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- Colbert Report: Nixmas Tree Trimming - Kevin Bacon


- Kevin Bacon joins Stephen by the Nixmas tree to discuss his new movie "Frost/Nixon."
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- Colbert Report: Robert Baer


- Stephen corrects ex-CIA operative Robert Baer's pronunciation of "Iraq."
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- Robert Baer


- Robert Baer wants the troops to get better intelligence from the government, not the private sector.
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- Kevin Baker


- Kevin Baker believes President Obama sees what needs to be done but is too reluctant to break with Congress.
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- Robert Ballard


- National Geographic explorer-in-residence Robert Ballard talks about "Save the Titanic," his documentary promoting its preservation and protection against tourism.
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- Colbert Report: Benjamin Barber


- Benjamin Barber believes that capitalism manufactures needs instead of goods.
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- Colbert Report: Robert Ballard


- Robert Ballard explains why ocean exploration is a good investment.
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- Colbert Report: Bob Barr


- Stephen asks Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr if he's afraid the government will make him register his mustache.
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- Colbert Report: Bob Barr


- Libertarian Bob Barr talks about his presidential campaign, and sharing a cigar with Al Gore.
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- Carrie Rebora Barratt


- The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Carrie Rebora Barratt provides an analysis of Emanuel Leutze's masterpiece "Washington Crossing the Delaware."
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- Drew Barrymore


- Drew Barrymore recalls working with Steven Spielberg as a little girl and thinks about recording a whale CD to promote her movie "Big Miracle."
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- Peggielene Bartels


- Peggielene Bartels describes the Ghanaian libation ritual of pouring schnapps on the ground to determine a leader and discusses her achievements as the king of Otuam.
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- Colbert Report: Maria Bartiromo


- Maria Bartiromo tells Stephen we shouldn't have knee-jerk reactions to the Wall Street collapse.
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- Colbert Report:Chris Beam


- Stephen finds out if Chris Beam from Slate magazine made Hillary cry.
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- Alan Bean


- Alan Bean paints scenes from his time in space to leave behind stories that regular people don't know about.
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- Colbert Report: Colin Beavan


- As Colin Beavan talks about his low waste lifestyle, Stephen times him using the microwave.
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- Colin Beavan


- Colin Beavan spent a year making no environmental impact in the hope of finding a way to live that's better for the planet.
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- Colbert Report: Peter Beinart Pt. 1


- The Good Fight's Peter Beinart gets nailed early.
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- Colbert Report: Peter Beinart Pt. 2


- Stephen suggests that Peter Beinart just stop thinking about the war for a while.
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- Peter Beinart


- Peter Beinart discusses his book "The Crisis of Zionism" and what he sees as a divide between the democratic Israel and the Israel of the West Bank.
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- Colbert Report: Paul Begala


- Paul Begala is with the 82% who think George W. Bush is doing a terrible job.
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- Democrats Must Fight Back - Paul Begala


- Paul Begala believes the Democrats need to do three things: attack, attack, attack.
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- Colbert Report - Ed Begley Jr.


- Stephen wants to know why environmentalists like Ed Begley Jr. flaunt their "goodness" in his face.
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- Harry Belafonte


- Harry Belafonte talks about the significance of his "Banana Boat Song" and why he dedicated himself to humanitarian and civil rights activism.
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- Jeremy Ben-Ami


- Jeremy Ben-Ami, the president of the pro-Israel lobby J Street, discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Palestine's application for full U.N. membership.
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- Arthur Benjamin


- Arthur Benjamin loves to combine his passions of math and magic to do "mathemagics."
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- Colbert Report: Candice Bergen


- Candice Bergen tells Stephen about her day-of-prayer dry cleaning miracle.
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- Colbert Report - Rick Berman


- Rick Berman explains that Subway spokesman Jared was in it for the money.
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- Colbert Report - Carl Bernstein


- Carl Bernstein tells Stephen about Robot Hillary Clinton.
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- Joe Biden


- Joe Biden talks about the challenges of bringing the Iraq war to a close and thanks President Bush for honoring the troops.
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- Kathryn Bigelow


- Kathryn Bigelow's war movie, "The Hurt Locker," is getting great reviews, despite not having explosions and ear-splitting sound effects.
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- Elizabeth Bintliff


- Elizabeth Bintliff brings Daisy to promote Heifer International, the organization that brings livestock to developing countries.
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- Andrew Bird


- Andrew Bird explains the inspiration for "Eyeoneye" and learns of sad associations with his "The Mysterious Production of Eggs" album.
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- Lisa Birnbach


- Lisa Birnbach defines a preppy as somebody who has a classic outlook on life as well as a classic wardrobe.
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- Colbert Report: Mark Bittman


- Mark Bittman says we eat without thinking about what is good for us, and what's good for the planet.
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- Bjork


- Bjork shows off her "Biophilia" album iPad app and explains what inspired her interactive multimedia collection.
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- The Black Keys


- The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney contemplate the pressures of stardom.
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- Brent Cummings & Josh Bleill


- Brent Cummings and Josh Bleill appreciate the support they've received from the American public after their tours in Iraq.
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- Colbert Report: Dr. Jason Bond


- The world demands an eight-legged tribute to Stephen, and not another barbershop quartet.
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- Katherine Boo


- Journalist Katherine Boo talks about what her experience in Mumbai, India, has taught her about poverty in the United States.
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- Cory Booker


- Mayor Cory Booker discusses Newark's decreasing crime rate and gives Stephen the right to pee.
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- Colbert Report: Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo


- Stephen sits down with Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo of Guam, a hotspot for the Democratic campaigns.
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- Stephen Bosworth


- Stephen Bosworth says America will negotiate a permanent peace agreement with North Korea if it gives up its nuclear weapons.
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- Leon Botstein


- Leon Botstein has made it mandatory for college freshmen at Bard to take a three-week intensive on a scientific discipline.
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- Anthony Bourdain


- Chef Anthony Bourdain worries about the ballooning of Americans and occasionally eats endangered birds with a hood over his head.
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- Colbert Report: Mark Bowden


- Stephen praises author Mark Bowden for caring about the Iran hostages as much as he does.
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- Barbara Boxer


- Barbara Boxer's new novel, "Blind Trust," is about a liberal California senator involved in a scandal, but it's not a veiled confession.
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- Colbert Report: Bill Bradley


- Senator Bill Bradley and Stephen sample a new ice cream: The New Americone Story.
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- John Bradshaw


- John Bradshaw discusses the new science of understanding that dogs really want to be with people.
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- Taylor Branch


- Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch describes the NCAA as a cartel that hoards the billions of dollars generated by unpaid college athletes.
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- Stewart Brand


- Stewart Brand accepts the use of nuclear power because he wants to see us get off all the fossil fuels.
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- Colbert Report - Richard Branson


- The Colbert-Branson Trainwreck -- live for the first time!
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- Richard Branson


- Sir Richard Branson believes that business leaders have a responsibility to try to solve some of the world's biggest problems.
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- William Bratton


- William Bratton works to take the American police force model to emerging democracies and post-conflict nations.
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- Colbert Report: Adam Brickley


- Adam Brickley explains how he influenced the direction of American politics from his mom's house.
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- Jeff Bridges


- Jeff Bridges talks about winning an Oscar for playing a grizzled drunk and gives himself "Indian burns" to keep his bluesy music real.
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- Colbert Report: Doug Brinkley


- Stephen asks author Doug Brinkley if we haven't heard enough about Hurricane Katrina.
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- William Broad


- The New York Times' William Broad explores the sexual benefits of yoga as well as its potential health risks.
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- Colbert Report: Tom Brokaw


- Stephen tells Tom Brokaw he has a problem taking him seriously when he's not wearing a tie.
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- Tom Brokaw


- Tom Brokaw recalls the experience of reporting on the 9/11 attacks and explores how Americans have been shaped by the tragedy.
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- Colbert Report: Obama's Cabinet - Tom Brokaw


- Tom Brokaw clarifies his ambition to be in Barack Obama's cabinet.
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- Obama's European Trip - Tom Brokaw


- Tom Brokaw believes Barack Obama appeared very presidential at the G20 Summit.
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- Tom Brokaw


- Tom Brokaw calls the last 10 years the "Oh My God" decade where everything was out of sync with what it had been before.
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- Phil Bronstein


- Phil Bronstein suggests a jail term for people who don't pay for the news.
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- Colbert Report: Richard Brookhiser


- Richard Brookhiser shows that Stephen is a direct descendant of William F. Buckley.
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- Colbert Report: Richard Brookhiser


- Richard Brookhiser tells Stephen that John McCain is the likely candidate for the Republicans.
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- Colbert Report: Richard Brookhiser


- Richard Brookhiser tells Stephen that George Washington was a good president because he trusted smart people.
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- David Brooks


- David Brooks compares the Tea Partiers to Wal-Mart hippies and calls Obama a thoughtful guy with a spending problem.
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- David Brooks


- David Brooks describes the way unconscious emotions affect people's decisions and values.
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- Colbert Report: Tina Brown


- Tina Brown compares The Daily Beast to a great cocktail party with fun and interesting people.
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- Colbert Report: Jackson Browne Pt. 1


- Jackson Browne explains why he's suing John McCain for using his song in an Obama attack ad.
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- Frank Bruni


- Frank Bruni talks about mastering his addiction to compulsive eating as a food critic for the New York Times.
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- Bill Bryson


- Bill Bryson tells the history of the world by questioning the common things we take for granted, in his book, "At Home."
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- Mika Brzezinski


- Mika Brzezinski couldn't do anything right when she tried to be the perfect wife, mother and journalist.
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- Olympics Wrap-Up - Michael Buble


- Stephen checks in with his Quebecois colleague, Stephane Colbert, and sings both national anthems with Michael Buble.
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- Colbert Report: Bay Buchanan


- Stephen and Bay Buchanan see some organ to some organ.
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- Colbert Report: Pat Buchanan


- Pat Buchanan believes World War II was the easiest war to avoid in all of history.
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- Bruce Bueno de Mesquita


- Bruce Bueno de Mesquita explains how he uses game theory to make geo-political predictions and formulate car-buying strategies.
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- Ken Burns


- Ken Burns believes if America didn't have national parks, the Grand Canyon would be lined with mansions and Yosemite would be a gated community.
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- Ken Burns


- Ken Burns says the steroids era in baseball wasn't as bad as the gambling scandals or the exclusion of African Americans.
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- Ken Burns


- Ken Burns discusses the unforeseen consequences of Prohibition and the political and economic shifts that led to its end.
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- Colbert Report: David Byrne Pt. 1


- David Byrne gets over his fear of turning ordinary.
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- Colbert Report: David Byrne - Life Is Long


- David Byrne performs "Life Is Long" off his new album "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today."
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