Stephen Colbert

And I think I was most influenced by the little bit I knew that I used as a thread to pull on to try to understand him. Yeah.

And I think I was most influenced by the little bit I knew that I used as a thread to pull on to try to understand him. Yeah.

This is the God machine.

This is the God machine.

This is the God machine.

Sure. Conan was there. Jimmy Fallon was there. Chris Rock was there.

Sure. Conan was there. Jimmy Fallon was there. Chris Rock was there.

Sure. Conan was there. Jimmy Fallon was there. Chris Rock was there.

Well, first, if I could just back up just slightly here, I'm willing to talk about my own faith if my guest asks me about it. I don't like to proselytize. And I'll make any jokes about the Catholic Church. You know, I don't – they deserve a lot of them. And I am deeply Catholic in that it is combed into my being, but I don't know how deeply devout I am.

Well, first, if I could just back up just slightly here, I'm willing to talk about my own faith if my guest asks me about it. I don't like to proselytize. And I'll make any jokes about the Catholic Church. You know, I don't – they deserve a lot of them. And I am deeply Catholic in that it is combed into my being, but I don't know how deeply devout I am.

Well, first, if I could just back up just slightly here, I'm willing to talk about my own faith if my guest asks me about it. I don't like to proselytize. And I'll make any jokes about the Catholic Church. You know, I don't – they deserve a lot of them. And I am deeply Catholic in that it is combed into my being, but I don't know how deeply devout I am.

I know people who are really deeply devout and I wouldn't want to – I just don't want to confuse myself with someone who is a very devoted Catholic, a devout, I mean. But I have become friends with Father Jim Martin over the years, who's sort of like the Broadway priest in New York. And he's the editor of America Magazine. And he was the chaplain of the Colbert Report on the old show.

I know people who are really deeply devout and I wouldn't want to – I just don't want to confuse myself with someone who is a very devoted Catholic, a devout, I mean. But I have become friends with Father Jim Martin over the years, who's sort of like the Broadway priest in New York. And he's the editor of America Magazine. And he was the chaplain of the Colbert Report on the old show.

I know people who are really deeply devout and I wouldn't want to – I just don't want to confuse myself with someone who is a very devoted Catholic, a devout, I mean. But I have become friends with Father Jim Martin over the years, who's sort of like the Broadway priest in New York. And he's the editor of America Magazine. And he was the chaplain of the Colbert Report on the old show.

And, you know, we've become dear friends over the years. And he just wrote me one day. I actually got the email right before I went on stage at the Late Show one night saying, hey, the Vatican has asked me to put together a list of like 20 comedians because the pope wants to meet with some comedians. Would you mind helping with that? And I was like, yeah, sure. Sure.

And, you know, we've become dear friends over the years. And he just wrote me one day. I actually got the email right before I went on stage at the Late Show one night saying, hey, the Vatican has asked me to put together a list of like 20 comedians because the pope wants to meet with some comedians. Would you mind helping with that? And I was like, yeah, sure. Sure.

And, you know, we've become dear friends over the years. And he just wrote me one day. I actually got the email right before I went on stage at the Late Show one night saying, hey, the Vatican has asked me to put together a list of like 20 comedians because the pope wants to meet with some comedians. Would you mind helping with that? And I was like, yeah, sure. Sure.

So I put a list together of 40 comedians. They sent me back a list of 15 or 20, something like that. Like they'd made their selects of my selects and with a few of their own. And Jim Gaffigan and I called everybody on the list and we said, hey, we don't really know what this is about, but the Pope wants to meet comedians.

So I put a list together of 40 comedians. They sent me back a list of 15 or 20, something like that. Like they'd made their selects of my selects and with a few of their own. And Jim Gaffigan and I called everybody on the list and we said, hey, we don't really know what this is about, but the Pope wants to meet comedians.

So I put a list together of 40 comedians. They sent me back a list of 15 or 20, something like that. Like they'd made their selects of my selects and with a few of their own. And Jim Gaffigan and I called everybody on the list and we said, hey, we don't really know what this is about, but the Pope wants to meet comedians.