The Colbert Report

Gun Control Block

Season 9 • 04/18/2013

Forty-five senators defeat the background check bill, including Ted Cruz and Democrat Mark Begich.

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Caroline Kennedy

"Poems to Learn by Heart" author Caroline Kennedy encourages people to steal her book with their minds.
04/16/2013
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Ricin Letters & Boston Bombing Suspects

Someone tries to poison Obama, and a major breakthrough occurs in the reporting of all the things people don't know yet about the Boston bombings.
04/17/2013
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Bitcoin Plunge - Adam Davidson

The host of NPR's "Planet Money" describes what shady people do with bitcoins.
04/17/2013
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Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming discusses Broadway's production of "Macbeth," set in a psychiatric unit.
04/17/2013
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Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen hides behind a cowboy hat.
04/17/2013
05:42

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"Accidental Racist" Song

Brad Paisley is so committed to kick starting a dialogue between blacks and whites that he starts one mid-song with LL Cool J.
04/17/2013
05:57

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Richard Engel

NBC's chief foreign correspondent talks about visiting South Korea, traveling back in time in North Korea, and being taken hostage in Syria.
04/18/2013
01:56

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Boston Marathon "Bag Men"

Concrete information about the terror attacks in Boston has been slow in coming, but the New York Post doesn't let lack of facts get in the way of reporting them.
04/18/2013
07:29

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The Bucket Maiden Voyage

A game-changing innovation allows Stephen to interact with the unwashed masses in Times Square.
04/18/2013
00:11

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Sign Off - The Bucket

Jay the Intern waves goodnight.
04/18/2013
03:56

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Gun Control Block

Thanks to a Senate minority, Americans no longer have to live in fear of some maniac coming after those they love with a background check bill.
04/18/2013
04:38

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Boston Bombers

The Boston manhunt marks the first time an American city has been completely shut down, and some confuse the bombers' birthplace of Chechnya with the Czech Republic.
04/22/2013
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Toronto Terror Plot

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police thwart an Al Qaeda-inspired train attack, so Shep Smith shows Canada proper respect.
04/22/2013
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Intro - 4/22/13

Boston pulls through tragedy, the George W. Bush Library opens its doors, and Michael Pollan talks about his book, "Cooked."
04/22/2013
03:17

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George W. Bush Presidential Library

The George W. Bush Library features 43,000 artifacts, 200 million e-mails and a presidential "Choose Your Own Adventure."
04/22/2013
06:09

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Michael Pollan

"Cooked" author Michael Pollan explains that the most important thing about one's diet is not a nutrient -- it's an activity.
04/22/2013
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Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen says goodnight.
04/22/2013
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Tiny Triumphs - Infrastructure & River Pollution

According to the ASCE Report Card, America can now proudly say that only 25% of its bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.
04/22/2013
00:07

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Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen says goodnight.
04/23/2013
04:19

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Austerity's Spreadsheet Error - Thomas Herndon

Graduate student Thomas Herndon identifies little staggering omissions in a prominent academic paper, "Growth in a Time of Debt."
04/23/2013
07:43

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Austerity's Spreadsheet Error

Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff's 2010 debt study inspires austerity around the world, but grad student Thomas Herndon debunks the results.
04/23/2013
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