Tonight Stephen welcomes the Music Director of the American Symphony Orchestra and author of The History of Listening, Leon Botstein.
Also Stephen talks with Rep. Jan Schakowsky about food stamps.

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Season 3 Episode 73 of The Colbert Report resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

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The Colbert Report Show Summary

The Colbert Report (the t is silent in both "Colbert" and "Report") is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. It satirizes conservative personality-driven political pundit programs, particularly Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits.