Bryan Cranston (Extended) | Moment of Truce
The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
CBS
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
No one seems to know if the war against Iran is over, we’re learning more about how Israel’s prime minister convinced President Trump to launch the war, and JD Vance brought his trademark charisma to a rally for Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán. Emmy-winner Bryan Cranston doggedly pursued the creator of “Malcolm In The Middle” about reuniting the cast, even though his character Hal was routinely subjected to physical stunts like having his body covered in bees. Watch “Malcolm In The Middle: Life’s Still Unfair” this Friday on Hulu.
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| 0:00.0 | When beloved family patriarch, Gary Ferris went missing, his family looked everywhere on their |
| 0:05.9 | property until they came across something horrifying. It's a homicide. |
| 0:10.3 | Absolutely. The blame game in this family went round and round. This is Blood is Thicker, |
| 0:16.5 | the Ferris Wheel. I don't see how anyone can look at this story and think they were happy. |
| 0:21.7 | Follow and listen to Blood is Thicker, The Ferris Wheel on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:31.2 | Welcome one and all in here, out there all around the world. |
| 0:39.1 | To the Leachow, I'm your host Stephen Colbert. |
| 0:42.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, tonight in the war with Iran, there is urgent breaking news, |
| 0:51.1 | and I am not sure what it is. |
| 0:54.2 | And my not knowing began last night. |
| 0:58.6 | You'll remember Trump had threatened to kill a 5,000-year-old civilization at 8 p.m. |
| 1:03.1 | Eastern, but a little more than one hour before that deadline, Trump agreed to a two-week |
| 1:09.1 | ceasefire with Iran. |
| 1:13.3 | Finally, the war was over for a bit. Realizing John Lennon's dream. |
| 1:18.7 | All we are saying is peace for two weeks. |
| 1:29.3 | Trump announced... |
| 1:32.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:37.3 | Trump announced the deal on social media, |
| 1:40.3 | calling it a double-sided ceasefire. |
| 1:45.4 | Okay, that is cool. But aren't all peace deals double-sided ceasefire. Okay, that is cool. |
| 1:48.5 | But aren't all peace steals double-sided? |
| 1:54.0 | I believe there's a word for a single-sided ceasefire, and it's murder. |
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