted House Analysis
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A monster explores the effects of the financial crisis on America's interest in the supernatural.
10/31/2011
04:27

How a Bill Doesn't Become a Law
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Wyatt Cenac reports on the death of H.R. 3472, a bill providing health insurance premium discounts for exercising.
10/31/2011
01:09

The 7 Billionth Person
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A baby born in the Philippines is considered the world's 7 billionth person.
10/31/2011
07:41

Indecision 2012 - Ruh Roh Edition
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Herman Cain denies allegations of sexual harassment, and Rick Perry overcorrects for past debate performance stiffness.
10/31/2011
00:48

Halloween Spooktacular
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Jon introduces The Daily Show's Halloween Spooktacular.
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