5x56 - The Decemberists

April 27, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes musical group The Decemberists.

5x57 - David Gross

April 28, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of 'Dumb Money: How Our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation', Daniel Gross. Also, Stephen talks with war correspondent Richard Engel.

5x58 - David Kessler

April 29, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes former FDA commissioner and author of The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, David Kessler.

5x59 - Jonathan Alter, Ethan Nadelman

April 30, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, Ethan Nadlemann.

5x60 - J.J. Abrams

May 4, 2009

The Prescott Group needs a bailout, and J.J. Abrams reveals clues to Stephen's Persian Gulf mystery.

5x61 - Cliff Sloan, Paul Rieckhoff

May 5, 2009

Cliff Sloan believes that Marbury v. Madison is significant because it established the rule of law and Paul Rieckhoff wants to make sure returning veterans get education, employment and health care support.

5x62 - Laurie Garrett

May 6, 2009

President Obama's approval numbers are at 67%, and public health expert Laurie Garrett is here to shed some light on the swine flu.

5x63 - Mitchell Joachim

May 7, 2009

It's Bring Your Savior to Work Day, and Mitchell Joachim wants to build carbon-neutral cities.

5x64 - Jeff Daniels

May 11, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor Jeff Daniels Also, Stephen talks with the vice president of policy at Demos.org, Tamara Draut about credit cart reform.

5x65 - Ron Howard

May 12, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the producer & director of Angels & Demons, Ron Howard. Also, Stephen talks with the head of Latin American Division of the Council on Foreign Relations, Julia Sweig about Cuba.

5x66 - Michael Pollan

May 13, 2009

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, Michael Pollan.

5x67 - Yusuf Islam

May 14, 2009

Donald Trump allows Miss California to keep her crown, the DonorsChoose competition continues, and Yusuf performs.

5x68 - Meghan McCain

May 18, 2009

Meghan McCain loves the Republican Party and wants to save it from the people trying to make it more extreme.

5x69 - Walter Kirn

May 19, 2009

Republicans find a way to make us love them again, and a Difference Maker stands up to the government.

5x70 - Seth Shostak

May 20, 2009

Torture memo author John Yoo gets a newspaper column, and Nancy Pelosi says the CIA lied to her.

5x71 - Green Day

May 21, 2009

Stephen reveals most of the Indian election results, and Green Day talks about their album, "21st Century Breakdown."

5x72 - Jeffrey Toobin, Sen. Byron Dorgan

June 1, 2009

Republicans could lose their Latino voter, and you can see Stephen's Persian Gulf destination from Sarah Palin's house.

5x73 - Katty Kay

June 2, 2009

The FDA challenges medical claims made by Cheerios, and Jim Moran protects kids from erectile dysfunction advertising.

5x74 - Eric Schlosser

June 3, 2009

California allows some gay couples to stay married, and Obama invites Iran to celebrate 4th of July.

5x75 - Dag Soderberg, David Byrne

June 4, 2009

Wikipedia takes on the Church of Scientology, and the latest on abstinence-only education will be worth the wait.

5x76 - General Raymond Odierno

June 8, 2009

General Ray Odierno steps up to the plate to be Stephen’s first guest in Iraq.

5x77 - Specialist Tareq Salha, Sgt. Robin Balcom

June 9, 2009

Stephen welcomes Sergeant Robin Balcom and Specialist Tareq Salha to his international desk of wisdom and truthiness.

5x78 - Lieutenant General Charles Jacoby

June 10, 2009

Tom Hanks and Stephen prepare a care package, and Charles H. Jacoby Jr. picks his favorite soldier.

5x79 - Stephen broadcasts from Iraq, Command Sgt. Major Frank Grippe

June 11, 2009

George W. Bush praises the troops, and Frank A. Grippe orders his officers to sing the Army song.

5x80 - Austan Goolsbee

June 15, 2009

Stephen gives advice to the next leader of North Korea, and asks Austan Goolsbee if his arm gets tired from throwing money at problems.

5x81 - Karim Sadjadpour, Jim Rogers

June 16, 2009

According to polls, 120% say the Iranian election wasn't rigged, and Jim Rogers wants to reduce Duke Energy's carbon footprint.

5x82 - Joshua Micah Marshall

June 17, 2009

Sonia Sotomayor belongs to an exclusive women's-only club, and Joshua Micah Marshall won't be doing the pointing and talking.

5x83 - Paul Muldoon

June 18, 2009

Someone finally agrees to accept Gitmo detainees, and Stephen nails poet Paul Muldoon.

5x84 - Simon Schama

June 22, 2009

Stephen suggests punching randomly until we find the enemy among us, and Simon Schama writes a history of the future of America.

5x85 - Howard Dean, David Kilcullen

June 23, 2009

David Kilcullen fights wars by taking a local approach to combat smaller guerrilla movements.

5x86 - Matthew Crawford

June 24, 2009

The Jonas Brothers don't abstain from making awesome rock, and Matthew Crawford believes in working with his hands.

5x87 - Jim Fouratt

June 25, 2009

ABC turns their network over to Barack Obama, and Jim Fouratt meets the leader of the gay shame movement.

5x88 - Neil DeGrasse Tyson

June 29, 2009

Neil deGrasse Tyson tries to make science accessible to whomever wants to reach out and touch it.

5x89 - Alexi Lalas, Kevin Mattson

June 30, 2009

Stephen questions whether America should embrace soccer, and Kevin Mattson thinks Jimmy Carter was underappreciated.

5x90 - Nicholas Kristof

July 1, 2009

The Supreme Court takes its recess, and Nicholas Kristof discusses "It's Time to Learn From Frogs" after crossing five lanes of busy traffic.

5x91 - Ed Viesturs

July 2, 2009

Congress passes a renewable energy bill, and climber Ed Viesturs scales Stephen's ego.

5x92 - Paul Rieckhoff, Paul Krugman

July 13, 2009

The Sotomayor confirmation hearings begin, and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman knows a lot about money.

5x93 - Leymah Gbowee

July 14, 2009

Stephen suggests looking for change in the folds of Barney Frank, and asks Leymah Gbowee where Liberia is.

5x94 - Douglas Rushkoff

July 15, 2009

There's bad news for people with target-shaped birthmarks, and Douglas Rushkoff lets Jews and Freemasons off the hook.

5x95 - Edmund Andrews

July 16, 2009

Stephen is emotionally dead inside, and Ed Andrews should write about teen vampires if he wants to get out of debt.

5x96 - Geoffrey Canada, Bob Park

July 20, 2009

Geoffrey Canada can't find any area where white men are being disproportionately victimized and Bob Park doesn't understand why humans need go to space when robots can do a better job.

5x97 - Dr. Aaron Carroll

July 21, 2009

Stephen will be the mighty oak when he investigates Acorn, and Aaron Carroll believes America should have a single-payer system.

5x98 - Matthew Waxman, Chris Anderson

July 22, 2009

The truth behind the CIA's secret assassination squad is revealed, and Chris Anderson talks about a future economy where everything is free.

5x99 - Zev Chafets

July 23, 2009

The British announce plans to cut and run, Tom Vilsack drops out of the presidential race, and Zev Chafets angles for a Christmas present.

5x100 - Movits!

July 27, 2009

A report on tasers may shock you, and Swedish band Movits! helps Stephen put his Ikea futon together

5x101 - Arianna Huffington

July 28, 2009

Arianna Huffington was born in the United States, but she cultivated an accent to give herself an air of being an ethnic minority.

5x102 - Kevin Baker

July 29, 2009

Lance Armstrong comes in third in the Tour de France, and Kevin Baker says Obama is the new Hoover.

5x103 - Kathryn Bigelow

July 30, 2009

Kathryn Bigelow's war movie, "The Hurt Locker," is getting great reviews, despite not having explosions and ear-splitting sound effects.

5x104 - General Anthony Zinni

August 3, 2009

President Obama finds a way to pay for health care, and General Anthony Zinni will wax Stephen's chest.

5x105 - Kurt Andersen

August 4, 2009

According to Kurt Andersen, the economic and health crises give Americans a brief chance to get things where they want them.

5x107 - Meryl Streep

August 6, 2009

Stephen reviews the movies that are destroying America and talks to Meryl Streep about her role as Julia Child.

5x108 - Sen. Barbara Boxer

August 10, 2009

Vladimir Putin returns to the spotlight, and Stephen interviews Barbara Boxer with deaf suspicion.

5x109 - Jonathan Cohn

August 11, 2009

Afghanistan prepares for Bring Your Rocket Launcher to Work Day, and Jonathan Cohn explains why America's having a health care crisis.

5x110 - Mark Johnson

August 12, 2009

Americans speak Glenn Beck's mind at town hall meetings, and Mark Johnson spreads peace through music.

5x111 - Mark Devlin

August 13, 2009

Glenn Beck loses his sponsors, and Mark Devlin uses giant balloons to life telescopes to the edge of space.

5x112 - Bill McKibben

August 17, 2009

Reporters get so desperate they'll even work for a newspaper, and Bill McKibben lowers carbon dioxide levels by not exhaling when he talks.

5x113 - Robert Wright

August 18, 2009

5x114 - Ang Lee

August 19, 2009

Ang Lee captures the hope and optimism of tired, dirty kids in his movie, "Taking Woodstock."

5x115 - Chris Matthews

August 20, 2009

The Earth's population nears 7 billion, and Chris Matthews discusses his documentary, "The Kennedy Brothers."

5x116 - Cory Booker

September 14, 2009

The health care debate rages on, MTV's VMAs deliver a shock, and Cory Booker admits he is the mayor of Newark.

5x117 - Christiane Amanpour

September 15, 2009

Christiane Amanpour is going to make Americans care about the rest of the world with her CNN show "Amanpour."

5x118 - Tony Danza

September 16, 2009

Obama indoctrinates America's school children, Tucker Carlson reveals Muslims' influence on textbooks, and The Flaming Lips perform.

5x119 - Frank Bruni

September 17, 2009

Stephen resurrects the U.S. military technique of staring at a goats and Frank Bruni talks about mastering his addiction to compulsive eating as a food critic for the New York Times.

5x120 - Tue, Sep 22, 2009

September 22, 2009

The Senate votes to allow guns on trains, and Shai Agassi wants us all to drive electric cars.

5x121 - AJ Jacobs

September 23, 2009

AJ Jacobs' life experiments include following all the rules of the Bible, trying to be the most rational person alive and radical honesty.

5x122 - Ken Burns

September 24, 2009

The Republican Party is accused of racism, another holiday is under attack, and Ken Burns makes a documentary about national parks.

5x123 - Sheryl WuDunn

September 28, 2009

Sheryl WuDunn believes giving women loans and educating girls is the way to lift developing nations out of poverty.

5x124 - Matt Latimer / Out Of The Closet

September 29, 2009

An exciting new tobacco product hits the market, and Matt Latimer recalls his Bush speechwriting days.

5x125 - Wed, Sep 30, 2009

September 30, 2009

Stephen has an update on his space treadmill, and he'll evolve Richard Dawkins' book into tiny shreds of paper.

5x126 - Francis Collins

October 1, 2009

Francis Collins informs Stephen that it's going to take time for stem cell research to give him crab claws.

5x127 - Arne Duncan

October 5, 2009

President Obama proposes a longer school year, and Arne Duncan could only get a job as a secretary.

5x128 - The Mountain Goats

October 6, 2009

The Mountain Goats perform "Psalms 40:2" from their album, "The Life of the World to Come."

5x129 - Alison Gopnik

October 7, 2009

Doctors invent a radical new surgery, and Alison Gopnik says babies can help us understand deep philosophical questions.

5x130 - Thu, Oct 8, 2009

October 8, 2009

The media attacks Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh may buy a football team, and Colin Beavan makes no environmental impact.

5x131 - Shashi Tharoor, Dr. Sanjay Gupta

October 12, 2009

Stephen takes on Norwegians for giving Obama the Nobel Peace Prize, plays tennis with James Blake and talks zombies with Sanjay Gupta.

5x132 - David Javerbaum, Sylvia Earle

October 13, 2009

Stephen posts Twitter updates on Miley Cyrus, talks fetuses with David Javerbaum and asks Sylvia Earle why he should care about the ocean.

5x133 - Amy Farrell, The RZA

October 14, 2009

Stephen gets angry over health care reform, discusses obesity with Amy Farrell, and talks wisdom with the RZA.

5x134 - Jerry Mitchell

October 15, 2009

Stephen proves that mayo is the illest condiment, asks Jerry Mitchell what a newspaper reporter is and unveils his new portrait.

5x135 - Cornel West

October 26, 2009

Stephen criticizes Washington State, endorses your job application and disagrees with everything Cornel West stands for.

5x136 - Tue, Oct 27, 2009

October 27, 2009

The Catholic Church reaches out to former members, and Gail Collins talks about the modern American woman.

5x137 - Brian Cox

October 28, 2009

Stephen finds out what broke the largest particle accelerator and preps for his interview with Brian Cox by watching "Baby Einstein" tapes.

5x138 - Bill Simmons

October 29, 2009

Stephen talks to Rosanne Cash about torturing detainees with music and discusses "Teen Wolf" with Bill Simmons.

5x139 - Nicholas Thompson

November 2, 2009

Stephen sponsors the U.S. speedskating team, analyzes Arnold Schwarzenegger's breakfast and disputes the end of the Cold War with Nicholas Thompson.

5x140 - Andrew Sullivan

November 3, 2009

Stephen makes history with the U.S. Speedskating team, covers a gay couple's arrest on Mormon Church property and wants Andrew Sullivan to admit he's wrong.

5x141 - Harold Evans

November 4, 2009

Stephen declares Barack Obama the loser, gets dunked in water by Al Gore and asks Harold Evans if he's going to be a chimney sweep.

5x142 - Thu, Nov 5, 2009

November 5, 2009

Stephen puts Canada on notice with Joey Cheek, introduces Vaxaconda and talks to William Bratton about McGruff the Crime Dog.

5x143 - Mon, Nov 9, 2009

November 9, 2009

Stephen asks Mike Castle why he can't marry a chicken, helps Katherine Reutter win a gold medal, and talks art with Thomas Campbell.

5x144 - Maria Shriver

November 10, 2009

Stephen defends Barney Frank for not recognizing marijuana, enjoys a Taser XREP ad and feeds ice cream to Maria Shriver.

5x145 - Christopher Caldwell

November 11, 2009

Stephen believes bankers are God's representatives, criticizes "Sesame Street" and asks Christopher Caldwell where the Muslim pope is.

5x146 - Woody Harrelson

November 12, 2009

Stephen uses Miracle Whip money to buy mayo, claims Lou Dobbs' audience and shaves Woody Harrelson's head.

5x147 - Mon, Nov 16, 2009

November 16, 2009

Stephen shows Barack Obama how to greet foreign leaders, offers to sing in Aerosmith, and discusses architecture with Paul Goldberger.

5x148 - Malcolm Gladwell

November 17, 2009

Stephen talks to Marc Kielburger about child labor, skateboards with Jackie Speier and asks Malcolm Gladwell to explain a New Yorker cartoon.

5x149 - Norah Jones

November 18, 2009

Sarah Palin has a 400-page book, "2012" takes the world by storm, and Norah Jones talks about her famous father, Indiana.

5x150 - Thu, Nov 19, 2009

November 19, 2009

The Senate introduces a tax on plastic surgery, and Elvis Costello plays "Cheap Reward" with Stephen.

5x151 - Dan Esty, Cevin Soling

November 30, 2009

Stephen talks to Dan Esty about global warming, forces Joseph Cirincione to play "Sanction, Bomb, Marry?" and compares school to prison with Cevin Soling

5x152 - Tue, Dec 1, 2009

December 1, 2009

Stephen profiles a made-up district, discusses alien Jesus with Guy Consolmagno and helps Sherman Alexie save part of white culture

5x153 - Wed, Dec 2, 2009

December 2, 2009

Stephen critiques President Obama's speech, presents a device that lets him poop whenever he wants, and questions Craig Watson's innocence

5x154 - Thu, Dec 3, 2009

December 3, 2009

Stephen covers Tiger Woods' car crash, tries out for the U.S. skeleton team and talks to Janet Napolitano about the color-coded threat level.

5x155 - Mon, Dec 7, 2009

December 7, 2009

Bill T. Jones describes how Fela Kuti fought against the Nigerian government with his music.

5x156 - Senator Bernie Sanders, Andy Schlafly

December 8, 2009

Stephen gives Bernie Sanders a chance to address the vicious socialist rumors and discusses the best of the public with Andy Schlafly.