The Daily Show — Season 14
161 episodesFirst aired 5 January 2009
E1David Gregory
Jan 2009
Jon wants David Gregory to explain why Brett Favre walking off his charter plane is breaking news on MSBNC.
E2Michael Wolff
Jan 2009
Author Michael Wolff.
E3Rachel Maddow
7.0Jan 2009
Wyatt Cenac, Samantha Bee and John Oliver go undercover for more information on the Obama girls. Aasif Mandvi says Sanjay Gupta's appointment will be a tremendous over achievement in a community of overachievers. Rachel Maddow is insulted as an American that the Obamas can't stay in the presidential guesthouse.
E4Dana Perino
Jan 2009
Barack Obama dines with all the living ex-presidents, and Joe the Plumber goes to Gaza. Roland Burris is turned away while trying to take his Senate seat. Dana Perino talks about her 12 days left in the White House.
E5Maxwell Kennedy
Jan 2009
Barack Obama doesn't sound like a newly elected president. John Oliver explains Rod Blagojevich's Tennyson reference. Jason Jones learns how to be a great pundit, and Maxwell Kennedy discusses kamikaze pilots.
E6Daniel Craig
Jan 2009
E7Fareed Zakaria
Jan 2009
Marcus Schrenker is caught faking his own death. Hillary Clinton gets sleepy at her confirmation hearing. Lewis Black lists the mega corporations asking for bailouts, and Fareed Zakaria talks about terrorism in India.
E8Bethany McLean
Jan 2009
E9Abderrahim Foukara
Jan 2009
E10Bishop Gene Robinson
Jan 2009
A veritable who's who of statesmen arrives for Barack Obama's historic inauguration. Jason Jones brushes off any comparisons between the Obama and Bush speeches. Wyatt Cenac reports from Obama's crazy-cool inaugural ball. Samantha Bee declares an end to frat boy humor, and Gene Robinson prays for Rick Warren.
E11David Sanger
Jan 2009
Barack Obama watches the inaugural parade and then hits the parties. John Oliver feels the unity in DC, the news networks cover the inauguration differently, and David Sanger warns of the danger Pakistan poses.
E12Liam Neeson
Jan 2009
Hillary Clinton frees the State Department, and Barack Obama moves to close Guantanamo Bay. Gitmo is excited to leave, but he still wants to kill you. Rush Limbaugh hopes Barack Obama fails, and Liam Neeson visits the horse stable next door.
E13President Jimmy Carter
Jan 2009
Rod Blagojevich boycotts his own impeachment trial, Barack Obama closes down Guantanamo, and Jon gives Jimmy Carter a gift.
E14Gwen Ifill
Jan 2009
E15Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Jan 2009
E16P.W. Singer
Jan 2009
E17Lawrence Lindsey
Feb 2009
The Republicans pick Michael Steele as their RNC chairman, and now Wyatt Cenac is confused. The Super Bowl ads show where we are as a culture, and Lawrence Lindsey agrees with Jon's stimulus plan.
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Dev Patel
Feb 2009
The star of Slumdog Millionaire drops by to promote the Oscar-nominated movie.
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Karen Greenberg
Feb 2009
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Randall Balmer
Feb 2009
Author of God in the White House: A History: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W.
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Walter Isaacson
Feb 2009
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Thomas Ricks
Feb 2009
Barack Obama gives thoughtful answers at a press conference. Samantha Bee meets a few robot soldiers, and Thomas Ricks says we'll be in Iraq for a long time.
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Daniel Sperling
Feb 2009
The author of "Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability" draws up a road map to smarter energy policy.
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John Sununu
Feb 2009
E25Jeff Bezos
Feb 2009
Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon.
E26Ricky Gervais
Feb 2009
E27Tom Selleck
Feb 2009
E28Brian Williams
Feb 2009
Fox News reports on a Joe Biden gaffe, and Congressman Rob Bishop opposes the "monkey bite bill." Hillary Clinton discusses poetry in Asia, and Brian Williams doesn't Twitter.
E29Harold Varmus
Mar 2009
The Nobel Prize-winning scientist navigates the real world or research in "The Art and Politics of Science.
E30Sandra Day O'Connor
Mar 2009
E31Joe Nocera
Mar 2009
E32Billy Crudup
Mar 2009
E33Nathaniel Frank
Mar 2009
Author of the new book 'Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America'.
E34Craig Mullaney
Mar 2009
West Point graduate, Rhodes Scholar, Army Ranger and author of the new book 'The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education'.
E35Paul Rudd
Mar 2009
Actor Paul Rudd talks about his new movie 'I Love You Man'.
E36Jim Cramer
Mar 2009
Jon and Jim Cramer prepare for their highly anticipated skirmish. Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to 11 counts of fraud. Jim Cramer admits to his mistakes, and vows to do a better job reporting the financial market.
E37Gen. Richard B. Myers
Mar 2009
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers talks about his new book 'Eyes on the Horizon: Serving on the Front Lines of National Security'.
E38Ian McShane
Mar 2009
Actor Ian McShane talks about his new show 'Kings'.
E39Nandan Nilekani
Mar 2009
Jon Stewart interviews Nandan Nilekani, Author of 'Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation'.
E40Bruce Springsteen
Mar 2009
Bruce Springsteen comes by the show to promote his new album 'Working on a Dream'.
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Jack Cafferty
Mar 2009
Wolf Blitzer's resident political observer takes a break from 'The Cafferty File' to discuss the latest tomfoolery in Washington D.C.
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Seth Rogen
7.0Mar 2009
Actor Seth Rogen talks about his latest movie 'Observe and Report'.
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Peter Orszag
Apr 2009
Economist and current Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Barack Obama, Peter Orszag is tonight's guest.
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Tom Zoellner
Apr 2009
Author Tom Zoellner talks about his book 'Uranium - War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World'.
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Michael J. Fox
Apr 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Actor Michael J. Fox talks about his new book Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist.
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Jehan Sadat
Apr 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Jehan Sadat, the widow of the assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat talks about her book My Hope for Peace.
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi
Apr 2009
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William Cohan
7.0Apr 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Author William Cohan talks about his new book House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street.
- E49
Ron Darling
Apr 2009
Ronald Maurice Darling, Jr. is an American former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics and Montreal Expos. Darling currently works as a color commentator for national baseball coverage on TBS as well as for the Mets on both SNY and WPIX. During his 13-year career, Darling amassed a 136–116 won-loss record, with 13 shutouts. He threw 1,590 strikeouts and had a 3.87 ERA. In 1985, he was picked for the All-Star team. Darling's weak point was control; he finished seasons in the top four in base on balls three times. He was considered one of the better fielding pitchers of the time, and won a Gold Glove Award in 1989. Darling had one of the best pickoff moves among right-handers. An above-average athlete, he was sometimes used as a pinch runner. In 1989, he hit home runs in two consecutive starts.
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Elizabeth Warren
8.0Apr 2009
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Ben Affleck
Apr 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Actor Ben Affleck talks about his new movie "State of Play".
- E52
Reza Aslan
Apr 2009
President Obama releases the memos on America's handbook for torture. Lewis Black examines the TV networks that are reaching out to kids for Earth Day. Reza Aslan believes Al Qaeda is fighting a war of the imagination.
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Apr 2009
Liberia's "Iron Lady," the first elected female head of state in Africa, discusses her new memoir, "This Child Will Be Great," with Jon.
- E54
Philip Alcabes
Apr 2009
Philip Alcabes is an infectious-disease epidemiologist who talks about his new book 'Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu'.
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Richard Beeman
Apr 2009
Author of "Plain Honest Men", Richard Beeman talks to Jon on the show tonight.
- E56
Christine Lagarde
Apr 2009
France's Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde talks with Jon about the state of the global economy.
- E57
Clifford D. May
Apr 2009
The President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Clifford D. May, guest stars on tonight's show.
- E58
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Apr 2009
Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin joins Jon on the show tonight.
- E59
Hugh Jackman
7.0Apr 2009
Actor Hugh Jackman comes by on the show to talk about his new movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
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Denis Leary
May 2009
Actor and star of Rescue Me, Denis Leary is on the show tonight.
- E61
Fareed Zakaria
May 2009
Journalist and author Fareed Zakaria talks about his new book The Post-American World.
- E62
George Stephanopoulos
May 2009
The guest on tonight's show is Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News, George Stephanopoulos.
- E63
Ken Salazar
May 2009
The current U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar talks to Jon tonight.
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Frank Partnoy
May 2009
Financial commentator and author of "The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals", Frank Partnoy is on the show tonight.
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Tom Hanks
May 2009
Actor and star of the new movie Angels and Demons, Tom Hanks talks to Jon tonight.
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Ambassador Husain Haqqani
May 2009
Pakistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani talks to Jon Stewart on the show tonight.
- E67
Lisa P. Jackson
May 2009
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is talking on the show tonight.
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Sarah Fisher
May 2009
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Newt Gingrich
May 2009
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Elizabeth Edwards
May 2009
Michael Steele says gay marriage is bad for small business, and President Obama sets a national fuel efficiency standard. John Oliver defends England's moat scandal, and Elizabeth Edwards fights for health care.
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Larry King
May 2009
One of the most popular names in the television news game compares notes with Jon.
- E72
Bob Woodruff
Jun 2009
- E73
P.J. O'Rourke
Jun 2009
- E74
Michael Lewis
7.0Jun 2009
- E75
Will Ferrell
Jun 2009
- E76
Gretchen Peters
Jun 2009
- E77
Peter Schiff
Jun 2009
- E78
Saad Mohseni
Jun 2009
- E79
Katie Couric
Jun 2009
- E80
Ed Helms
Jun 2009
- E81
Tom Folsom
Jun 2009
- E82
Peter Laufer
Jun 2009
- E83
Mike Huckabee
Jun 2009
- E84
Bill Russell
Jun 2009
- E85
Larry David
Jun 2009
- E86
Reza Aslan
Jun 2009
- E87
Cameron Diaz
Jun 2009
- E88
Dr. Oliver Sacks
Jun 2009
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Mike Kim
Jun 2009
The U.S. leaves Iraq like a houseguest who broke something, and Dick Cheney complains about his own troop withdrawal timeline. Jon hands out Rippy Awards for the media's outstanding coverage of Michael Jackson's death. Mike Kim discusses his mission to help North Koreans escape to China.
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Justin Fox
Jul 2009
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Robert Kenner
Jul 2009
Filmmaker, "Food, Inc.
- E92
Rep. Barney Frank
Jul 2009
The Massachusetts congressman discusses the new congress' legislative priorities with Jon.
- E93
Peter Mancall
Jul 2009
- E94
Kathleen Sebelius
Jul 2009
- E95
Robert Glennon
Jul 2009
- E96
Brian Williams
Jul 2009
- E97
Steven Chu
Jul 2009
Interview with Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
- E98
Kevin Nealon
Jul 2009
The controversy over Barack Obama's birth certificate lives on six months into his presidency. "Good Morning America" solves the mystery of Michael Jackson's lost corpse, and Kevin Nealon would never engage in autoerotic asphyxiation.
- E99
Sally Jenkins
Jul 2009
The author and historian sits down with Jon to discuss a largely unknown anti-Confederacy rebellion in Civil War Mississippi.
- E100
Bill Kristol
Jul 2009
- E101
Spinal Tap
Jul 2009
- E102
John Bolton
Jul 2009
- E103
Judd Apatow
Jul 2009
- E104
Ronald Kessler
Aug 2009
- E105
Rep. Henry Waxman
Aug 2009
- E106
Paul Giamatti
Aug 2009
- E107
Dara Torres
Aug 2009
- E108
Douglas Brinkley
Aug 2009
- E109
Austan Goolsbee
Aug 2009
- E110
Jeff Sharlet
Aug 2009
- E111
Rachel McAdams
Aug 2009
- E112
David Cross
Aug 2009
- E113
Christopher McDougall
Aug 2009
- E114
Tim Gunn
Aug 2009
- E115
Betsy McCaughey
Aug 2009
- E116
LeBron James
Sept 2009
E117Matt Damon
Sept 2009
The award-winning actor returns to The Daily Show to discuss his new movie, "The Informant.
E118Wed, Sep 16, 2009
Sept 2009
E119Thu, Sep 17, 2009
Sept 2009
E120Tue, Sep 22, 2009
Sept 2009
E121Wed, Sep 23, 2009
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E122Thu, Sep 24, 2009
Sept 2009
E123Mon, Sep 28, 2009
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E124Tue, Sep 29, 2009
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E125Wed, Sep 30, 2009
Sept 2009
E126Thu, Oct 1, 2009
Oct 2009
E127Mon, Oct 5, 2009
Oct 2009
E128Tue, Oct 6, 2009
Oct 2009
E129Wed, Oct 7, 2009
Oct 2009
E130Thu, Oct 8, 2009
Oct 2009
E131Mon, Oct 12, 2009
Oct 2009
E132Tue, Oct 13, 2009
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E133Wed, Oct 14, 2009
Oct 2009
E134Thu, Oct 15, 2009
Oct 2009
E135Mon, Oct 26, 2009
Oct 2009
E136Tue, Oct 27, 2009
Oct 2009
E137Wed, Oct 28, 2009
Oct 2009
E138Thu, Oct 29, 2009
Oct 2009
Comedian Wanda Sykes talks about her new show "The Wanda Sykes Show".
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Mon, Nov 2, 2009
Nov 2009
- E140
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
Nov 2009
- E141
Wed, Nov 4, 2009
Nov 2009
- E142
Thu, Nov 5, 2009
Nov 2009
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Mon, Nov 9, 2009
Nov 2009
- E144
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Nov 2009
- E145
Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Nov 2009
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Thu, Nov 12, 2009
Nov 2009
- E147
Mon, Nov 16, 2009
Nov 2009
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Tue, Nov 17, 2009
Nov 2009
- E149
Wed, Nov 18, 2009
Nov 2009
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Thu, Nov 19, 2009
Nov 2009
- E151
Mon, Nov 30, 2009
Nov 2009
- E152
Tue, Dec 1, 2009
Dec 2009
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Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Dec 2009
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Thu, Dec 3, 2009
Dec 2009
- E155
Mon, Dec 7, 2009
Dec 2009
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Tue, Dec 8, 2009
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Wed, Dec 9, 2009
Dec 2009
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009
Dec 2009
- E159
Mon, Dec 14, 2009
Dec 2009
- E160
Tue, Dec 15, 2009
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Wed, Dec 16, 2009
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