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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

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

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

While America grapples with a massive surge in Omicron cases, scientists in Cyprus are tracking dozens of infections they attribute to a new variant that combines elements of Delta and Omicron. Elsewhere, Rep. Jim Jordan announced he will not cooperate with the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6th insurrection. And this year’s Consumer Electronics Show featured an array of predictably upsetting new gadgets, including a furry robot that nibbles on your fingers. Stephen Colbert reviews all the new gear in the latest edition of his forward-looking technology segment, “Cyborgasm.” Gayle King, co-host of ‘CBS Mornings,’ joins us to mark her 10 year anniversary at CBS and to share a sweet home video of the greeting her grandson received when visiting Oprah’s house for the first time. Next, Tig Notaro, who stars in ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ on Paramount+, still hasn’t tried the industrial-sized cotton candy machine Stephen sent her as a gift years ago. Catch Tig’s ‘Hello Again’ comedy tour - dates and ticket information are available at http://www.tignotaro.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Live on tape from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, it's Stephen Colbert!
0:31.0	Why not?
0:33.0	I don't know what it is.
0:38.0	Hello, everybody. Thank you so much.
0:41.0	Thank you for being here.
0:43.0	Please have a seat, ladies and gentlemen.
0:45.0	Welcome to the Late Show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert.
0:48.0	And tonight is the 1200th episode of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
0:58.0	1200th episode.
1:01.0	That breaks our previous record set on Friday.
1:04.0	Can we do it again tomorrow? Tune in to find out.
1:07.0	Speaking of breaking records, thanks to Omicron.
1:10.0	The 70th average for newly reported cases in the U.S. top 700,000.
1:16.0	700,000. That's the population of Denver.
1:21.0	And you know you're in trouble when you're higher than the people of Denver.
1:26.0	At the current pace, the variant is set to triple the pre-Omicron record set a year ago,
1:32.0	as you can see on this chart.
1:34.0	Gah!
1:36.0	That's also my EKG after someone showed me that chart.
1:40.0	That might be just the tip of the iceberg as Dr. Scott Gottlieb explained yesterday on the nation face.
1:45.0	We're probably only diagnosing somewhere between one in five and one in ten actual infections.
1:50.0	And there's a lot of people walking around with mild illness or asymptomatic infection
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