January 2008
The complete listing of ‘The Colbert Report’ episodes aired during the month of January, 2008.
Episode 4001: Monday, January 7, 2008 – Richard Freeman | Andrew Sullivan
Intro – 1/7/08 | Applause | Nothing in the Prompters | 2008 Election | The Word – (…) | Democratic Change – Andrew Sullivan (Blogger) | Richard Freeman (Harvard Professor of Economics and Author – “America Works: The Exceptional Labor Market”) | First Wrap-Up
Episode 4002: Tuesday, January 8, 2008 – Gary Rosen | Chris Beam
Self-Driving Car | Bush Absolutely Optimistic | Meteorite Market | Chris Beam (Writer – “Slate Magazine”) | Gary Rosen (Managing Editor – “Commentary Magazine”) | Note to Strikers
Episode 4003: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 – Matt Taibbi | Mike Huckabee
She Won! | New Hampshire Wrap-Up | Mike Huckabee | Matt Taibbi (Contributing Editor – “Rolling Stone Magazine”)| Studio on Fire
Episode 4004: Thursday, January 10, 2008 – Muhammad Yunus | Norman Ornstein
Un-American News – Primaries | Norman Ornstein (Political Scientist and Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute) | National Treasure Pt. 1 | Muhammad Yunus (Author – “Creating a World Without Poverty”) | To the Writers
Episode 4005: Monday, January 14, 2008 – Neil Shubin
Papa Bear Takes Note | Around the World in 11.6 Seconds – Lo Mein | Indecision 2008: Don’t F%#k This Up America – Trustworthy Manner | National Treasure Pt. 2 | Neil Shubin (Evolutionary Biologist and Author – “Your Inner Fish”) | Digesting Lo Mein
Episode 4006: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 – Jared Cohen | Peter Hopkins
Who’s Riding My Coattails Now? – Vince Vaughn | Peter Hopkins (President and Co-Founder of BigThink.com) | National Treasure Pt. 3 | Jared Cohen (Author – “Children of Jihad”) | Parting Shot
Episode 4007: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 – Deborah Tannen
Primary Update | Political Roulette Pt. 1 | Back Off Mike Huckabee | Deborah Tannen (Author – “You’re Wearing That?”)
Episode 4008: Thursday, January 17, 2008 – David Levy | Lou Dobbs
Push Polling | Political Roulette Pt. 2 | Lou Dobbs (CNN Anchor) | David Levy (Author – “Love and Sex with Robots”)
Episode 4009: Monday, January 21, 2008 – Eric Weiner | Allan Sloan | Mark Sanford
Nevada Caucus | Huckabee’s Message | Allan Sloan (Senior Editor at Large – “Fortune” Magazine) | Better Know a Governor – Mark Sanford | Eric Weiner (Author – “The Geography of Bliss”)
Episode 4010: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 – Andrew Young | Malcolm Gladwell
Dow Drop | Malcolm Gladwell (New Yorker Magazine) | Andrew Young (Civil Rights Activist) | Let My People Go
Episode 4011: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 – Andrew McLean | Marie Wood | Jeb Corliss
Fred Thompson Out | Sport Report – Tom Brady’s Injury | Big Check (with Marie Wood from the Yellow Ribbon Fund) | Jeb Corliss (Daredevil Base-Jumper) | Andrew McLean (Ski Mountaineer)
Episode 4012: Thursday, January 24, 2008 – Charles Nesson | Debra Dickerson
Rudy in Florida | Clinton’s Hero | Debra Dickerson (Blogger – “Mother Jones”) | South Carolina Debate | Charles Nesson (Harvard Law Professor and Poker Advocate)
Episode 4013: Monday, January 28, 2008 – Rick Warren | Marjane Satrapi
Obama Just Like JFK | Gordon B. Hinckley Died | Marjane Satrapi (Director – “Persepolis”) | South Carolina – What Could Have Been? | Rick Warren (Author – “The Purpose Driven Life”)
Episode 4014: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 – Alex Ross | Joe Quesada
Special Guest: Jon Stewart
Googley-Eyed Clams | Joe Quesada (Editor-in-chief – Marvel Comics) | Jon Settles Colbert-Conan Feud | Alex Ross (Author – “The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century”) | French Clam
Episode 4015: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 – Frans de Waal | Carl Hiaasen | Bob Inglis
Florida Primary | Carl Hiaasen (Author – “Nature Girl”) | Better Know a District – South Carolina’s 4th – Bob Inglis | Frans de Waal (Author – “Our Inner Ape”)
Episode 4016: Thursday, January 31, 2008 – Andrew Napolitano | Lowell Kuvin | Tim Harford
Timetables | Ron Paul Sounds Alarm | Tim Harford (Author – “The Logic of Life”) | People Who Are Destroying America – Pick-up Trucks | Andrew Napolitano (Judge and Author – “A Nation Of Sheep”)