-
- Colbert Report: Interview - R.E.M.


- During the interview, Stephen uses the new R.E.M. album to cover his area.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Radiohead


- Radiohead discuss their British invasion, their anti-corporate beliefs and the benefits of their self-distribution model.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Howell Raines


- Howell Raines and Stephen discuss fly fishing as a metaphor for life.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Bonnie Raitt


- Award-winning American singer Bonnie Raitt talks about environmental activism and her popular track "Angel from Montgomery."
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Jorge Ramos


- Univision anchor Jorge Ramos discusses the kind of energy Latinos bring to the United States.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Interview - Lisa Randall


- Lisa Randall tells Stephen that there are other dimensions that have never even heard of him.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- The Colbert Repoll - Scott Rasmussen


- Scott Rasmussen explains that Americans like the idea of health care reform, but they don't like the bill in Congress.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Dan Rather Pt. 1


- Stephen and Dan Rather compare war stories.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Dan Rather Pt. 2


- Stephen asks Dan Rather if we really want to see the world in crisp detail.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Dylan Ratigan


- Dylan Ratigan draws parallels between Mexican drug dealers and American bank executives.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Steven Rattner


- Steven Rattner talks about what would have happened if the Obama administration hadn't bailed out the auto industry.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Ron Reagan


- Ron Reagan helps Stephen remember that his father raised taxes and provided amnesty to illegal immigrants.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Greece's Economic Downfall - Scheherazade Rehman


- Scheherazade Rehman discusses the likelihood of Greece receiving a bailout from the European Union.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Robert Reich


- Stephen uses delicious metaphors to try and find out which candidate Robert Reich supports.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Robert Reich


- Robert Reich believes America can't get out of the recession until the circle of prosperity is enlarged for the middle class.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Rick Reilly


- Rick Reilly's charity, Nothing but Nets, keeps kids from dying of malaria in Africa.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Garrett Reisman


- Astronaut Garrett Reisman tells Stephen he wrote the secret codes to the self-destruct mechanism on his WristStrong bracelet.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Interview - Governor Ed Rendell


- Stephen finds out from Governor Ed Rendell that the people of Pennsylvania are both bitter and sweet.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Ed Rendell


- Ed Rendell explains that America is wussing out by not doing anything about China and canceling football games because of weather.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Stephen Challenges Shani Davis - Katherine Reutter


- Katherine Reutter wants Stephen to autograph her thigh so she can skate faster.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Michael Reynolds


- Michael Reynolds builds energy-efficient homes out of a natural resource - our garbage.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Michelle Rhee


- Michelle Rhee says the problem with America's public schools is that there is no organized interest group that represents children.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Bill Rhoden Pt. 1


- Sports columnist Bill Rhoden explains the title of his book, Forty Million Dollar Slaves.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Bill Rhoden Pt. 2


- Stephen tells Bill Rhoden that he doesn't see color...in fact, he only see shapes.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Bill Rhoden Pt. 3


- Stephen finds out he's a slave too, and asks Bill Rhoden to free him.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Anne Rice


- Novelist Anne Rice discusses her book "The Wolf Gift," and whether or not she fears an eternity of being poked in the hiney with a hot pitchfork.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Ambassador Susan Rice Pt. 1


- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice believes the U.N. is the one place where America can marshal the military and financial support of other nations.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Ambassador Susan Rice Pt. 2


- Ambassador Susan Rice explains U.S. involvement in Syria and Libya, and tells Colbert Nation what they can do to help with Somalia's humanitarian tragedy.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Frank Rich Pt. 1


- Stephen asks Frank Rich if the president lied to get us into war.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Frank Rich Pt. 2


- Frank Rich helps sell the next story that should be sold.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Frank Rich


- Frank Rich says George W. Bush delivers a message of hope for mediocrity.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report -Thomas Ricks


- The author of Fiasco looks back on Cheney's "Gettysburg Address."
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Tom Ridge


- Tom Ridge believes natural gas is a matter of economic and national security.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Paul Rieckhoff


- Paul Rieckhoff wants to make sure returning veterans get education, employment and health care support.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- VA Backlog - Paul Rieckhoff


- If Stephen gets 25,000 votes, Paul Rieckhoff will make him an honorary member of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Jason Riley


- Stephen asks Jason Riley if he's afraid a Mexican will take over his job on the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Interview - Geraldo Rivera


- Geraldo Rivera has had an "a-ha" moment that changed his opinion of Stephen.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Alexandra Robbins Pt. 1


- Stephen asks Alexandra Robbins, author of The Overachievers, if she's an overachiever.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Alexandra Robbins Pt. 2


- Stephen tells Alexandra Robbins he's not trying to be a douchebag, he's BEING a douchebag.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Alexandra Robbins Pt. 3


- Stephen asks Alexandra Robbins if she's for leaving children behind.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Tim Robbins Pt. 1


- Is Tim Robbins a Hollywood actor or an American?
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Tim Robbins Pt. 2


- Tim Robbins talks about his movie Catch a Fire, and Stephen nails him.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Craig Robinson


- Craig Robinson's parents liked Barack Obama when they first met him, but they didn't think he would last.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Arturo Rodriguez


- Arturo Rodriguez invites Americans who think immigrant farm workers are taking away jobs to work in the fields.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Interview - Gregory Rodriguez


- Stephen asks Gregory Rodriguez if America will ever be ready for a President who is "other".
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Buddy Roemer Pt. 1


- Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer takes no PAC money and wants to kick the special-interest hogs off the trough.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Buddy Roemer Pt. 2


- Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer needs financial help from Iowans, but Trevor Potter has warned him not to discuss his campaign plans with Stephen.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Jim Rogers


- Jim Rogers aims to keep power affordable and reliable while cleaning up the coal industry's large carbon footprint.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Anthony Romero


- Anthony Romero believes it will be a huge mistake if Barack Obama doesn't close Guantanamo immediately.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Anthony Romero


- Anthony Romero explains why America needs the ACLU to support the Constitution now that it has Tea Partiers.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Goat Lab - Jon Ronson


- Jon Ronson explains why the U.S. military trained soldiers to use sparkly eyes on the enemy and kill goats with their minds.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Charlie Rose


- Charlie Rose admits that he rarely sits down for interviews himself because he has nothing to say.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Gary Rosen


- Stephen suggests that Gary Rosen surf the web for cheap uranium.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Interview - Alex Ross


- Alex Ross tells Stephen how music and politics intersect throughout history.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Carne Ross


- Carne Ross discusses his book "The Leaderless Revolution: How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the 21st Century."
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- David Ross


- David Ross thinks good Olympic art should contain a heroic individual -- with that in mind, Stephen presents his Vancouver poster.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Ken Roth


- For a $10,000 bounty, Ken Roth of Human Rights Watch would sell Stephen to Guantanamo.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Mark Ruffalo


- Actor Mark Ruffalo became an anti-fracking, clean water activist after seeing the technologies' detrimental impact on communities in Pennsylvania.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Geoffrey Rush


- Geoffrey Rush talks about method acting, mentoring Ryan Reynolds and playing a feral eight-year-old.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Colbert Report: Salman Rushdie


- Salman Rushdie tells Stephen why playing Helen Hunt's gynecologist appealed to him.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Douglas Rushkoff


- Douglass Rushkoff discusses the downfalls of operating the world like a corporation, and how to weaken its influence.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Daily Show: Tim Russert


- The "Meet the Press" host spells out the bobbing and weaving of the Bush Administration.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- Rex Ryan


- It would take real courage for Rex Ryan to announce that the New York Jets will be the first team to play touch football.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup
-
- The RZA


- The RZA wants everyone to know that the truth shall set you free from all things.
- Play
- Add To My Lineup