Season 13

Ronald Seeber

January 7, 2008

Tonight, a professor of labor relations at Cornell University who shares his views on worker strikes, Ronald Seeber. Jon begins tonights show by sharing his statement of solidarity with the writer's strike by showcasing his unibrow. Also, the show's name has been changed until the strike is over to A Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Jon then reports on the winners of the Iowa caucus. Finally, Jon summarizes the conflict surrounding the Writers Guild strike in a segment called "Space Reserved For Clever Pun".

David Frum

January 8, 2008

John Zogby

January 9, 2008

Lou Dobbs

January 10, 2008

Fareed Zakaria

January 14, 2008

Amb. John Bolton

January 15, 2008

Jonah Goldberg

January 16, 2008

Allen Raymond

January 17, 2008

Jon Meacham

January 21, 2008

Jim Wallis

January 22, 2008

P.J. O'Rourke

January 23, 2008

Gerri Willis

January 24, 2008

Phil Simms

January 28, 2008

Doris Kearns Goodwin

January 29, 2008

Peggy Noonan

January 30, 2008

Karen Tumulty

January 31, 2008

Tim Gunn

February 4, 2008

Chris Wallace

February 5, 2008

Tom Brokaw

February 6, 2008

Laton McCartney

February 7, 2008

Philip Shenon

February 11, 2008

Bill Kristol

February 12, 2008

Mark Siegel

February 13, 2008

Lee Siegel

February 14, 2008

Madeleine Albright

February 26, 2008

Allen Guelzo

February 27, 2008

Brian Williams

February 28, 2008

Tonight, the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams. Jon begins tonight's show with a look at Bush's recent presidential news conference and his trip to Africa in a segment called "Bushman of Africa". Senior White House Correspondent John Oliver was along for the ride with President Bush in Africa and talks with Jon about his experience. Finally, Expert Youth Politics Reporter on Voting Demetri Martin reports on why the youth vote is so important this election year in a segment called "Trendspotting with Demetri Martin". The TDS Street Team hits the New York City bar scene and asks young people who their voting for.

Hillary Clinton

March 3, 2008

Tonight, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Ralph Nader

March 4, 2008

Martin Fletcher

March 5, 2008

Sen. Tom Daschle

March 6, 2008

Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell

March 10, 2008

Grover Norquist

March 11, 2008

Ronald Kessler

March 12, 2008

Dana Perino

March 13, 2008

Brian Fagan

March 17, 2008

Jeffrey Sachs

March 18, 2008

Sen. Arlen Specter

March 19, 2008

Alex Kingsbury

March 20, 2008

Sen. Chuck Hagel

March 31, 2008

Simon LeVay

April 1, 2008

William Safire

April 2, 2008

George Clooney

April 3, 2008

Nathan Lane

April 7, 2008

Cokie Roberts

April 8, 2008

Steve Coll

April 9, 2008

Aram Roston

April 10, 2008

Judd Apatow

April 14, 2008

Jack Goldsmith

April 15, 2008

Peter Steinfels

April 16, 2008

Uma Thurman

April 17, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama

April 21, 2008

John Waters

April 22, 2008

Tonight, cult film director John Waters. Jon begins the show tonight looking at the presidential candidates addressing the audience of the WWE. Next, Jon takes a look at so-called military analysts the media uses, but the Pentagon call message force multipliers in a segment called "The Less You Know". Senior Military Analyst Rob Riggle talks with Jon about the recent Pentagon report about Pakistan being a safe haven for terrorists. Finally, Samantha Bee and Larry Wilmore visit Pennsylvania and talk with some voters.

Howard Fineman

April 23, 2008

Colin Firth

April 24, 2008

Jimmy Carter

April 28, 2008

Newt Gingrich

April 29, 2008

Robert Schlesinger

April 30, 2008

Howard Dean

May 1, 2008

Sen. Harry Reid

May 5, 2008

Fareed Zakaria

May 6, 2008

John McCain

May 7, 2008

David D. Perlmutter

May 8, 2008

Douglas J. Feith

May 12, 2008

Bill Moyers

May 13, 2008

John Harwood

May 14, 2008

Denis Leary

May 15, 2008

Matt Taibbi

May 27, 2008

Fred Burton

May 28, 2008

Richard Clark

May 29, 2008

Scott McClellan

June 2, 2008

David Sedaris

June 3, 2008

Barbara Walters

June 4, 2008

Adam Sandler

June 5, 2008

Sen. Jim Webb

June 9, 2008

Ralph Reed

June 10, 2008

Rick Shenkman

June 11, 2008

Richard Engel

June 12, 2008

David Iglesis

June 16, 2008

Lara Logan

June 17, 2008

Steve Carell

June 18, 2008

Tonight, comedian and actor Steve Carell talks about his new movie Get Smart.

Mike Myers

June 19, 2008

Tonight, actor and comedian Mike Myers talks about his new movie The Love Guru.

James McAvoy

June 23, 2008

Tonight, actor James McAvoy talks about his new movie with Angeline Jolie, Wanted.

James Harding

June 24, 2008

Tonight, the editor from The Times in London, James Harding talks about his new book Alpha Dogs: The Americans Who Turned Political Spin into a Global Business.

Coldplay

June 25, 2008

Tonight, English rock band Coldplay sing a few songs from their new album, Viva La Vida.

Ted Koppel

June 26, 2008

Tonight, Ted Koppel talks about his new special about the symbiotic relationship between the U.S. and China on the Discovery Channel called The People's Republic of Capitalism.

Andrew Ward

July 14, 2008

Author Andrew Ward discusses his new book, The Slaves' War.

Pierce Brosnan

July 15, 2008

Kenneth Pollack

July 16, 2008

Maggie Gyllenhaal

July 17, 2008

Jon breaks out the Dobbs-O-Meter to measure how well the presidential candidates are doing with the Latino community. Kristen Schaal studies the cougar species, and invents her own name for men who date younger women. Maggie Gyllenhaal tells Jon how Batman made her weak in the knees.

Richard Bitner

July 21, 2008

Barack Obama travels to the Middle East with all three major network news anchors tagging along. Rob Riggle, Larry Wilmore, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac and Ed Helms are excited to cover Obama's trip to Baghdad. Wyatt Cenac goes to South Florida to find out which candidate the elderly Jews are voting for, and Richard Bitner explains the risky business of subprime mortgages.

Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly

July 22, 2008

Obama Quest continues as Barack Obama visits his birthplace in Bethlehem. Former high-ranking Bush administration officials refuse to answer questions from the House Judiciary Committee, while John Oliver explains we're in a golden age of obstructive politics, and we don't even know it. Lewis Black lists America's insane deals in its End of an Empire Sale, and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly show off their calves.

T.J. English

July 23, 2008

Robert Novak hits a pedestrian with his car, and Barack Obama visits the holy land.

Geo Beach

July 24, 2008

Geo Beach, host of the History Channel's "Tougher in Alaska," tells Jon why America's coldest state is also its greatest.

Nancy Pelosi

July 28, 2008

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tells Jon about her new book, "Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters.

Bill Bishop

July 29, 2008

Ben Wattenberg

July 30, 2008

Brian Williams

July 31, 2008

Dennis Hopper

August 4, 2008

Seth Rogan

August 5, 2008

Sen. Chuck Schumer

August 6, 2008

David Gregory

August 7, 2008

Ron Suskind

August 11, 2008

Sen. Mel Martinez

August 12, 2008

Philip Pan

August 13, 2008

Ben Stiller

August 14, 2008

Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.1 (Gov. Tim Kaine)

August 26, 2008

Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.2 (Howard Dean)

August 27, 2008

Evan Bayh

August 28, 2008

Barack Obamas Acceptance Speech

August 29, 2008

Brian Williams

September 2, 2008

Newt Gingrich

September 3, 2008

Mike Huckabee

September 4, 2008

Senator McCains Acceptance Speech

September 5, 2008

Barton Gellman

September 15, 2008

Jon Stewart discusses the importance of blinking. Sarah Palin will talk to the press as soon as they stop asking her questions. Jason Jones is the only correspondent in the news team with his own spin-off. Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman discusses his book Angler about Dick Cheney's time as the vice-president.

Ricky Gervais

September 16, 2008

Ricky Gervais talks about his new film, Ghost Town.

Charlize Theron

September 17, 2008

Charlize Theron talks about her new movie Battle In Seattle.

Tony Blair

September 18, 2008

Bill Clinton

September 23, 2008

Former President Bill Clinton stops by the show tonight to discuss the current election.

Aaron Eckhart

September 24, 2008

Aaron Eckhart discusses his role in The Dark Knight.

Bob Schieffer

September 25, 2008

Journalist and host of CBS's Face the Nation Bob Schieffer talks about his new book Bob Schieffer's America.

Hooman Majd

September 29, 2008

Wyatt Cenac watches the debate with some elderly Jewish residents, and Hooman Majd explains that it's within Iran's rights to have nuclear enrichment of uranium on their own soil.

Bill Maher

September 30, 2008

Peggy Noonan

October 1, 2008

Clint Eastwood

October 2, 2008

Tim Robbins

October 6, 2008

Sarah Vowell

October 7, 2008

Michelle Obama

October 8, 2008

Robert De Niro

October 9, 2008

Amity Shlaes

October 13, 2008

Amity Shlaes discusses her book "The Forgotten Man".

Ari Fleischer

October 14, 2008

Richard Lewis

October 15, 2008

Robert Reich

October 16, 2008

Eugene Jarecki

October 20, 2008

Christopher Buckley

October 21, 2008

Tom Brokaw

October 22, 2008

Gov. Jon Corzine

October 23, 2008

Jon Corzine talks about the effects of the financial crisis on New Jersey.

Campbell Brown

October 27, 2008

Steve Martin

October 28, 2008

Senator Barack Obama

October 29, 2008

Bill Kristol

October 30, 2008

Bill Kristol believes Obama will be a conventionally liberal president.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

November 3, 2008

Doris Kearns Goodwin believes Barack Obama will win, no question.

Indecision 2008: America's Choice

November 4, 2008

The towering giants of fake news reunite for their hour-long Election Night special, Indecision 2008: America's Choice. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert report live from Indecision World Headquarters where Comedy Central has rounded up the best researchers and consultants (that it can afford) to provide shallow analysis, obscure factoids, random guesses and pointless sound.

Chris Wallace

November 5, 2008

The Fox News Sunday anchor delivers an election postmortem.

Paul Rudd

November 6, 2008

With guest Paul Rudd.

Thomas Friedman

November 11, 2008

T. Boone Pickens

November 12, 2008

Sarah Palin launches a PR blitz, and T. Boone Pickens wants to end our dependence on foreign oil.

Bill O'Reilly

November 13, 2008

Paul Broun compares Obama to Hitler, and Jon doesn't want Bill O'Reilly to be afraid anymore.

Sir David Frost.

November 17, 2008

George W. Bush hosts the G20 Summit, and Sir David Frost discusses his legendary Nixon interview.

Denis Leary

November 18, 2008

Jon Meacham

November 19, 2008

Dick Cheney is indicted, while Joe Lieberman and Ted Stevens face the wrath of their parties.

Richard Belzer

November 20, 2008

Iraq surrenders, and Richard Belzer reads a passage from Obama's inaugural address.

Anne Hathaway

December 1, 2008

Three people die in an attempt to get a jump on their holiday shopping. John Oliver explains who is responsible for the terror attacks in Mumbai. Plaxico Burress lets down America's youth by shooting himself in the thigh. MSNBC replaces Fox News as the new administration's mouthpiece, and Anne Hathaway vows to become a train wreck.

Calvin Trillin

December 2, 2008

Calvin Trillin reads his poems about Al Gore, Sarah Palin and John McCain.

Arianna Huffington

December 3, 2008

The new Planned Parenthood gift cards make great holiday presents. George W. Bush winds down his presidency with a Charlie Gibson interview. John Hodgman lets Jon know he's also a lame duck, and Arianna Huffington explains blogging.

Ron Howard

December 4, 2008

Three auto industry CEOs carpool to Washington to ask again for a bailout. Dr. Aasif Mandvi learns there's no cure for liberalism. Ron Howard does a cheesy Richard Nixon impression.

Matthew Alexander

December 8, 2008

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shuts Parliament down. Samantha Bee, John Oliver and Aasif Mandvi discuss Canada's dependence on Great Britain. Matthew Alexander explains why torture is counterproductive in interrogating terrorists.

Mike Huckabee

December 9, 2008

Rod Blagojevich couldn't have made it any easier for the authorities to arrest him. Many of the nation's newspapers are on the brink of collapse thanks to the Internet. Mike Huckabee says the reason we have so much government is because people don't behave well with each other.

Don Rickles

December 10, 2008

Jason Jones shows some telling footage from his interview with Rod Blagojevich three years ago. Rob Riggle and his uniquely physical interviewing style won't soon be forgotten. Don Rickles gloats over beating Jon at the Emmys.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

December 11, 2008

Hall & Oates perform a song about Alan Colmes and how much he means to all of us. Larry Wilmore says African-Americans support Proposition 8 because marriage is their holiest of holy institutions. Philip Seymour Hoffman shares what he learned about the catholic church while filming "Doubt.