2008

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December 2008

• Episode 4160 (12/11/2008) – Michael Phelps (Olympic athelete)
• [Coming Soon!] Episode 4159 (12/10/2008) – Richard Haass (President of the Council on Foreign Relations)
• Episode 4158 (12/9/2008) – Kevin Bacon (Actor), Charlie Kaufman (Director, Synedoche, New York)
• Episode 4157 (12/8/2008) – Geoffrey Canada (Harlem Children’s Zone)
• Episode 4156 (12/4/2008) – Bob Graham (Former Sentator, D-FL), Nicholas Wade (Science writer, New York Times)
• Episode 4155 (12/3/2008) – Barbara Walters (The View)
• Episode 4154 (12/2/2008) – Jeffrey Goldberg (Staff writer, The Atlantic Monthly)
• Episode 4153 (12/1/2008) – Khaled Hosseini (Author, A Thousand Splendid Suns), Roland Fryer (Professor of economics, Harvard University, Opportunity NYC project)

November 2008

• Episode 4152 (11/20/2008) – Cory Booker (Mayor, Newark, NJ), Thomas Friedman (Journalist, New York Times)
• Episode 4151 (11/19/2008) – Michael Lewis (Economist)
• Episode 4150 (11/18/2008) – Paul Simon (Musician)
• Episode 4149 (11/17/2008) – Tom Brokaw (TV Anchor; Author, Boom!), Malcolm Gladwell (Staffer for the New Yorker; Author, Outliers: The Story of Success)
• Episode 4148 (11/13/2008) – Stephen Moore (Contributing editor, Washington Review)
• [Coming Soon!] Episode 4147 (11/12/2008) – Bob Woodward (Editor, Washington Post)
• Episode 4146 (11/11/2008) – Dan Savage (Sex columnist), Kevin Johnson (Mayor of Sacramento, CA)
• Episode 4145 (11/6/2008) – Rachel Maddow (MSNBC)
• [Coming Soon!] Episode 4144 (November 5, 2008) – Andrew Young (Ambassador)
• Episode 4143 (November 4, 2008) – America’s Choice: Indecision 2008 Live Election Show co-hosted with Jon Stewart
• Episode 4142 (November 3, 2008) – Andrew Sullivan (Political commentator and blogger )

October 2008

• Episode 4141 (10/30/2008) – Jeff Tweedy (Musician, frontman for “Wilco)
• Episode 4140 (10/29/2008) – David Simon (Producer, “The Wire”)
• Episode 4139 (10/28/2008) – Brian Moore (Candidate for President, Socialist party), Sherman Alexie (Author, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian)
• Episode 4138 (10/27/2008) – Yo-Yo Ma (Musician)
• Episode 4137 (10/23/2008) – Jonathan Alter (Senior Editor, Newsweek
• [Coming Soon!] Episode 4136 (10/22/2008) – Cedric the Entertainer (Entertainer), David Frum (Republican pundit)
• Episode 4135 (10/21/0208) – Michael Ferris (Patrick Henry College)
• Episode 4134 (10/20/2008) – Fareed Zakira (Newsweek), Wynton Marsalis (Musician)
• Episode 4133 (10/16/0208) – Brent Glass (National Museum of American History), Robert Greenwald (YouTube video producer)
• Episode 4132 (10/15/2008) – Tina Brown (Founder, TheDailyBeast.com)
• Episode 4131 (10/14/2008) – Joseph Stiglitz (Economist)
• Episode 4130 (10/13/2008) – Bethany McLean (Contributing editor, “Vanity Fair”), Kathleen Parker (American syndicated columnist)
• Episode 4129 (10/9/2008) – David Gergen (Political consultant), Oliver Stone (Director, “W”)
• Episode 4128 (10/8/2008) – Joe Scarborough (Republican pundit, host of ‘Morning Joe‘ on MSNBC)
• [Coming Soon!] Episode 4127 (10/7/2008) – Nate Silver (Webmaster, FiveThirtyEight.com)
• Episode 4126 (10/6/2008) – Jim Cramer (Economic pundit)
• Episode 4125 (10/02/2008) – Stephen Greenblatt (Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare), Naomi Klein (Author, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism)
• Episode 4124 (10/1/2008) – David Levin (KIPP)

September 2008

• Episode 4123 (9/30/2008) – James Taylor (Musician)
• Episode 4122 (9/29/2008) – Paul Begala (Author, “Third Term: Why George W. Bush (Hearts) John McCain”)
• Episode 4121 (9/25/2008) – Kim Gandy (President, National Organization for Women), Nicholas Carr (Author, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google)
• Episode 4120 (9/24/2008) – Joe Nocera (New York Times columnist), Cornel West (Civil Rights activist and Princeton professor)
• Episode 4119 (9/23/2008) – Jackson Browne (Musician)
• Episode 4118 (9/18/2008) – Maria Bartiromo (business news anchor and interviewer, CNBC)
• Episode 4117 (9/17/2008) – Robert Lutz (General Motors Vice Chairman of Global Product Development)
• Episode 4116 (9/16/2008) – Tyson Slocum (Director, “Public Citizen”), Rick Reilly (“Nothing But Nets” charity)
• Episode 4115 (9/15/2008) – Rev. Peter J. Gomes (Author, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus)
• Episode 4114 (9/5/2008) – David Paterson (Governor, New York)
• Episode 4113 (9/4/2008) – Adam Brickley (Blogger), Ron Paul (Congressman, former Presidential nominee)
• Episode 4112 (9/3/2008) – Doris Kearns Goodwin (Historian)
• Episode 4111 (9/2/2008) – Laura D’Andrea Tyson (Former Economic Advisor to President Clinton, current Economic Advisor to Barack Obama)

August 2008

• Episode 4110 (8/29/2008) – Terrell Davis (NFL Star), Lori Lipman Brown (Secular Coalition for America Director), John McWhorter (Author, All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can’t Save Black America)
• Episode 4109 (8/28/2008) – Rick Brookhiser (Author, George Washington on Leadership)
• Episode 4108 (8/27/2008) – Mike Huckabee (Republican pundit, former governor of Arkansas and Presidential candidate)
• Episode 4107 (8/26/2008) – Will Shortz (New York Times crossword puzzle editor), Bobb Barr (Libertarian Candidate for President), Scott McClellan (Author, “What Happened?”)
• Episode 4106 (8/14/2008) – Bing West (Author, The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq)
• Episode 4105 (8/13/08) – Dick Meyer (Author, Why We Hate Us: American Discontent in the New Millennium)
• Episode 4104 (8/12/2008) Joey Cheek (Team Darfur), Jane Meyer (Author, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals)
• Episode 4103 (8/11/2008) – Jorge Ramos (Univision anchor)
• Episode 4102 (8/7/2008) – Devin Gordon, Author Thomas Frank
• Episode 4101 (8/6/2008) – Dr. Jason Bond, Actor Kevin Costner
• Episode 4100 (8/5/2008) – Author David Carr
• Episode 4099 (8/4/2008) – Author Lucas Conley, Apples in Stereo

July 2008

• Episode 4098 (7/31/2008) – Brendan I. Koerner, Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
• Episode 4097 (7/30/2008) – Musicians Crosby, Stills & Nash
• Episode 4096 (7/29/2008) – Author Eric Roston
• Episode 4095 (7/28/2008) – Country singer Toby Keith
• Episode 4094 (07/24/2008) – Garrett Reisman (NASA Astronaut)
• Episode 4093 (07/23/2008) – Nas (Musician, rapper)
• Episode 4092 (07/22/2008) – Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education
• Episode 4091 (7/21/2008) – Jim Webb – Senator, Virginia
• Episode 4090 (7/17/2008) – Author Elizabeth Edwards
• Episode 4089 (7/16/2008) – Musical Band Rush
• Episode 4088 (7/15/2008) – Author Julia Sweig, Author Jason Riley
• Episode 4087 (7/14/2008) – Professor Daniel Etsy

June 2008

• Episode 4086 (6/26/2008) – Congressman Robert Wexler
• Episode 4085 (6/25/2008) – Paul Goldberger (Architect), Neil deGrasse Tyson (Astrophysicist)
• Episode 4084 (6/24/2008) – Dr. Jason Bond (Entomologist, East Carolina University), Will Smith
• Episode 4083 (6/23/2008) Barbara Ehrenreich (Author – This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation)
• Episode 4082 (6/19/2008) – Cookie Monster, Bishop N.T. Wright (Anglican Bishop of Durham)
• Episode 4081 (6/18/2008) – Dr. Uma Mysorekar( President of the Hindu Temple Society of North America), Junot Diaz (Author, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao)
• Episode 4080 (6/17/2008) – Neal Kaytal, Jonathan Zittrain (Author, The Future of the Internet–And How to Stop It)
• Episode 4079 (6/16/2008) – Kenneth R. Miller (Biologist)
• Episode 4078 (6/12/2008) – Winona LaDuke (Activist), Dickson Despommier (Scientist)
• Episode 4077 (6/11/2008) – David Hadju (Author, The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America)
• Episode 4076 (6/10/2008) – Alan Rabinowitz (Zoologist)
• Episode 4075 (6/9/2008) – Philip Weiss (Investigative reporter)
• Episode 4074 (6/5/2008) – Pat Buchanan (Author, Churchill, Hitler, and The Unnecessary War)
• Episode 4073 (6/4/2008) – Sir Salman Rushdie (Author, The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel)
• Episode 4072 (6/3/2008) – George Will (Author, One Man’s America)
• Episode 4071 (6/2/2008) – John Paskowitz (Professional surfer and documentary filmmaker – ‘Surfwise’)

May 2008

• Episode 4070 (5/29/2008) – Ted Devine (Democratic Strategist); David Sirota (author)
• Episode 4069 (5/28/2008) – Senator Claire McCaskill, D-MO
• Episode 4068 (5/27/2008) – Tony Perkins; Brian Greene (scientist)
• Episode 4067 (5/15/2008) – Andrei Cherny (Author and former vice presidential speechwriter)
• Episode 4066 (5/14/2008) – Laura Dern (actress), Grover Norquist (tax reform lobbyist )
• Episode 4065 (5/13/2008) – Jennifer Hooper McCarty (Forensic metallurgist)
• Episode 4064 (5/12/2008) – Dr. Mehmet C. Oz
• Episode 4063 (5/08/2008) – Astronaut and Colbert Nation Hero Garrett Reisman (OMG! SPACE!), Arianna Huffington (Owner of Huffington Post and author, Right Is Wrong)
• Episode 4062 (5/07/2008) – George Johnson (Author, The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments)
• Episode 4061 (5/6/2008) – Nathan Gunn (super sexy opera singer)
• Episode 4060 (5/05/2008) – Carl Hiaasen (Author, The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport), Rain
• Episode 4059 (5/1/2008) – James Howard Kunstler (Author, World Made by Hand: A Novel)

April 2008

• Episode 4058 (4/30/2008) – Noah Feldman, (Author, The Fall and the Rise of the Islamic State)
• Episode 4057 (4/29/2008) – Anne Lamott (Author, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith)
• Episode 4056 (4/28/2008) – Leslie Feist (singer, aka Feist)
• Episode 4055 (4/24/2008) – Maria Shriver (Author and First Lady of California)
• Episode 4054 (4/23/2008) – Mitch Albom (Author, Just One More Day)
• Episode 4053 (4/22/2008) – Susan Jacoby (author)
• Episode 4052 (4/21/2008) – Bernie Sanders (Senator from Vermont)

• Episode 4047 (4/10/2008) – Author Robin Wright
• Episode 4046 (4/9/2008) – Dr. Jeff Gore
• Episode 4045 (4/8/2008) – Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
• Episode 4044 (4/7/2008) – Author Trevor Paglen, Governor Jesse Ventura
• Episode 4043 (4/3/2008) – Author Clay Shirky
• Episode 4042 (4/2/2008) – Alt-rock band R.E.M.
• Episode 4041 (4/1/2008) – Environmentalist Van Jones

March 2008

• Episode 4040 (3/31/2008) – Author Eric Alterman, Environmental Architect Michael Reynolds
• Episode 4039 (3/20/2008) – Colbert Report Special ReporT: Watershift Down – Getting the Sea Monkey Off of America’s Aqua-back; Dean Kamen (Founder of DEKA Research)
• Episode 4038 (3/19/2008) – Dee Dee Myers (Former White House Press Secretary)
• Episode 4037 (3/18/2008) – Carole King (Singer)
• Episode 4036 (3/17/2008) – Samantha Power (Former Clinton presidential campaign aid; Author, Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World)
• Episode 4035 (3/13/2008) – Sudhir Venkatesh (Author, Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets)
• Episode 4034 (3/12/2008) – Howard Kurtz (Media critic, Washington Post)
• Episode 4033 (3/11/2008) – Geraldo Rivera (Talk show host)
• Episode 4032 (3/10/2008) – Senator George McGovern (Democratic presidential nominee, 1972)
• Episode 4031 (3/6/2008) – John Legend (Musician)
• Episode 4030 (3/5/2008) – Robert Reich (Author,Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life), Gregory Rodriguez (Author,Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans, and Vagabonds)
• Episode 4029 (3/4/2008) – Jennifer 8. Lee (Author ,The Fortune Cookie Chronicles)
• Episode 4028 (3/3/2008) – Shashi Tharoor (Author ,The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone)

February 2008

• Episode 4027 (2/28/2008) – Ingrid Newkirk (President, PETA)
• Episode 4026 (2/27/2008) – Tony Snow (former White House Press Secretary)
• Episode 4025 (2/26/2008) – Henry Louis Gates, Jr (African-American geneologist)
• Episode 4024 (02/14/2008) -John Feinstein (Sports Writer, Washington Post), Leonard Nimoy (Author, The Full Body Project)
• Episode 4023 (02/13/2008) -David Gracer (Entomological Gastronomist (Eats Bugs)), Neil deGrasse Tyson (Astrophysicist), Richard Thompson Ford (Author, The Race Card)

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