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- Colbert Report: Interview - Frans de Waal


- Frans de Waal, author of Our Inner Ape, tells Stephen that he has a large monkey brain.
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- Colbert Report: Nicholas Wade


- Nicholas Wade explains why he's going to all the trouble of recreating a woolly mammoth.
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- Colbert Report - Jimmy Wales


- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says that his staff is scrambling to protect Wikipedia from Stephen.
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- Colbert Report: David Walker


- Stephen asks David Walker if America can switch to a barter system.
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- Colbert Report: Mike Wallace Pt. 1


- Stephen proves to Mike Wallace that it doesn't take an hour to nail somebody.
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- Colbert Report: Mike Wallace Pt. 2


- Stephen tells Mike Wallace that Wallace's life itself debunks the stories he did.
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- Colbert Report: Chad Walldorf


- Stephen talks to the winner of his majestic portrait.
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- Colbert Report: Jeannette Walls


- Gossip columnist Jeannette Walls tells Stephen about growing up in a homeless family.
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- Colbert Report: Barbara Walters


- Barbara Walters lists some previous fascinating people we've already forgotten.
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- Elizabeth Warren


- Elizabeth Warren supports financial regulation that will put rules back on Wall Street and rein them in a little bit.
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- Colbert Report: Interview - Rick Warren


- Stephen wants Jesus on the show, and Rick Warren says he has connections.
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- John Waters


- John Waters acted out an airplane crash for first graders, and then gave them rat skeletons.
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- Craig Watkins


- Craig Watkins tries to bring back credibility to the criminal justice system by overturning wrongful convictions.
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- Sniper Trifle - Matthew Waxman


- Matthew Waxman discusses the legal argument on whether to alert Congress about certain covert action programs.
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- Colbert Report: Jim Webb


- If Senator Jim Webb doesn't want to be Barack Obama's vice president, Stephen does.
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- Colbert Report: Dr. Andrew Weil


- Stephen agrees with Dr. Andrew Weil about the mind-body connection because he thinks with his gut.
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- Colbert Report: Interview - Eric Weiner


- Eric Weiner found out that the happiest places in the world are cold, dark and drunk.
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- Colbert Report: Interview - Jacob Weisberg


- Jacob Weisberg compares the Bush family to Shakespeare's Henry IV.
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- Colbert Report: Philip Weiss


- Stephen asks Philip Weiss if variety in your sexual married life means the missionary position with a bunch of different hats.
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- Florence Welch


- Florence Welch recalls being discovered while singing drunkenly in a girl's bathroom.
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- Colbert Report: Jack Welch Pt. 1


- Stephen asks Jack Welch how he's making it on a fixed income.
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- Colbert Report: Jack Welch Pt. 2


- Jack Welch signs his book for Stephen's father-in-law.
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- 2016 Olympics in Chicago - George Wendt


- George Wendt and Stephen trash talk Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and Tokyo for competing against Chicago's 2016 Olympics bid.
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- Colbert Report: Jann Wenner


- Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone, predicts that Foghat will be hot in forty years.
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- Seth Wescott


- Seth Wescott reveals the gentleman's agreement among top snowboarders to wear baggy clothing.
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- Colbert Report: Bing West


- Bing West says the soldiers did such a good job in Iraq that they changed the nature of the war.
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- Bing West


- Bing West believes America diverted itself from the war by trying to make a modern nation out of Afghanistan.
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- Colbert Report: Cornel West


- Cornel West believes we're at a moment where we need courage, compassion and hope.
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- Cornel West


- Cornel West criticizes Barack Obama out of concern for the poor and working class people.
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- Cornel West


- Cornel West wants the love to flow so that poor people will have the same dignity as investment bankers.
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- Tavis Smiley & Cornel West


- Tavis Smiley and Cornel West talk about their book on American poverty, "The Rich and the Rest of Us."
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- Tim Westergren


- Tim Westergren describes how Pandora creates a personalized list of songs by analyzing musical attributes.
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- Colbert Report: Robert Wexler


- Stephen asks Congressman Robert Wexler to say some things about his constituents since they're asleep.
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- Mark Whitaker


- Managing Editor of CNN Worldwide Mark Whitaker discusses growing up in a biracial family at a time when interracial marriage was illegal in most states.
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- Jack White


- Jack White brings out Stephen's record, "Charlene II (I'm Over You)."
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- Jack White


- Jack White introduces his first solo album, "Blunderbuss," and recalls making a record with Stephen.
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- Shaun White


- Shaun White theorizes why snowboarders don't burst into tears like figure skaters do when they're judged.
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- Colbert Report: Wilco Interview


- Stephen's heart stops when he tries to match Jeff Tweedy's low-key energy.
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- Sean Wilentz


- Sean Wilentz explains to the young people like Stephen why they should care about Bob Dylan.
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- Colbert Report - Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson


- Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson explains that the military will have to pull out of Iraq within the next year.
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- Colbert Report: George Will


- According to George Will, conservatives understand that the government's job is to deliver the mail, defend the shores, and get out of the way.
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- George Will


- George Will talks about the history of baseball, debates health care reform and criticizes Ronald Reagan.
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- Jody Williams


- Jody Williams doesn't believe she's better than men, but she thinks she's smarter than a lot of them.
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- Space Module: Colbert - Sunita Williams


- However far the space station goes, Stephen's treadmill will always have gone a few miles more.
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- Garry Wills


- Garry Wills fears that the president's power to declare war puts the Constitution in danger.
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- Garry Wills


- Garry Wills calls himself a disciple of Doris Kearns Goodwin and says the Tea Party movement is a racist endeavor.
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- Colbert Report: Carl Wilson


- Carl Wilson tries to understand the popularity of Celine Dion in "Let's Talk About Love."
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- Anna Wintour


- Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour discusses The Met's Costume Institute exhibit "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations."
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- Robert Wittman


- Art crime investigator Robert Wittman recovers stolen paintings around the world and explains the challenges of museum security.
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- Colbert Report - Josh Wolf


- Video blogger Josh Wolf went to jail after refusing to turn over video footage to the government.
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- Colbert Report - Naomi Wolf


- Naomi Wolf tells Stephen about the ten steps that all despots take to destroy democracy.
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- Nathan Wolfe


- Dr. Nathan Wolfe discusses the emergence of new viruses and their potential effect on people around the world.
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- Colbert Bump Cocktail - David Wondrich


- David Wondrich serves Stephen drinks from the Great Depression and Civil War, and invents a Colbert Bump cocktail.
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- Elijah Wood


- Elijah Wood talks about the extensive Antarctic training he endured to play a penguin in "Happy Feet Two."
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- Colbert Report: Judy Woodruff Pt. 1


- Judy Woodruff asks Stephen if she can take the studio audience with her.
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- Colbert Report: Judy Woodruff Pt. 2


- Stephen confesses to Judy Woodruff that he has a tattoo on a pierced body part.
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- Colbert Report: Bob Woodward


- Bob Woodward talks about the dysfunction in the Bush administration from trying to straighten out the war in Iraq.
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- Colbert Report: Steve Wozniak Pt. 1


- Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says his first book was a book of computer jokes.
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- Colbert Report: Steve Wozniak Pt. 2


- Steve Wozniak tells Stephen about his airplane pranks.
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- Robert Wright


- Robert Wright believes that the three major religions can help God move toward a level of tolerance and compassion.
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- Colbert Report: Interview - Robin Wright


- Robin Wright has covered six Middle East wars, and Stephen wants to know which was her favorite.
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- Colbert Report: Bishop N.T. Wright


- Stephen tells Bishop N.T. Wright his idea of heaven is getting a harp, drinking a mint julep and asking Ronald Reagan questions.
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- Colbert Report: Will Wright Pt. 1


- Stephen tells video game designer Will Wright that his viewers are his Sims.
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- Colbert Report: Will Wright Pt. 2


- Stephen asks video game designer Will Wright if Spore is a sex game.
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- Robin Wright


- Robin Wright believes that, by rejecting extremism, Muslims have created the most important political turning point of the early 21st century.
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- Sheryl WuDunn


- Sheryl WuDunn believes giving women loans and educating girls is the way to lift developing nations out of poverty.
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