Season 6

Jan 4, 2010

Stephen tries out for the U.S. curling team, and Erick Erickson opposes the RNC's purity test.

Jan 5, 2010

The military responds to the underwear bomber, and Riley Crane wins a contest to find 10 balloons.

Jan 6, 2010

The Senate and House debate health care, and Charles Moore discovers a floating patch of garbage.

Jan 7, 2010

America executes fewer prisoners, and James Fowler talks about the power of social networks.

Jan 11, 2010

Eugene Jarecki speaks out against large banks, and Morgan Freeman says untrustworthy things.

Jan 12, 2010

Obama won't admit we're in the middle of a war, and Raj Patel talks about "The Value of Nothing."

Jan 13, 2010

Stephen examines the "Avatar" controversy and talks to John Heilemann about "Game Change."

Jan 14, 2010

Americans walk away from their mortgages, and Stephen talks to Kathleen Sebelius.

Jan 18, 2010

Stephen wants to dig for coal, and Emily Pilloton uses industrial design to help the world's needy.

Jan 19, 2010

Stephen attempts to make an Olympic team, and Stephen Bosworth talks about North Korea.

Jan 20, 2010

Stephen races speedskater Shani Davis and overcomes adversity to interview Dick Ebersol.

Jan 21, 2010

Stephen reviews Obama's first year in office, examines airport terrorism and discusses national security with John Farmer, dean of Rutgers-Newark Law School.

Jan 25, 2010

An unlikely candidate emerges for a New York Senate seat, and Kati Marton discusses communist Hungary.

Jan 26, 2010

Paul Begala urges Democrats to fight back, and Mika Brzezinski balances work with parenting.

Jan 27, 2010

Stephen demands an iPad and hopes Arthur Benjamin tells him what comes after 14.

Jan 28, 2010

Stephen praises Bob McDonnell's speech, and David Gergen examines the State of the Union address.

Feb 1, 2010

Stephen wins a Grammy, and Harold Ford Jr. defends his new support for gay marriage.

Feb 2, 2010

Stephen pays tribute to J.D. Salinger, and Eliot Spitzer is happy to see Obama tough on Wall Street.

Feb 3, 2010

Stephen has advice for getting America back to work, and John Durant wants us to live like cavemen.

Feb 4, 2010

A former CIA agent makes startling revelations, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. analyzes Stephen's DNA.

Feb 8, 2010

Sarah Palin writes notes on her hand, and Jonathan Safran Foer urges Americans to eat less meat.

Feb 9, 2010

Chris Dodd wants to take away corporate free speech, and George Stephanopoulos drinks a Heineken.

Feb 10, 2010

Stephen profiles Chicago's 5th district, and Claire Danes discusses her role as Temple Grandin.

Feb 11, 2010

Al Michaels considers an Al Qaeda bobsled team, and Stephen unveils his Vancouver poster to David Ross.

Feb 22, 2010

Stephen offends Ujjal Dosanjh and invites Shaun White for a Canadian beer.

Feb 23, 2010

Lindsey Vonn discusses her Austrian cheese remedy, and Bob Costas doesn't care who wins.

Feb 24, 2010

Scott Hamilton discusses figure skating, while Ryan St. Onge and Jeret Peterson face an intervention.

Feb 25, 2010

Shani Davis thanks the Colbert Nation for his medals, and Seth Wescott refuses to wear tight clothing.

Mar 1, 2010

Michael Buble sings two national anthems, and Don Cheadle considers doing heroin for Darfur.

Mar 2, 2010

Kids may be the key to our economic future, and David Brooks discusses moderate conservatism.

Mar 3, 2010

Scheherazade Rehman debates Greece's economy, and Garry Wills says the president has too much power.

Mar 4, 2010

Iraqi candidates sway voters with gifts, and Barry Schwartz explains the downside of too many choices.

Mar 8, 2010

Ezra Klein details the reconciliation process, and Tom Hanks discusses his role as a history maker.

Mar 9, 2010

Pringles recalls its two best flavors, and Annie Leonard says Americans have too much stuff.

Mar 10, 2010

Charlie Cook discusses health care reconciliation, and Sean Carroll talks about the mystery of time.

Mar 11, 2010

Scott Rasmussen interprets poll results, and David Aaronovitch discusses conspiracy theories.

Mar 15, 2010

Stephen questions the media's focus and asks Robert Baer if the squirrel is in the basket.

Mar 16, 2010

Stephen examines the way Americans eat and talks to Rebecca Skloot about the ethics of science.

Mar 17, 2010

Doctors offer vasectomy deals for March Madness, and Stephen arm-wrestles Nell Irvin Painter.

Mar 18, 2010

James Martin defends social justice, and Mary Matalin tries to avoid Republican talking points.

Mar 29, 2010

Stephen breeds the elderly in captivity, and Claire McCaskill sends a message to Rush Limbaugh.

Mar 30, 2010

Scandal rocks the church even harder than Creed, and Simon Johnson thinks banks have too much power.

Mar 31, 2010

The federal government raids an anti-government militia, and Craig Mullaney discusses Afghanistan.

Apr 1, 2010

David Frum gets fired from the Republican cult, and Judith Shulevitz discusses the Sabbath.

Apr 5, 2010

Fox cancels "24," and Dean Kamen talks about his new advanced prosthetic arm invention.

Apr 6, 2010

Scrabble changes its rules to allow proper names, and Al Sharpton fights for education reform.

Apr 7, 2010

Jeff Goldblum blesses a cigarette, and David Simon talks about his new show, "Treme."

Apr 8, 2010

Tonight Stephen welcomes astrophysicist and the director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Apr 12, 2010

Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange. Also, Stephen talks with Jeffrey Toobin about the replacement of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.

Apr 13, 2010

Tonight Stephen welcomes New York Times journalist Jon Mooallem.