Aired: 1/3/2011
Stephen uncovers a menace in Florida and talks to Ed Rendell about leaving office by choice.
Aired: 1/4/2011
Some want the dollar to be converted back to gold, and Geoffrey Canada advocates for education reform.
Aired: 1/5/2011
America's fruit supply is in danger, and Atul Gawande wants to reduce health risks in hospitals.
Aired: 1/6/2011
Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how tides work, and Robert DePinho wants to reverse the aging process.
Aired: 1/10/2011
Stephen violates the Constitution, and Fen Montaigne talks about Antarctic penguins.
Aired: 1/11/2011
Stephen picks this year's Grammy winners, and Chris Hughes starts a site for Jewish sumo wrestlers.
Aired: 1/12/2011
50 Cent makes $8 million on Twitter, and Bernard-Henri Levy discusses public intellectualism.
Aired: 1/13/2011
Hitler delivers a moving speech in Tucson, and Stephen pictures Kevin Spacey naked with rose petals.
Aired: 1/17/2011
Stephen unveils a new portrait of himself and talks to Sherry Turkle about alienating technology.
Aired: 1/18/2011
Stephen looks at education reform and assumes Cornel West's book is about Obama joining the circus.
Aired: 1/19/2011
Stephen gets a present from Afghanistan and talks to Ron Reagan about his memoir.
Aired: 1/20/2011
Christine Todd Whitman discusses state budget shortfalls, and Chris Matthews defends JFK's legacy.
Aired: 1/24/2011
House Republicans repeal health care to create new jobs, and Stephen talks to Charlie Rose.
Aired: 1/25/2011
Stephen covers home appliance safety and talks to Amy Chua about her controversial book.
Aired: 1/26/2011
Michael Waldman rates the State of the Union, and Christine Yvette Lewis fights for domestic workers.
Aired: 1/27/2011
Stephen wonders if ESP exists and asks Brian Greene if there is a universe where people buy books.
Aired: 1/31/2011
There's a breakthrough in taser technology, and Dr. Paul Offit discusses the importance of vaccines.
Aired: 2/1/2011
Leslie Dach confirms Wal-Mart's collaboration with Obama, and Michael Lewis discusses Wall Street.
Aired: 2/2/2011
America must break its dependency on foreign turmoil, and Sean Dorrance Kelly discusses the sacred.
Aired: 2/3/2011
Stephen previews the Super Bowl and talks to Jane McGonigal about video games.
Aired: 2/14/2011
Hosni Mubarak steps down onto a pillowy mound of money, and LCD Soundsystem performs.
Aired: 2/15/2011
President Twitter Bird will lead Egypt, and David Albright talks about Iran's computer virus.
Aired: 2/16/2011
Rupert Murdoch takes a new approach to journalism, and Eric Foner talks about Abraham Lincoln.
Aired: 2/17/2011
Stephen poses for Project, and Jeffrey Leonard calls out big companies' late payment policies.
Aired: 2/21/2011
Rick Santorum complains about his Google problem, and Eugene Jarecki dispels the myths of Reagan.
Aired: 2/22/2011
Wisconsin Democrats waddle out of the state, and Bing West discusses the way out of Afghanistan.
Aired: 2/23/2011
Stephen brings a criminal to justice, and Stephanie Coontz talks about women in the 60s.
Aired: 2/24/2011
Aaron Barr threatens WikiLeaks, and Mike Huckabee doesn't believe Obama is a Muslim.
Aired: 2/28/2011
Stephen's portrait goes up for auction, and Michael Scheuer talks about Osama bin Laden.
Aired: 3/1/2011
Stephen addresses America's elderly and talks to Evan Osnos about the Oscars.
Aired: 3/2/2011
There's a new hope for American manufacturing, and Harry Connick, Jr. won't be tickling the ivories.
Aired: 3/3/2011
Stephen fights Jimmy Fallon over his new ice cream flavor, and Mark Moffett talks about bees.
Aired: 3/7/2011
Stephen examines new questions about Obama's past and asks Joshua Foer where he put his car keys.
Aired: 3/8/2011
Congress bans the sale of traditional light bulbs, and Dan Sinker impersonates Rahm Emanuel.
Aired: 3/9/2011
Clarence Thomas may have a conflict of interest, and David Brooks talks about "The Social Animal."
Aired: 3/10/2011
Al Qaeda recruits Americans, and Reza Aslan talks about the Islamic-American experience.
Aired: 3/21/2011
Stephen's self-portrait goes up for auction, and Steve Martin does some bluegrass.
Aired: 3/22/2011
The art world buzzes about Stephen's portrait, and Ayman Mohyeldin talks in the Situation Mosque.
Aired: 3/23/2011
Simon de Pury dances to Snoop Dogg, and Nathan Myhrvold uses modern scientific methods to cook food.
Aired: 3/24/2011
Food prices skyrocket, a cable news feud escalates, and Jody Williams wants to advance equality.
Aired: 3/28/2011
Labor unions fight on, and Stephen stands outside with a bullhorn to interview Michael Moore.
Aired: 3/29/2011
Stephen questions Obama's plan for Libya and talks infectious diseases with Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Aired: 3/30/2011
Stephen practices Rebecca Black's "Friday" and does a PSA for Tim Shriver.
Aired: 3/31/2011
The Wisconsin anti-union law faces trouble, and Piers Gibbon talks about cannibalism.
Aired: 4/4/2011
Stephen prepares for a world without Glenn Beck, and Andrew Chaikin wants humans to travel to Mars.
Aired: 4/5/2011
Tim Pawlenty raps about pop culture, and James Franco proves he's a Tolkien fan.
Aired: 4/6/2011
Stephen prepares for the royal wedding, and David Tang corrects celebrity rumors.
Aired: 4/7/2011
Stephen gets ready for the royal wedding and talks to Jeff Greenfield about alternate histories.
Aired: 4/11/2011
Walgreens offers Pap smears, and Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage test the blue ice myth.
Aired: 4/12/2011
Mitt Romney throws his hat in the ring, and Ray Kurzweil says man and machine are becoming one.
Aired: 4/13/2011
Unilever creates armpit insecurity among women, and Morgan Spurlock addresses product placement.
Aired: 4/14/2011
Trevor Potter helps Stephen fill out super PAC forms, and Caroline Kennedy recites poetry.
Aired: 4/25/2011
n this episode, Stephen recovers from a Catholic bender, and Donald Trump leads in the potential Republican candidate polls. Masturbation cures restless leg syndrome, and Ron Paul criticizes the Federal Reserve.
Aired: 4/26/2011
The climate change debate continues, and A.C. Grayling writes a secular Bible.
Aired: 4/27/2011
The new danger in air travel comes with a $25 fee, and Ice-T talks about his memoir.
Aired: 4/28/2011
Stephen travels to England for the royal wedding, and asks Wade Graham about Covent Garden.
Aired: 5/2/2011
Stephen throws a "We Got Bin Laden" party, and Francis Fukuyama warns of the Chinese threat.
Aired: 5/3/2011
Stephen covers new details in the hunt for Bin Laden and talks to Rex Ryan for six minutes.
Aired: 5/4/2011
"Atlas Shrugged" comes to the big screen, and Amy Farrell wants to end the persecution of fat people.
Aired: 5/5/2011
Donald Trump applies his wisdom to same-sex marriage, and Bill James discusses true crime.
Aired: 5/9/2011
Stephen looks at a unique solution to the debt crisis in Michigan, and Lupe Fiasco performs.
Aired: 5/10/2011
A billboard predicts the end of the world, and Geoffrey Rush explains why he's not a method actor.
Aired: 5/11/2011
Stephen receives an unexpected honor, and Eric Greitens talks about being a Navy Seal.
Aired: 5/12/2011
Stephen warns of a new government intrusion and talks to John Bradshaw about dog behavior.
Aired: 5/16/2011
Stephen files his super PAC request, and Alison Klayman talks about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
Aired: 5/17/2011
Stephen covers tax breaks for oil companies and talks to Amy Kremer dressed as an American patriot.
Aired: 5/18/2011
Newt Gingrich struggles to stay on message, and Austan Goolsbee talks about the debt ceiling.
Aired: 5/19/2011
John Lithgow performs Gingrich's press release, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar discusses the Harlem Rens.
Aired: 5/31/2011
Stephen wonders if the world ended and lies about reading James Stewart's book.
Aired: 6/1/2011
Stephen examines the Weiner scandal, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. makes a mountain out of a molehill.
Aired: 6/2/2011
Congress rejects raising the debt ceiling, and Salman Khan teaches over 53 million students.
Aired: 6/6/2011
Sarah Palin describes Paul Revere's midnight ride, and Werner Herzog talks about cave paintings.
Aired: 6/7/2011
Rand Paul identifies terrorists, and Stephen thumb wrestles Sugar Ray Leonard.
Aired: 6/8/2011
Anthony Weiner captures the manscaping vote, and Bre Pettis print a 3-D copy of Stephen's head.
Aired: 6/9/2011
Andrew Breitbart shows a photo of Anthony Weiner's penis, and Tom Ridge talks about natural gas.
Aired: 6/13/2011
Freestyle canoe dancing heats up, and Henry Kissinger discusses America's relationship with China.
Aired: 6/14/2011
Stephen explores "Sesame Street" corruption and talks to Janny Scott about Barack Obama's mother.
Aired: 6/15/2011
Seniors face a shocking new threat, and Keith Olbermann returns to television.
Aired: 6/20/2011
Stephen looks at new developments in technology, and Bon Iver performs.
Aired: 6/21/2011
Jack White helps Stephen revive his music career, and Florence and the Machine perform.
Aired: 6/22/2011
Stephen comes clean with Jack White, Obama defends actions in Libya, and Talib Kweli performs.
Aired: 6/23/2011
Jack White presents "Charlene II (I'm Over You)," and Stephen performs with the Black Belles.
Aired: 6/27/2011
Ted Nugent writes an Op-ed, and Stephen wants to claim Grover Norquist as a dependent.
Aired: 6/28/2011
The Supreme Court throws out a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart, and Alexandra Pelosi discusses her documentary on immigrant naturalization in the U.S.
Aired: 6/29/2011
The FEC makes a decision about Stephen's Super PAC, and Gary Sinise entertains American troops.
Aired: 6/30/2011
The FEC allows Stephen to form his Super PAC, and Timothy Garton Ash discusses subversive facts.
Aired: 7/11/2011
The natural gas industry tries to counter bad press, and Michael Shermer discusses "Skeptic Magazine."
Aired: 7/12/2011
Michele Bachmann signs a controversial pledge, and Dan Savage talks about marriage and monogamy.
Aired: 7/13/2011
The Republican Party has a fresh young face that's only 235 years old, and David McCullough has a new book about Americans in Paris.
Aired: 7/14/2011
The Rupert Murdoch scandal deepens, and Jose Antonio Vargas comes out of the border-gay closet.
Aired: 7/18/2011
Fox News blows the lid back onto the Murdoch story, and John Prendergast discusses South Sudan.
Aired: 7/19/2011
Newt Gingrich drowns in debt, and David Carr feels like the tallest leprechaun in "Page One."
Aired: 7/20/2011
A pie attack makes Rupert Murdoch sympathetic, Republicans limit who can vote, and Michael Sandel examines the ethical issue of sailor cannibalism.
Aired: 7/21/2011
California passes a law requiring public schools to teach gay history, NBC loves breasts, and neuroscientist David Eagleman discusses the secret lives of the brain.
Aired: 7/25/2011
The media assumes Norway's native gunman is Muslim, Summer's Eve uses vaginal puppetry to market their product to vaginas, and Brian Cox reveals the mysteries of space.
Aired: 7/26/2011
Herman Cain breaks Stephen's heart, Peter Edelman talks "poors," and Brooke Gladstone reflects on the media's influence.
Aired: 7/27/2011
Home-owning vampire Patrick Rodgers turns the tables on Wells Fargo, electric car drivers face a critical deadline, and Missy Cummings develops a new breed of flying robots.
Aired: 7/28/2011
John McCain enrages Tea Partiers by calling them "Hobbits," and Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer won't take special-interest donations.
Aired: 8/1/2011
Stephen tells the "Billy Goats Gruff" debt ceiling story, an Alabama company turns ashes into bullets, and Zappos' C.E.O. Tony Hsieh talks about delivering happiness.
Aired: 8/2/2011
Scandal rocks Newt Gingrich's Twitterverse, David Leonhardt knows how to save America's credit rating, and Al Hunt thinks everyone lost the debt ceiling deal.
Aired: 8/3/2011
A half-Hispanic teenager steals Spider-Man's job, Monopoly gets a makeover, and Robert Wittman solves art crimes.
Aired: 8/4/2011
Wisconsin Democrats get bad absentee ballot applications, Stephen takes over MLB's Twitter feed, and Anthony Bourdain describes the grossest things he's ever eaten.
Aired: 8/8/2011
America's credit rating plummets, Prescott Group has a cheap doomsday solution, and Nassir Ghaemi thinks madness creates first-rate leaders.
Aired: 8/9/2011
The liberal media's hot-airheads have started indoctrinating America's kids.
Aired: 8/10/2011
Father Jim Martin discusses God's job performance, political junkies donate money for a fix, and Elliot Ackerman lets voters directly nominate a president.
Aired: 8/11/2011
Mitt Romney thinks corporations are people too, Stephen reveals his super PAC ad, and Gloria Steinem discusses gender equality.
Aired: 8/15/2011
Stephen apologizes to WOI in Des Moines, Michele Bachmann wins the Iowa straw poll, and Ambassador Susan Rice discusses the role of the United Nations.
Aired: 8/16/2011
Barack Obama spins "Obamacare," Frank Luntz transforms the Colbert Super PAC, and Atlantis' crewmembers talk about their final space mission.
Aired: 8/17/2011
Rick Perry hires Colbert Super PAC's treasurer, Rick Santorum puts gay marriage into everyday napkin terms, and Jeff Bridges looks good by having fun.
Aired: 8/18/2011
America wants a badass president, WOI reports on the "Rick Parry" write-in scandal, and hacker Kevin Mitnick is the ghost in the wires.
Aired: 9/6/2011
People enjoy a story more when they know how it ends, Prescott Group unveils its toning shoes, and Tim Pawlenty explains why he pulled out of the presidential race.
Aired: 9/7/2011
The TSA makes changes to airport security, controversy surrounds Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial, and Robin Wright discusses the cultural impact of the Arab Spring.
Aired: 9/8/2011
The GOP debate drives Stephen to watch MSNBC, Rick Perry calls Social Security a Ponzi scheme, and Tom Brokaw follows the progress of 9/11 victims' family members.
Aired: 9/12/2011
Stephen reports on an old-school reporter, America profits from grief, and Diane Sawyer discusses "Jacqueline Kennedy: In Her Own Words."
Aired: 9/13/2011
Barack Obama unveils his jobs plan, Paul Krugman discusses the Lesser Depression, and Al Gore focuses on climate reality.
Aired: 9/14/2011
Fox News objects to Barack Obama's jobs bill binder clip, Stephen unveils his postal solution, and Michael Moore talks about his memoir "Here Comes Trouble."
Aired: 9/15/2011
Swiss banking giant UBS reports a $2 billion loss, Jimmy Fallon loves Stephen, and David Copperfield discusses the mind-bending science of perception.
Aired: 9/20/2011
Barack Obama unveils his deficit reduction plan; the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" changes everything; and Jeffrey Kluger examines the bond between siblings.
Aired: 9/21/2011
Reuters' Chrystia Freeland discusses Europe's financial crisis, protestors occupy Wall Street, and Daniel Yergin discusses the world's quest for energy.
Aired: 9/22/2011
A defunct satellite threatens the earth, the Marine Corps limits troops to silent farts in Afghanistan, and Jeremy Ben-Ami discusses the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Aired: 9/26/2011
America reaches a milestone in corporate civil rights, Thom Yorke and Ed O'Brien discuss global warming, and rock legend Radiohead performs.
Aired: 9/27/2011
Rick Perry owns his horrific debate performance, the NFL tightens stadium security, and Melinda Gates works on improving America's public schools.
Aired: 9/28/2011
Rick Perry talks immigration, America gets tough on pregnant Mexicans, John Lithgow calls the Atone Phone, and Ken Burns discusses his Prohibition documentary.
Aired: 9/29/2011
Karl Rove's fundraising takes a turn, Trevor Potter arms Stephen with a 501(c)(4), Kevin Kline hosts The Donating Game, and Mark Cuban talks billionaires.
