The Colbert Report

Niall Ferguson

Season 8 • 11/07/2011

Niall Ferguson thinks that the West is failing and won't pull itself out of its death spiral.

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02:22

Ghost Sex
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An Ohio family photographs what they purport to be ghosts having sex in their house.
11/03/2011
05:45

Nathan Wolfe
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Dr. Nathan Wolfe discusses the emergence of new viruses and their potential effect on people around the world.
11/03/2011
05:15

European Investment Prospectus
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China won't bite on Europe's turd panini, so Stephen enlists the help of Hans Beinholtz to tempt possible investors.
11/03/2011
00:07

Sign Off - Purell
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Stephen pumps Purell into his hands and says goodnight.
11/03/2011
00:35

Intro - 11/3/11
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Europe tries to save the Greek economy, media coverage of Herman Cain's sexual harassment scandal continues, and Nathan Wolfe discusses pandemics.
11/03/2011
05:45

Colbert Super PAC - Herman Cain's Fundraising & Rush Limbaugh's Stereotypes
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Herman Cain's sexual harassment scandal doesn't hurt his campaign fundraising, and Rush Limbaugh shares his racial stereotype expertise.
11/03/2011
05:22

Colbert Super PAC - Issue Ads
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Make Us Great Again creates a Rick Perry ad, and the Nebraska Democratic Party skirts campaign finance limits with Ben Nelson's issue ads.
11/07/2011
05:01

Colbert Super PAC - Issue Ads - Trevor Potter
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Trevor Potter explains how the Colbert Super PAC can adopt Karl Rove's tactic of adopting Ben Nelson's issue ad tactic.
11/07/2011
00:05

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen looks over American Crossroads' FEC request to make issue ads and says goodnight.
11/07/2011
04:56

Blood in the Water - Larry Taylor's Anti-Semitic Slur
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Stephen turns to the Bigot-O-Tron 9000 to analyze the physiological phenomenon that caused Representative Larry Taylor to use an anti-Semitic slur.
11/07/2011
05:34

Niall Ferguson
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Niall Ferguson explains that the U.S. economy has been the biggest in the world, since 1872, but will be overtaken by China in 2016.
11/07/2011
06:42

Colbert Platinum - Wealth Under Siege
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Hargrave markets yachts as a necessity for escape, and Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel funds a network of artificial Libertarian islands.
11/08/2011
05:41

Seth Meyers
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Seth Meyers believes that "Saturday Night Live"'s Weekend Update provides an alternative for Americans unfulfilled by mainstream news options.
11/08/2011
04:24

Herman Cain Won't Be Stopped
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Herman Cain appears on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" shortly after a fourth woman steps forward with graphic sexual harassment accusations.
11/08/2011
00:12

Sign Off - Custom Escape Yacht
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Stephen asks Hargrave Custom Yachts for his boat.
11/08/2011
03:26

The Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude - Fired Santa Claus & Colbert Super PAC Christmas
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New York bureaucrats stick their budget-cutting knives right into Santa's bowlful of jelly, but the Colbert Super PAC makes things right.
11/08/2011
05:24

Americone Dream of the Future
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Dippin' Dots files for bankruptcy, leaving a gap in the future-dessert continuum that only Americone Dream can fill.
11/09/2011
00:34

Intro - 11/9/11
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The Herman Cain scandal continues to unfold, Stephen says goodbye to a classic dessert, and Father Jim Martin discusses the role of humor in a spiritual life.
11/09/2011
03:19

Herman Cain's Democrat Conspiracy
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The sexual harassment allegations keep coming at Herman Cain like an uninvited hand up a pleated skirt, and he isn't afraid to point out who's really behind them.
11/09/2011
05:11

The Word - Bully Pulpit
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Michigan Senate Republicans pants an anti-bullying law and stuff it in a locker, adding moral and religious exemptions to it.
11/09/2011
00:12

Sign Off - Feeding Jimmy Fallon's Portrait
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Stephen spoon-feeds Americone Dream to Jimmy Fallon's headshot.
11/09/2011
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