The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

The Supreme Court heard arguments in the Colorado ballot suit brought by an elderly constitutional scholar, the current president is no longer being investigated for stashing classified docs in his garage. If you don't know his favorite smell, or which animal he thinks is the scariest, do you really know André 3000? Learn more about the man behind the flute in this edition of The Colbert Questionert. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

9 Feb 202422min

The House GOP achieved new levels of dysfunction this week with their botched impeachment vote, Nikki Haley took second place in Nevada’s primary despite running unopposed, and the former president is pushing RNC chair Ronna McDaniel to resign. Stephen Colbert sits down with “Oppenheimer” writer and director Christopher Nolan for a wide-ranging interview set in a very apropos location: Albert Einstein’s office at the Institute for Advanced Study on the campus of Princeton University. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

8 Feb 202443min

A three-judge panel smacked down the former president’s claim of absolute immunity from prosecution, the current president might be talking to ghosts, and conspiracy theorists believe the CIA is rigging the Super Bowl to help Taylor Swift get President Biden reelected. Next, Stephen bids farewell to country music legend Toby Keith. And author & political analyst Joy-Ann Reid offers an explanation for why Republicans in Congress have withdrawn support for a bipartisan bill to reform America’s immigration and border policies. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7 Feb 202432min

An atmospheric river is responsible for wild weather out West, Taylor Swift shocked fans by announcing a new album is on the way, and we finally know what President Biden says about Donald Trump behind closed doors. Senator Elizabeth Warren tells Stephen that Donald Trump is using the Speaker of the House to prevent Congress from passing a bipartisan bill on border controls and foreign aid. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6 Feb 202432min

Emmy Award-winner and bestselling author Kwame Alexander tells Stephen how he first got interested in poetry as a young man, and he reads a poem that appears in his latest book, “This Is the Honey: An Anthology Of Contemporary Black Poets.” To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

5 Feb 202410min

Meanwhile… Spider-Man’s bonus check from Marvel went to the wrong Tom, the hunky priests featured in an Italian calendar may not really be men of the cloth, Royal Caribbean appointed a golden retriever for a special position on one of its ships, Stephen thinks he knows who stole a taxidermied polar bear in Canada, Scotland is embroiled in a nationwide hunt to locate a lost monkey, and a 285-year-old lemon sold at auction for $1,780. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4 Feb 202412min

“Underneath, We All Taste Like Chicken” - Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist, author and podcast host Michele Norris shares some of the poignant replies she received when she asked ordinary Americans to write six words about race. Michele’s latest book, “Our Hidden Conversations,” is available now. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3 Feb 202411min

President Biden has pulled ahead of Trump in national polling thanks to women voters, Nikki Haley talked racism with Charlamagne Tha God, and a right-wing billionaire launched an athletic venture where performance enhancing drugs are encouraged. Actor and superstar pro wrestler John Cena was struggling to find the right career path before fate led him to audition for World Wrestling Entertainment. Watch him star in the new spy thriller, “Argylle,” in theaters now.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2 Feb 202424min