For what age: 12+
How many episodes in 4 season: 160 episodes
Tonight Stephen welcomes professor of economics at Harvard and author of America Works: Critical Thoughts on the Exceptional U.S. Labor Market, Richard Freeman. Also Stephen talks with the editor for The New Republic, Andrew Sullivan.
Tonight Stephen welcomes political reporter and author of Smells Like Dead Elephants: Dispatches from a Rotting Empire, Matt Taibbi. Also Stephen talks with former Arkansas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the Nobel Prize wining founder of the Grameen Bank and author of Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism, Muhammad Yunus.
Tonight Stephen welcomes evolutionary biologist and author of Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5 Billion Year History of the Human Body, Neil Shubin .
Tonight Stephen welcomes Jared Cohen, author of Children of Jihad: A Young American's Travles Among the Youth of the Middle East. Also Stephen talks with Peter Hopkins, co-founder of bigthink.com.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Deborah Tannen, author of You're Wearing That? Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation. Also, Stephen talks with syndicated columnist Bernard Epstein.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of the International Computer Games Association and author of Love & Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationsjips, David Levy. Also, Estaban Colberto interviews CNN anchor Lou Dobbs regarding the war on the middle class.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Eric Weiner, author of The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World. Also, Stephen talks with Allan Sloan, the senior editor of Fortune magazine, about the possibility of a recession happening.
Tonight Stephen welcomes civil rights activist and former United Nations ambassador, Andrew Young. Also, Stephen talks with Malcolm Gladwell about the usefulness of IQ tests.
Stephen presents the head of the Yellow Ribbon Fund, Marie Wood, with a check from the profits of the Wrist Strong Bracelets. Then Stephen welcomes base jumper Jeb Corliss. Finally, Stephen welcomes extreme skier Andrew McLean, who is featured in the documentary Steep.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Harvard law professor Charles Nesson, who want to make online poker legal again. Also Stephen talks with Mother Jones columnist Debra Dickerson about Bill Clinton's tactics regarding race.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Pastor Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?. Also, Stephen talks with the writer and director of Persepolis, Marjan Satrapi, about the youth of Iran.
Tonight Stephen welcomes music critic Alex Ross, author of The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century.` Also Stephen talks with Marvel Comics Editor-in-chief Joe Quesada about the new Captain America, Stephen's run for President in the Marvel U and the upcoming Secret Invasion storyline. Jon Stewart stops by to help Stephen in his feud with Conan O'Brien as to who made Mike Huckabee.
Tonight Stephen welcomes primatologist Frans de Waal, author of Our Inner Ape. Also, Stephen talks with author Carl Hiaason about what's wrong with Florida.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Fox News analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano, author of A Nation of Sheep. Also, Stephen talks with Tim Hartford, author of The Logic of Life about making decisions based on logic.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Slate editor in chief Jacob Weisberg, author of The Bush Tragedy. Also, Stephen talks with Tony Campolo, author of Red Letter Christians, about the Chrisitian right's influence on politics.
Tonight Stephen welcomes former Senator Bob Dole Also, Stephen talks with Angelo Falcon, President of the National Institute for Latino Politics, about the candidates courting the Latino vote.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Democratic strategist Tad Devine. Also Stephen talks with the senior editor of The National Review Richard Brookhiser about whether the Republicans will vote for John McCain.
Tonight Stephen welcomes naturalist Mark Moffett, author of Face to Face with Frogs. Also, Presidental candiate and former Arkansas Governaor Mike Huckabee stops by to discuss, and play air hockey with Stephen, about which state he hopes to win next.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Stanford University professor Philip Zimbardo, author of The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil. Also, Stephen talks with Dr. Aubrey de Grey, author of Ending Aging: The Rejuvination Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging In Our Lifetime.
Tonight Stephen welcomes theoretical physicist from Harvard Lisa Randall, author of Warped Passages: Unravelling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions. Also, Stepehn talks with New York Governor Eliot Spitzer about his being a super-delegate for Hillary Clinton. Later, he talks with Washington D.C. Rep Eleanor Holmes Norton, who is a super-delagate for Barack Obaman.
Tonight Stephen welcomes law professor Richard Thompson Ford, author of The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse. Stephen welcomes back his writers. (And Kevin Bacon, Tiki Barber & Mr. Met) Also, Stephen talks with entomological gastronomist David Gracer about if we should eat bug. Stephen's Fallback Position Stephen goes to the Hayden Planetarium and talks with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson about becoming an astrophysicist.
Tonight, Stephen welcomes actor, director and photographer Leonard Nimoy, author of The Full Body Project: Photographs by Leonard Nimoy. Also, Stephen talks with Washington Post sports writer and author of Living On the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember, John Feinstein, about the Roger Clemons steroid allegations.
Tonight Stephen welcomes literary critic and author of Finding Oprah's Roots: Finding Your Own, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the president and co-founder of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk. Also, Stephen talks with the senior editor for The National Review magazine Richard Brookhiser about the influence the late William F. Buckley Jr had on conservatism and political talk shows
Tonight Stephen welcomes the former UN undersecretary general for communications and public information, and author of The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: The Emerging 21st Century Power, Shashi Tharoor. Also, Stephen talks with the conductor for the New York Philharmonic, Maestro Lorin Maazel about their recent concert in North Korea.
Tonight Stephen welcomes New York Times reporter and author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food, Jennifer 8. Lee. Also, Stephen lets the President of the Catholic League William Donohue express Stephen's outrage over comments made by Rev. John Hagee. Later, Stephen takes a phone call for the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean about who will win the Texas & Ohio primaries.
Tonight Stephen welcomes L.A. Times columnist and author of Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans and Vagabonds: Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America, Gregory Rodriguez. Also, Stephen talks with former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich about the upcoming fight between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Tonight Stephen welcomes former Presidential candidate and South Dakota Senator George McGovern.
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of His Panic: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S., Geraldo Rivera.
Tonight Stephen welcomes media critic and host of CNN's Reliable Sources, Howard Kurtz.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Columbia University professor and author of Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes it to the Streets, Sudhir Venkatesh. Also, Stephen talks with Hussein Ibish from the Foundation for Arab-American Leadership about whether Barack Obama is a Muslim or not.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World, Samantha Power.
Tonight Stephen welcomes former Clinton White House Press Secretary and author of Why Women Should Rule the World, Dee Dee Myers.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Dean Kamen.
Tonight Stephen welcomes eco architect Michael Reynolds, subject of the documentary Garbage Warrior. Also Stephen talks with professor of English and journalism and author of Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America, Eric Alterman.
Stephen discusses the democratic presidential candidates, the economy and promotes Doritos. Stephens gets some welcome news about his portrait. Stephen welcomes the founder and president of Green For All, Van Jones. The topic of discussion is creating more "green" jobs for Americans and how this would benefit our country.
Tonight Stephen welcomes classic American rock band R.E.M. to talk about their new album, "Accelerate".
Tonight Stephen welcomes telecommunications professor and author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations, Clay Shirky.
Tonight Stephen welcomes former pro wrestler and Governor of Minnesota and author of Don't Start the Revolution Without Me!, Jesse Ventura. Also, Stephen talks with Trevor Paglen about the supposed shoulder patches worn by black ops members.
Tonight Stephen welcomes former Clinton Secretary of State and author of Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership, Madeleine Albright.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of Citizens for Retiring the Penny, Jeff Gore.
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist (specializing in the Middle East) and author of Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East, Robin Wright.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews. Also, Stephen talks with Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter over recently passed anti-gun legislation.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the wife of Presidential candidate Barack Obama, Michelle Obama.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Pennsylvania Congressman Rep. Patrick Murphy.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Also, Stephen talks with Father James Martin, author of My Life With the Saints, about the Pope's recent visit.
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Age of American Unreason, Susan Jacoby.
Tonight Stephen welcomes radio host and author of For One More Day, Mitch Albom.
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist, California's First Lady and author of Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question, Little Book. Answers Within, Maria Shriver.
Tonight Stephen welcomes political activist and author of Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, Anne Lamott.
Tonight Stephen welcomes law professor at Harvard University and author of The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman.
Tonight Stephen welcomes social critic and author of World Made by Hand, James Kunstler.
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport, Carl Hiaasen.
Tonight Stephen welcomes science writer and author of The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments, George Johnson. Also, Stephen talks with artist and SJSU professor Hasan Elahi about his being on the terrorism watch list. He created a webiste http://www.trackingtransience.net that tracks his location and every purchase he makes purportedly in order to "aid the government in tracking him".
Tonight Stephen welcomes the editor in chief of the Huffington Post and author of Right Is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe, Arianna Huffington. Also, Stephen talks with astronaut Garrett Reisman, currently onboard the International Space Station.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the co-author of You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty, Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the co-author of What Really Sank the Titanic: New Forensic Discoveries, Jennifer McCarty.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of Americans for Tax Reform and author of Leave Us Alone: Getting the Government's Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives, Grover Norquist. Also, Stephen talks with actress Laura Dern, star of the upcoming HBO movie Recount.
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour, Andrei Cherny.
Tonight Stephen welcomes theoretical physicist and co-founder of the World Science Fair, Brian Greene Also, Stephen talks to the president of the Family Research Council and author of Personal Faith, Public Policy, Tony Perkins.
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington, David Sirota. Also, Stephen talks with Democratic strategist Tad Devine about the problems with the delegates in Michigan and Flordia.
Tonight Stephen welcomes professional surfer and co-producer of the movie Surf Wise, Jon Paskowitz.
Tonight Stephen welcomes political commentator and author of One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation, George Will.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Salman Rushdie, author of The Enchantress of Florence. Also, Stephen talks with Oklahoma Representative and Libertarian Presidential candidate, Bob Barr.
Tonight Stephen welcomes conservative political commentator and author of Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World, Pat Buchanan
Tonight Stephen welcomes wildlife scientist and author of Life in the Valley of Death: The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed, Alan Rabinowitz.
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America, David Hajdu.
Tonight, Stephen welcomes Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University, Dickson Despommier. Also, Stephen talks with former Green Party Vice Presidental candidate and Native American activist Winona LaDuke about the candidates courting the Native American vote.
Tonight Stephen talks with biologist and author of Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul, Kenneth Miller.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Security and author of The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It, Jonathan Zittrain. Also, Stephen talks with Neal Katyal, lawyer for one of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay about his client and others being released.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz. Also, Stephen talks with the president of the Hindu Temple Socity of North America Ameriica, Dr. Uma Mysorekar about Barack Obama becoming a Hindu.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Bible scholar and author of Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, Bishop N.T. Wright. Also Cookie Monster from Sesame Street stops by when Stephen starts complaining that Cookie no longer eats cookies.
Tonight Stephen welcomes political satirist and author of This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation, Barbara Ehrenreich.
Tonight Stephen welcomes rapper, actor and star of Hancock, Will Smith. Also, Stephen talks on the phone with biologist Dr. Jason Bond about naming a spider after Stephen.
Tonight Stephen welcomes astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Also, Stephen talks with architecture critic and author of Up from Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York, Paul Goldberger.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Florida Representative and co-author of Fire-Breathing Liberal: How I Learned to Survive (and Thrive) in the Contact Sport of Congress, Robert Wexler.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the head of Yale's Center for Business & the Environment, Dan Esty. Also Stephen talks with Lama Surya Das about whether Barack Obama should become a Tibetan Buddhist.
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders, Jason Riley. Also, Stephen talks with Julia Sweig, author of Friendly Fire about the rise of Venezuela and other South American nations rise out of poverty.
Tonight Stephen welcomes rock group Rush and perform one of their old hits Tom Sawyer from the album Moving Pictures.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the wife of former Presidential candidate John Edwards and author of Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers, Elizabeth Edwards.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Virginia Senator and author of A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America, Senator Jim Webb.
Tonight Stephen welcomes rapper Nas who is representing www.colorofchange.org and their petition to FOX to stop racist bias in news.
Tonight Stephen welcomes astronaut Garrett Reisman. Also Stephen talks with journalist and religion reporter for the New York Times, Laurie Good Goodstein, about the schism in the Anglican Church over whether to ordain openly gay priests.
Tonight Stephen welcomes country music superstar Toby Keith and star of Beer for My Horses, plus Keith performs the song of the same name.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Eric Roston, author of The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat.
Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary musical act Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Tonight Stephen welcomes former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Also, Stephen talks with Slate.com columnist Brendan Koerner about making good environmental purchasing decisions.
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of OBD: Obsessive Branding Disorder: The Illusion of Business and the Business of Illusion, Lucas Conley. Also, the band Apples in Stereo perform Can You Feel It to close the show.
Tonight Stephen welcomes New York Times columnist and author of The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of his Life--His Own, David Carr.
Tonight Stephen welcomes actor/director and star of Swing Vote, Kevin Costner. Aslo, Stephen talks with Jason Bond about the spider named after Stephen.
Tonight Stephen welcomes contributing editor for Harper's and author of The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule, Thomas Frank. Also, Stephen talks to Newsweek Olympic editor Devin Gordon about what China hopes to get out of the games, and the athletes that will emerge from the Olympics.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the anchor for Univision News and author of The Gift of Time: Letters from a Father, Jorge Ramos.
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals, Jane Mayer. Also, Stephen talks with Olympic Gold Medalist and founder of Team Darfur, Joey Cheek.
Tonight Stephen welcomes social critic and author of Why We Hate Us: American Discontent in the New Millennium, Dick Meyer.
Tonight Stephen welcomes combat journalist and author of The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq, Bing West.
Tonight Stephen welcomes former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, author of What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, Scott McClellan. Also, Stephen talks with former Georgia Representative and Libertarian Presidential candidate Bob Barr about the Libertarian party's "green" efforts.
Tonight Stephen welcomes former Arkansas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee.
Tonight Stephen welcomes biographer, historian and author of George Washington on Leadership, Richard Brookhiser.
Tonight Stephen welcomes political commentator and author of All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America, John McWhorter. Also, Stephen talks with former Denver Bronco Terrell Davis about how Barack Obama did during his speech.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the former director of the National Economic Council and economic advisor to Barack Obama, Laura D'Andrea Tyson.
Tonight Stephen welcomes historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Also, Stephen talks with Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, about why she endorsed Barack Obama.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Texas Representative and former Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul. Also, Stephen talks to blogger Adam Brickley about his efforts to get Sarah Palin chosen for Vice President.
Tonight Stephen welcomes religion professor at Harvard and author of The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good About the Good News, Peter Gomes.
Tonight Stephen welcomes sportswriter, ESPN Magazine columnist and founder of Nothing But Nets, Rick Reilly. Also Stephen talks with consumer advocate Tyson Slocum about the current financial crisis.
Tonight Stephen welcomes professor of religion and African American studies at Harvard and author of Hope On a Tightrope, Dr. Cornel West. Also, Stephen talks with New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera about how the Wall Street bailout will save the economy.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Nick Carr, author of The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google. Also Stephen talks with the president of the National Organization for Women's Kim Gandy about why NOW is endorsing Obama/Biden and not Sarah Palin.
Tonight Stephen welcomes political commentator and author of Third Term: Why George W. Bush (Hearts) John McCain, Paul Begala.
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Naomi Klein. Also, Stephen talks with Shakespearean scholar Stephen Greenblatt about how the candidates match characters from Shakespeare's plays.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the owner of political website fivethirtyeight.com, Nate Silver.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough. Also, comedian Gilbert Gottfried calls into Stephen's Atone-Phone.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Oliver Stone, director of the movie W. Also, Stephen talks with CNN political commentator David Gergen.
Tonight Stephen welcomes syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker. Also, Stephen talks with contributing editor for Vanity Fair Bethany McLean about computers causing the problems with the economy.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Nobel Prize wined economist and co-author of The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict,, Joseph Stiglitz.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the former editor for Vanity Fair and co-founder of thedailybeast.com, Tina Brown.
Tonight Stephen welcomes producer/director and political activist Robert Greenwald. Also, Stephen talks with the director of the National Museum of American History, Brent Glass about where Stephen's portrait will be hung.
Tonight Stephen welcomes musician and author of Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life, Wynton Marsalis. Also, Stephen talks with the editor for Newsweek International, Fareed Zakaria, about the bright side of the economic crisis.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association and chancellor of Patrick Henry College, Mike Farris.
Tonight Stephen welcomes former speechwriter for President Bush and author of Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again, David Frum.
Tonight Stephen welcomes multiple Grammy Award winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma, promoting his new CD Songs of Joy and Peace.
Tonight Stephen welcomes comservatige blogger for TheAtlantic.com, Andrew Sullivan. Also, Stephen talks with the founder and chief editor of the Cook Political Report, Charlie Cook about the numbers in the election.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel Maddow.
Tonight Stephen welcomes former NBA player and the new Mayor of Sacramento, California, Kevin Johnson.
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008, Bob Woodward.
Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and co-author of The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy--If We Let It Happen, Stephen Moore.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell. Also, Stephen talks with the host of Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw about the important cabinet positions to be filled by Barack Obama.
Tonight Stephen welcomes singer/songwriter and author of Lyrics: 1964-2008, Paul Simon.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity, Michael Lewis.
Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and author of Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America, Thomas Friedman.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror, Jeffrey Goldberg.
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of Audition: A Memoir, Barbara Walters.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Harvard history professor and author of The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, Niall Ferguson.
Tonight Stephen welcomes social activist and the President/CEO of Harlem Children's Zone, Geoffrey Canada.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning writer and author of A Mercy, Tony Morrison.
Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, Richard Haass.
Tonight Stephen welcomes Olympic gold medalist and co-author of No Limits: The Will to Succeed, Michael Phelps.
