The Colbert ReportSeason 22006 · 161 episodesEpisodes1Nancy Grace2Carl Bernstein3John StosselTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes ABC News' John Stossel!4Ken MillerTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Professor of Biology at Brown University, Ken Miller!5George StephanopoulosTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of "This Week", George Stephanopoulos!6Andrew SullivanTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and blogger, Andrew Sullivan!7Frank McCourtTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Teacher Man: A Memoir", Frank McCourt!8Nina TotenbergTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes National Public Radio's legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg!9David Gregory10Robin GivhanTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes "Washington Post" fashion editor, Robin Givhan!11Norah VincentTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back" Norah Vincent!12Paul BegalaTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes CNN commentator and the co-author of "Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future", Paul Begala!13Annie DukeTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Rev. Jesse Jackson!14Dave MarashTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Manliness", Harvey Mansfield!15Emily YoffeTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner", Emily Yoffe!16Christine Todd WhitmanTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "It's My Party, Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America", Christine Todd Whitman!17Sen. Barbara BoxerTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes California Senator Barbara Boxer!18James WoolseyTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former CIA Director James Woolsey!19Alan DershowitzTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can be Resolved", Alan Dershowitz!20George PackerTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq", George Packer!21Lama Surya DasTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Natural Radiance: Awakening to Your Great Perfection, Lama Surya Das!22Michael Eric DysonTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina And the Color of Disaster, Michael Eric Dyson!23David BrooksTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!24Tony CampoloTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel, Tony Campolo!25Brett O'DonnellTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the director of debate at King's College, Brett O'Donnell!26Arianna HuffingtonTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and internet blogger, Arianna Huffington!27Jeffrey SachsTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, Jeffrey Sachs!28Bob SchiefferTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!29Norman OrnsteinTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track, Norman Ornstein!30James WebbTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America, James Webb!31Lorraine BraccoTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actress, Lorraine Bracco!32Christopher BuckleyTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Thank You for Smoking : A Novel, Christopher Buckley!33Keith OlbermannTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann!34Al FrankenTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of The Al Franken Show, Al Franken!35Frank VincentTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man, Frank Vincent!36Connie ChungTonight Stephen welcomes Dateline NBC anchor Stone Philips.37Steve KroftTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes 60 Minutes correspondent, Steve Kroft!38Dan SenorTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Advisor to the U.S. Presidential Envoy in Iraq, Dan Senor!39John KasichTonight Stephen welcomes Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good For You.40Sen. Gary HartTonight Stephen welcomes environmental politician, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.41Michael BrownTonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.42Bruce BartlettTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy, Bruce Bartlett!43Robert GreenwaldTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the producer of Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, and most recently, The Big Buy: How Tom Delay Stole Congress, Robert Greenwald!44Michael SmerconishTonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.45Rev. Jesse JacksonTonight Stephen welcomes Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus.46Harvey MansfieldTonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.47Markos MoulitsasTonight Stephen welcomes the author of The Great Deluge, Douglas Brinkley.48Reza AslanTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of No god But God, Reza Aslan!49Anthony RomeroTonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.50Caitlin FlanaganTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of To Hell With All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife, Caitlin Flanagan!51Ralph NaderTonight Stephen welcomes journalist Christpher Noxon, author of Rejuvenile.52Hugh HewittTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Painting the Map Red: The Fight to Create a Permanent Republican Majority, Hugh Hewitt!53Sam HarrisTonight Stephen welcomes skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.54Sebastian JungerTonight Stephen welcomes editor in chief for U.S. News World Report, Mort Zuckerman.55Bill KristolTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!56Jon MeachamTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, Jon Meacham!57Gov. Mike HuckabeeTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork: A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle and the Governor of Arkansas, Gov. Mike Huckabee!58Paul RieckhoffTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington, Paul Rieckhoff!59Rick ReillyTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Shanks For Nothing, Rick Reilly!60Shere HiteTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!61Frank RichTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of the New York Times, Frank Rich!62Bill BastoneTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of The Smoking Gun.com, Bill Bastone!63Madeleine AlbrightTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright!64Ned LamontTonght, Democratic hopeful for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont.65Tyson SlocumTonight former editor for the New Republic and author of The Good Fight: Why Liberals--And Only Liberals--Can Win the War On Terror and Make America Great Again, Peter Beinart.66Jonathan AlterTonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in the World.67Ted DaeschlerTONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the Assistant Curator and Chair, Vertebrate Zoology at the Center for Systematic Biology & Evolution, Ted Daeschler!68Stone PhillipsTonight Stephen welcomes Dateline NBC anchor Stone Philips.69Christiane AmanpourTonight Stephen welcomes CNN's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.70Steven SquyresTonight Stephen welcomes Cornell University scientist and author of Roving Mars Steven Squyres.71Steven Johnson72Robert F. Kennedy Jr.73Tim FlanneryTonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.74David SirotaTonight Stephen welcomes legendary musician Neil Young.75Michael PollanTonight Stephen welcomes Geoffrey Nunberg, professor of linguistics and columnist for the New York Times and author of Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalsim into a Tax Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body Piercing, Hollywood Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show.76Gustavo ArellanoTonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.77Bart EhrmanTonight Stephen welcomes Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus.78Bay BuchananTonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.79Douglas BrinkleyTonight Stephen welcomes comedian Martin Short.80Marc BowdenTonight Stephen welcomes Marc Bowden, author of Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam.81Chris MatthewsTonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.82Robert BaerTonight Stephen welcomes form CIA agents and author of Blow the House Down, Robert Baer.83Christopher NoxonTonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.84Amy SedarisTonight Stephen welcomes Amy Sedaris, star of Strangers with Candy.85Tony HawkTonight Stephen welcomes skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.86Mort ZuckermanTonight former defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg.87Ron SuskindTonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life88Lee SilverTonight Stephen welcomes actor Ted Danson.89Dhani JonesTonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, Lowell Bergman.90Joe ScarboroughTonight Stephen welcomes the host of Scarborough Country, Joe Scarborough.91Tom BrokawTonight Stephen welcomes former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw.92Howell RainesTonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The One That Got Away: A Memoir, Howell Raines93William DonohueTonight Stephen Welcomes the president of the Catholic League, William Donohue.94Neal KatyalTonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back, Amy Goodman.95Joe QuesadaTonight Stephen welcomes musician Randy Newman.96Ned LamontTonght, Democratic hopeful for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont.97Peter BeinartTonight former editor for the New Republic and author of The Good Fight: Why Liberals--And Only Liberals--Can Win the War On Terror and Make America Great Again, Peter Beinart.98Linda HirshmanTonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in the World.99Paul Hackett IIITonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.100Bill RhodenTonight, New York Times columnist and author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete, Bill Rhoden.101Alexandra RobbinsTonight cultural anthropologist Alexandra Robbins, author of The Overachievers: The Secret Life of Driven Kids.102Eli PariserTonight campaign director for MoveOn.org, Eli Pariser.103Ramesh PonnuruTonight Stephen welcomes Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor of the National Review and author of The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts and the Disregard for Human Life.104David GergenTonight Stephen welcomes political commentator of PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and author of Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton, David Gergen.105Morgan SpurlockTonight Stephen welcomes documentary filmmaker and host of 30 Days, Morgan Spurlock.106Neil YoungTonight Stephen welcomes legendary musician Neil Young.107Geoffrey NunbergTonight Stephen welcomes Geoffrey Nunberg, professor of linguistics and columnist for the New York Times and author of Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalsim into a Tax Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body Piercing, Hollywood Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show.108Paul KrugmanTonight Stephen welcomes economist and colmnist Paul Krugman, author of The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century.109Gideon YagoTonight Stephen welcomes writer and correspondent for MTV News, Gideon Yago110Janna LevinTonight Stephen welcomes mathematician Janna Levin, author of A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines.111Martin ShortTonight Stephen welcomes comedian Martin Short.112Toby KeithTonight Stephen welcome country music star Toby Keith.113Ken JenningsTonight Stephen welcomes record setting Jeopardy champion and author of Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competetive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs, Ken Jennings114Bill SimmonsTonight Stephen welcomes ESPN's Sports Guy columnist and author of Now I Can Die In Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank, and the 2004 Red Sox, Bill Simmons115Will PowerTonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.116Frank RichTonight Stephen welcomes New York Times columnist Frank Rich, author of The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina.117James CarvilleTonight Stephen welcomes Democratic political consultant James Carville.118Daniel EllsbergTonight former defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg.119Arianna HuffingtonTonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life120Ted DansonTonight Stephen welcomes actor Ted Danson.121Lowell BergmanTonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, Lowell Bergman.122Steve WozniakTonight Stephen welcomes co-founder of Apple Computers, Steve Wozniak.123Michael LewisTonight Stephen welcomes Michael Lewis, author of The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.124Andy SternTonight Stephen welcomes union leader and author of A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track, Andy Stern.125Senator Byron DorganTonight Stephen welcomes North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan, author of Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed And Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America.126Amy GoodmanTonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back, Amy Goodman.127Randy NewmanTonight Stephen welcomes musician Randy Newman.128Ariel LevyTonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, Ariel Levy.129George LucasTonight Stephen reveals the winner of the Green Screen Challenge. Plus, another Tek Jansen Adventure.130Gov. Brian SchweitzerTonight Stephen welcomes Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer131Barry ScheckTonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.132Richard DawkinsTonight Stephen celebrates his 1st anniversary episode with Oxford Professor of Biology and author of The God Delusion Richard Dawkins.133David KuoTonight Stephen welcomes former special assistant to President Bush and author of Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction, David Kuo.134Dr. Peter AgreTonight Stephen welcomes Nobel Prize winning chemist Dr. Peter Agre. Plus Stephen talks to Jim Gilchrist, founder of The Minuteman Project.135Barry ManilowTonight Stephen welcomes musician Barry Manilow.136Tim RobbinsTonight Stephen welcomes actor and politcal activist Tim Robbins.137Penn JilletteTonight Stephen welcomes magician Penn Jillette.138Ronald Reagan Jr.Tonight Stephen welcomes political activist Ronald Reagan Jr.139Mark HalperinTonight Stephen welcoms ABC News correspondent and co-author of The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008, Mark Halperin.140Indecision 2006 Election CoverageCombined with the Daily Show for the night, Stephen talks to Warren Beatty by phone, Rep. Robert Wexler via satellite and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton via satellite.141Jeff GreenfieldTonight Stephen welcomes CNN anchor Jeff Greenfield.142Dean KamenTonight Stephen welcomes the founder of FIRST and President of DEKA Research and Development Corporation, Dean Kamen.143Dan RatherTonight Stephen welcomes former CBS News anchor Dan Rather.144Jeff SwartzTonight Stephen welcomes CEO of Timberland, Jeff Swartz.145Al Franken/Dr. Michael NovacekTonight Stephen welcomes Al Franken and paleontologist Dr. Michael Novacek.146Richard LinklaterTonight Stephen welcomes Richard Linklater, director of Fast Food Nation.147Jim LehrerTonight Stephen welcomes PBS News Hour anchor and author of The Phony Marine: A Novel, Jim Lehrer.148Harry ShearerTonight Stephen welcomes comedian Harry Shearer.149Nora EphronTonight Stephen welcomes screenwriter and author of I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman, Nora Ephron.150Mike LupicaTonight Stephen welcomes ESPN commentator and author of Miracle on 49th Street, Mike Lupica.151Will WrightTonight Stephen welcomes computer game designer Will Wright.152Steven D. LevittTonight Stephen welcomes economist and co-author of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, Steven D. Levitt.153John SextonTonight Stephen welcomes the president of New York University, John Sexton.154Dr. Francis S. CollinsTonight Stephen welcomes the fromer head of the Human Genome Project and author of The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, Francis Collins.155Dr. Peter SingerTonight Stephen welcomes Princeton ethicist, animal rights activist and co-author of The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter, Dr. Peter Singer156Dan SavageTonight Stephen welcomes nationally syndicated columnist and author of The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family, Dan Savage.157Doris Kearns GoodwinTonight Stephen welcomes historian and author of Team of Rivals, The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin.158Daniel PinchbeckTonight Stephen welcomes a writer for the Village Voice and Rolling Stone and author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism, Daniel Pinchbeck.159Jack WelchTonight Stephen welcomes the retired CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch.160Deepak ChopraTonight Stephen welcomes the leader in the field of mind body medicine, Deepak Chopra.161Chris Funk, Robert SchneiderStephen Colbert vs the Decemberists.Season 1Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 7Season 8Season 9Season 10Season 11
