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Ken Miller
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Professor of Biology at Brown University, Ken Miller!
2006-01-12George Stephanopoulos
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of "This Week", George Stephanopoulos!
2006-01-16Frank McCourt
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Teacher Man: A Memoir", Frank McCourt!
2006-01-18Nina Totenberg
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes National Public Radio's legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg!
2006-01-19Robin Givhan
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes "Washington Post" fashion editor, Robin Givhan!
2006-01-24Norah Vincent
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back" Norah Vincent!
2006-01-25Paul Begala
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes CNN commentator and the co-author of "Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future", Paul Begala!
2006-01-26Emily Yoffe
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner", Emily Yoffe!
2006-02-01Christine Todd Whitman
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!
2006-02-02Alan Dershowitz
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can be Resolved", Alan Dershowitz!
2006-02-08George Packer
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq", George Packer!
2006-02-09Lama Surya Das
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Natural Radiance: Awakening to Your Great Perfection, Lama Surya Das!
2006-02-21Michael Eric Dyson
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina And the Color of Disaster, Michael Eric Dyson!
2006-02-22David Brooks
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!
2006-02-23Tony Campolo
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel, Tony Campolo!
2006-02-27Brett O'Donnell
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the director of debate at King's College, Brett O'Donnell!
2006-02-28Arianna Huffington
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and internet blogger, Arianna Huffington!
2006-03-01Jeffrey Sachs
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, Jeffrey Sachs!
2006-03-02Bob Schieffer
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!
2006-03-06Norman Ornstein
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!
2006-03-07James Webb
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America, James Webb!
2006-03-08Christopher Buckley
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Thank You for Smoking : A Novel, Christopher Buckley!
2006-03-13Keith Olbermann
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann!
2006-03-14Frank Vincent
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man, Frank Vincent!
2006-03-16Dan Senor
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Advisor to the U.S. Presidential Envoy in Iraq, Dan Senor!
2006-03-22John Kasich
Tonight Stephen welcomes Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good For You.
2006-03-23Michael Brown
Tonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.
2006-03-28Bruce Bartlett
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy, Bruce Bartlett!
2006-03-29Robert Greenwald
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!
2006-03-30Michael Smerconish
Tonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.
2006-04-03Harvey Mansfield
Tonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.
2006-04-05Markos Moulitsas
Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of The Great Deluge, Douglas Brinkley.
2006-04-06Caitlin Flanagan
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of To Hell With All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife, Caitlin Flanagan!
2006-04-19Hugh Hewitt
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Painting the Map Red: The Fight to Create a Permanent Republican Majority, Hugh Hewitt!
2006-04-24Sebastian Junger
Tonight Stephen welcomes editor in chief for U.S. News World Report, Mort Zuckerman.
2006-04-26Bill Kristol
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!
2006-04-27Jon Meacham
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, Jon Meacham!
2006-05-01Gov. Mike Huckabee
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!
2006-05-02Paul Rieckhoff
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington, Paul Rieckhoff!
2006-05-03Rick Reilly
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Shanks For Nothing, Rick Reilly!
2006-05-04Shere Hite
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!
2006-05-08Bill Bastone
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of The Smoking Gun.com, Bill Bastone!
2006-05-10Madeleine Albright
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright!
2006-05-11Tyson Slocum
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.
2006-05-16Jonathan Alter
Tonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in the World.
2006-05-17Ted Daeschler
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the Assistant Curator and Chair, Vertebrate Zoology at the Center for Systematic Biology & Evolution, Ted Daeschler!
2006-05-18Christiane Amanpour
Tonight Stephen welcomes CNN's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.
2006-06-06Steven Squyres
Tonight Stephen welcomes Cornell University scientist and author of Roving Mars Steven Squyres.
2006-06-07Tim Flannery
Tonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.
2006-06-13Michael Pollan
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.
2006-06-15Gustavo Arellano
Tonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.
2006-06-19Bay Buchanan
Tonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.
2006-06-21Marc Bowden
Tonight Stephen welcomes Marc Bowden, author of Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam.
2006-06-26Robert Baer
Tonight Stephen welcomes form CIA agents and author of Blow the House Down, Robert Baer.
2006-06-28Christopher Noxon
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.
2006-06-29Ron Suskind
Tonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life
2006-07-13Dhani Jones
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.
2006-07-18Howell Raines
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The One That Got Away: A Memoir, Howell Raines
2006-07-24William Donohue
Tonight Stephen Welcomes the president of the Catholic League, William Donohue.
2006-07-25Neal Katyal
Tonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back, Amy Goodman.
2006-07-26Peter Beinart
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.
2006-08-01Linda Hirshman
Tonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in the World.
2006-08-02Paul Hackett III
Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.
2006-08-03Bill Rhoden
Tonight, New York Times columnist and author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete, Bill Rhoden.
2006-08-08Alexandra Robbins
Tonight cultural anthropologist Alexandra Robbins, author of The Overachievers: The Secret Life of Driven Kids.
2006-08-09Ramesh Ponnuru
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.
2006-08-14David Gergen
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.
2006-08-15Morgan Spurlock
Tonight Stephen welcomes documentary filmmaker and host of 30 Days, Morgan Spurlock.
2006-08-16Geoffrey Nunberg
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.
2006-08-21Paul Krugman
Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and colmnist Paul Krugman, author of The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century.
2006-08-22Janna Levin
Tonight Stephen welcomes mathematician Janna Levin, author of A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines.
2006-08-24Ken Jennings
Tonight Stephen welcomes record setting Jeopardy champion and author of Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competetive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs, Ken Jennings
2006-09-13Bill Simmons
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
2006-09-14Will Power
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.
2006-09-18Frank Rich
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.
2006-09-19Arianna Huffington
Tonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life
2006-09-25Lowell Bergman
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.
2006-09-27Michael Lewis
Tonight Stephen welcomes Michael Lewis, author of The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.
2006-10-02Andy Stern
Tonight Stephen welcomes union leader and author of A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track, Andy Stern.
2006-10-03Senator Byron Dorgan
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.
2006-10-04Amy Goodman
Tonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back, Amy Goodman.
2006-10-05Ariel Levy
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, Ariel Levy.
2006-10-10George Lucas
Tonight Stephen reveals the winner of the Green Screen Challenge. Plus, another Tek Jansen Adventure.
2006-10-11Barry Scheck
Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.
2006-10-16Richard Dawkins
Tonight Stephen celebrates his 1st anniversary episode with Oxford Professor of Biology and author of The God Delusion Richard Dawkins.
2006-10-17David Kuo
Tonight Stephen welcomes former special assistant to President Bush and author of Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction, David Kuo.
2006-10-18Dr. Peter Agre
Tonight Stephen welcomes Nobel Prize winning chemist Dr. Peter Agre. Plus Stephen talks to Jim Gilchrist, founder of The Minuteman Project.
2006-10-19Mark Halperin
Tonight Stephen welcoms ABC News correspondent and co-author of The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008, Mark Halperin.
2006-11-06Indecision 2006 Election Coverage
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.
2006-11-07Dean Kamen
Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of FIRST and President of DEKA Research and Development Corporation, Dean Kamen.
2006-11-09Al Franken/Dr. Michael Novacek
Tonight Stephen welcomes Al Franken and paleontologist Dr. Michael Novacek.
2006-11-15Richard Linklater
Tonight Stephen welcomes Richard Linklater, director of Fast Food Nation.
2006-11-16Jim Lehrer
Tonight Stephen welcomes PBS News Hour anchor and author of The Phony Marine: A Novel, Jim Lehrer.
2006-11-27Nora Ephron
Tonight Stephen welcomes screenwriter and author of I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman, Nora Ephron.
2006-11-29Mike Lupica
Tonight Stephen welcomes ESPN commentator and author of Miracle on 49th Street, Mike Lupica.
2006-11-30Steven D. Levitt
Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and co-author of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, Steven D. Levitt.
2006-12-05Dr. Francis S. Collins
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.
2006-12-07Dr. Peter Singer
Tonight Stephen welcomes Princeton ethicist, animal rights activist and co-author of The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter, Dr. Peter Singer
2006-12-11Dan Savage
Tonight Stephen welcomes nationally syndicated columnist and author of The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family, Dan Savage.
2006-12-12Doris Kearns Goodwin
Tonight Stephen welcomes historian and author of Team of Rivals, The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin.
2006-12-13Daniel Pinchbeck
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.
2006-12-14Deepak Chopra
Tonight Stephen welcomes the leader in the field of mind body medicine, Deepak Chopra.
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