The Colbert Report Season 5 Episodes

Episode 1

John King

Mon, Jan 5, 2009

Stephen's new co-host Alan Colmes analyzes the Democrats' racism. Tek Jansen tries to free some delicious, innocent civilians from slavery. Stephen helps John King pick a new name for his show, and Colmes gets fired.

Episode 2

Matt Miller

Tue, Jan 6, 2009

Episode 3

Benicio Del Toro

Wed, Jan 7, 2009

Episode 4

Lawrence Lessig

Thu, Jan 8, 2009

Episode 5

Anthony Romero

Mon, Jan 12, 2009

Episode 6

Niall Ferguson

Tue, Jan 13, 2009

Episode 7

Alan Khazei

Wed, Jan 14, 2009

Episode 8

Shepard Fairey

Thu, Jan 15, 2009

Episode 9

Frank Rich

Mon, Jan 19, 2009

Episode 10

Jabari Asim

Tue, Jan 20, 2009

Episode 11

Elizabeth Alexander

Wed, Jan 21, 2009

Episode 12

Jon Meacham

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Episode 13

Ed Young

Mon, Jan 26, 2009

Episode 14

Philippe Petit

Tue, Jan 27, 2009

Episode 15

Paul McCartney/Denis Dutton

Wed, Jan 28, 2009

Episode 16

John Podesta

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Episode 17

Dan Zaccagnino

Mon, Feb 2, 2009

Episode 18

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Tue, Feb 3, 2009

Episode 19

Steve Martin

Wed, Feb 4, 2009

Episode 20

Jonah Lehrer/James Surowiecki

Thu, Feb 5, 2009

Episode 21

TV on the Radio

Mon, Feb 9, 2009

Episode 22

Robert Ballard

Tue, Feb 10, 2009

Episode 23

Steven Pinker/Eleanor Holmes Norton

Wed, Feb 11, 2009

Episode 24

Adam Gopnik

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

Episode 25

Helen Fisher/Father James Martin

Mon, Feb 23, 2009

Episode 26

Cliff Sloan

Tue, Feb 24, 2009

Episode 27

John Fetterman

Wed, Feb 25, 2009

Episode 28

Kris Kristofferson

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

Episode 29

David Byrne

Mon, Mar 2, 2009

Episode 30

Mark Bittman

Tue, Mar 3, 2009

Episode 31

Carl Wilson/Jack Jacobs and Stephen Moore

Wed, Mar 4, 2009

Episode 32

Steven Johnson/Jim Cramer

Thu, Mar 5, 2009

Episode 33

Lisa Hannigan

Mon, Mar 9, 2009

Episode 34

Jay Keasling/William Gerstenmaier

Tue, Mar 10, 2009

Episode 35

Howard Fineman

Wed, Mar 11, 2009

Episode 36

Peter Singer/Simon Johnson

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Episode 37

Neil Gaiman/Jonathan Chait

Mon, Mar 16, 2009

Episode 38

Episode #5.38

Tue, Mar 17, 2009

Episode 39

Episode #5.39

Wed, Mar 18, 2009

Episode 40

Episode #5.40

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

Episode 41

Episode #5.41

Mon, Mar 30, 2009

Episode 42

Episode #5.42

Tue, Mar 31, 2009

Episode 43

Episode #5.43

Wed, Apr 1, 2009

Episode 44

Episode #5.44

Thu, Apr 2, 2009

Episode 45

Episode #5.45

Mon, Apr 6, 2009

Episode 46

Episode #5.46

Tue, Apr 7, 2009

Episode 47

Phil Bronstein

Wed, Apr 8, 2009

Episode 48

Bart Ehrman

Thu, Apr 9, 2009

Episode 49

Susie Orbach

Tue, Apr 14, 2009

Episode 50

Jim Lehrer

Wed, Apr 15, 2009

Episode 51

Episode #5.51

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Episode 52

Episode #5.52

Mon, Apr 20, 2009

Episode 53

Episode #5.53

Tue, Apr 21, 2009

Episode 54

Episode #5.54

Wed, Apr 22, 2009

Episode 55

Episode #5.55

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Episode 56

Episode #5.56

Mon, Apr 27, 2009

Episode 57

Episode #5.57

Tue, Apr 28, 2009

Episode 58

Episode #5.58

Wed, Apr 29, 2009

Episode 59

Episode #5.59

Thu, Apr 30, 2009

Episode 60

Episode #5.60

Mon, May 4, 2009

Episode 61

Episode #5.61

Tue, May 5, 2009

Episode 62

Episode #5.62

Wed, May 6, 2009

Episode 63

Episode #5.63

Thu, May 7, 2009

Episode 64

Episode #5.64

Mon, May 11, 2009

Episode 65

Episode #5.65

Tue, May 12, 2009

Episode 66

Episode #5.66

Wed, May 13, 2009

Episode 67

Episode #5.67

Thu, May 14, 2009

Episode 68

Meghan McCain

Mon, May 18, 2009

Episode 69

Walter Kirn

Tue, May 19, 2009

Episode 70

Episode #5.70

Wed, May 20, 2009

Episode 71

Episode #5.71

Thu, May 21, 2009

Episode 72

Byron Dorgan

Mon, Jun 1, 2009

Episode 74

Episode #5.74

Wed, Jun 3, 2009

Episode 75

Episode #5.75

Thu, Jun 4, 2009

Episode 76

Episode #5.76

Mon, Jun 8, 2009

Episode 77

Episode #5.77

Tue, Jun 9, 2009

Episode 78

Episode #5.78

Wed, Jun 10, 2009

Episode 83

Paul Muldoon

Thu, Jun 18, 2009

Episode 84

Episode #5.84

Mon, Jun 22, 2009

Episode 85

David Kilcullen/Howard Dean

Tue, Jun 23, 2009

Episode 86

Matthew Crawford

Wed, Jun 24, 2009

Episode 87

Jim Fouratt

Thu, Jun 25, 2009

Episode 88

Neil deGrasse Tyson/Jeff Goldblum

Mon, Jun 29, 2009

Stephen Colbert welcomes back Neil de Grasse Tyson, the first African American director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium, in New York City, for his sixth visit. Also, Jeff Goldblum makes another appearance to refute the claims of his death... only to be convinced he is dead and then proceeds to eulogize himself.

Episode 89

Kevin Mattson/Alexi Lalas

Tue, Jun 30, 2009

Episode 96

Bob Park

Mon, Jul 20, 2009

Episode 98

Chris Anderson

Wed, Jul 22, 2009

Episode 101

Arianna Huffington

Tue, Jul 28, 2009

Episode 107

Meryl Streep

Thu, Aug 6, 2009

Episode 108

Barbara Boxer

Mon, Aug 10, 2009

Episode 109

Jonathan Cohn

Tue, Aug 11, 2009

Episode 112

Bill McKibben

Mon, Aug 17, 2009

Episode 113

Robert Wright

Tue, Aug 18, 2009

Episode 115

Chris Matthews

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

Episode 116

Cory Booker

Mon, Sep 14, 2009

Episode 117

Christiane Amanpour

Tue, Sep 15, 2009

Episode 118

The Flaming Lips

Wed, Sep 16, 2009

Episode 119

Frank Bruni

Thu, Sep 17, 2009

Episode 120

Shai Agassi

Tue, Sep 22, 2009

Episode 121

AJ Jacobs

Wed, Sep 23, 2009

Episode 122

Ken Burns

Thu, Sep 24, 2009

Episode 123

Sheryl WuDunn

Mon, Sep 28, 2009

Episode 132

Sylvia Earle

Tue, Oct 13, 2009

Episode 134

Jerry Mitchell

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

Episode 137

Brian Cox

Stephen speaks with British astrophysicist and documentary host Professor Brian Cox.

Episode 140

Andrew Sullivan

Tue, Nov 3, 2009

Episode 141

Harold Evans

Wed, Nov 4, 2009

Episode 142

William Bratton

Thu, Nov 5, 2009

Episode 144

Maria Shriver

Tue, Nov 10, 2009

Episode 145

Christopher Caldwell

Wed, Nov 11, 2009

Episode 146

Woody Harrelson

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

Episode 148

Malcolm Gladwell

Tue, Nov 17, 2009

Episode 149

Norah Jones

Wed, Nov 18, 2009

Episode 150

Elvis Costello

Thu, Nov 19, 2009

Episode 157

Matt Taibbi

Wed, Dec 9, 2009

Episode 158

Lara Logan

Thu, Dec 10, 2009

Episode 159

Snoop Dogg

Mon, Dec 14, 2009

Episode 160

Alicia Keys

Tue, Dec 15, 2009

Episode 161

Tom Brokaw

Wed, Dec 16, 2009