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130 Episodes 2023 - 2024
Episode 1
Mon, Oct 2, 2023
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson; Louis Cato performs;
Episode 2
Tue, Oct 3, 2023
TV host John Oliver (TV series, "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"); Boygenius performs;
Episode 3
Wed, Oct 4, 2023
Journalist Anderson Cooper (TV series, "Anderson Cooper 360"); Japanese Breakfast performs;

Episode 4
Thu, Oct 5, 2023
Actor Bob Odenkirk (TV series "Lucky Hank" and "The Bear"); comic Fortune Feimster;

Episode 5
Mon, Oct 9, 2023
Actor/author Arnold Schwarzenegger (book, "Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life"); Metric performs;
Episode 6
Tue, Oct 10, 2023
Actress Kerry Washington (TV series, "Unprisoned"); Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla);
Episode 7
Wed, Oct 11, 2023
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa); actress Melissa Villasenor (TV series, "Rock, Paper, Scissors");
Episode 8
Thu, Oct 12, 2023
Comic John Mulaney; Darius Rucker performs;
Episode 9
Mon, Oct 16, 2023
Stephen Colbert hosts from home, after testing positive for COVID-19. Guests are actress/author Jada Pinkett Smith (book, "Worthy") and comic Ricky Velez.

Episode 10
Mon, Oct 23, 2023
Actor Daniel Radcliffe, actor Jonathan Groff, and actress Lindsay Mendez ("Merrily We Roll Along"); Arlo Parks performs;
Episode 11
Tue, Oct 24, 2023
Comic Jim Gaffigan; Caroline Polachek performs;
Episode 12
Wed, Oct 25, 2023
Rock band Talking Heads talk and perform; actress/comedian Mae Martin (TV series, "I Have Nothing");

Episode 13
Thu, Oct 26, 2023
Actor/co-author Keegan-Michael Key and producer/co-author Elle Key (book, "The History of Sketch Comedy"); filmmaker John Carpenter;
Episode 14
Mon, Oct 30, 2023
Actor/author Henry Winkler (memoir, "Becoming Henry: The Fonz and Beyond"); singer Melissa Etheridge;
Episode 15
Tue, Oct 31, 2023
CBS News chief political analyst John Dickerson; Alex Newell (Broadway's "Shucked") performs;
Episode 16
Wed, Nov 1, 2023
Author/former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (book, "Renegade"); Willie Nelson performs;

Episode 17
Thu, Nov 2, 2023
Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation; singer Willie Nelson;

Episode 18
Mon, Nov 13, 2023
Singer/author Barbra Streisand (memoir, "My Name is Barbra");

Episode 19
Tue, Nov 14, 2023
TV host Rachel Maddow (TV series, "The Rachel Maddow Show"); singer Gracie Abrams performs;
Episode 20
Wed, Nov 15, 2023
Actor Paul Giamatti (TV series "Billions" and "30 Coins"); actor Tom Blyth (movie, "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes");

Episode 21
Thu, Nov 16, 2023
ABC News chief Washington correspondent/author Jonathan Karl (book, "Tired of Winning"); comic Maria Bamford (TV series, "Big Mouth");

Episode 22
Mon, Nov 20, 2023
David Letterman, the former host of "The Late Show," makes his triumphant return to the Ed Sullivan Theatre. The National perform.

Episode 23
Tue, Nov 21, 2023
Actor Bradley Cooper (movie, "Maestro"); a cooking demonstration with chef Jose Andres;

Episode 24
Wed, Nov 22, 2023
Actor Peter Dinklage (movie, "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes"); comic Tig Notaro;

Episode 25
Mon, Dec 11, 2023
Former Rep. Liz Chaney (R-Wyoming); singer Olivia Rodrigo performs;

Episode 26
Tue, Dec 12, 2023
Actress Taraji P. Henson (movie, "The Color Purple"); Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit perform;
Episode 27
Wed, Dec 13, 2023
Actor Jason Momoa (movie, "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom"); comic Robert Smigel;

Episode 28
Thu, Dec 14, 2023
Director Greta Gerwig (movie, "Barbie"); actor Andrew Scott (movie, "All of Us Strangers"); Oprah Winfrey;
Episode 29
Mon, Dec 18, 2023
Actor Kenan Thompson (movie, "Good Burger 2"); Olivia Rodrigo performs; First Drafts with Evie Colbert;

Episode 30
Tue, Dec 19, 2023
Actor Adam Driver (movie, "Ferrari"); Jon Batiste talks and performs;

Episode 31
Wed, Dec 20, 2023
Rapper Nicki Minaj; The Indict-mare Before Christmas, narrated by Liam Neeson;

Episode 32
Thu, Dec 21, 2023
Journalist Anderson Cooper (TV series, "Anderson Cooper 360"); TV host Andy Cohen (TV series, "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen"); Louis Cato performs with the Late Show Band;

Episode 33
Mon, Jan 8, 2024
Singer Barbra Streisand takes "The Colbert Questionert"; comic/host Taylor Tomlinson (TV series, "After Midnight");
Episode 34
Tue, Jan 9, 2024
Co-host Gayle King (TV series, "CBS Mornings"); former professional basketball player Charles Barkley; actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach (TV series, "The Bear");
Episode 35
Wed, Jan 10, 2024
Actress America Ferrara (movie, "Barbie"); actress Renee Rapp (movie, "Mean Girls");
Episode 36
Thu, Jan 11, 2024
Actress Emily Blunt (movie, "Oppenheimer"); actor Colman Domingo (movie, "The Color Purple"); John Scofeld sits in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band;
Episode 37
Tue, Jan 16, 2024
Nicki Minaj takes The Colbert Questionert; musician Jeff Tweedy; Daniel Caesar performs; special appearance by Taylor Tomlinson (TV series, "After Midnight");
Episode 38
Wed, Jan 17, 2024
Actor Clive Owen (TV series, "Monsieur Spade"); actress Juno Temple (TV series, "Fargo"); The Last Dinner Party performs;
Episode 39
Thu, Jan 18, 2024
Rapper Common; comic Steven Wright;
Episode 40
Mon, Jan 22, 2024
Comic Trevor Noah, host of the 66th Annual Grammy Awards; American civil rights activist Ruby Bridges;
Episode 41
Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Andre 3000 talks and performs; author Jelani Cobb;
Episode 42
Wed, Jan 24, 2024
Actor Austin Butler (TV mini-series, "Masters of the Air"); actor Kingsley Ben-Adir (movies "Bob Marley: One Love" and "Barbie");
Episode 43
Thu, Jan 25, 2024
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese (movie, "Killers of the Flower Moon"); Future Islands perform;

Episode 44
Mon, Jan 29, 2024
Actor Bryan Cranston (movie, "Argylle"); journalist Michele Norris;
Episode 45
Tue, Jan 30, 2024
Actress Emma Stone (movie, "Poor Things"); Jaime Harrison, Democratic National Committee chairman;
Episode 46
Wed, Jan 31, 2024
Actress Demi Moore (TV mini-series, "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans"); actor Paul Walter Hauser (TV movie, "Onion and The Dark");
Episode 47
Thu, Feb 1, 2024
Actor John Cena (movie, "Argylle"); writer Kwame Alexander; Asake performs;
Episode 48
Mon, Feb 5, 2024
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass); comic Usama Siddiquee performs;
Episode 49
Tue, Feb 6, 2024
Author/TV host Joy-Ann Reid; basketball player A'ja Wilson;
Episode 50
Wed, Feb 7, 2024
Filmmaker Christopher Nolan (movie, "Oppenheimer");
Episode 51
Thu, Feb 8, 2024
Musician Andre 3000 takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Justin Hartley (TV series, "Tracker");
Episode 52
Sun, Feb 11, 2024
Actor John Krasinski; actor Ryan Gosling; special appearance by Jon Stewart;
Episode 53
Mon, Feb 12, 2024
TV host John Oliver (TV series, "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"); Killer Mike performs;
Episode 54
Tue, Feb 13, 2024
Actor Matt Damon (movies "Drive-Away Dolls" and "If"); actress Danielle Pinnock (TV series "Ghosts", movie "Candy Cane Lane");
Episode 55
Wed, Feb 14, 2024
Happy Valentine's Day; actor Mark Wahlberg (movie, "Arthur the King"); actress Lily Gladstone (movie, "Killers of the Flower Moon");

Episode 56
Thu, Feb 15, 2024
Singer Billy Joel; Chappell Roan performs;
Episode 57
Mon, Feb 26, 2024
Episode 58
Tue, Feb 27, 2024
Stephen Colbert interviews actor James Brolin, and features poet activist Amanda Gorman, and cellist Jan Vogler.
Episode 59
Wed, Feb 28, 2024
Journalist Chris Hayes (podcast series, "All In with Chris Hayes"); actress Carrie Preston (TV series, "Elsbeth");
Episode 60
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
Actress Rebecca Ferguson and filmmaker Denis Villeneuve (movie, "Dune: Part Two");

Episode 61
Mon, Mar 4, 2024
TV personality RuPaul; author Yuval Noah Harari;
Episode 62
Tue, Mar 5, 2024
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt); Bleachers perform;
Episode 63
Wed, Mar 6, 2024
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson; comic Ariel Elias;
Episode 64
Thu, Mar 7, 2024
Political analyst John Dickerson; De La Soul performs;
Episode 65
Mon, Mar 11, 2024
Actress Kristen Stewart; actor Tom Hollander;
Episode 66
Tue, Mar 12, 2024
Actress Diane Lane (TV series, "Feud"); actor Patton Oswalt (movie, "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire");
Episode 67
Wed, Mar 13, 2024
Actor Paul Rudd (movie, "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire"); journalist Cecilia Vega;
Episode 68
Thu, Mar 14, 2024
Paul Simon talks and performs;
Episode 69
Mon, Mar 25, 2024
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer; professional golfer Justin Thomas;
Episode 70
Tue, Mar 26, 202460 mins
Actress Carol Burnett (TV mini-series, "Palm Royale"); Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman perform;
Episode 71
Wed, Mar 27, 2024
Actor Liam Neeson (movie, "In the Land of Saints and Sinners"); journalist Fareed Zakaria (TV series, "Fareed Zakaria GPS");
Episode 72
Mon, Apr 1, 2024
Matt Damon takes the Colbert Questionert; actress Hannah Waddingham;
Episode 73
Tue, Apr 2, 2024
TV host Savannah Guthrie (TV series, "Today"); actor Tim Blake Nelson (movie, "The Invisibles");
Episode 74
Wed, Apr 3, 2024
Actress Gillian Anderson (movie, "Scoop"); actress Sonequa Martin-Green (TV series, "Star Trek: Discovery"); Remi Wolf performs;
Episode 75
Thu, Apr 4, 2024
Actor Steve Buscemi; literary critic Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Episode 76
Mon, Apr 8, 2024
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.); Tyla performs;
Episode 77
Tue, Apr 9, 2024
Singer Maren Morris; actor Demetri Martin;
Episode 78
Wed, Apr 10, 2024
Christiane Amanpour (TV series "Amanpour and Company" and "The Amanpour Hour"); actor Wilmer Valderrama (TV series, "NCIS");
Episode 79
Mon, Apr 15, 2024
Author Salman Rushdie; actress Anna Sawai; Terence Blanchard sits in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band;
Episode 80
Tue, Apr 16, 2024
Actor Orlando Bloom; actor George Takei; Maggie Rogers performs;
Episode 81
Wed, Apr 17, 2024
Actor John Lithgow; historian Doris Kearns Goodwin;
Episode 82
Thu, Apr 18, 202460 mins
Actress Sandra Oh (TV series, "Invincible"); actor Reid Scott (movie "The Idea of You", TV series "Law and Order"; actor Daniel Radcliffe (TV series "Mulligan" and "Miracle Workers", "Rescue Dog Rescue");
Episode 83
Mon, Apr 29, 2024
Actress Jean Smart (TV series, "Hacks"); actress Gayle Rankin (TV series, "House of the Dragon");
Episode 84
Tue, Apr 30, 202460 mins
Actor Jeff Daniels (TV mini-series "A Man in Full", TV series "American Rust"); comic Hannah Einbinder (TV series, "Hacks"); Bela Fleck sits in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band;
Episode 85
Wed, May 1, 202460 mins
Actress Carol Burnett (TV series, "Palm Royale") takes "The Colbert Questionert"; TV host Phil Keoghan (TV series, "The Amazing Race"); Jacob Collier performs;
Episode 86
Thu, May 2, 202460 mins
Actor John Leguizamo (TV series, "The Green Veil"); attorney Laura Coates;
Episode 87
Mon, May 6, 202460 mins
Actor Ethan Hawke; actor Cedric the Entertainer (TV series, "The Neighborhood");
Episode 88
Tue, May 7, 202460 mins
Actress/author Tiffany Haddish (TV series "Solar Opposites", book "I Curse You with Joy"); screenwriter Meredith Scardino;
Episode 89
Wed, May 8, 202460 mins
Political analyst Jen Psaki; Elyanna performs;
Episode 90
Thu, May 9, 202460 mins
Actor Ryan Gosling (movie, "The Fall Guy") takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actress Desi Lydic (TV series, "The Daily Show");
Episode 91
Mon, May 13, 202460 mins
Actor Steve Carell (movie, "If"); Paul Simon performs;
Episode 92
Tue, May 14, 202460 mins
Singer/host Jennifer Hudson (TV series, "The Jennifer Hudson Show"); actress Marisa Abela (movie, "Back to Black");
Episode 93
Wed, May 15, 202460 mins
TV host George Stephanopoulos (TV series "Good Morning America" and "This Week"); actress Michelle Buteau (movie, "Babes");
Episode 94
Thu, May 16, 202460 mins
David Letterman takes The Colbert Questionert; actress Claudia Jessie (TV series, "Bridgerton"); Norah Jones performs;
Episode 95
Mon, May 20, 202460 mins
Actress Sarah Paulson; actor Paul Scheer; performance by the cast of "Merrily We Roll Along";
Episode 96
Tue, May 21, 202460 mins
Billie Eilish talks and performs; Angie Swan and Lakecia Benjamin sit in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band;
Episode 97
Wed, May 22, 202460 mins
Actress Anya Taylor-Joy (movie, "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga"); Second Gentleman of the U.S. Doug Emhoff; Angie Swan and Lakecia Benjamin sit in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band;
Episode 98
Thu, May 23, 202460 mins
Actor Chris Hemsworth (movie, "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga"); Sir James Dyson, British inventor/entrepreneur; Angie Swan and Lakecia Benjamin sit in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band;
Episode 99
Mon, Jun 3, 202460 mins
Singer/songwriter Alicia Keys; actor Stephen Merchant (TV series, "The Outlaws");
Episode 100
Tue, Jun 4, 202460 mins
Actor Viggo Mortensen (movie, "The Dead Don't Hurt"); actress Olivia Cooke (TV series, "House of the Dragon"); a performance by the Broadway cast of "Illinoise";
Episode 101
Wed, Jun 5, 202460 mins
Singer/songwriter Jon Bon Jovi; Tig Notaro;
Episode 102
Thu, Jun 6, 202460 mins
Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus (movie, "You Hurt My Feelings"); Hozier performs;
Episode 103
Mon, Jun 10, 202460 mins
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.); Billie Eilish performs;
Episode 104
Tue, Jun 11, 202460 mins
Actor Jake Gyllenhaal (TV series, "Presumed Innocent"); actress Chloe Fineman (movie, "Despicable Me 4");
Episode 105
Wed, Jun 12, 202460 mins
TV host Seth Meyers (TV series, "Late Night with Seth Meyers"); Omar Apollo performs;
Episode 106
Thu, Jun 13, 202460 mins
Actor Jude Law; Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats perform;
Episode 107
Mon, Jun 17, 202460 mins
Dr. Anthony Fauci; actor Callum Turner; Trombone Shorty sits in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band;
Episode 108
Tue, Jun 18, 202460 mins
Podcast hosts Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor (podcast, "Pod Save America"); Lake Street Dive perform;
Episode 109
Wed, Jun 19, 202460 mins
Actress Cynthia Erivo; Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.);
Episode 110
Thu, Jun 20, 202460 mins
Actor Jeremy Allen White; director Ava DuVernay;
Episode 111
Mon, Jul 8, 202460 mins
Actor Michael Douglas; Abby Phillip; "Rescue Dog Rescue" with Antony Starr, Chace Crawford, and Colby Minifie;
Episode 112
Tue, Jul 9, 202460 mins
Serena Williams; actor/director Andrew McCarthy (movie, "Brats");
Episode 113
Wed, Jul 10, 202460 mins
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D); cooking demo with Martha Stewart;
Episode 114
Thu, Jul 11, 202460 mins
Journalist John Dickerson; Jessica Pratt performs;
Episode 115
Mon, Jul 15, 202460 mins
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois); Bikini Kill performs.

Episode 116
Tue, Jul 16, 202460 mins
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass); Loudon Wainwright III performs;
Episode 117
Thu, Jul 18, 202460 mins
Actor Glen Powell (movie, "Twisters"); radio and TV personality Charlamagne Tha God;
Episode 118
Thu, Jul 18, 202460 mins
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt); OneRepublic perform;
Episode 119
Mon, Jul 22, 202460 mins
Actor Keanu Reeves; Charles Wesley Godwin performs;
Episode 120
Tue, Jul 23, 202460 mins
Actor Matthew Macfadyen (movie, "Deadpool and Wolverine"); film director Jon M. Chu (movie, "Wicked");
Episode 121
Wed, Jul 24, 202460 mins
Philanthropist Melinda French Gates; actress Saoirse-Monica Jackson (TV series, "The Decameron");
Episode 122
Thu, Jul 25, 202460 mins
Comic Kevin Hart (movie, "Borderlands"); comic Erica Rhodes; Andrew Bird sits in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band;
Episode 123
Mon, Aug 12, 202460 mins
Journalist/host Kaitlan Collins (TV series, "The Source with Kaitlan Collins"); actor Walton Goggins (TV series "Fallout" and "Invincible");
Episode 124
Tue, Aug 13, 202460 mins
Actor Bowen Yang (TV series, "Fantasmas"); musician Nick Cave;
Episode 125
Wed, Aug 14, 202460 mins
TV host Alex Wagner (TV series, "Alex Wagner Tonight"); comic Ali Macofsky performs;
Episode 126
Thu, Aug 15, 202460 mins
"Community Calendar" with Sean Hayes; Billie Eilish takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Hiroyuki Sanada; Koe Wetzel and Jessie Murph perform;
Episode 127
Mon, Aug 19, 202460 mins
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus (movie, "Tuesday");
Episode 128
Tue, Aug 20, 202460 mins
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), House Democratic Leader; actress Laura Benanti; live from the Auditorium Theater in Chicago, Illinois;
Episode 129
Wed, Aug 21, 202460 mins
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg; Chance the Rapper performs; Live from the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois;
Episode 130
Thu, Aug 22, 202460 mins
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.); Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy perform; actress Jennifer Hudson (TV series, "The Jennifer Hudson Show"); professional baseball players Ian Happ, Nico Hoerner, and Jameson Taillon; live from the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois;