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Season 13
The Daily Show
160 EPISODES • 2008
Season 13 of The Daily Show was released on January 7 and consists of 160 episodes.
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Episodes

1: Ronald Seeber
Jan 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".
2: David Frum
Jan 8, 2008
3: John Zogby
Jan 9, 2008
4: Lou Dobbs
Jan 10, 2008
5: Fareed Zakaria
Jan 14, 2008
6: Amb. John Bolton
Jan 15, 2008
7: Jonah Goldberg
Jan 16, 2008
8: Allen Raymond
Jan 17, 2008
9: Jon Meacham
Jan 21, 2008
10: Jim Wallis
Jan 22, 2008
11: P.J. O'Rourke
Jan 23, 2008
12: Gerri Willis
Jan 24, 2008
13: Phil Simms
Jan 28, 2008
14: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Jan 29, 2008
15: Peggy Noonan
Jan 30, 2008
16: Karen Tumulty
Jan 31, 2008
17: Tim Gunn
Feb 4, 2008
18: Chris Wallace
Feb 5, 2008
19: Tom Brokaw
Feb 6, 2008
20: Laton McCartney
Feb 7, 2008
21: Philip Shenon
Feb 11, 2008
22: Bill Kristol
Feb 12, 2008
23: Mark Siegel
Feb 13, 2008
24: Lee Siegel
Feb 14, 2008
25: Madeleine Albright
Feb 26, 2008
26: Allen Guelzo
Feb 27, 2008
27: Brian Williams
Feb 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.
28: Hillary Clinton
Mar 3, 2008
Tonight, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
29: Ralph Nader
Mar 4, 2008
30: Martin Fletcher
Mar 5, 2008
31: Sen. Tom Daschle
Mar 6, 2008
32: Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell
Mar 10, 2008
33: Grover Norquist
Mar 11, 2008
34: Ronald Kessler
Mar 12, 2008
35: Dana Perino
Mar 13, 2008
36: Brian Fagan
Mar 17, 2008
37: Jeffrey Sachs
Mar 18, 2008
38: Sen. Arlen Specter
Mar 19, 2008
39: Alex Kingsbury
Mar 20, 2008
40: Sen. Chuck Hagel
Mar 31, 2008
41: Simon LeVay
Apr 1, 2008
42: William Safire
Apr 2, 2008
43: George Clooney
Apr 3, 2008
44: Nathan Lane
Apr 7, 2008
45: Cokie Roberts
Apr 8, 2008
46: Steve Coll
Apr 9, 2008
47: Aram Roston
Apr 10, 2008
48: Judd Apatow
Apr 14, 2008
49: Jack Goldsmith
Apr 15, 2008
50: Peter Steinfels
Apr 16, 2008
51: Uma Thurman
Apr 17, 2008
52: Sen. Barack Obama
Apr 21, 2008
53: John Waters
Apr 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.
54: Howard Fineman
Apr 23, 2008
55: Colin Firth
Apr 24, 2008
56: Jimmy Carter
Apr 28, 2008
57: Newt Gingrich
Apr 29, 2008
58: Robert Schlesinger
Apr 30, 2008
59: Howard Dean
May 1, 2008
60: Sen. Harry Reid
May 5, 2008
61: Fareed Zakaria
May 6, 2008
62: John McCain
May 7, 2008
63: David D. Perlmutter
May 8, 2008
64: Douglas J. Feith
May 12, 2008
65: Bill Moyers
May 13, 2008
66: John Harwood
May 14, 2008
67: Denis Leary
May 15, 2008
68: Matt Taibbi
May 27, 2008
69: Fred Burton
May 28, 2008
70: Richard Clark
May 29, 2008
71: Scott McClellan
Jun 2, 2008
72: David Sedaris
Jun 3, 2008
73: Barbara Walters
Jun 4, 2008
74: Adam Sandler
Jun 5, 2008
75: Sen. Jim Webb
Jun 9, 2008
76: Ralph Reed
Jun 10, 2008
77: Rick Shenkman
Jun 11, 2008
78: Richard Engel
Jun 12, 2008
79: David Iglesis
Jun 16, 2008
80: Lara Logan
Jun 17, 2008
81: Steve Carell
Jun 18, 2008
Tonight, comedian and actor Steve Carell talks about his new movie Get Smart.
82: Mike Myers
Jun 19, 2008
Tonight, actor and comedian Mike Myers talks about his new movie The Love Guru.
83: James McAvoy
Jun 23, 2008
Tonight, actor James McAvoy talks about his new movie with Angeline Jolie, Wanted.
84: James Harding
Jun 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.
85: Coldplay
Jun 25, 2008
Tonight, English rock band Coldplay sing a few songs from their new album, Viva La Vida.
86: Ted Koppel
Jun 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.
87: Andrew Ward
Jul 14, 2008
Author Andrew Ward discusses his new book, The Slaves' War.
88: Pierce Brosnan
Jul 15, 2008
89: Kenneth Pollack
Jul 16, 2008
90: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Jul 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.
91: Richard Bitner
Jul 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.
92: Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly
Jul 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.
93: T.J. English
Jul 23, 2008
Robert Novak hits a pedestrian with his car, and Barack Obama visits the holy land.
94: Geo Beach
Jul 24, 2008
Geo Beach, host of the History Channel's "Tougher in Alaska," tells Jon why America's coldest state is also its greatest.
95: Nancy Pelosi
Jul 28, 2008
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tells Jon about her new book, "Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters.
96: Bill Bishop
Jul 29, 2008
97: Ben Wattenberg
Jul 30, 2008
98: Brian Williams
Jul 31, 2008
99: Dennis Hopper
Aug 4, 2008
100: Seth Rogan
Aug 5, 2008
101: Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aug 6, 2008
102: David Gregory
Aug 7, 2008
103: Ron Suskind
Aug 11, 2008
104: Sen. Mel Martinez
Aug 12, 2008
105: Philip Pan
Aug 13, 2008
106: Ben Stiller
Aug 14, 2008
107: Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.1 (Gov. Tim Kaine)
Aug 26, 2008
108: Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.2 (Howard Dean)
Aug 27, 2008
109: Evan Bayh
Aug 28, 2008
110: Barack Obamas Acceptance Speech
Aug 29, 2008
111: Brian Williams
Sep 2, 2008
112: Newt Gingrich
Sep 3, 2008
113: Mike Huckabee
Sep 4, 2008
114: Senator McCains Acceptance Speech
Sep 5, 2008
115: Barton Gellman
Sep 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.
116: Ricky Gervais
Sep 16, 2008
Ricky Gervais talks about his new film, Ghost Town.
117: Charlize Theron
Sep 17, 2008
Charlize Theron talks about her new movie Battle In Seattle.
118: Tony Blair
Sep 18, 2008
119: Bill Clinton
Sep 23, 2008
Former President Bill Clinton stops by the show tonight to discuss the current election.
120: Aaron Eckhart
Sep 24, 2008
Aaron Eckhart discusses his role in The Dark Knight.
121: Bob Schieffer
Sep 25, 2008
Journalist and host of CBS's Face the Nation Bob Schieffer talks about his new book Bob Schieffer's America.
122: Hooman Majd
Sep 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.
123: Bill Maher
Sep 30, 2008
124: Peggy Noonan
Oct 1, 2008
125: Clint Eastwood
Oct 2, 2008
126: Tim Robbins
Oct 6, 2008
127: Sarah Vowell
Oct 7, 2008
128: Michelle Obama
Oct 8, 2008
129: Robert De Niro
Oct 9, 2008
130: Amity Shlaes
Oct 13, 2008
Amity Shlaes discusses her book "The Forgotten Man".
131: Ari Fleischer
Oct 14, 2008
132: Richard Lewis
Oct 15, 2008
133: Robert Reich
Oct 16, 2008
134: Eugene Jarecki
Oct 20, 2008
135: Christopher Buckley
Oct 21, 2008
136: Tom Brokaw
Oct 22, 2008
137: Gov. Jon Corzine
Oct 23, 2008
Jon Corzine talks about the effects of the financial crisis on New Jersey.
138: Campbell Brown
Oct 27, 2008
139: Steve Martin
Oct 28, 2008
140: Senator Barack Obama
Oct 29, 2008
141: Bill Kristol
Oct 30, 2008
Bill Kristol believes Obama will be a conventionally liberal president.
142: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Nov 3, 2008
Doris Kearns Goodwin believes Barack Obama will win, no question.
143: Indecision 2008: America's Choice
Nov 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.
144: Chris Wallace
Nov 5, 2008
The Fox News Sunday anchor delivers an election postmortem.
145: Paul Rudd
Nov 6, 2008
With guest Paul Rudd.
146: Thomas Friedman
Nov 11, 2008
147: T. Boone Pickens
Nov 12, 2008
Sarah Palin launches a PR blitz, and T. Boone Pickens wants to end our dependence on foreign oil.
148: Bill O'Reilly
Nov 13, 2008
Paul Broun compares Obama to Hitler, and Jon doesn't want Bill O'Reilly to be afraid anymore.
149: Sir David Frost.
Nov 17, 2008
George W. Bush hosts the G20 Summit, and Sir David Frost discusses his legendary Nixon interview.
150: Denis Leary
Nov 18, 2008
151: Jon Meacham
Nov 19, 2008
Dick Cheney is indicted, while Joe Lieberman and Ted Stevens face the wrath of their parties.
152: Richard Belzer
Nov 20, 2008
Iraq surrenders, and Richard Belzer reads a passage from Obama's inaugural address.
153: Anne Hathaway
Dec 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.
154: Calvin Trillin
Dec 2, 2008
Calvin Trillin reads his poems about Al Gore, Sarah Palin and John McCain.
155: Arianna Huffington
Dec 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.
156: Ron Howard
Dec 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.
157: Matthew Alexander
Dec 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.
158: Mike Huckabee
Dec 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.
159: Don Rickles
Dec 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.
160: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Dec 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.
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