Tonight, Stephen welcomes Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University, Dickson Despommier.
Also, Stephen talks with former Green Party Vice Presidental candidate and Native American activist Winona LaDuke about the candidates courting the Native American vote.
Season 4 Episode 78 of The Colbert Report resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
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.