Tonight Stephen welcomes Peter Singer, author of The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty. Also, Stephen talks with the former chief economist for the International Monetary Fund, Simon Johnson about his comments comparing America's economy to an unstable emerging market.

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Season 5 Episode 36 of The Colbert Report resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

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• s05e06 - Niall Ferguson
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• s05e20 - Jonah Lehrer
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• s05e25 - Helen Fisher
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• s05e66 - Michael Pollan
• s05e67 - Yusuf Islam
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• s05e105 - Kurt Andersen
• s05e106 - Kris Kobach
• s05e107 - Meryl Streep
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• s05e110 - Mark Johnson
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• s05e114 - Ang Lee
• s05e115 - Robert Wright
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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.