The Colbert Report - Season 2
Episode List
E1 - Nancy Grace
Aired: January 09, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann!
E2 - Carl Bernstein
Aired: January 10, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of The Al Franken Show, Al Franken!
E3 - John Stossel
Aired: January 11, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes ABC News' John Stossel!
E4 - Ken Miller
Aired: January 12, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Professor of Biology at Brown University, Ken Miller!
E5 - George Stephanopoulos
Aired: January 16, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of "This Week", George Stephanopoulos!
E6 - Andrew Sullivan
Aired: January 17, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and blogger, Andrew Sullivan!
E7 - Frank McCourt
Aired: January 18, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Teacher Man: A Memoir", Frank McCourt!
E8 - Nina Totenberg
Aired: January 19, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes National Public Radio's legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg!
E9 - David Gregory
Aired: January 23, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former FEMA director, Michael Brown!
E10 - Robin Givhan
Aired: January 24, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes "Washington Post" fashion editor, Robin Givhan!
E11 - Norah Vincent
Aired: January 25, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back" Norah Vincent!
E12 - Paul Begala
Aired: January 26, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes CNN commentator and the co-author of "Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future", Paul Begala!
E13 - Annie Duke
Aired: January 30, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Rev. Jesse Jackson!
E14 - Dave Marash
Aired: January 31, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Manliness", Harvey Mansfield!
E15 - Emily Yoffe
Aired: February 01, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner", Emily Yoffe!
E16 - Christine Todd Whitman
Aired: February 02, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "It's My Party, Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America", Christine Todd Whitman!
E17 - Sen. Barbara Boxer
Aired: February 06, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes California Senator Barbara Boxer!
E18 - James Woolsey
Aired: February 07, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former CIA Director James Woolsey!
E19 - Alan Dershowitz
Aired: February 08, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can be Resolved", Alan Dershowitz!
E20 - George Packer
Aired: February 09, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq", George Packer!
E21 - Lama Surya Das
Aired: February 21, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Natural Radiance: Awakening to Your Great Perfection, Lama Surya Das!
E22 - Michael Eric Dyson
Aired: February 22, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina And the Color of Disaster, Michael Eric Dyson!
E23 - David Brooks
Aired: February 23, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!
E24 - Tony Campolo
Aired: February 27, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel, Tony Campolo!
E25 - Brett O'Donnell
Aired: February 28, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the director of debate at King's College, Brett O'Donnell!
E26 - Arianna Huffington
Aired: March 01, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and internet blogger, Arianna Huffington!
E27 - Jeffrey Sachs
Aired: March 02, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, Jeffrey Sachs!
E28 - Bob Schieffer
Aired: March 06, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!
E29 - Norman Ornstein
Aired: March 07, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track, Norman Ornstein!
E30 - James Webb
Aired: March 08, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America, James Webb!
E31 - Lorraine Bracco
Aired: March 09, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actress, Lorraine Bracco!
E32 - Christopher Buckley
Aired: March 13, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Thank You for Smoking : A Novel, Christopher Buckley!
E33 - Keith Olbermann
Aired: March 14, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann!
E34 - Al Franken
Aired: March 15, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of The Al Franken Show, Al Franken!
E35 - Frank Vincent
Aired: March 16, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man, Frank Vincent!
E36 - Connie Chung
Aired: March 20, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Dateline NBC anchor Stone Philips.
E37 - Steve Kroft
Aired: March 21, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes 60 Minutes correspondent, Steve Kroft!
E38 - Dan Senor
Aired: March 22, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Advisor to the U.S. Presidential Envoy in Iraq, Dan Senor!
E39 - John Kasich
Aired: March 23, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good For You.
E40 - Sen. Gary Hart
Aired: March 27, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes environmental politician, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
E41 - Michael Brown
Aired: March 28, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.
E42 - Bruce Bartlett
Aired: March 29, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy, Bruce Bartlett!
E43 - Robert Greenwald
Aired: March 30, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the producer of Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, and most recently, The Big Buy: How Tom Delay Stole Congress, Robert Greenwald!
E44 - Michael Smerconish
Aired: April 03, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.
E45 - Rev. Jesse Jackson
Aired: April 04, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus.
E46 - Harvey Mansfield
Aired: April 05, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.
E47 - Markos Moulitsas
Aired: April 06, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of The Great Deluge, Douglas Brinkley.
E48 - Reza Aslan
Aired: April 17, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of No god But God, Reza Aslan!
E49 - Anthony Romero
Aired: April 18, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.
E50 - Caitlin Flanagan
Aired: April 19, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of To Hell With All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife, Caitlin Flanagan!
E51 - Ralph Nader
Aired: April 20, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist Christpher Noxon, author of Rejuvenile.
E52 - Hugh Hewitt
Aired: April 24, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Painting the Map Red: The Fight to Create a Permanent Republican Majority, Hugh Hewitt!
E53 - Sam Harris
Aired: April 25, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.
E54 - Sebastian Junger
Aired: April 26, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes editor in chief for U.S. News World Report, Mort Zuckerman.
E55 - Bill Kristol
Aired: April 27, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!
E56 - Jon Meacham
Aired: May 01, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, Jon Meacham!
E57 - Gov. Mike Huckabee
Aired: May 02, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork: A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle and the Governor of Arkansas, Gov. Mike Huckabee!
E58 - Paul Rieckhoff
Aired: May 03, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington, Paul Rieckhoff!
E59 - Rick Reilly
Aired: May 04, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Shanks For Nothing, Rick Reilly!
E60 - Shere Hite
Aired: May 08, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!
E61 - Frank Rich
Aired: May 09, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of the New York Times, Frank Rich!
E62 - Bill Bastone
Aired: May 10, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of The Smoking Gun.com, Bill Bastone!
E63 - Madeleine Albright
Aired: May 11, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright!
E64 - Kevin Phillips
Aired: May 15, 2006
Tonght, Democratic hopeful for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont.
E65 - Tyson Slocum
Aired: May 16, 2006
Tonight former editor for the New Republic and author of The Good Fight: Why Liberals--And Only Liberals--Can Win the War On Terror and Make America Great Again, Peter Beinart.
E66 - Jonathan Alter
Aired: May 17, 2006
Tonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in the World.
E67 - Ted Daeschler
Aired: May 18, 2006
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the Assistant Curator and Chair, Vertebrate Zoology at the Center for Systematic Biology & Evolution, Ted Daeschler!
E68 - Stone Phillips
Aired: June 05, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Dateline NBC anchor Stone Philips.
E69 - Christiane Amanpour
Aired: June 06, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes CNN's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.
E70 - Steven Squyres
Aired: June 07, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Cornell University scientist and author of Roving Mars Steven Squyres.
E71 - Steven Johnson
Aired: June 08, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor of the National Review and author of The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts and the Disregard for Human Life.
E72 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Aired: June 12, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes political commentator of PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and author of Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton, David Gergen.
E73 - Tim Flannery
Aired: June 13, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.
E74 - David Sirota
Aired: June 14, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary musician Neil Young.
E75 - Michael Pollan
Aired: June 15, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Geoffrey Nunberg, professor of linguistics and columnist for the New York Times and author of Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalsim into a Tax Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body Piercing, Hollywood Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show.
E76 - Gustavo Arellano
Aired: June 19, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.
E77 - Bart Ehrman
Aired: June 20, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus.
E78 - Bay Buchanan
Aired: June 21, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.
E79 - Douglas Brinkley
Aired: June 22, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Martin Short.
E80 - Marc Bowden
Aired: June 26, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Marc Bowden, author of Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam.
E81 - Chris Matthews
Aired: June 27, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.
E82 - Robert Baer
Aired: June 28, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes form CIA agents and author of Blow the House Down, Robert Baer.
E83 - Christopher Noxon
Aired: June 29, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.
E84 - Amy Sedaris
Aired: July 10, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Amy Sedaris, star of Strangers with Candy.
E85 - Tony Hawk
Aired: July 11, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.
E86 - Mort Zuckerman
Aired: July 12, 2006
Tonight former defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg.
E87 - Ron Suskind
Aired: July 13, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life
E88 - Lee Silver
Aired: July 17, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor Ted Danson.
E89 - Dhani Jones
Aired: July 18, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, Lowell Bergman.
E90 - Joe Scarborough
Aired: July 19, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Scarborough Country, Joe Scarborough.
E91 - Tom Brokaw
Aired: July 20, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw.
E92 - Howell Raines
Aired: July 24, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The One That Got Away: A Memoir, Howell Raines
E93 - William Donohue
Aired: July 25, 2006
Tonight Stephen Welcomes the president of the Catholic League, William Donohue.
E94 - Neal Katyal
Aired: July 26, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back, Amy Goodman.
E95 - Joe Quesada
Aired: July 27, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Randy Newman.
E96 - Ned Lamont
Aired: July 31, 2006
Tonght, Democratic hopeful for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont.
E97 - Peter Beinart
Aired: August 01, 2006
Tonight former editor for the New Republic and author of The Good Fight: Why Liberals--And Only Liberals--Can Win the War On Terror and Make America Great Again, Peter Beinart.
E98 - Linda Hirshman
Aired: August 02, 2006
Tonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in the World.
E99 - Paul Hackett III
Aired: August 03, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.
E100 - Bill Rhoden
Aired: August 08, 2006
Tonight, New York Times columnist and author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete, Bill Rhoden.
E101 - Alexandra Robbins
Aired: August 09, 2006
Tonight cultural anthropologist Alexandra Robbins, author of The Overachievers: The Secret Life of Driven Kids.
E102 - Eli Pariser
Aired: August 10, 2006
Tonight campaign director for MoveOn.org, Eli Pariser.
E103 - Ramesh Ponnuru
Aired: August 14, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor of the National Review and author of The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts and the Disregard for Human Life.
E104 - David Gergen
Aired: August 15, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes political commentator of PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and author of Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton, David Gergen.
E105 - Morgan Spurlock
Aired: August 16, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes documentary filmmaker and host of 30 Days, Morgan Spurlock.
E106 - Neil Young
Aired: August 17, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary musician Neil Young.
E107 - Geoffrey Nunberg
Aired: August 21, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Geoffrey Nunberg, professor of linguistics and columnist for the New York Times and author of Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalsim into a Tax Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body Piercing, Hollywood Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show.
E108 - Paul Krugman
Aired: August 22, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and colmnist Paul Krugman, author of The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century.
E109 - Gideon Yago
Aired: August 23, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes writer and correspondent for MTV News, Gideon Yago
E110 - Janna Levin
Aired: August 24, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes mathematician Janna Levin, author of A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines.
E111 - Martin Short
Aired: September 11, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Martin Short.
E112 - Toby Keith
Aired: September 12, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcome country music star Toby Keith.
E113 - Ken Jennings
Aired: September 13, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes record setting Jeopardy champion and author of Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competetive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs, Ken Jennings
E114 - Bill Simmons
Aired: September 14, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes ESPN's Sports Guy columnist and author of Now I Can Die In Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank, and the 2004 Red Sox, Bill Simmons
E115 - Will Power
Aired: September 18, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.
E116 - Frank Rich
Aired: September 19, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes New York Times columnist Frank Rich, author of The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina.
E117 - James Carville
Aired: September 20, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Democratic political consultant James Carville.
E118 - Daniel Ellsberg
Aired: September 21, 2006
Tonight former defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg.
E119 - Arianna Huffington
Aired: September 25, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life
E120 - Ted Danson
Aired: September 26, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor Ted Danson.
E121 - Lowell Bergman
Aired: September 27, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, Lowell Bergman.
E122 - Steve Wozniak
Aired: September 28, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes co-founder of Apple Computers, Steve Wozniak.
E123 - Michael Lewis
Aired: October 02, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Michael Lewis, author of The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.
E124 - Andy Stern
Aired: October 03, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes union leader and author of A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track, Andy Stern.
E125 - Senator Byron Dorgan
Aired: October 04, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan, author of Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed And Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America.
E126 - Amy Goodman
Aired: October 05, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back, Amy Goodman.
E127 - Randy Newman
Aired: October 09, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Randy Newman.
E128 - Ariel Levy
Aired: October 10, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, Ariel Levy.
E129 - George Lucas
Aired: October 11, 2006
Tonight Stephen reveals the winner of the Green Screen Challenge. Plus, another Tek Jansen Adventure.
E130 - Gov. Brian Schweitzer
Aired: October 12, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer
E131 - Barry Scheck
Aired: October 16, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.
E132 - Richard Dawkins
Aired: October 17, 2006
Tonight Stephen celebrates his 1st anniversary episode with Oxford Professor of Biology and author of The God Delusion Richard Dawkins.
E133 - David Kuo
Aired: October 18, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes former special assistant to President Bush and author of Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction, David Kuo.
E134 - Dr. Peter Agre
Aired: October 19, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Nobel Prize winning chemist Dr. Peter Agre. Plus Stephen talks to Jim Gilchrist, founder of The Minuteman Project.
E135 - Barry Manilow
Aired: October 30, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Barry Manilow.
E136 - Tim Robbins
Aired: October 31, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor and politcal activist Tim Robbins.
E137 - Penn Jillette
Aired: November 01, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes magician Penn Jillette.
E138 - Ronald Reagan Jr.
Aired: November 02, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes political activist Ronald Reagan Jr.
E139 - Mark Halperin
Aired: November 06, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcoms ABC News correspondent and co-author of The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008, Mark Halperin.
E140 - Indecision 2006 Election Coverage
Aired: November 07, 2006
Combined with the Daily Show for the night, Stephen talks to Warren Beatty by phone, Rep. Robert Wexler via satellite and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton via satellite.
E141 - Jeff Greenfield
Aired: November 08, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes CNN anchor Jeff Greenfield.
E142 - Dean Kamen
Aired: November 09, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of FIRST and President of DEKA Research and Development Corporation, Dean Kamen.
E143 - Dan Rather
Aired: November 13, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes former CBS News anchor Dan Rather.
E144 - Jeff Swartz
Aired: November 14, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes CEO of Timberland, Jeff Swartz.
E145 - Al Franken/Dr. Michael Novacek
Aired: November 15, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Al Franken and paleontologist Dr. Michael Novacek.
E146 - Richard Linklater
Aired: November 16, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Richard Linklater, director of Fast Food Nation.
E147 - Jim Lehrer
Aired: November 27, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes PBS News Hour anchor and author of The Phony Marine: A Novel, Jim Lehrer.
E148 - Harry Shearer
Aired: November 28, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Harry Shearer.
E149 - Nora Ephron
Aired: November 29, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes screenwriter and author of I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman, Nora Ephron.
E150 - Mike Lupica
Aired: November 30, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes ESPN commentator and author of Miracle on 49th Street, Mike Lupica.
E151 - Will Wright
Aired: December 04, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes computer game designer Will Wright.
E152 - Steven D. Levitt
Aired: December 05, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and co-author of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, Steven D. Levitt.
E153 - John Sexton
Aired: December 06, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of New York University, John Sexton.
E154 - Dr. Francis S. Collins
Aired: December 07, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the fromer head of the Human Genome Project and author of The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, Francis Collins.
E155 - Dr. Peter Singer
Aired: December 11, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes Princeton ethicist, animal rights activist and co-author of The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter, Dr. Peter Singer
E156 - Dan Savage
Aired: December 12, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes nationally syndicated columnist and author of The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family, Dan Savage.
E157 - Doris Kearns Goodwin
Aired: December 13, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes historian and author of Team of Rivals, The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin.
E158 - Daniel Pinchbeck
Aired: December 14, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes a writer for the Village Voice and Rolling Stone and author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism, Daniel Pinchbeck.
E159 - Jack Welch
Aired: December 18, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the retired CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch.
E160 - Deepak Chopra
Aired: December 19, 2006
Tonight Stephen welcomes the leader in the field of mind body medicine, Deepak Chopra.
E161 - Chris Funk, Robert Schneider
Aired: December 20, 2006
Stephen Colbert vs the Decemberists.