The Colbert Report - Season 2

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Nancy Grace

1 - Nancy Grace

Air Date: January 9, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann!

Carl Bernstein

2 - Carl Bernstein

Air Date: January 10, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of The Al Franken Show, Al Franken!

John Stossel

3 - John Stossel

Air Date: January 11, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes ABC News' John Stossel!

Ken Miller

4 - Ken Miller

Air Date: January 12, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Professor of Biology at Brown University, Ken Miller!

George Stephanopoulos

5 - George Stephanopoulos

Air Date: January 16, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of "This Week", George Stephanopoulos!

Andrew Sullivan

6 - Andrew Sullivan

Air Date: January 17, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and blogger, Andrew Sullivan!

Frank McCourt

7 - Frank McCourt

Air Date: January 18, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Teacher Man: A Memoir", Frank McCourt!

Nina Totenberg

8 - Nina Totenberg

Air Date: January 19, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes National Public Radio's legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg!

David Gregory

9 - David Gregory

Air Date: January 23, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former FEMA director, Michael Brown!

Robin Givhan

10 - Robin Givhan

Air Date: January 24, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes "Washington Post" fashion editor, Robin Givhan!

Norah Vincent

11 - Norah Vincent

Air Date: January 25, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back" Norah Vincent!

Paul Begala

12 - Paul Begala

Air Date: 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!

Annie Duke

13 - Annie Duke

Air Date: January 30, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Rev. Jesse Jackson!

Dave Marash

14 - Dave Marash

Air Date: January 31, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Manliness", Harvey Mansfield!

Emily Yoffe

15 - Emily Yoffe

Air Date: February 1, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner", Emily Yoffe!

Christine Todd Whitman

16 - Christine Todd Whitman

Air Date: February 2, 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!

Sen. Barbara Boxer

17 - Sen. Barbara Boxer

Air Date: February 6, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes California Senator Barbara Boxer!

James Woolsey

18 - James Woolsey

Air Date: February 7, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former CIA Director James Woolsey!

Alan Dershowitz

19 - Alan Dershowitz

Air Date: February 8, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can be Resolved", Alan Dershowitz!

George Packer

20 - George Packer

Air Date: February 9, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq", George Packer!

Lama Surya Das

21 - Lama Surya Das

Air Date: February 21, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Natural Radiance: Awakening to Your Great Perfection, Lama Surya Das!

Michael Eric Dyson

22 - Michael Eric Dyson

Air Date: 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!

David Brooks

23 - David Brooks

Air Date: February 23, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!

Tony Campolo

24 - Tony Campolo

Air Date: 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!

Brett O'Donnell

25 - Brett O'Donnell

Air Date: February 28, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the director of debate at King's College, Brett O'Donnell!

Arianna Huffington

26 - Arianna Huffington

Air Date: March 1, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and internet blogger, Arianna Huffington!

Jeffrey Sachs

27 - Jeffrey Sachs

Air Date: March 2, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, Jeffrey Sachs!

Bob Schieffer

28 - Bob Schieffer

Air Date: March 6, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!

Norman Ornstein

29 - Norman Ornstein

Air Date: March 7, 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!

James Webb

30 - James Webb

Air Date: March 8, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America, James Webb!

Lorraine Bracco

31 - Lorraine Bracco

Air Date: March 9, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actress, Lorraine Bracco!

Christopher Buckley

32 - Christopher Buckley

Air Date: March 13, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Thank You for Smoking : A Novel, Christopher Buckley!

Keith Olbermann

33 - Keith Olbermann

Air Date: March 14, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann!

Al Franken

34 - Al Franken

Air Date: March 15, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of The Al Franken Show, Al Franken!

Frank Vincent

35 - Frank Vincent

Air Date: March 16, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man, Frank Vincent!

Connie Chung

36 - Connie Chung

Air Date: March 20, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Dateline NBC anchor Stone Philips.

Steve Kroft

37 - Steve Kroft

Air Date: March 21, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes 60 Minutes correspondent, Steve Kroft!

Dan Senor

38 - Dan Senor

Air Date: March 22, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Advisor to the U.S. Presidential Envoy in Iraq, Dan Senor!

John Kasich

39 - John Kasich

Air Date: March 23, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good For You.

Sen. Gary Hart

40 - Sen. Gary Hart

Air Date: March 27, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes environmental politician, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Michael Brown

41 - Michael Brown

Air Date: March 28, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.

Bruce Bartlett

42 - Bruce Bartlett

Air Date: March 29, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy, Bruce Bartlett!

Robert Greenwald

43 - Robert Greenwald

Air Date: 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!

Michael Smerconish

44 - Michael Smerconish

Air Date: April 3, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.

Rev. Jesse Jackson

45 - Rev. Jesse Jackson

Air Date: April 4, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus.

Harvey Mansfield

46 - Harvey Mansfield

Air Date: April 5, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.

Markos Moulitsas

47 - Markos Moulitsas

Air Date: April 6, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of The Great Deluge, Douglas Brinkley.

Reza Aslan

48 - Reza Aslan

Air Date: April 17, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of No god But God, Reza Aslan!

Anthony Romero

49 - Anthony Romero

Air Date: April 18, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.

Caitlin Flanagan

50 - Caitlin Flanagan

Air Date: April 19, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of To Hell With All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife, Caitlin Flanagan!

Ralph Nader

51 - Ralph Nader

Air Date: April 20, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist Christpher Noxon, author of Rejuvenile.

Hugh Hewitt

52 - Hugh Hewitt

Air Date: April 24, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Painting the Map Red: The Fight to Create a Permanent Republican Majority, Hugh Hewitt!

Sam Harris

53 - Sam Harris

Air Date: April 25, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.

Sebastian Junger

54 - Sebastian Junger

Air Date: April 26, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes editor in chief for U.S. News World Report, Mort Zuckerman.

Bill Kristol

55 - Bill Kristol

Air Date: April 27, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!

Jon Meacham

56 - Jon Meacham

Air Date: May 1, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, Jon Meacham!

Gov. Mike Huckabee

57 - Gov. Mike Huckabee

Air Date: May 2, 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!

Paul Rieckhoff

58 - Paul Rieckhoff

Air Date: May 3, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington, Paul Rieckhoff!

Rick Reilly

59 - Rick Reilly

Air Date: May 4, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Shanks For Nothing, Rick Reilly!

Shere Hite

60 - Shere Hite

Air Date: May 8, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!

Frank Rich

61 - Frank Rich

Air Date: May 9, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of the New York Times, Frank Rich!

Bill Bastone

62 - Bill Bastone

Air Date: May 10, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of The Smoking Gun.com, Bill Bastone!

Madeleine Albright

63 - Madeleine Albright

Air Date: May 11, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright!

Kevin Phillips

64 - Kevin Phillips

Air Date: May 15, 2006

Tonght, Democratic hopeful for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont.

Tyson Slocum

65 - Tyson Slocum

Air Date: 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.

Jonathan Alter

66 - Jonathan Alter

Air Date: 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.

Ted Daeschler

67 - Ted Daeschler

Air Date: May 18, 2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the Assistant Curator and Chair, Vertebrate Zoology at the Center for Systematic Biology & Evolution, Ted Daeschler!

Stone Phillips

68 - Stone Phillips

Air Date: June 5, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Dateline NBC anchor Stone Philips.

Christiane Amanpour

69 - Christiane Amanpour

Air Date: June 6, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes CNN's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.

Steven Squyres

70 - Steven Squyres

Air Date: June 7, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Cornell University scientist and author of Roving Mars Steven Squyres.

Steven Johnson

71 - Steven Johnson

Air Date: June 8, 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.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

72 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Air Date: 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.

Tim Flannery

73 - Tim Flannery

Air Date: June 13, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.

David Sirota

74 - David Sirota

Air Date: June 14, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary musician Neil Young.

Michael Pollan

75 - Michael Pollan

Air Date: 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.

Gustavo Arellano

76 - Gustavo Arellano

Air Date: June 19, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.

Bart Ehrman

77 - Bart Ehrman

Air Date: June 20, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus.

Bay Buchanan

78 - Bay Buchanan

Air Date: June 21, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.

Douglas Brinkley

79 - Douglas Brinkley

Air Date: June 22, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Martin Short.

Marc Bowden

80 - Marc Bowden

Air Date: June 26, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Marc Bowden, author of Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam.

Chris Matthews

81 - Chris Matthews

Air Date: June 27, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.

Robert Baer

82 - Robert Baer

Air Date: June 28, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes form CIA agents and author of Blow the House Down, Robert Baer.

Christopher Noxon

83 - Christopher Noxon

Air Date: June 29, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.

Amy Sedaris

84 - Amy Sedaris

Air Date: July 10, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Amy Sedaris, star of Strangers with Candy.

Tony Hawk

85 - Tony Hawk

Air Date: July 11, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.

Mort Zuckerman

86 - Mort Zuckerman

Air Date: July 12, 2006

Tonight former defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg.

Ron Suskind

87 - Ron Suskind

Air Date: July 13, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life

Lee Silver

88 - Lee Silver

Air Date: July 17, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor Ted Danson.

Dhani Jones

89 - Dhani Jones

Air Date: 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.

Joe Scarborough

90 - Joe Scarborough

Air Date: July 19, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Scarborough Country, Joe Scarborough.

Tom Brokaw

91 - Tom Brokaw

Air Date: July 20, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw.

Howell Raines

92 - Howell Raines

Air Date: July 24, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The One That Got Away: A Memoir, Howell Raines

William Donohue

93 - William Donohue

Air Date: July 25, 2006

Tonight Stephen Welcomes the president of the Catholic League, William Donohue.

Neal Katyal

94 - Neal Katyal

Air Date: 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.

Joe Quesada

95 - Joe Quesada

Air Date: July 27, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Randy Newman.

Ned Lamont

96 - Ned Lamont

Air Date: July 31, 2006

Tonght, Democratic hopeful for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont.

Peter Beinart

97 - Peter Beinart

Air Date: August 1, 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.

Linda Hirshman

98 - Linda Hirshman

Air Date: August 2, 2006

Tonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in the World.

Paul Hackett III

99 - Paul Hackett III

Air Date: August 3, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.

Bill Rhoden

100 - Bill Rhoden

Air Date: August 8, 2006

Tonight, New York Times columnist and author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete, Bill Rhoden.

Alexandra Robbins

101 - Alexandra Robbins

Air Date: August 9, 2006

Tonight cultural anthropologist Alexandra Robbins, author of The Overachievers: The Secret Life of Driven Kids.

Eli Pariser

102 - Eli Pariser

Air Date: August 10, 2006

Tonight campaign director for MoveOn.org, Eli Pariser.

Ramesh Ponnuru

103 - Ramesh Ponnuru

Air Date: 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.

David Gergen

104 - David Gergen

Air Date: 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.

Morgan Spurlock

105 - Morgan Spurlock

Air Date: August 16, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes documentary filmmaker and host of 30 Days, Morgan Spurlock.

Neil Young

106 - Neil Young

Air Date: August 17, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary musician Neil Young.

Geoffrey Nunberg

107 - Geoffrey Nunberg

Air Date: 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.

Paul Krugman

108 - Paul Krugman

Air Date: August 22, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and colmnist Paul Krugman, author of The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century.

Gideon Yago

109 - Gideon Yago

Air Date: August 23, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes writer and correspondent for MTV News, Gideon Yago

Janna Levin

110 - Janna Levin

Air Date: August 24, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes mathematician Janna Levin, author of A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines.

Martin Short

111 - Martin Short

Air Date: September 11, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Martin Short.

Toby Keith

112 - Toby Keith

Air Date: September 12, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcome country music star Toby Keith.

Ken Jennings

113 - Ken Jennings

Air Date: 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

Bill Simmons

114 - Bill Simmons

Air Date: 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

Will Power

115 - Will Power

Air Date: September 18, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.

Frank Rich

116 - Frank Rich

Air Date: 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.

James Carville

117 - James Carville

Air Date: September 20, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Democratic political consultant James Carville.

Daniel Ellsberg

118 - Daniel Ellsberg

Air Date: September 21, 2006

Tonight former defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg.

Arianna Huffington

119 - Arianna Huffington

Air Date: September 25, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life

Ted Danson

120 - Ted Danson

Air Date: September 26, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor Ted Danson.

Lowell Bergman

121 - Lowell Bergman

Air Date: 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.

Steve Wozniak

122 - Steve Wozniak

Air Date: September 28, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes co-founder of Apple Computers, Steve Wozniak.

Michael Lewis

123 - Michael Lewis

Air Date: October 2, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Michael Lewis, author of The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.

Andy Stern

124 - Andy Stern

Air Date: October 3, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes union leader and author of A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track, Andy Stern.

Senator Byron Dorgan

125 - Senator Byron Dorgan

Air Date: October 4, 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.

Amy Goodman

126 - Amy Goodman

Air Date: October 5, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back, Amy Goodman.

Randy Newman

127 - Randy Newman

Air Date: October 9, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Randy Newman.

Ariel Levy

128 - Ariel Levy

Air Date: October 10, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, Ariel Levy.

George Lucas

129 - George Lucas

Air Date: October 11, 2006

Tonight Stephen reveals the winner of the Green Screen Challenge. Plus, another Tek Jansen Adventure.

Gov. Brian Schweitzer

130 - Gov. Brian Schweitzer

Air Date: October 12, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer

Barry Scheck

131 - Barry Scheck

Air Date: October 16, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.

Richard Dawkins

132 - Richard Dawkins

Air Date: October 17, 2006

Tonight Stephen celebrates his 1st anniversary episode with Oxford Professor of Biology and author of The God Delusion Richard Dawkins.

David Kuo

133 - David Kuo

Air Date: 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.

Dr. Peter Agre

134 - Dr. Peter Agre

Air Date: October 19, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Nobel Prize winning chemist Dr. Peter Agre. Plus Stephen talks to Jim Gilchrist, founder of The Minuteman Project.

Barry Manilow

135 - Barry Manilow

Air Date: October 30, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Barry Manilow.

Tim Robbins

136 - Tim Robbins

Air Date: October 31, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor and politcal activist Tim Robbins.

Penn Jillette

137 - Penn Jillette

Air Date: November 1, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes magician Penn Jillette.

Ronald Reagan Jr.

138 - Ronald Reagan Jr.

Air Date: November 2, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes political activist Ronald Reagan Jr.

Mark Halperin

139 - Mark Halperin

Air Date: November 6, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcoms ABC News correspondent and co-author of The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008, Mark Halperin.

Indecision 2006 Election Coverage

140 - Indecision 2006 Election Coverage

Air Date: November 7, 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.

Jeff Greenfield

141 - Jeff Greenfield

Air Date: November 8, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes CNN anchor Jeff Greenfield.

Dean Kamen

142 - Dean Kamen

Air Date: November 9, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of FIRST and President of DEKA Research and Development Corporation, Dean Kamen.

Dan Rather

143 - Dan Rather

Air Date: November 13, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes former CBS News anchor Dan Rather.

Jeff Swartz

144 - Jeff Swartz

Air Date: November 14, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes CEO of Timberland, Jeff Swartz.

Al Franken/Dr. Michael Novacek

145 - Al Franken/Dr. Michael Novacek

Air Date: November 15, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Al Franken and paleontologist Dr. Michael Novacek.

Richard Linklater

146 - Richard Linklater

Air Date: November 16, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Richard Linklater, director of Fast Food Nation.

Jim Lehrer

147 - Jim Lehrer

Air Date: November 27, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes PBS News Hour anchor and author of The Phony Marine: A Novel, Jim Lehrer.

Harry Shearer

148 - Harry Shearer

Air Date: November 28, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Harry Shearer.

Nora Ephron

149 - Nora Ephron

Air Date: 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.

Mike Lupica

150 - Mike Lupica

Air Date: November 30, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes ESPN commentator and author of Miracle on 49th Street, Mike Lupica.

Will Wright

151 - Will Wright

Air Date: December 4, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes computer game designer Will Wright.

Steven D. Levitt

152 - Steven D. Levitt

Air Date: December 5, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and co-author of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, Steven D. Levitt.

John Sexton

153 - John Sexton

Air Date: December 6, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of New York University, John Sexton.

Dr. Francis S. Collins

154 - Dr. Francis S. Collins

Air Date: December 7, 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.

Dr. Peter Singer

155 - Dr. Peter Singer

Air Date: 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

Dan Savage

156 - Dan Savage

Air Date: December 12, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes nationally syndicated columnist and author of The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family, Dan Savage.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

157 - Doris Kearns Goodwin

Air Date: December 13, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes historian and author of Team of Rivals, The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Daniel Pinchbeck

158 - Daniel Pinchbeck

Air Date: 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.

Jack Welch

159 - Jack Welch

Air Date: December 18, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the retired CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch.

Deepak Chopra

160 - Deepak Chopra

Air Date: December 19, 2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the leader in the field of mind body medicine, Deepak Chopra.

Chris Funk, Robert Schneider

161 - Chris Funk, Robert Schneider

Air Date: December 20, 2006

Stephen Colbert vs the Decemberists.