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Season 15 • 06/17/2010

Fred Thompson discusses his teenage years, a failed presidential bid and the BP oil spill.

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Daily/Colbert - Good Friends
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Stephen isn't sure if Jon rises to the level of good friend, like a Kanye West or a Bradley Cooper.
06/15/2010
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James Tabor
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James Tabor describes the kind of panic attack cave divers experience when their psyche reaches its limit of depth and darkness.
06/15/2010
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Moment of Zen - 1951 Haliburton Promotional Film
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A Haliburton promotional film from 1951 shows oil coming out of the ground to make life easy for all of us.
06/16/2010
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Louis C.K.
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Louis C.K. imagines Jimmy Carter falling to his death, says "retarded" like a weatherman, and shares his thoughts on pedophilia.
06/16/2010
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An Energy-Independent Future
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The last eight presidents have gone on television and promised to move America towards an energy-independent future.
06/16/2010
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05:56

The Strife Aquatic - Day 58
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Barack Obama wages war on the BP oil spill by establishing a national commission and appealing to God for help.
06/16/2010
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Moment of Zen - Scientists Study Ozzy Osbourne
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Ozzy Osbourne donates himself to scientists so they can figure out why he's still alive.
06/17/2010
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Intro - Bachelor Party Church Group
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After the show, the bachelor party/church group will continue their wild night of partying with lava cake at Serendipity.
06/17/2010
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07:44

The Strife Aquatic - Day 59 - Judgment Day
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Several big oil companies include a dead emergency contact in their contingency plans, and Joe Barton apologizes to BP for having to pay $20 billion.
06/17/2010
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Holier Than Dow
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Samantha Bee talks to a group of priests and nuns who think big banks like Goldman Sachs are acting immorally.
06/17/2010
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06:33

Fred Thompson
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Fred Thompson attributes his failed presidential bid to the wisdom and good judgment of the American people.
06/17/2010
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07:50

Josh Fox
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Josh Fox talks about the toxic materials from hydraulic fracturing that are turning up in people's water supplies.
06/21/2010
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08:32

The Strife Aquatic - Day 62
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Tony Hayward may have attended a yacht race while oil is still spewing into the Gulf, but he postponed his dolphin hunt.
06/21/2010
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Moment Of Zen - Joe Barton's Misconstruction
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Joe Barton wants the record to be absolutely clear that he thinks BP is responsible for the oil spill.
06/21/2010
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Jon Stewart Looks at Kids' Junk
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Chatroulette develops genital recognition software, and Joe Lieberman wants to give the president absolute power over the Internet.
06/21/2010
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Chubby Chasers
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Simply because a few overweight Americans have chosen a high-salt, high-fat lifestyle, the government punishes everyone else.
06/22/2010
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McChrystal's Balls
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MMS changes its name, Stanley McChrystal opens up to Rolling Stone, and Barack Obama plays golf.
06/22/2010
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Moment of Zen - Man Wants to Legalize Crack
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An older man in John Stossel's audience raises his hand when asked if he thinks crack should be legalized.
06/22/2010
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06:23

Cameron Diaz
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Cameron Diaz talks about training for the Long Beach Grand Prix and doing stunts with Tom Cruise.
06/22/2010
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06:26

Connie Mariano
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Former White House doctor Connie Mariano reveals which president was in the best shape and who was the most difficult patient.
06/23/2010
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Samuel L. Jackson Scale of Black Emotion
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If Obama wants to be a successful president, he needs to calibrate his feelings to a level acceptable to white people.
06/23/2010
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