Stephen congratulates John King and the rest of the media on getting Obama elected.

Matt Miller says the government must make sure we have basic securities like health care and pensions.

Benicio Del Toro talks about meeting Castro to prepare for "Che."

Lawrence Lessig says the outdated copyright laws have turned our kids into criminals.

Anthony Romero believes it will be a huge mistake if Barack Obama doesn't close Guantanamo immediately.

Niall Ferguson explains how money is a relationship between a creditor and a debtor.

Barack Obama may be over-marketed, and Alan Khazei wants Americans to volunteer.

A look back on President Bush's relationship with the media -- Stephen wonders if tonight's the night they finally do it and Shepard Fairey's "Hope" poster belongs to everyone.

Tonight Stephen welcomes Washington Post columnist and author of The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why, Jabari Asim.

Elizabeth Alexander explains to Stephen the difference between a metaphor and a lie.

Tonight Stephen welcomes Newsweek editor and author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, Jon Meacham.

Obama changes Bush's policy on science, and Ed Young thinks married people should have more sex.

Documentary, "Man on Wire"

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The government collapses in Iceland, and Stephen gets mad at Dan Zaccagnino.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. says Abraham Lincoln was always against slavery, but he wasn't a fan of black people.

Actor, "The Pink Panther 2"

Stephen salutes the Boy Scouts, and Jonah Lehrer discusses the neuroscience of decision-making.

Stephen welcomes musical guest TV On The Radio.

It's tough times for the Republican Party, and Stephen gives a shout out to a former employee.

New York Times article, "My Genomic Self"

Adam Gopnik claims that faith and fear no longer rule our lives because of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin.

Tonight Stephen welcomes the chief scientific advisor for chemistry.com, anthropology professor and author of Why Him? Why Her?: Finding Real Love By Understanding Your Personality Type, Helen Fisher.

Cliff Sloan believes that Marbury v. Madison is significant because it established the rule of law.

Mayor John Fetterman believes Braddock, PA is a great place to spend some of the stimulus money.

Stephen wants to know how Kris Kristofferson can be a country musician and a liberal at the same time.

Late at night, who does David Byrne fear David Byrne is?

President Obama taxes the rich to pay for universal health care, and South Carolina may finally end gun prostitution.

Carl Wilson tries to understand the popularity of Celine Dion in "Let's Talk About Love" and will NASA name part of the space station after Stephen if he changes his name to Stephen Urine Filtration System?

Steven Johnson talks about Joseph Priestley, the man who first realized that plants actually create the oxygen we breathe.

Lisa Hannigan sewed the cover, liner notes and lyrics of her album "Sea Sew."

Tonight Stephen welcomes microbiologist and member of the Joint BioEnergy Institute, Dr. Jay Keasling. Also Stephen talks with NASA's associate administrator for space operations Bill Gerstenmaier about the Kepler Probe and other space exploration.

Tonight Stephen welcomes Newsweek correspondent and author of 'The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates that Define and Inspire Our Country', Howard Fineman.

Peter Singer urges Stephen to give money to poor people rather than enjoying it himself.

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of 'The Graveyard Book'.

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of 'The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon'.

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of 'Engaging the Muslim World'.

Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of Choose Responsibility.

The guest tonight is Derrick Pitts, Chief Astronomer at The Franklin Institute.

David Plotz, Author of 'Good Book LP' talks to Stephen tonight.

Author of "Dead Aid", Dambisa Moyo is the guest on tonight's show.

One of the co-founders of Twitter is the guest for tonight's show.

Tonight Stephen welcomes the co-author of Banquo's Ghosts, Rich Lowry.

Tonight Stephen welcomes Jordan's Queen Noor.

Tonight Stephen welcomes the editor at large for the San Francisco Chronicle, Phil Bronstein.

Tonight Stephen welcomes Bible expert and author of Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don't Know About Them), Bart Ehrman.

Tonight Stephen welcomes psychotherapist and author of Bodies, Susie Orbach. Also, Stephen talks with NASA's Deputy Chief, Astronaut Office at the Johnson Space Center, Sunita Williams about the naming of the new node on the International Space Station.

Tonight Stephen welcomes the anchor of PBS' NewsHour and author of Oh, Jonny, Jim Lehrer.

Tonight Stephen welcomes the former head of the Office of Legal Council for both President Reagan and George Bush Sr., and author of Can a Catholic Support Him? Asking the Big Questions about Barack Obama, Doug Kmiec. Also, Stephen talks with the associate editor for opendemocracy.net, Kanishk Tharoor.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio denies that he focuses too much on illegal immigration.

Tonight Stephen talks with Duke University men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Tonight Stephen talks with host of This American Life, Ira Glass.

Tonight Stephen welcomes the West Africa Program Officer for Heifer International, Elizabeth Bintliff.

Tonight Stephen welcomes musical group The Decemberists.

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of 'Dumb Money: How Our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation', Daniel Gross. Also, Stephen talks with war correspondent Richard Engel.

Tonight Stephen welcomes former FDA commissioner and author of The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, David Kessler.

Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, Ethan Nadlemann.

The Prescott Group needs a bailout, and J.J. Abrams reveals clues to Stephen's Persian Gulf mystery.

Cliff Sloan believes that Marbury v. Madison is significant because it established the rule of law and Paul Rieckhoff wants to make sure returning veterans get education, employment and health care support.

President Obama's approval numbers are at 67%, and public health expert Laurie Garrett is here to shed some light on the swine flu.

It's Bring Your Savior to Work Day, and Mitchell Joachim wants to build carbon-neutral cities.

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor Jeff Daniels Also, Stephen talks with the vice president of policy at Demos.org, Tamara Draut about credit cart reform.

Tonight Stephen welcomes the producer & director of Angels & Demons, Ron Howard. Also, Stephen talks with the head of Latin American Division of the Council on Foreign Relations, Julia Sweig about Cuba.

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, Michael Pollan.

Donald Trump allows Miss California to keep her crown, the DonorsChoose competition continues, and Yusuf performs.

Meghan McCain loves the Republican Party and wants to save it from the people trying to make it more extreme.

Republicans find a way to make us love them again, and a Difference Maker stands up to the government.

Torture memo author John Yoo gets a newspaper column, and Nancy Pelosi says the CIA lied to her.

Stephen reveals most of the Indian election results, and Green Day talks about their album, "21st Century Breakdown."

Republicans could lose their Latino voter, and you can see Stephen's Persian Gulf destination from Sarah Palin's house.

The FDA challenges medical claims made by Cheerios, and Jim Moran protects kids from erectile dysfunction advertising.

California allows some gay couples to stay married, and Obama invites Iran to celebrate 4th of July.

Wikipedia takes on the Church of Scientology, and the latest on abstinence-only education will be worth the wait.

General Ray Odierno steps up to the plate to be Stephen’s first guest in Iraq.

Stephen welcomes Sergeant Robin Balcom and Specialist Tareq Salha to his international desk of wisdom and truthiness.

Tom Hanks and Stephen prepare a care package, and Charles H. Jacoby Jr. picks his favorite soldier.

George W. Bush praises the troops, and Frank A. Grippe orders his officers to sing the Army song.

Stephen gives advice to the next leader of North Korea, and asks Austan Goolsbee if his arm gets tired from throwing money at problems.

According to polls, 120% say the Iranian election wasn't rigged, and Jim Rogers wants to reduce Duke Energy's carbon footprint.

Sonia Sotomayor belongs to an exclusive women's-only club, and Joshua Micah Marshall won't be doing the pointing and talking.

Someone finally agrees to accept Gitmo detainees, and Stephen nails poet Paul Muldoon.

Stephen suggests punching randomly until we find the enemy among us, and Simon Schama writes a history of the future of America.

David Kilcullen fights wars by taking a local approach to combat smaller guerrilla movements.

The Jonas Brothers don't abstain from making awesome rock, and Matthew Crawford believes in working with his hands.

ABC turns their network over to Barack Obama, and Jim Fouratt meets the leader of the gay shame movement.

Neil deGrasse Tyson tries to make science accessible to whomever wants to reach out and touch it.

Stephen questions whether America should embrace soccer, and Kevin Mattson thinks Jimmy Carter was underappreciated.

The Supreme Court takes its recess, and Nicholas Kristof discusses "It's Time to Learn From Frogs" after crossing five lanes of busy traffic.

Congress passes a renewable energy bill, and climber Ed Viesturs scales Stephen's ego.

The Sotomayor confirmation hearings begin, and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman knows a lot about money.

Stephen suggests looking for change in the folds of Barney Frank, and asks Leymah Gbowee where Liberia is.

There's bad news for people with target-shaped birthmarks, and Douglas Rushkoff lets Jews and Freemasons off the hook.

Stephen is emotionally dead inside, and Ed Andrews should write about teen vampires if he wants to get out of debt.

Geoffrey Canada can't find any area where white men are being disproportionately victimized and Bob Park doesn't understand why humans need go to space when robots can do a better job.

Stephen will be the mighty oak when he investigates Acorn, and Aaron Carroll believes America should have a single-payer system.

The truth behind the CIA's secret assassination squad is revealed, and Chris Anderson talks about a future economy where everything is free.

The British announce plans to cut and run, Tom Vilsack drops out of the presidential race, and Zev Chafets angles for a Christmas present.

A report on tasers may shock you, and Swedish band Movits! helps Stephen put his Ikea futon together

Arianna Huffington was born in the United States, but she cultivated an accent to give herself an air of being an ethnic minority.

Lance Armstrong comes in third in the Tour de France, and Kevin Baker says Obama is the new Hoover.

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

President Obama finds a way to pay for health care, and General Anthony Zinni will wax Stephen's chest.

According to Kurt Andersen, the economic and health crises give Americans a brief chance to get things where they want them.

Kris Kobach wants to fight illegal immigration on the local level and reward the people willing to come to this country legally.

Stephen reviews the movies that are destroying America and talks to Meryl Streep about her role as Julia Child.

Vladimir Putin returns to the spotlight, and Stephen interviews Barbara Boxer with deaf suspicion.

Afghanistan prepares for Bring Your Rocket Launcher to Work Day, and Jonathan Cohn explains why America's having a health care crisis.

Americans speak Glenn Beck's mind at town hall meetings, and Mark Johnson spreads peace through music.

Glenn Beck loses his sponsors, and Mark Devlin uses giant balloons to life telescopes to the edge of space.

Reporters get so desperate they'll even work for a newspaper, and Bill McKibben lowers carbon dioxide levels by not exhaling when he talks.

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Ang Lee captures the hope and optimism of tired, dirty kids in his movie, "Taking Woodstock."

The Earth's population nears 7 billion, and Chris Matthews discusses his documentary, "The Kennedy Brothers."

The health care debate rages on, MTV's VMAs deliver a shock, and Cory Booker admits he is the mayor of Newark.

Christiane Amanpour is going to make Americans care about the rest of the world with her CNN show "Amanpour."

Obama indoctrinates America's school children, Tucker Carlson reveals Muslims' influence on textbooks, and The Flaming Lips perform.

Stephen resurrects the U.S. military technique of staring at a goats and Frank Bruni talks about mastering his addiction to compulsive eating as a food critic for the New York Times.

The Senate votes to allow guns on trains, and Shai Agassi wants us all to drive electric cars.

AJ Jacobs' life experiments include following all the rules of the Bible, trying to be the most rational person alive and radical honesty.

The Republican Party is accused of racism, another holiday is under attack, and Ken Burns makes a documentary about national parks.

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

An exciting new tobacco product hits the market, and Matt Latimer recalls his Bush speechwriting days.

Stephen has an update on his space treadmill, and he'll evolve Richard Dawkins' book into tiny shreds of paper.

Francis Collins informs Stephen that it's going to take time for stem cell research to give him crab claws.

President Obama proposes a longer school year, and Arne Duncan could only get a job as a secretary.

The Mountain Goats perform "Psalms 40:2" from their album, "The Life of the World to Come."

Doctors invent a radical new surgery, and Alison Gopnik says babies can help us understand deep philosophical questions.

The media attacks Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh may buy a football team, and Colin Beavan makes no environmental impact.

Stephen takes on Norwegians for giving Obama the Nobel Peace Prize, plays tennis with James Blake and talks zombies with Sanjay Gupta.

Stephen posts Twitter updates on Miley Cyrus, talks fetuses with David Javerbaum and asks Sylvia Earle why he should care about the ocean.

Stephen gets angry over health care reform, discusses obesity with Amy Farrell, and talks wisdom with the RZA.

Stephen proves that mayo is the illest condiment, asks Jerry Mitchell what a newspaper reporter is and unveils his new portrait.

Stephen criticizes Washington State, endorses your job application and disagrees with everything Cornel West stands for.

The Catholic Church reaches out to former members, and Gail Collins talks about the modern American woman.

Stephen finds out what broke the largest particle accelerator and preps for his interview with Brian Cox by watching "Baby Einstein" tapes.

Stephen talks to Rosanne Cash about torturing detainees with music and discusses "Teen Wolf" with Bill Simmons.

Stephen sponsors the U.S. speedskating team, analyzes Arnold Schwarzenegger's breakfast and disputes the end of the Cold War with Nicholas Thompson.

Stephen makes history with the U.S. Speedskating team, covers a gay couple's arrest on Mormon Church property and wants Andrew Sullivan to admit he's wrong.

Stephen declares Barack Obama the loser, gets dunked in water by Al Gore and asks Harold Evans if he's going to be a chimney sweep.

Stephen puts Canada on notice with Joey Cheek, introduces Vaxaconda and talks to William Bratton about McGruff the Crime Dog.

Stephen asks Mike Castle why he can't marry a chicken, helps Katherine Reutter win a gold medal, and talks art with Thomas Campbell.

Stephen defends Barney Frank for not recognizing marijuana, enjoys a Taser XREP ad and feeds ice cream to Maria Shriver.

Stephen believes bankers are God's representatives, criticizes "Sesame Street" and asks Christopher Caldwell where the Muslim pope is.

Stephen uses Miracle Whip money to buy mayo, claims Lou Dobbs' audience and shaves Woody Harrelson's head.

Stephen shows Barack Obama how to greet foreign leaders, offers to sing in Aerosmith, and discusses architecture with Paul Goldberger.

Stephen talks to Marc Kielburger about child labor, skateboards with Jackie Speier and asks Malcolm Gladwell to explain a New Yorker cartoon.

Sarah Palin has a 400-page book, "2012" takes the world by storm, and Norah Jones talks about her famous father, Indiana.

The Senate introduces a tax on plastic surgery, and Elvis Costello plays "Cheap Reward" with Stephen.

Stephen talks to Dan Esty about global warming, forces Joseph Cirincione to play "Sanction, Bomb, Marry?" and compares school to prison with Cevin Soling

Stephen profiles a made-up district, discusses alien Jesus with Guy Consolmagno and helps Sherman Alexie save part of white culture

Stephen critiques President Obama's speech, presents a device that lets him poop whenever he wants, and questions Craig Watson's innocence

Stephen covers Tiger Woods' car crash, tries out for the U.S. skeleton team and talks to Janet Napolitano about the color-coded threat level.

Bill T. Jones describes how Fela Kuti fought against the Nigerian government with his music.

Stephen gives Bernie Sanders a chance to address the vicious socialist rumors and discusses the best of the public with Andy Schlafly.

Stephen appeals to the monkey demographic, gets a visit from Krampus and calls out Goldman Sachs with Matt Taibbi.

Stephen details Russia's battle plan for Afghanistan, tries out for the U.S. bobsled team and puts words in Lara Logan's mouth.

Stephen interviews President Obama's cardboard cutout, signs Katherine Reutter's thigh and pre-censors Snoop Dogg.

John Slattery sells gold, Stephen relays the story of Treesus, and Alicia Keys performs her hit song.

Stephen encourages Tiger Woods, sees the ghost of Stephen King and remembers the wacky decade with Tom Brokaw.