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David Gregory
Episode number: 1
Overview: Jon wants David Gregory to explain why Brett Favre walking off his charter plane is breaking news on MSBNC.
Michael Wolff
Episode number: 2
Overview: Author Michael Wolff.
Rachel Maddow
Episode number: 3
Overview: 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.
Dana Perino
Episode number: 4
Overview: 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.
Maxwell Kennedy
Episode number: 5
Overview: 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.
Daniel Craig
Episode number: 6
Fareed Zakaria
Episode number: 7
Overview: 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.
Bethany McLean
Episode number: 8
Abderrahim Foukara
Episode number: 9
Bishop Gene Robinson
Episode number: 10
Overview: 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.
David Sanger
Episode number: 11
Overview: 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.
Liam Neeson
Episode number: 12
Overview: 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.
President Jimmy Carter
Episode number: 13
Overview: Rod Blagojevich boycotts his own impeachment trial, Barack Obama closes down Guantanamo, and Jon gives Jimmy Carter a gift.
Gwen Ifill
Episode number: 14
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Episode number: 15
P.W. Singer
Episode number: 16
Lawrence Lindsey
Episode number: 17
Overview: 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.
Dev Patel
Episode number: 18
Overview: The star of Slumdog Millionaire drops by to promote the Oscar-nominated movie.
Karen Greenberg
Episode number: 19
Randall Balmer
Episode number: 20
Overview: Author of God in the White House: A History: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W.
Walter Isaacson
Episode number: 21
Thomas Ricks
Episode number: 22
Overview: 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.
Daniel Sperling
Episode number: 23
Overview: The author of "Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability" draws up a road map to smarter energy policy.
John Sununu
Episode number: 24
Jeff Bezos
Episode number: 25
Overview: Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon.
Ricky Gervais
Episode number: 26
Tom Selleck
Episode number: 27
Brian Williams
Episode number: 28
Overview: 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.
Harold Varmus
Episode number: 29
Overview: The Nobel Prize-winning scientist navigates the real world or research in "The Art and Politics of Science.
Sandra Day O'Connor
Episode number: 30
Joe Nocera
Episode number: 31
Billy Crudup
Episode number: 32
Nathaniel Frank
Episode number: 33
Overview: Author of the new book 'Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America'.
Craig Mullaney
Episode number: 34
Overview: West Point graduate, Rhodes Scholar, Army Ranger and author of the new book 'The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education'.
Paul Rudd
Episode number: 35
Overview: Actor Paul Rudd talks about his new movie 'I Love You Man'.
Jim Cramer
Episode number: 36
Overview: 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.
Gen. Richard B. Myers
Episode number: 37
Overview: 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'.
Ian McShane
Episode number: 38
Overview: Actor Ian McShane talks about his new show 'Kings'.
Nandan Nilekani
Episode number: 39
Overview: Jon Stewart interviews Nandan Nilekani, Author of 'Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation'.
Bruce Springsteen
Episode number: 40
Overview: Bruce Springsteen comes by the show to promote his new album 'Working on a Dream'.
Jack Cafferty
Episode number: 41
Overview: Wolf Blitzer's resident political observer takes a break from 'The Cafferty File' to discuss the latest tomfoolery in Washington D.C.
Seth Rogen
Episode number: 42
Overview: Actor Seth Rogen talks about his latest movie 'Observe and Report'.
Peter Orszag
Episode number: 43
Overview: Economist and current Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Barack Obama, Peter Orszag is tonight's guest.
Tom Zoellner
Episode number: 44
Overview: Author Tom Zoellner talks about his book 'Uranium - War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World'.
Michael J. Fox
Episode number: 45
Overview: Segments: - - Guests: Actor Michael J. Fox talks about his new book Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist.
Jehan Sadat
Episode number: 46
Overview: Segments: - - Guests: Jehan Sadat, the widow of the assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat talks about her book My Hope for Peace.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi
Episode number: 47
William Cohan
Episode number: 48
Overview: Segments: - - Guests: Author William Cohan talks about his new book House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street.
Ron Darling
Episode number: 49
Overview: 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.
Elizabeth Warren
Episode number: 50
Ben Affleck
Episode number: 51
Overview: Segments: - - Guests: Actor Ben Affleck talks about his new movie "State of Play".
Reza Aslan
Episode number: 52
Overview: 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.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Episode number: 53
Overview: Liberia's "Iron Lady," the first elected female head of state in Africa, discusses her new memoir, "This Child Will Be Great," with Jon.
Philip Alcabes
Episode number: 54
Overview: 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'.
Richard Beeman
Episode number: 55
Overview: Author of "Plain Honest Men", Richard Beeman talks to Jon on the show tonight.
Christine Lagarde
Episode number: 56
Overview: France's Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde talks with Jon about the state of the global economy.
Clifford D. May
Episode number: 57
Overview: The President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Clifford D. May, guest stars on tonight's show.
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Episode number: 58
Overview: Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin joins Jon on the show tonight.
Hugh Jackman
Episode number: 59
Overview: Actor Hugh Jackman comes by on the show to talk about his new movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Denis Leary
Episode number: 60
Overview: Actor and star of Rescue Me, Denis Leary is on the show tonight.
Fareed Zakaria
Episode number: 61
Overview: Journalist and author Fareed Zakaria talks about his new book The Post-American World.
George Stephanopoulos
Episode number: 62
Overview: The guest on tonight's show is Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News, George Stephanopoulos.
Ken Salazar
Episode number: 63
Overview: The current U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar talks to Jon tonight.
Frank Partnoy
Episode number: 64
Overview: 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.
Tom Hanks
Episode number: 65
Overview: Actor and star of the new movie Angels and Demons, Tom Hanks talks to Jon tonight.
Ambassador Husain Haqqani
Episode number: 66
Overview: Pakistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani talks to Jon Stewart on the show tonight.
Lisa P. Jackson
Episode number: 67
Overview: EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is talking on the show tonight.
Sarah Fisher
Episode number: 68
Newt Gingrich
Episode number: 69
Elizabeth Edwards
Episode number: 70
Overview: 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.
Larry King
Episode number: 71
Overview: One of the most popular names in the television news game compares notes with Jon.
Bob Woodruff
Episode number: 72
P.J. O'Rourke
Episode number: 73
Michael Lewis
Episode number: 74
Will Ferrell
Episode number: 75
Gretchen Peters
Episode number: 76
Peter Schiff
Episode number: 77
Saad Mohseni
Episode number: 78
Katie Couric
Episode number: 79
Ed Helms
Episode number: 80
Tom Folsom
Episode number: 81
Peter Laufer
Episode number: 82
Mike Huckabee
Episode number: 83
Bill Russell
Episode number: 84
Larry David
Episode number: 85
Reza Aslan
Episode number: 86
Cameron Diaz
Episode number: 87
Dr. Oliver Sacks
Episode number: 88
Mike Kim
Episode number: 89
Overview: 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.
Justin Fox
Episode number: 90
Robert Kenner
Episode number: 91
Overview: Filmmaker, "Food, Inc.
Rep. Barney Frank
Episode number: 92
Overview: The Massachusetts congressman discusses the new congress' legislative priorities with Jon.
Peter Mancall
Episode number: 93
Kathleen Sebelius
Episode number: 94
Robert Glennon
Episode number: 95
Brian Williams
Episode number: 96
Steven Chu
Episode number: 97
Overview: Interview with Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
Kevin Nealon
Episode number: 98
Overview: 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.
Sally Jenkins
Episode number: 99
Overview: The author and historian sits down with Jon to discuss a largely unknown anti-Confederacy rebellion in Civil War Mississippi.
Bill Kristol
Episode number: 100
Spinal Tap
Episode number: 101
John Bolton
Episode number: 102
Judd Apatow
Episode number: 103
Ronald Kessler
Episode number: 104
Rep. Henry Waxman
Episode number: 105
Paul Giamatti
Episode number: 106
Dara Torres
Episode number: 107
Douglas Brinkley
Episode number: 108
Austan Goolsbee
Episode number: 109
Jeff Sharlet
Episode number: 110
Rachel McAdams
Episode number: 111
David Cross
Episode number: 112
Christopher McDougall
Episode number: 113
Tim Gunn
Episode number: 114
Betsy McCaughey
Episode number: 115
LeBron James
Episode number: 116
Matt Damon
Episode number: 117
Overview: The award-winning actor returns to The Daily Show to discuss his new movie, "The Informant.
Wed, Sep 16, 2009
Episode number: 118
Thu, Sep 17, 2009
Episode number: 119
Tue, Sep 22, 2009
Episode number: 120
Wed, Sep 23, 2009
Episode number: 121
Thu, Sep 24, 2009
Episode number: 122
Mon, Sep 28, 2009
Episode number: 123
Tue, Sep 29, 2009
Episode number: 124
Wed, Sep 30, 2009
Episode number: 125
Thu, Oct 1, 2009
Episode number: 126
Mon, Oct 5, 2009
Episode number: 127
Tue, Oct 6, 2009
Episode number: 128
Wed, Oct 7, 2009
Episode number: 129
Thu, Oct 8, 2009
Episode number: 130
Mon, Oct 12, 2009
Episode number: 131
Tue, Oct 13, 2009
Episode number: 132
Wed, Oct 14, 2009
Episode number: 133
Thu, Oct 15, 2009
Episode number: 134
Mon, Oct 26, 2009
Episode number: 135
Tue, Oct 27, 2009
Episode number: 136
Wed, Oct 28, 2009
Episode number: 137
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
Episode number: 138
Overview: Comedian Wanda Sykes talks about her new show "The Wanda Sykes Show".
Mon, Nov 2, 2009
Episode number: 139
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
Episode number: 140
Wed, Nov 4, 2009
Episode number: 141
Thu, Nov 5, 2009
Episode number: 142
Mon, Nov 9, 2009
Episode number: 143
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Episode number: 144
Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Episode number: 145
Thu, Nov 12, 2009
Episode number: 146
Mon, Nov 16, 2009
Episode number: 147
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
Episode number: 148
Wed, Nov 18, 2009
Episode number: 149
Thu, Nov 19, 2009
Episode number: 150
Mon, Nov 30, 2009
Episode number: 151
Tue, Dec 1, 2009
Episode number: 152
Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Episode number: 153
Thu, Dec 3, 2009
Episode number: 154
Mon, Dec 7, 2009
Episode number: 155
Tue, Dec 8, 2009
Episode number: 156
Wed, Dec 9, 2009
Episode number: 157
Thu, Dec 10, 2009
Episode number: 158
Mon, Dec 14, 2009
Episode number: 159
Tue, Dec 15, 2009
Episode number: 160