E1 - Ronald Seeber

Aired: January 07, 2008

Tonight, a professor of labor relations at Cornell University who shares his views on worker strikes, Ronald Seeber. Jon begins tonights show by sharing his statement of solidarity with the writer's strike by showcasing his unibrow. Also, the show's name has been changed until the strike is over to A Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Jon then reports on the winners of the Iowa caucus. Finally, Jon summarizes the conflict surrounding the Writers Guild strike in a segment called "Space Reserved For Clever Pun".

E2 - David Frum

Aired: January 08, 2008

E3 - John Zogby

Aired: January 09, 2008

E4 - Lou Dobbs

Aired: January 10, 2008

E5 - Fareed Zakaria

Aired: January 14, 2008

E6 - Amb. John Bolton

Aired: January 15, 2008

E7 - Jonah Goldberg

Aired: January 16, 2008

E8 - Allen Raymond

Aired: January 17, 2008

E9 - Jon Meacham

Aired: January 21, 2008

E10 - Jim Wallis

Aired: January 22, 2008

E11 - P.J. O'Rourke

Aired: January 23, 2008

E12 - Gerri Willis

Aired: January 24, 2008

E13 - Phil Simms

Aired: January 28, 2008

E14 - Doris Kearns Goodwin

Aired: January 29, 2008

E15 - Peggy Noonan

Aired: January 30, 2008

E16 - Karen Tumulty

Aired: January 31, 2008

E17 - Tim Gunn

Aired: February 04, 2008

E18 - Chris Wallace

Aired: February 05, 2008

E19 - Tom Brokaw

Aired: February 06, 2008

E20 - Laton McCartney

Aired: February 07, 2008

E21 - Philip Shenon

Aired: February 11, 2008

E22 - Bill Kristol

Aired: February 12, 2008

E23 - Mark Siegel

Aired: February 13, 2008

E24 - Lee Siegel

Aired: February 14, 2008

E25 - Madeleine Albright

Aired: February 26, 2008

E26 - Allen Guelzo

Aired: February 27, 2008

E27 - Brian Williams

Aired: February 28, 2008

Tonight, the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams. Jon begins tonight's show with a look at Bush's recent presidential news conference and his trip to Africa in a segment called "Bushman of Africa". Senior White House Correspondent John Oliver was along for the ride with President Bush in Africa and talks with Jon about his experience. Finally, Expert Youth Politics Reporter on Voting Demetri Martin reports on why the youth vote is so important this election year in a segment called "Trendspotting with Demetri Martin". The TDS Street Team hits the New York City bar scene and asks young people who their voting for.

E28 - Hillary Clinton

Aired: March 03, 2008

Tonight, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

E29 - Ralph Nader

Aired: March 04, 2008

E30 - Martin Fletcher

Aired: March 05, 2008

E31 - Sen. Tom Daschle

Aired: March 06, 2008

E32 - Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell

Aired: March 10, 2008

E33 - Grover Norquist

Aired: March 11, 2008

E34 - Ronald Kessler

Aired: March 12, 2008

E35 - Dana Perino

Aired: March 13, 2008

E36 - Brian Fagan

Aired: March 17, 2008

E37 - Jeffrey Sachs

Aired: March 18, 2008

E38 - Sen. Arlen Specter

Aired: March 19, 2008

E39 - Alex Kingsbury

Aired: March 20, 2008

E40 - Sen. Chuck Hagel

Aired: March 31, 2008

E41 - Simon LeVay

Aired: April 01, 2008

E42 - William Safire

Aired: April 02, 2008

E43 - George Clooney

Aired: April 03, 2008

E44 - Nathan Lane

Aired: April 07, 2008

E45 - Cokie Roberts

Aired: April 08, 2008

E46 - Steve Coll

Aired: April 09, 2008

E47 - Aram Roston

Aired: April 10, 2008

E48 - Judd Apatow

Aired: April 14, 2008

E49 - Jack Goldsmith

Aired: April 15, 2008

E50 - Peter Steinfels

Aired: April 16, 2008

E51 - Uma Thurman

Aired: April 17, 2008

E52 - Sen. Barack Obama

Aired: April 21, 2008

E53 - John Waters

Aired: April 22, 2008

Tonight, cult film director John Waters. Jon begins the show tonight looking at the presidential candidates addressing the audience of the WWE. Next, Jon takes a look at so-called military analysts the media uses, but the Pentagon call message force multipliers in a segment called "The Less You Know". Senior Military Analyst Rob Riggle talks with Jon about the recent Pentagon report about Pakistan being a safe haven for terrorists. Finally, Samantha Bee and Larry Wilmore visit Pennsylvania and talk with some voters.

E54 - Howard Fineman

Aired: April 23, 2008

E55 - Colin Firth

Aired: April 24, 2008

E56 - Jimmy Carter

Aired: April 28, 2008

E57 - Newt Gingrich

Aired: April 29, 2008

E58 - Robert Schlesinger

Aired: April 30, 2008

E59 - Howard Dean

Aired: May 01, 2008

E60 - Sen. Harry Reid

Aired: May 05, 2008

E61 - Fareed Zakaria

Aired: May 06, 2008

E62 - John McCain

Aired: May 07, 2008

E63 - David D. Perlmutter

Aired: May 08, 2008

E64 - Douglas J. Feith

Aired: May 12, 2008

E65 - Bill Moyers

Aired: May 13, 2008

E66 - John Harwood

Aired: May 14, 2008

E67 - Denis Leary

Aired: May 15, 2008

E68 - Matt Taibbi

Aired: May 27, 2008

E69 - Fred Burton

Aired: May 28, 2008

E70 - Richard Clark

Aired: May 29, 2008

E71 - Scott McClellan

Aired: June 02, 2008

E72 - David Sedaris

Aired: June 03, 2008

E73 - Barbara Walters

Aired: June 04, 2008

E74 - Adam Sandler

Aired: June 05, 2008

E75 - Sen. Jim Webb

Aired: June 09, 2008

E76 - Ralph Reed

Aired: June 10, 2008

E77 - Rick Shenkman

Aired: June 11, 2008

E78 - Richard Engel

Aired: June 12, 2008

E79 - David Iglesis

Aired: June 16, 2008

E80 - Lara Logan

Aired: June 17, 2008

E81 - Steve Carell

Aired: June 18, 2008

Tonight, comedian and actor Steve Carell talks about his new movie Get Smart.

E82 - Mike Myers

Aired: June 19, 2008

Tonight, actor and comedian Mike Myers talks about his new movie The Love Guru.

E83 - James McAvoy

Aired: June 23, 2008

Tonight, actor James McAvoy talks about his new movie with Angeline Jolie, Wanted.

E84 - James Harding

Aired: June 24, 2008

Tonight, the editor from The Times in London, James Harding talks about his new book Alpha Dogs: The Americans Who Turned Political Spin into a Global Business.

E85 - Coldplay

Aired: June 25, 2008

Tonight, English rock band Coldplay sing a few songs from their new album, Viva La Vida.

E86 - Ted Koppel

Aired: June 26, 2008

Tonight, Ted Koppel talks about his new special about the symbiotic relationship between the U.S. and China on the Discovery Channel called The People's Republic of Capitalism.

E87 - Andrew Ward

Aired: July 14, 2008

Author Andrew Ward discusses his new book, The Slaves' War.

E88 - Pierce Brosnan

Aired: July 15, 2008

E89 - Kenneth Pollack

Aired: July 16, 2008

E90 - Maggie Gyllenhaal

Aired: July 17, 2008

Jon breaks out the Dobbs-O-Meter to measure how well the presidential candidates are doing with the Latino community. Kristen Schaal studies the cougar species, and invents her own name for men who date younger women. Maggie Gyllenhaal tells Jon how Batman made her weak in the knees.

E91 - Richard Bitner

Aired: July 21, 2008

Barack Obama travels to the Middle East with all three major network news anchors tagging along. Rob Riggle, Larry Wilmore, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac and Ed Helms are excited to cover Obama's trip to Baghdad. Wyatt Cenac goes to South Florida to find out which candidate the elderly Jews are voting for, and Richard Bitner explains the risky business of subprime mortgages.

E92 - Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly

Aired: July 22, 2008

Obama Quest continues as Barack Obama visits his birthplace in Bethlehem. Former high-ranking Bush administration officials refuse to answer questions from the House Judiciary Committee, while John Oliver explains we're in a golden age of obstructive politics, and we don't even know it. Lewis Black lists America's insane deals in its End of an Empire Sale, and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly show off their calves.

E93 - T.J. English

Aired: July 23, 2008

Robert Novak hits a pedestrian with his car, and Barack Obama visits the holy land.

E94 - Geo Beach

Aired: July 24, 2008

Geo Beach, host of the History Channel's "Tougher in Alaska," tells Jon why America's coldest state is also its greatest.

E95 - Nancy Pelosi

Aired: July 28, 2008

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tells Jon about her new book, "Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters.

E96 - Bill Bishop

Aired: July 29, 2008

E97 - Ben Wattenberg

Aired: July 30, 2008

E98 - Brian Williams

Aired: July 31, 2008

E99 - Dennis Hopper

Aired: August 04, 2008

E100 - Seth Rogan

Aired: August 05, 2008

E101 - Sen. Chuck Schumer

Aired: August 06, 2008

E102 - David Gregory

Aired: August 07, 2008

E103 - Ron Suskind

Aired: August 11, 2008

E104 - Sen. Mel Martinez

Aired: August 12, 2008

E105 - Philip Pan

Aired: August 13, 2008

E106 - Ben Stiller

Aired: August 14, 2008

E107 - Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.1 (Gov. Tim Kaine)

Aired: August 26, 2008

E108 - Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.2 (Howard Dean)

Aired: August 27, 2008

E109 - Evan Bayh

Aired: August 28, 2008

E110 - Barack Obamas Acceptance Speech

Aired: August 29, 2008

E111 - Brian Williams

Aired: September 02, 2008

E112 - Newt Gingrich

Aired: September 03, 2008

E113 - Mike Huckabee

Aired: September 04, 2008

E114 - Senator McCains Acceptance Speech

Aired: September 05, 2008

E115 - Barton Gellman

Aired: September 15, 2008

Jon Stewart discusses the importance of blinking. Sarah Palin will talk to the press as soon as they stop asking her questions. Jason Jones is the only correspondent in the news team with his own spin-off. Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman discusses his book Angler about Dick Cheney's time as the vice-president.

E116 - Ricky Gervais

Aired: September 16, 2008

Ricky Gervais talks about his new film, Ghost Town.

E117 - Charlize Theron

Aired: September 17, 2008

Charlize Theron talks about her new movie Battle In Seattle.

E118 - Tony Blair

Aired: September 18, 2008

E119 - Bill Clinton

Aired: September 23, 2008

Former President Bill Clinton stops by the show tonight to discuss the current election.

E120 - Aaron Eckhart

Aired: September 24, 2008

Aaron Eckhart discusses his role in The Dark Knight.

E121 - Bob Schieffer

Aired: September 25, 2008

Journalist and host of CBS's Face the Nation Bob Schieffer talks about his new book Bob Schieffer's America.

E122 - Hooman Majd

Aired: September 29, 2008

Wyatt Cenac watches the debate with some elderly Jewish residents, and Hooman Majd explains that it's within Iran's rights to have nuclear enrichment of uranium on their own soil.

E123 - Bill Maher

Aired: September 30, 2008

E124 - Peggy Noonan

Aired: October 01, 2008

E125 - Clint Eastwood

Aired: October 02, 2008

E126 - Tim Robbins

Aired: October 06, 2008

E127 - Sarah Vowell

Aired: October 07, 2008

E128 - Michelle Obama

Aired: October 08, 2008

E129 - Robert De Niro

Aired: October 09, 2008

E130 - Amity Shlaes

Aired: October 13, 2008

Amity Shlaes discusses her book "The Forgotten Man".

E131 - Ari Fleischer

Aired: October 14, 2008

E132 - Richard Lewis

Aired: October 15, 2008

E133 - Robert Reich

Aired: October 16, 2008

E134 - Eugene Jarecki

Aired: October 20, 2008

E135 - Christopher Buckley

Aired: October 21, 2008

E136 - Tom Brokaw

Aired: October 22, 2008

E137 - Gov. Jon Corzine

Aired: October 23, 2008

Jon Corzine talks about the effects of the financial crisis on New Jersey.

E138 - Campbell Brown

Aired: October 27, 2008

E139 - Steve Martin

Aired: October 28, 2008

E140 - Senator Barack Obama

Aired: October 29, 2008

E141 - Bill Kristol

Aired: October 30, 2008

Bill Kristol believes Obama will be a conventionally liberal president.

E142 - Doris Kearns Goodwin

Aired: November 03, 2008

Doris Kearns Goodwin believes Barack Obama will win, no question.

E143 - Indecision 2008: America's Choice

Aired: November 04, 2008

The towering giants of fake news reunite for their hour-long Election Night special, Indecision 2008: America's Choice. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert report live from Indecision World Headquarters where Comedy Central has rounded up the best researchers and consultants (that it can afford) to provide shallow analysis, obscure factoids, random guesses and pointless sound.

E144 - Chris Wallace

Aired: November 05, 2008

The Fox News Sunday anchor delivers an election postmortem.

E145 - Paul Rudd

Aired: November 06, 2008

With guest Paul Rudd.

E146 - Thomas Friedman

Aired: November 11, 2008

E147 - T. Boone Pickens

Aired: November 12, 2008

Sarah Palin launches a PR blitz, and T. Boone Pickens wants to end our dependence on foreign oil.

E148 - Bill O'Reilly

Aired: November 13, 2008

Paul Broun compares Obama to Hitler, and Jon doesn't want Bill O'Reilly to be afraid anymore.

E149 - Sir David Frost.

Aired: November 17, 2008

George W. Bush hosts the G20 Summit, and Sir David Frost discusses his legendary Nixon interview.

E150 - Denis Leary

Aired: November 18, 2008

E151 - Jon Meacham

Aired: November 19, 2008

Dick Cheney is indicted, while Joe Lieberman and Ted Stevens face the wrath of their parties.

E152 - Richard Belzer

Aired: November 20, 2008

Iraq surrenders, and Richard Belzer reads a passage from Obama's inaugural address.

E153 - Anne Hathaway

Aired: December 01, 2008

Three people die in an attempt to get a jump on their holiday shopping. John Oliver explains who is responsible for the terror attacks in Mumbai. Plaxico Burress lets down America's youth by shooting himself in the thigh. MSNBC replaces Fox News as the new administration's mouthpiece, and Anne Hathaway vows to become a train wreck.

E154 - Calvin Trillin

Aired: December 02, 2008

Calvin Trillin reads his poems about Al Gore, Sarah Palin and John McCain.

E155 - Arianna Huffington

Aired: December 03, 2008

The new Planned Parenthood gift cards make great holiday presents. George W. Bush winds down his presidency with a Charlie Gibson interview. John Hodgman lets Jon know he's also a lame duck, and Arianna Huffington explains blogging.

E156 - Ron Howard

Aired: December 04, 2008

Three auto industry CEOs carpool to Washington to ask again for a bailout. Dr. Aasif Mandvi learns there's no cure for liberalism. Ron Howard does a cheesy Richard Nixon impression.

E157 - Matthew Alexander

Aired: December 08, 2008

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shuts Parliament down. Samantha Bee, John Oliver and Aasif Mandvi discuss Canada's dependence on Great Britain. Matthew Alexander explains why torture is counterproductive in interrogating terrorists.

E158 - Mike Huckabee

Aired: December 09, 2008

Rod Blagojevich couldn't have made it any easier for the authorities to arrest him. Many of the nation's newspapers are on the brink of collapse thanks to the Internet. Mike Huckabee says the reason we have so much government is because people don't behave well with each other.

E159 - Don Rickles

Aired: December 10, 2008

Jason Jones shows some telling footage from his interview with Rod Blagojevich three years ago. Rob Riggle and his uniquely physical interviewing style won't soon be forgotten. Don Rickles gloats over beating Jon at the Emmys.

E160 - Philip Seymour Hoffman

Aired: December 11, 2008

Hall & Oates perform a song about Alan Colmes and how much he means to all of us. Larry Wilmore says African-Americans support Proposition 8 because marriage is their holiest of holy institutions. Philip Seymour Hoffman shares what he learned about the catholic church while filming "Doubt.