The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Kid Questions Ft. Guy Fieri

12 Apr 2025

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Kids. You would have gotten away with it if not for their meddling. Special thanks to the Mayor of Flavortown, Guy Fieri, for helping Stephen answer t...

Michael Lewis (Extended) | "Who Is Government?"

11 Apr 2025

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Best-selling author Michael Lewis offered his perspective this Tuesday, April 8th on the economic chaos sparked by President Trump's tariffs announcem...

Sheryl Lee Ralph | Pause And Effect

10 Apr 2025

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The president who said his policies would never change changed his tariff policy today, after telling the nation to chill out, but not before China st...

Woody Harrelson | Bye-Bye Buy

09 Apr 2025

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President Trump’s tariffs are going to make everything more expensive, including video games, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said any new manufac...

Sen. Cory Booker (Extended) | DOW And Out

08 Apr 2025

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Americans turned out in all 50 states to protest President Trump’s policies, and the stock market meltdown continued on Monday as Trump’s tariff r...

Max Thieriot | 'Fire Country'

07 Apr 2025

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Max Thieriot, who is the co-creator, star and executive producer of the hit CBS drama "Fire Country," talks about growing up in Northern California wh...

Meanwhile | Finger Guns, Dolly's Joleans

06 Apr 2025

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Meanwhile... The FDNY's sexy firefighter calendar is returning after a hiatus, metal braces are back in fashion, a man was arrested for allegedly robb...

Jonathan Groff

05 Apr 2025

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Tony and GRAMMY-winning actor Jonathan Groff talks about going deep into a rabbit hole of Bobby Darin videos on YouTube, which kicked off a seven-year...

Noah Wyle | Tower Of Tariffs

04 Apr 2025

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President Trump’s tariff announcement, which sent stocks into a nosedive and enraged America’s allies around the world, mysteriously excluded one ...

Pierce Brosnan (Extended) | Tarrif-fying

03 Apr 2025

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President Trump announced new tariffs which economists warn could plunge the world into a depression, Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly rejected Elon Mu...

Michelle Williams | Fools Speed Ahead

02 Apr 2025

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President Trump plans to unveil his economy-killing tariffs in a splashy Rose Garden event fit for reality television, and he wants us to believe that...

CBS News' Maurice DuBois | New Tariff In Town

01 Apr 2025

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“Trust in Trump” is the administration’s response to concern about the president’s tariffs, Donald Trump admitted he is looking at ways to rem...

Chris Hemsworth's Colbert Questionert

31 Mar 2025

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If you don't know his favorite sandwich, or what he thinks happens when we die, do you really know acclaimed actor Chris Hemsworth? Learn more about C...

Meanwhile | Consumer Watch

30 Mar 2025

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Meanwhile... Mimicking a baby's eating habits may help adults lose weight, thieves who stole a golden toilet were found guilty in court, Lamborghini m...

Roxane Gay | 'The Portable Feminist Reader'

29 Mar 2025

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Award-winning writer Roxane Gay reflects on what she has learned from the young women in her life, and tells Stephen Colbert why her new anthology con...

Sen. Dem. Ldr. Chuck Schumer | War Blames

28 Mar 2025

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President Trump appears to be turning on National Security Advisor Mike Waltz after initially defending him in the Signal chat scandal, a German newsp...

Seth Rogen | Chain Of Fools

27 Mar 2025

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“The Atlantic” published Team Trump’s shocking Signal text chain, exposing the Defense Secretary’s sloppy handling of military secrets while N...

Jenna Ortega | Textposé

26 Mar 2025

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Trump Administration officials exposed classified Yemen war plans via a Signal group chat in an unprecedented breach of national security, and spent T...

Jake Gyllenhaal | Show Stopper

25 Mar 2025

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President Trump wants The Kennedy Center to produce “non-woke” musical theater, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem staged a childish and insu...

Kid Questions | 'What Is Taxes?'

24 Mar 2025

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Kids. Science still doesn't know why they look like that guy who fixed your furnace. If your kid has a question for Stephen Colbert, post it on social...

What's Going On Over There?

23 Mar 2025

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Stephen Colbert scoured the globe to find the most important news from outside the United States in his international segment, "What's Going On Over T...

Audience Questions | 'The Thing'

22 Mar 2025

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Every night before taping the show, Stephen takes questions from the audience that we put out exclusively on The Late Show Pod Show! This batch of que...

Stephen Presents: Email In-Bag With Evie

21 Mar 2025

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Featuring an exclusive introduction recorded only for Pod Show listeners, Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert launch their brand new segment, "Emai...

Stephen Presents: 'Severance' Stars Tramell Tillman & Britt Lower

20 Mar 2025

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Stephen introduces tonight's podcast by giving his listeners a rundown on what the two "Severance" co-stars were wearing during their Late Show interv...

Stephen Presents: Stephen Takes A Meeting

19 Mar 2025

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Stephen Colbert loves taking the time to record podcast introductions with his producer Becca when the show's on break, but back in the early days of ...

Stephen Presents: John Oliver's Colbert Questionert

18 Mar 2025

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Stephen's back with all new introductions exclusively for The Late Show Pod Show listeners, starting things off with his fellow Strike Force Five co-h...

Ezra Klein (Extended)

17 Mar 2025

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Ezra Klein, the bestselling author and host of "The Ezra Klein Show" podcast, offers analysis of the DOGE chaos and says President Trump ultimately in...

Meanwhile | The Sound Of Science: Microwaved Coffee

16 Mar 2025

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Meanwhile... Stephen pushes back against the notion that you shouldn't eat styrofoam packing material, we may never have to worry about brown bananas ...

Uzo Aduba

15 Mar 2025

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Three-time Emmy winner and Tony Award nominee Uzo Aduba shares photos of her gorgeous family and gives Stephen a sneak peek at her latest project, the...

Gary Oldman | EXTENDED Monologue

14 Mar 2025

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President Trump threatened 200% tariffs on wine from Europe, the new EPA head wants to roll back regulations that protect us from pollution, people ar...

Michael Fassbender | Stop The Steel

13 Mar 2025

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Anything made from metal is about to cost a lot more but the Trump administration insists his tariff strategy isn’t chaotic, and the president defen...

Nathan Lane | Dow In The Dumps

12 Mar 2025

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Stocks tumbled again on Tuesday as President Trump’s trade war grinds on, Tesla shares are down 50% as investors dump the stock and Tesla owners rus...

Cate Blanchett | No Money, More Problems

11 Mar 2025

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President Trump’s unpredictable economic policies are dragging down markets and worrying Wall Street bankers, government agencies are scrubbing term...

A.I. Expert Reid Hoffman

10 Mar 2025

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Tech entrepreneur and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman joins Stephen for a wide-ranging discussion about the benefits and risks related to artificial ...

Meanwhile | The Office Microwave

09 Mar 2025

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Meanwhile... Fans of "The White Lotus" are snapping up pricey suites at the resorts where the show's third season was filmed, super-low-rise jeans tha...

Tony Hawk

08 Mar 2025

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The most famous skateboarder of all time tells Stephen that it took him 12 years and thousands of misses before he became the first person to land a t...

Sterling K. Brown | Trump’s Tariff Whiplash

07 Mar 2025

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“Madness” is the word to describe President Trump’s tariff drama with Canada and Mexico, DOGE apologized to some fired CDC employees and asked t...

Jake Tapper | Jerk Of All Trades

06 Mar 2025

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President Trump paused some tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Wednesday as the impact of his big economic gamble began rippling across markets, and sky-...

Fmr. Sec. Pete Buttigieg | LIVE!

04 Mar 2025

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Stephen Colbert delivers his LIVE monologue following President Trump’s address before a joint session of Congress, where Texas Democratic Rep. Al G...

Brian Tyree Henry, Laura Benanti | Moscow Tool

04 Mar 2025

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Stephen examines the fallout from the Oval Office blowup between President Trump and President Zelensky, where the Ukrainian leader insisted this is n...

Director Bong Joon Ho

03 Mar 2025

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Oscar-winning director and writer Bong Joon Ho shows off a plushie version of a creature from his latest film, “Mickey 17,” and tells Stephen that...

Meanwhile | Celebrity Beaver, Pompeii's Rave Scene

02 Mar 2025

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Meanwhile... China has the cutest puppy-shaped rock outcrop in the world, a man was busted trying to smuggle coke in his hair piece, Waldo the bull is...

Wendell Pierce | First Drafts: Black History Month

01 Mar 2025

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First up, Late Show writer John Thibodeaux joins Stephen Colbert to help select the perfect greeting card for Black History Month. Next, The Wire star...

RZA | Shell Shock

28 Feb 2025

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Some Trump voters regret sending him back to the White House because he's doing nothing to lower prices on everyday items like coffee and potato chips...

Guy Fieri | Land Of The Fee

27 Feb 2025

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The real head of DOGE has been revealed and it’s not Elon Musk, President Trump is wresting control of the press pool away from the White House Cor...

Drew Barrymore's Colbert Questionert | Fired Fest

26 Feb 2025

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Some federal employees wrote “very rude” replies to the DOGE email that demanded they list five accomplishments, the White House declined to expla...

Woody Harrelson (Extended) | Despicable Meme

25 Feb 2025

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Government employees received a weird, aggressive email from Elon Musk over the weekend while the DOGE head was trying his hand at comedy on stage at ...

Alan Ritchson | Tamara Tunie

24 Feb 2025

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Actor Alan Ritchson raves about the cross-generational fanbase for his show "Reacher," where viewers enjoy watching his character take out bad guys in...

Meanwhile | Mark Hamill's Wardrobe Malfunction

23 Feb 2025

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Meanwhile... Stephen shares some good news from a seal rescue in Connecticut, and checks in on two developments from New York City’s underground. Al...

Monica Lewinsky

22 Feb 2025

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Monica Lewinsky talks to Stephen Colbert about how the world has changed since she was in the center of a massive news story in the late 1990s, and wh...

Al Roker | King Con

21 Feb 2025

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President Trump’s royal decree banning congestion pricing in New York City didn’t go over too well with Gov. Kathy Hochul, Elon Musk has set his s...

Robert De Niro | Fired Up

20 Feb 2025

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The government is scrambling to rehire federal workers fired from crucial jobs managing nuclear weapons and disease control, the White House insists E...

George Clooney | Bribe Check

19 Feb 2025

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Federally-indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams opened his city’s prison system to ICE agents as part of a reported quid pro quo agreement with Pr...

John Oliver | Trial By Fired

18 Feb 2025

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Stephen employs a metaphor to explain President Trump’s tyrannical behavior over the past week, MapQuest is resisting the president’s order to ren...

Melanie Lynskey | 'Yellowjackets'

17 Feb 2025

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“Yellowjackets” star Melanie Lynskey delights Stephen Colbert with stories about growing up in New Zealand and working with Peter Jackson when she...

David Alan Grier (Extended)

15 Feb 2025

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Back by popular demand (and Stephen Colbert's personal request from last night's Pod Show Intro), it's David Alan Grier! This interview from December ...

Stephen Presents: Will Ferrell (Extended)

15 Feb 2025

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Stephen Colbert caps off a wonderful week of exclusive podcasts with this preamble to the EXTENDED cut of Will Ferrell's latest appearance. Hear all t...

Stephen Presents: Kwame Alexander

14 Feb 2025

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After catching up with his podcast producer and comparing garden-prep notes, Stephen Colbert expresses his passion for poetry and gratitude for The La...

Stephen Presents: Audra McDonald | Betty Gilpin (Extended)

13 Feb 2025

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Stephen jumps on The Pod Show yet again to talk Broadway ahead of these two stars of the stage and screen! First up: Emmy, GRAMMY and Tony Award-winni...

Stephen Presents: Diane Morgan (Extended)

12 Feb 2025

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Whenever The Late Show is taking a break, Stephen Colbert graces The Pod Show with exclusive introductions to specially curated podcasts with the help...

Stephen Presents: Joan Baez (Extended)

11 Feb 2025

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Stephen Colbert is back on the podcast this week with exclusive introductions to Pod Show classics, starting with folk music icon Joan Baez! Check out...

Valentine's Cards with Evie | Romansplaining

10 Feb 2025

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Celibacy, Swamping, Loud Looking, No-Habiting: Stephen Colbert examines all the latest trends in modern dating in his long-running segment, "Romanspla...

Meanwhile | Tiramisu Purse, Pizza Ramen

09 Feb 2025

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Meanwhile… A stuffed animals store is selling sexy adults-only products for Valentine’s Day, scientists have determined weekend mornings to be the...

W. Kamau Bell

08 Feb 2025

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Emmy-winning television host, director and stand-up comedian W. Kamau Bell talks about President Trump’s efforts to dismantle DEI and the unfortunat...

Elton John's Colbert Questionert | Who Let The Doge Out?

07 Feb 2025

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Stephen consults psychic zoo animals to learn whether the Chiefs or Eagles will win on Super Bowl Sunday, DOGE is gutting the National Weather Service...

Damon Wayans Jr. | Spy Bye

06 Feb 2025

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President Trump showed no humanity when suggesting the U.S. should forcibly relocate every resident of Gaza, the CIA and FBI are purging their ranks a...

Miles Teller | Fmr. USAID Admin. Samantha Power

05 Feb 2025

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China hit back at the U.S. with tariffs on technology, farm equipment and fashion products, Elon Musk is using a group of 18 to 24 year-old hackers fo...

Lin-Manuel Miranda | Uh-O Canada

04 Feb 2025

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Buckle up as Stephen Colbert goes through the laundry list of disastrous moves made over the weekend by President Trump, which included slapping tarif...

Journalist Jacob Soboroff

03 Feb 2025

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Bestselling author and NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff compares the immigration enforcement policies of recent presidential administrations and ...

Meanwhile | Pocket Cheese, Nanopasta

02 Feb 2025

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Meanwhile... Velveeta has a new portable cheese offering, you can now plant Martha Stewart in your home rose garden, Stephen tries the new Oreo cookie...

Brandon Scott Jones | 'Ghosts'

01 Feb 2025

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When actor Brandon Scott Jones learned that his show "Ghosts" would be filming in Montreal, he came up with a genius strategy to immerse himself among...

Nicole Kidman's Colbert Questionert | Seeing Lie To Lie

31 Jan 2025

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Trump’s MAGA goons want you to believe that what’s going on is normal, but it’s not. For example, our new head of Homeland Security cares more a...

Will Ferrell | Vax Or Fiction?

30 Jan 2025

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It’s the Year of the Snake, RFK Jr.’s own family urged the Senate not to confirm him to Trump’s cabinet, and Sen. Bernie Sanders ripped the nomi...

Drew Barrymore | Grant Theft Autocrat

29 Jan 2025

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President Trump is pursuing an autocratic agenda by taking revenge on prosecutors who investigated him and blocking the CDC from coordinating with the...

Chris Hayes | Daddy Issues

28 Jan 2025

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The Eagles and Chiefs are headed to the Super Bowl in a rematch of the 2023 contest, MAGA supporters like Mel Gibson are calling the president “dadd...

Deion Sanders | What's In The Docs?

27 Jan 2025

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We may finally learn the truth about three of America’s most mysterious assassinations, President Trump threatened the world’s financial leaders v...

Meanwhile | Cyborgasm: Soup You Can Suck On

26 Jan 2025

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Meanwhile... Stephen tries a strange new type of candy, a Pakistani airline ran a tone-deaf advertisement in France, and it's been revealed that some ...

Morris Chestnut | 'Watson'

25 Jan 2025

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Morris Chestnut, the producer and star of the new CBS medical drama "Watson," explains how the series differs from past interpretations of the "Sherlo...

Drew Brees (Extended) | Executive Disorder

24 Jan 2025

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An exciting new acronym is headed to the CBS network, Speaker Johnson created a subcommittee to re-investigate the Jan 6 insurrection, Republican cong...

John Dickerson (Extended) | Sneaux Day

23 Jan 2025

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Republican leaders like Speaker Mike Johnson and Sen. Tommy Tuberville are avoiding questions about the pardoned January 6th insurrectionists, Bishop ...

Michelle Yeoh | Worst Order Of Business

22 Jan 2025

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On the first day of President Trump’s second term he pardoned the Jan 6 rioters, gutted America’s climate policies, raised the price of insulin an...

'Pod Save America' Hosts | The Oaf Of Office

21 Jan 2025

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Stephen Colbert’s two-part monologue begins with a look at President Trump’s inaugural address, where he promised a new golden age of national suc...

Sec. Janet Yellen (Extended)

20 Jan 2025

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Outgoing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen does the math on President-elect Trump's proposed tariffs on foreign goods and says it adds up to higher cost...

Meanwhile | Donut Shortage, 25-Cent Burgers

19 Jan 2025

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Meanwhile... Chuck E. Cheese restaurants are ditching the animatronic band, some Dunkin' locations ran out of donuts, a new product will help you pee ...

Jharrel Jerome | 'Unstoppable'

18 Jan 2025

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Emmy-winning actor Jharrel Jerome was born and raised in The Bronx, so finding out that fellow Bronx native J.Lo would be his movie mom in "Unstoppabl...

Kate Winslet's Colbert Questionert | It's Joe Hard To Say Goodbye

17 Jan 2025

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President Biden gave his farewell address to the nation and warned of the dangers of a tech-industrial oligarchy, President-elect Trump’s official p...

Adam Scott | Mast Hysteria

16 Jan 2025

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Mrs. Obama has declined to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration, where Speaker Johnson pledged to fly flags at full mast. Elsewhere in Washington, the...

Josh Gad | Jack Squat

15 Jan 2025

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The Village People are set to perform at one of Donald Trump’s inaugural balls, special prosecutor Jack Smith says Trump could have been convicted f...

David Schwimmer | Green No Deal

14 Jan 2025

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Americans have donated over $50M to help Los Angeles residents recover from the devastating wildfires, President-elect Donald Trump wants to acquire G...

June Squibb (Extended) | 'Thelma'

13 Jan 2025

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95-year-old Oscar-nominated actor June Squibb ignored her director's advice and insisted on doing her own stunts while filming the new action comedy, ...

Meanwhile | The Sound of Science: A Dog's Real Age

12 Jan 2025

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Meanwhile... Someone is leaving plates of peeled bananas on a random street in the U.K., the Girl Scouts are retiring two flavors of their namesake co...

Isabella Rossellini | 'Conclave'

11 Jan 2025

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Legendary actress Isabella Rossellini joins Stephen to talk about her role as a nun in the new film, “Conclave,” and the delicious experiences she...

Ben Stiller | Reign Of Tariff

10 Jan 2025

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Newly minted great-grandfather Joe Biden says he could have won the 2024 election, all of America’s living former presidents assembled in Washington...

Alan Cumming | It's Not Easy Being Greenland

09 Jan 2025

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Visit https://linktr.ee/colbertlateshow for ways to help Los Angeles area residents deal with the impact of the terrible fires there, and the Presid...

Tilda Swinton | Stop Spreading The News

08 Jan 2025

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Many Americans say they’re tired of following political news, Stephen celebrates some lesser-known details about the life of President Jimmy Carter,...

Rep. Adam Kinzinger | Capitol Quiet

07 Jan 2025

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Congress peacefully certified Donald Trump’s electoral victory on January 6, 2025, while House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries made an embarrassin...

Keanu Reeves | Colbert Classic

06 Jan 2025

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Keanu Reeves and Stephen Colbert go stargazing to examine some of life’s biggest questions. And Stephen plays a lightning round with the one and onl...

Nick Cave (Extended) | Colbert Classic

05 Jan 2025

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The lead singer and songwriter of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds joins Stephen for a discussion of his latest album and some of his most powerful artisti...

Jeff Bridges (Extended) | Colbert Classic

04 Jan 2025

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The amazing Jeff Bridges describes in this exclusive extended interview how he learned he had lymphoma, and after conquering that disease he fell ill ...

Audience Questions | Dance Lessons

03 Jan 2025

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Every night before taping the show, Stephen takes questions from the audience that we grab and put on The Late Show Pod Show! In this batch of Q&A, fi...