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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Bono (Extended Cut) | State Of The Union Station

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

News, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Hey youths! Want Stephen Colbert to follow you on TikTok? Here’s what to do: GO VOTE, then post a TikTok of yourself with your “I Voted” sticker and tag @colbertlateshow. Stephen welcomes legendary U2 frontman Bono for an exclusive extended interview that begins with a trip back in time to the 1970s when, as a high school student, Bono met the woman he would one day marry, and linked up with the men who would become his lifelong bandmates: Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Jr., and The Edge. Stick around as Bono and Stephen explore the stories in Bono’s new book, “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody! Thanks, everybody! Please have a seat! Welcome! Welcome,

0:10.0

one and all, to the late show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert, the midterm elections.

0:16.0

Was it a day's day? Was it? The midterm elections are, what, five days away.

0:20.0

That means only four days left to early vote, one day left to regular vote,

0:25.0

then two whole years to just kick back and freak out about the presidential election.

0:30.0

Last night, President Biden addressed Americans, not from the Oval Office,

0:35.0

but someplace even more sacred to him, the train station.

0:40.0

At Washington's Union Station, he laid out the stakes of this election.

0:44.0

Make no mistake, democracy is in the ballot for all of us.

0:49.0

In our bones, we know democracy at risk is at risk.

0:54.0

Biden's clearly at that age where he receives all his information via bones.

0:59.0

Up, here goes the elbow, here goes the elbow.

1:03.0

It's gonna rain. Up. Knees acting up again.

1:06.0

Low voter turnout in Broward County.

1:11.0

Biden did briefly make one mistake about next Tuesday, November 8th selection.

1:19.0

Millions more will cast their ballots in the final days, leading up to November the 9th.

1:23.0

Eighth, excuse me.

1:25.0

Yeah, make sure. Everybody, no folks, I'm serious.

1:28.0

Make sure you vote on November 9th, I mean eight.

1:32.0

Head on down to your local petan zoo, I mean Paul in place.

1:35.0

You'll get a free stalker, I mean sticker.

1:37.0

Anyway, happy Easter, I mean Toyota Thon.

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