The Best Episodes of The Colbert Report Season 5

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Benicio Del Toro talks about meeting Castro to prepare for "Che."

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A look back on President Bush's relationship with the media -- Stephen wonders if tonight's the night they finally do it and Shepard Fairey's "Hope" poster belongs to everyone.

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Stephen salutes the Boy Scouts, and Jonah Lehrer discusses the neuroscience of decision-making.

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President and CEO, Center for American Progress

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Tonight Stephen welcomes Newsweek editor and author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, Jon Meacham.

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Matt Miller says the government must make sure we have basic securities like health care and pensions.

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Lawrence Lessig says the outdated copyright laws have turned our kids into criminals.

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Barack Obama may be over-marketed, and Alan Khazei wants Americans to volunteer.

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Frank Rich says George W. Bush delivers a message of hope for mediocrity.

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Tonight Stephen welcomes Washington Post columnist and author of The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why, Jabari Asim.

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Elizabeth Alexander explains to Stephen the difference between a metaphor and a lie.

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The government collapses in Iceland, and Stephen gets mad at Dan Zaccagnino.

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. says Abraham Lincoln was always against slavery, but he wasn't a fan of black people.

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Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of 'The Graveyard Book'.

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Anthony Romero believes it will be a huge mistake if Barack Obama doesn't close Guantanamo immediately.

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Niall Ferguson explains how money is a relationship between a creditor and a debtor.

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Stephen welcomes musical guest TV On The Radio.

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Adam Gopnik claims that faith and fear no longer rule our lives because of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin.

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Cliff Sloan believes that Marbury v. Madison is significant because it established the rule of law.

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Stephen congratulates John King and the rest of the media on getting Obama elected.

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Mayor John Fetterman believes Braddock, PA is a great place to spend some of the stimulus money.

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Stephen wants to know how Kris Kristofferson can be a country musician and a liberal at the same time.

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Tonight Stephen welcomes microbiologist and member of the Joint BioEnergy Institute, Dr. Jay Keasling. Also Stephen talks with NASA's associate administrator for space operations Bill Gerstenmaier about the Kepler Probe and other space exploration.

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