In the Field with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Comedy, Daily News, News

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Celebrate legendary Daily Show correspondent Stephen Colbert with a look back at some of his best work from the field. Stephen talks to political consultants to find out what his opinions should be. He talks to smokers who feel like they're being discriminated against. He finds out how to protect the native habitat of gun ranges, and whether keeping pennies makes sense. He meets with a BBQ restaurant owner trying to bring back confederate pride, and gives helpful tips on living life in a police state. Finally, he embeds with the military deep in the wilds of New Jersey to learn how to cover a war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Wait, you're not a Hotels.com member.
0:03.1	You're telling me you chose to pay full price.
0:06.2	Did you not hear the song?
0:09.2	How could you not be a member and save up to 20%?
0:14.0	That's less than 50%, but it's more than 0%.
0:19.0	You're welcome.
0:22.3	See, calculations spot on. Save all. more than zero percent You're welcome See?
0:24.2	Calculations spot on Save up to 20% on
0:26.1	hundreds of thousands of hotels with hotels.com
0:30.6	You're listening to Comedy Central. There are a whopping 469 congressional seats up for grabs on Tuesday.
0:52.8	But just how do you get one of those positions?
0:56.0	Well, our own Stephen Colbert shows us how in another installment of his award-winning series,
1:01.0	The Jobbing of America.
1:04.0	Come on, America. Let's go jobbing.
1:15.2	The first thing I'll need is a set of heartfelt ideas and opinions.
1:19.6	Congressman get those from pollster strategists like Kelly Ann Conway.
1:24.9	I'm not here to be twisted and molded and baked in your focus group fired kiln.
1:29.9	I'm a man of two unshakable principles. What are they?
1:36.9	Your view on security and your view on quality of life. Which group of voters would be the most important? Forget soccer moms from the 90s. You want to get not yet moms. The nims. They're the
1:42.9	ones you want to get. What about the milfs?
1:45.0	The milts?
1:46.0	Middle income.
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