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Paul Krugman

Season 8 • 06/18/2012

Economist Paul Krugman shares his book "End This Depression Now!"

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05:15

Super PAC Super Cash & 24-Hour Political Ad Channels
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America's TV networks could run out of political ad airtime, but Hawaii's breakthrough in free speech offers a solution.
06/14/2012
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Marijuana Legalization as Election Hot-Button Issue
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Pro-pot initiatives could give Barack Obama the election edge since marijuana legalization is the ultimate grassroots campaign.
06/14/2012
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Sign Off - Bon Voyage, Peter Gwinn
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Stephen takes a fond look back at Peter Gwinn's most memorable show moments.
06/14/2012
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Steve Coll
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll talks about ExxonMobil's corporate model, management and international reputation.
06/14/2012
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05:29

Cheating Death - Penis Curvature Cures & Single Women Sleep Aids
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The angle of the dangle can become a serious medical issue, and Stephen's favorite sleep aid, CNN Headline News, says women sleep better with a bed buddy.
06/14/2012
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03:26

Press Interruption at Barack Obama's Immigration Address
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Conservative blogger Neil Munro cuts the president's immigration speech short, and Stephen reveals that he is also a member of the White House Press Corps reserve.
06/18/2012
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Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight.
06/18/2012
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05:31

Operation Artificial Swedener - Sweden's Response
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Sweden reacts to Stephen's Twitter- takeover operation, mandating that only Swedes may participate in their national tweets.
06/18/2012
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04:25

Barack Obama's Immigration Policy Change
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Stephen reveals an election conspiracy theory, and Latinos seek a man of principle like Mitt Romney.
06/18/2012
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00:38

Intro - 6/18/12
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A conservative reporter interrupts Barack Obama, Stephen falls into an international incident, and Paul Krugman shares his book "End This Depression Now!"
06/18/2012
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06:49

Paul Krugman
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Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman discusses America's recessions and depressions, the effect of affluence on politics, and Europe's big economic mistake.
06/18/2012
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06:02

Mitt Romney's Champion Horse & Dressage Tribute
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The Romneys' horse Rafalca makes the Olympic team, and the United States Equestrian Federation welcomes Stephen's new dressage tradition.
06/19/2012
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Olivia Wilde
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Actress Olivia Wilde talks about campaigning for Barack Obama, competing in dressage, and joining Stephen on Maxim's Hot 100 list.
06/19/2012
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04:42

Unscooped Dog Poop Crimes
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PooPrints uses forensic DNA testing to help communities take fecal matters into their own hands.
06/19/2012
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00:12

Sign Off - Stephen's Dressage Dance
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Stephen emulates the Romneys' competition horse, Rafalca.
06/19/2012
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02:43

John Kerry as Mitt Romney in Debate Prep
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Senator John Kerry will play Mitt Romney in Barack Obama's mock debates, even though Kerry and Romney hail from completely different pages of a thesaurus.
06/19/2012
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Asian Immigration Threat
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Asian immigrants are the new Mexicans, and even a super awesome wall around China won't curb their invasion.
06/20/2012
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05:02

Daniel Klaidman
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Newsweek correspondent Daniel Klaidman discusses his book "Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency."
06/20/2012
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03:05

Joe the Plumber's Controversial Gun Control Ad
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Ohio congressional hopeful Samuel Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. "Joe the Candidate the Plumber," releases a powerful gun control ad.
06/20/2012
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Unraveling the Operation Fast & Furious Scandal
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The Fast and Furious gun-tracking program was an unconscionable waste of money to promote senseless acts of violence, just like the movies for which it was named.
06/20/2012
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Intro - 6/20/12
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Scandal strikes the Department of Justice, Taco Bell launches a fast food novelty, and Daniel Klaidman shares his book "Kill or Capture."
06/20/2012
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