Season 14
Episodes • 2009
1. David Gregory
minJon wants David Gregory to explain why Brett Favre walking off his charter plane is breaking news on MSBNC.
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3. Rachel Maddow
minWyatt Cenac, Samantha Bee and John Oliver go undercover for more information on the Obama girls. Aasif Mandvi says Sanjay Gupta's appointment will be a tremendous over achievement in a community of overachievers. Rachel Maddow is insulted as an American that the Obamas can't stay in the presidential guesthouse.
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4. Dana Perino
minBarack Obama dines with all the living ex-presidents, and Joe the Plumber goes to Gaza. Roland Burris is turned away while trying to take his Senate seat. Dana Perino talks about her 12 days left in the White House.
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5. Maxwell Kennedy
minBarack Obama doesn't sound like a newly elected president. John Oliver explains Rod Blagojevich's Tennyson reference. Jason Jones learns how to be a great pundit, and Maxwell Kennedy discusses kamikaze pilots.
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7. Fareed Zakaria
minMarcus Schrenker is caught faking his own death. Hillary Clinton gets sleepy at her confirmation hearing. Lewis Black lists the mega corporations asking for bailouts, and Fareed Zakaria talks about terrorism in India.
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10. Bishop Gene Robinson
minA veritable who's who of statesmen arrives for Barack Obama's historic inauguration. Jason Jones brushes off any comparisons between the Obama and Bush speeches. Wyatt Cenac reports from Obama's crazy-cool inaugural ball. Samantha Bee declares an end to frat boy humor, and Gene Robinson prays for Rick Warren.
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11. David Sanger
minBarack Obama watches the inaugural parade and then hits the parties. John Oliver feels the unity in DC, the news networks cover the inauguration differently, and David Sanger warns of the danger Pakistan poses.
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12. Liam Neeson
minHillary Clinton frees the State Department, and Barack Obama moves to close Guantanamo Bay. Gitmo is excited to leave, but he still wants to kill you. Rush Limbaugh hopes Barack Obama fails, and Liam Neeson visits the horse stable next door.
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13. President Jimmy Carter
minRod Blagojevich boycotts his own impeachment trial, Barack Obama closes down Guantanamo, and Jon gives Jimmy Carter a gift.
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17. Lawrence Lindsey
minThe Republicans pick Michael Steele as their RNC chairman, and now Wyatt Cenac is confused. The Super Bowl ads show where we are as a culture, and Lawrence Lindsey agrees with Jon's stimulus plan.
▶ Watch Episode18. Dev Patel
minThe star of Slumdog Millionaire drops by to promote the Oscar-nominated movie.
▶ Watch Episode20. Randall Balmer
minAuthor of God in the White House: A History: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W.
▶ Watch Episode22. Thomas Ricks
minBarack Obama gives thoughtful answers at a press conference. Samantha Bee meets a few robot soldiers, and Thomas Ricks says we'll be in Iraq for a long time.
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minThe author of "Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability" draws up a road map to smarter energy policy.
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28. Brian Williams
minFox News reports on a Joe Biden gaffe, and Congressman Rob Bishop opposes the "monkey bite bill." Hillary Clinton discusses poetry in Asia, and Brian Williams doesn't Twitter.
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29. Harold Varmus
minThe Nobel Prize-winning scientist navigates the real world or research in "The Art and Politics of Science.
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33. Nathaniel Frank
minAuthor of the new book 'Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America'.
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34. Craig Mullaney
minWest Point graduate, Rhodes Scholar, Army Ranger and author of the new book 'The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education'.
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36. Jim Cramer
minJon and Jim Cramer prepare for their highly anticipated skirmish. Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to 11 counts of fraud. Jim Cramer admits to his mistakes, and vows to do a better job reporting the financial market.
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37. Gen. Richard B. Myers
minFormer Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers talks about his new book 'Eyes on the Horizon: Serving on the Front Lines of National Security'.
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39. Nandan Nilekani
minJon Stewart interviews Nandan Nilekani, Author of 'Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation'.
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40. Bruce Springsteen
minBruce Springsteen comes by the show to promote his new album 'Working on a Dream'.
▶ Watch Episode41. Jack Cafferty
minWolf Blitzer's resident political observer takes a break from 'The Cafferty File' to discuss the latest tomfoolery in Washington D.C.
▶ Watch Episode42. Seth Rogen
minActor Seth Rogen talks about his latest movie 'Observe and Report'.
▶ Watch Episode43. Peter Orszag
minEconomist and current Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Barack Obama, Peter Orszag is tonight's guest.
▶ Watch Episode44. Tom Zoellner
minAuthor Tom Zoellner talks about his book 'Uranium - War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World'.
▶ Watch Episode45. Michael J. Fox
minSegments: - - Guests: Actor Michael J. Fox talks about his new book Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist.
▶ Watch Episode46. Jehan Sadat
minSegments: - - Guests: Jehan Sadat, the widow of the assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat talks about her book My Hope for Peace.
▶ Watch Episode48. William Cohan
minSegments: - - Guests: Author William Cohan talks about his new book House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street.
▶ Watch Episode49. Ron Darling
minRonald Maurice Darling, Jr. is an American former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics and Montreal Expos. Darling currently works as a color commentator for national baseball coverage on TBS as well as for the Mets on both SNY and WPIX. During his 13-year career, Darling amassed a 136–116 won-loss record, with 13 shutouts. He threw 1,590 strikeouts and had a 3.87 ERA. In 1985, he was picked for the All-Star team. Darling's weak point was control; he finished seasons in the top four in base on balls three times. He was considered one of the better fielding pitchers of the time, and won a Gold Glove Award in 1989. Darling had one of the best pickoff moves among right-handers. An above-average athlete, he was sometimes used as a pinch runner. In 1989, he hit home runs in two consecutive starts.
▶ Watch Episode51. Ben Affleck
minSegments: - - Guests: Actor Ben Affleck talks about his new movie "State of Play".
▶ Watch Episode52. Reza Aslan
minPresident Obama releases the memos on America's handbook for torture. Lewis Black examines the TV networks that are reaching out to kids for Earth Day. Reza Aslan believes Al Qaeda is fighting a war of the imagination.
▶ Watch Episode53. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
minLiberia's "Iron Lady," the first elected female head of state in Africa, discusses her new memoir, "This Child Will Be Great," with Jon.
▶ Watch Episode54. Philip Alcabes
minPhilip Alcabes is an infectious-disease epidemiologist who talks about his new book 'Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu'.
▶ Watch Episode55. Richard Beeman
minAuthor of "Plain Honest Men", Richard Beeman talks to Jon on the show tonight.
▶ Watch Episode56. Christine Lagarde
minFrance's Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde talks with Jon about the state of the global economy.
▶ Watch Episode57. Clifford D. May
minThe President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Clifford D. May, guest stars on tonight's show.
▶ Watch Episode58. Doris Kearns Goodwin
minPresidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin joins Jon on the show tonight.
▶ Watch Episode59. Hugh Jackman
minActor Hugh Jackman comes by on the show to talk about his new movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
▶ Watch Episode61. Fareed Zakaria
minJournalist and author Fareed Zakaria talks about his new book The Post-American World.
▶ Watch Episode62. George Stephanopoulos
minThe guest on tonight's show is Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News, George Stephanopoulos.
▶ Watch Episode63. Ken Salazar
minThe current U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar talks to Jon tonight.
▶ Watch Episode64. Frank Partnoy
minFinancial commentator and author of "The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals", Frank Partnoy is on the show tonight.
▶ Watch Episode65. Tom Hanks
minActor and star of the new movie Angels and Demons, Tom Hanks talks to Jon tonight.
▶ Watch Episode66. Ambassador Husain Haqqani
minPakistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani talks to Jon Stewart on the show tonight.
▶ Watch Episode67. Lisa P. Jackson
minEPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is talking on the show tonight.
▶ Watch Episode70. Elizabeth Edwards
minMichael Steele says gay marriage is bad for small business, and President Obama sets a national fuel efficiency standard. John Oliver defends England's moat scandal, and Elizabeth Edwards fights for health care.
▶ Watch Episode71. Larry King
minOne of the most popular names in the television news game compares notes with Jon.
▶ Watch Episode89. Mike Kim
minThe U.S. leaves Iraq like a houseguest who broke something, and Dick Cheney complains about his own troop withdrawal timeline. Jon hands out Rippy Awards for the media's outstanding coverage of Michael Jackson's death. Mike Kim discusses his mission to help North Koreans escape to China.
▶ Watch Episode92. Rep. Barney Frank
minThe Massachusetts congressman discusses the new congress' legislative priorities with Jon.
▶ Watch Episode98. Kevin Nealon
minThe controversy over Barack Obama's birth certificate lives on six months into his presidency. "Good Morning America" solves the mystery of Michael Jackson's lost corpse, and Kevin Nealon would never engage in autoerotic asphyxiation.
▶ Watch Episode99. Sally Jenkins
minThe author and historian sits down with Jon to discuss a largely unknown anti-Confederacy rebellion in Civil War Mississippi.
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117. Matt Damon
minThe award-winning actor returns to The Daily Show to discuss his new movie, "The Informant.
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138. Thu, Oct 29, 2009
minComedian Wanda Sykes talks about her new show "The Wanda Sykes Show".
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