Season 7
124 episodes · Jan 3, 2011
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S7E1Gov. Ed Rendell
Jan 3, 2011Stephen uncovers a menace in Florida and talks to Ed Rendell about leaving office by choice.
S7E2Geoffrey Canada
Jan 4, 2011Some want the dollar to be converted back to gold, and Geoffrey Canada advocates for education reform.
S7E3Atul Gawande
Jan 5, 2011America's fruit supply is in danger, and Atul Gawande wants to reduce health risks in hospitals.
S7E4Dr. Ronald DePinho
Jan 6, 2011Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how tides work, and Robert DePinho wants to reverse the aging process.
S7E5Fen Montaigne
Jan 10, 2011Stephen violates the Constitution, and Fen Montaigne talks about Antarctic penguins.
S7E6Chris Hughes
Jan 11, 2011Stephen picks this year's Grammy winners, and Chris Hughes starts a site for Jewish sumo wrestlers.
S7E7Bernard-Henri Levy
Jan 12, 201150 Cent makes $8 million on Twitter, and Bernard-Henri Levy discusses public intellectualism.
S7E8Kevin Spacey
Jan 13, 2011Hitler delivers a moving speech in Tucson, and Stephen pictures Kevin Spacey naked with rose petals.
S7E9Sherry Turkle
Jan 17, 2011Stephen unveils a new portrait of himself and talks to Sherry Turkle about alienating technology.
S7E10Cornel West
Jan 18, 2011Stephen looks at education reform and assumes Cornel West's book is about Obama joining the circus.
S7E11Ron Reagan Jr.
Jan 19, 2011Stephen gets a present from Afghanistan and talks to Ron Reagan about his memoir.
S7E12Chris Matthews
Jan 20, 2011Christine Todd Whitman discusses state budget shortfalls, and Chris Matthews defends JFK's legacy.
S7E13Charlie Rose
Jan 24, 2011House Republicans repeal health care to create new jobs, and Stephen talks to Charlie Rose.
S7E14Amy Chua
Jan 25, 2011Stephen covers home appliance safety and talks to Amy Chua about her controversial book.
S7E15Michael Waldman, Christine Yvette Lewis
Jan 26, 2011Michael Waldman rates the State of the Union, and Christine Yvette Lewis fights for domestic workers.
S7E16Dr. Daryl Bem, Brian Greene
Jan 27, 2011Stephen wonders if ESP exists and asks Brian Greene if there is a universe where people buy books.
S7E17Samer Shehata, Dr. Paul Offit
Jan 31, 2011There's a breakthrough in taser technology, and Dr. Paul Offit discusses the importance of vaccines.
S7E18Leslie Dach, Michael Lewis
Feb 1, 2011Leslie Dach confirms Wal-Mart's collaboration with Obama, and Michael Lewis discusses Wall Street.
S7E19Sean Kelly
Feb 2, 2011America must break its dependency on foreign turmoil, and Sean Dorrance Kelly discusses the sacred.
S7E20Jane McGonigal
Feb 3, 2011Stephen previews the Super Bowl and talks to Jane McGonigal about video games.
S7E21LCD Soundsystem
Feb 14, 2011Hosni Mubarak steps down onto a pillowy mound of money, and LCD Soundsystem performs.
S7E22Christiane Amanpour, David Albright
Feb 15, 2011President Twitter Bird will lead Egypt, and David Albright talks about Iran's computer virus.
S7E23Eric Foner
Feb 16, 2011Rupert Murdoch takes a new approach to journalism, and Eric Foner talks about Abraham Lincoln.
S7E24Jeffrey Leonard
Feb 17, 2011Stephen poses for Project, and Jeffrey Leonard calls out big companies' late payment policies.
S7E25Eugene Jarecki
Feb 21, 2011Rick Santorum complains about his Google problem, and Eugene Jarecki dispels the myths of Reagan.
S7E26Randi Weingarten, Bing West
Feb 22, 2011Wisconsin Democrats waddle out of the state, and Bing West discusses the way out of Afghanistan.
S7E27Stephanie Coontz
Feb 23, 2011Stephen brings a criminal to justice, and Stephanie Coontz talks about women in the 60s.
S7E28Glenn Greenwald, Mike Huckabee
Feb 24, 2011Aaron Barr threatens WikiLeaks, and Mike Huckabee doesn't believe Obama is a Muslim.
S7E29Michael Scheuer
Feb 28, 2011Stephen's portrait goes up for auction, and Michael Scheuer talks about Osama bin Laden.
S7E30Evan Osnos
Mar 1, 2011Stephen addresses America's elderly and talks to Evan Osnos about the Oscars.
S7E31Harry Connick Jr.
Mar 2, 2011There's a new hope for American manufacturing, and Harry Connick, Jr. won't be tickling the ivories.
S7E32Mark W. Moffett
Mar 3, 2011Stephen fights Jimmy Fallon over his new ice cream flavor, and Mark Moffett talks about bees.
S7E33Joshua Foer
Mar 7, 2011Stephen examines new questions about Obama's past and asks Joshua Foer where he put his car keys.
S7E34Dan Sinker
Mar 8, 2011Congress bans the sale of traditional light bulbs, and Dan Sinker impersonates Rahm Emanuel.
S7E35David Brooks
Mar 9, 2011Clarence Thomas may have a conflict of interest, and David Brooks talks about "The Social Animal."
S7E36Reza Aslan
Mar 10, 2011Al Qaeda recruits Americans, and Reza Aslan talks about the Islamic-American experience.
S7E37Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers
Mar 21, 2011Stephen's self-portrait goes up for auction, and Steve Martin does some bluegrass.
S7E38Ayman Mohyeldin
Mar 22, 2011The art world buzzes about Stephen's portrait, and Ayman Mohyeldin talks in the Situation Mosque.
S7E39Nathan Myhrvold
Mar 23, 2011Simon de Pury dances to Snoop Dogg, and Nathan Myhrvold uses modern scientific methods to cook food.
S7E40Jody Williams
Mar 24, 2011Food prices skyrocket, a cable news feud escalates, and Jody Williams wants to advance equality.
S7E41Michael Moore
Mar 28, 2011Labor unions fight on, and Stephen stands outside with a bullhorn to interview Michael Moore.
S7E42Dr. Anthony Fauci
Mar 29, 2011Stephen questions Obama's plan for Libya and talks infectious diseases with Dr. Anthony Fauci.
S7E43Tim Shriver
Mar 30, 2011Stephen practices Rebecca Black's "Friday" and does a PSA for Tim Shriver.
S7E44Piers Gibbon
Mar 31, 2011The Wisconsin anti-union law faces trouble, and Piers Gibbon talks about cannibalism.
S7E45Andrew Chaikin
Apr 4, 2011Stephen prepares for a world without Glenn Beck, and Andrew Chaikin wants humans to travel to Mars.
S7E46James Franco
Apr 5, 2011Tim Pawlenty raps about pop culture, and James Franco proves he's a Tolkien fan.
S7E47Sir David Tang
Apr 6, 2011Stephen prepares for the royal wedding, and David Tang corrects celebrity rumors.
S7E48Jeff Greenfield
Apr 7, 2011Stephen gets ready for the royal wedding and talks to Jeff Greenfield about alternate histories.
S7E49Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage
Apr 11, 2011Walgreens offers Pap smears, and Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage test the blue ice myth.
S7E50Ray Kurzweil
Apr 12, 2011Mitt Romney throws his hat in the ring, and Ray Kurzweil says man and machine are becoming one.
S7E51Morgan Spurlock
Apr 13, 2011Unilever creates armpit insecurity among women, and Morgan Spurlock addresses product placement.
S7E52Caroline Kennedy
Apr 14, 2011Trevor Potter helps Stephen fill out super PAC forms, and Caroline Kennedy recites poetry.
S7E53Ron Paul
Apr 25, 2011n 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.
S7E54A.C. Grayling
Apr 26, 2011The climate change debate continues, and A.C. Grayling writes a secular Bible.
S7E55Ice-T
Apr 27, 2011The new danger in air travel comes with a $25 fee, and Ice-T talks about his memoir.
S7E56Wade Graham
Apr 28, 2011Stephen travels to England for the royal wedding, and asks Wade Graham about Covent Garden.
S7E57Francis Fukuyama
May 2, 2011Stephen throws a "We Got Bin Laden" party, and Francis Fukuyama warns of the Chinese threat.
S7E58Rex Ryan
May 3, 2011Stephen covers new details in the hunt for Bin Laden and talks to Rex Ryan for six minutes.
S7E59Amy Farrell
May 4, 2011"Atlas Shrugged" comes to the big screen, and Amy Farrell wants to end the persecution of fat people.
S7E60Bill James
May 5, 2011Donald Trump applies his wisdom to same-sex marriage, and Bill James discusses true crime.
S7E61Lupe Fiasco
May 9, 2011Stephen looks at a unique solution to the debt crisis in Michigan, and Lupe Fiasco performs.
S7E62Geoffrey Rush
May 10, 2011A billboard predicts the end of the world, and Geoffrey Rush explains why he's not a method actor.
S7E63Eric Greitens
May 11, 2011Stephen receives an unexpected honor, and Eric Greitens talks about being a Navy Seal.
S7E64John Bradshaw
May 12, 2011Stephen warns of a new government intrusion and talks to John Bradshaw about dog behavior.
S7E65Alison Klayman
May 16, 2011Stephen files his super PAC request, and Alison Klayman talks about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
S7E66Amy Kremer
May 17, 2011Stephen covers tax breaks for oil companies and talks to Amy Kremer dressed as an American patriot.
S7E67Austan Goolsbee
May 18, 2011Newt Gingrich struggles to stay on message, and Austan Goolsbee talks about the debt ceiling.
S7E68Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
May 19, 2011John Lithgow performs Gingrich's press release, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar discusses the Harlem Rens.
S7E69James Stewart
May 31, 2011Stephen wonders if the world ended and lies about reading James Stewart's book.
S7E70Robert Kennedy, Jr.
Jun 1, 2011Stephen examines the Weiner scandal, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. makes a mountain out of a molehill.
S7E71Salman Khan
Jun 2, 2011Congress rejects raising the debt ceiling, and Salman Khan teaches over 53 million students.
S7E72Werner Herzog
Jun 6, 2011Sarah Palin describes Paul Revere's midnight ride, and Werner Herzog talks about cave paintings.
S7E73Sugar Ray Leonard
Jun 7, 2011Rand Paul identifies terrorists, and Stephen thumb wrestles Sugar Ray Leonard.
S7E74Bre Pettis
Jun 8, 2011Anthony Weiner captures the manscaping vote, and Bre Pettis print a 3-D copy of Stephen's head.
S7E75Tom Ridge
Jun 9, 2011Andrew Breitbart shows a photo of Anthony Weiner's penis, and Tom Ridge talks about natural gas.
S7E76Henry Kissinger
Jun 13, 2011Freestyle canoe dancing heats up, and Henry Kissinger discusses America's relationship with China.
S7E77Janny Scott
Jun 14, 2011Stephen explores "Sesame Street" corruption and talks to Janny Scott about Barack Obama's mother.
S7E78Keith Olbermann
Jun 15, 2011Seniors face a shocking new threat, and Keith Olbermann returns to television.
S7E79Bon Iver
Jun 20, 2011Stephen looks at new developments in technology, and Bon Iver performs.
S7E80Florence And The Machine
Jun 21, 2011Jack White helps Stephen revive his music career, and Florence and the Machine perform.
S7E81Talib Kweli
Jun 22, 2011Stephen comes clean with Jack White, Obama defends actions in Libya, and Talib Kweli performs.
S7E82The Black Belles
Jun 23, 2011Jack White presents "Charlene II (I'm Over You)," and Stephen performs with the Black Belles.
S7E83Grover Norquist
Jun 27, 2011Ted Nugent writes an Op-ed, and Stephen wants to claim Grover Norquist as a dependent.
S7E84Alexandra Pelosi
Jun 28, 2011The Supreme Court throws out a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart, and Alexandra Pelosi discusses her documentary on immigrant naturalization in the U.S.
S7E85Gary Sinise
Jun 29, 2011The FEC makes a decision about Stephen's Super PAC, and Gary Sinise entertains American troops.
S7E86Timothy Garton Ash
Jun 30, 2011The FEC allows Stephen to form his Super PAC, and Timothy Garton Ash discusses subversive facts.
S7E87Michael Shermer
Jul 11, 2011The natural gas industry tries to counter bad press, and Michael Shermer discusses "Skeptic Magazine."
S7E88Dan Savage
Jul 12, 2011Michele Bachmann signs a controversial pledge, and Dan Savage talks about marriage and monogamy.
S7E89David McCullough
Jul 13, 2011The Republican Party has a fresh young face that's only 235 years old, and David McCullough has a new book about Americans in Paris.
S7E90Jose Antonio Vargas
Jul 14, 2011The Rupert Murdoch scandal deepens, and Jose Antonio Vargas comes out of the border-gay closet.
S7E91John Prendergast
Jul 18, 2011Fox News blows the lid back onto the Murdoch story, and John Prendergast discusses South Sudan.
S7E92David Carr
Jul 19, 2011Newt Gingrich drowns in debt, and David Carr feels like the tallest leprechaun in "Page One."
S7E93Michael Sandel
Jul 20, 2011A pie attack makes Rupert Murdoch sympathetic, Republicans limit who can vote, and Michael Sandel examines the ethical issue of sailor cannibalism.
S7E94David Eagleman
Jul 21, 2011California passes a law requiring public schools to teach gay history, NBC loves breasts, and neuroscientist David Eagleman discusses the secret lives of the brain.
S7E95Brian Cox
Jul 25, 2011The 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.
S7E96Brooke Gladstone
Jul 26, 2011Herman Cain breaks Stephen's heart, Peter Edelman talks "poors," and Brooke Gladstone reflects on the media's influence.
S7E97Mary (Missy) Cummings
Jul 27, 2011Home-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.
S7E98Buddy Roemer
Jul 28, 2011John McCain enrages Tea Partiers by calling them "Hobbits," and Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer won't take special-interest donations.
S7E99Tony Hsieh
Aug 1, 2011Stephen 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.
S7E100Al Hunt
Aug 2, 2011Scandal 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.
S7E101Robert Wittman
Aug 3, 2011A half-Hispanic teenager steals Spider-Man's job, Monopoly gets a makeover, and Robert Wittman solves art crimes.
S7E102Anthony Bourdain
Aug 4, 2011Wisconsin Democrats get bad absentee ballot applications, Stephen takes over MLB's Twitter feed, and Anthony Bourdain describes the grossest things he's ever eaten.
S7E103Nassir Ghaemi
Aug 8, 2011America's credit rating plummets, Prescott Group has a cheap doomsday solution, and Nassir Ghaemi thinks madness creates first-rate leaders.
S7E104The Cars
Aug 9, 2011The liberal media's hot-airheads have started indoctrinating America's kids.
S7E105Elliot Ackerman
Aug 10, 2011Father Jim Martin discusses God's job performance, political junkies donate money for a fix, and Elliot Ackerman lets voters directly nominate a president.
S7E106Gloria Steinem
Aug 11, 2011Mitt Romney thinks corporations are people too, Stephen reveals his super PAC ad, and Gloria Steinem discusses gender equality.
S7E107Ambassador Susan Rice
Aug 15, 2011Stephen apologizes to WOI in Des Moines, Michele Bachmann wins the Iowa straw poll, and Ambassador Susan Rice discusses the role of the United Nations.
S7E108STS-135 astronauts
Aug 16, 2011Barack Obama spins "Obamacare," Frank Luntz transforms the Colbert Super PAC, and Atlantis' crewmembers talk about their final space mission.
S7E109Jeff Bridges
Aug 17, 2011Rick Perry hires Colbert Super PAC's treasurer, Rick Santorum puts gay marriage into everyday napkin terms, and Jeff Bridges looks good by having fun.
S7E110Kevin Mitnick
Aug 18, 2011America wants a badass president, WOI reports on the "Rick Parry" write-in scandal, and hacker Kevin Mitnick is the ghost in the wires.
S7E111Gov. Tim Pawlenty
Sep 6, 2011People 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.
S7E112Robin Wright
Sep 7, 2011The 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.
S7E113Tom Brokaw
Sep 8, 2011The 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.
S7E114Diane Sawyer
Sep 12, 2011Stephen reports on an old-school reporter, America profits from grief, and Diane Sawyer discusses "Jacqueline Kennedy: In Her Own Words."
S7E115Al Gore
Sep 13, 2011Barack Obama unveils his jobs plan, Paul Krugman discusses the Lesser Depression, and Al Gore focuses on climate reality.
S7E116Michael Moore
Sep 14, 2011Fox 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."
S7E117David Copperfield
Sep 15, 2011Swiss banking giant UBS reports a $2 billion loss, Jimmy Fallon loves Stephen, and David Copperfield discusses the mind-bending science of perception.
S7E118Jeffrey Kluger
Sep 20, 2011Barack 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.
S7E119Daniel Yergin
Sep 21, 2011Reuters' Chrystia Freeland discusses Europe's financial crisis, protestors occupy Wall Street, and Daniel Yergin discusses the world's quest for energy.
S7E120Jeremy Ben-Ami
Sep 22, 2011A 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.
S7E121Radiohead
Sep 26, 2011America reaches a milestone in corporate civil rights, Thom Yorke and Ed O'Brien discuss global warming, and rock legend Radiohead performs.
S7E122Melinda Gates
Sep 27, 2011Rick Perry owns his horrific debate performance, the NFL tightens stadium security, and Melinda Gates works on improving America's public schools.
S7E123Ken Burns
Sep 28, 2011Rick Perry talks immigration, America gets tough on pregnant Mexicans, John Lithgow calls the Atone Phone, and Ken Burns discusses his Prohibition documentary.
S7E124Mark Cuban
Sep 29, 2011Karl 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.