Josh Brolin | Dinner For Schmucks

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Trump Administration officials are gathering to create a strategy for putting the Jeffrey Epstein scandal to rest, ICE is relaxing its recruiting standards, RFK Jr. is cutting funding for mRNA vaccine research, and the president wants to eliminate two satellites responsible for measuring carbon dioxide emissions. Actor Josh Brolin gives a sneak peek at the character he plays in the upcoming “Knives Out” sequel. Brolin’s latest film, “Weapons,” is in theaters this Friday. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome one and all to The Late Show.
0:06.2	I am your host, Stephen Colbert.
0:08.1	Thanks, everybody.
0:09.7	You know, I just want to say, look,
0:15.6	I know that Trump's followers get a lot of grief
0:17.8	from people going, no, you don't believe in anything.
0:19.6	It's a cult of personality, blah, blah, blah, meaum, meow.
0:22.6	But I want to be fair here, okay?
0:27.6	There is one thing that Maga has believed from the beginning,
0:30.6	and they still believe it.
0:32.6	And that's that there is a secret cabal
0:34.6	of top government officials who meet at shadowy dinners
0:37.8	to strategize how to hide the sins
0:39.6	of wealthy sex traffickers and pedophiles.
0:41.8	They do, they do believe that.
0:45.0	And for that, I have never criticized them
0:48.6	because I'm sure...
0:55.0	Have I? I don't think so. Maybe I have. Maybe I don't know. Maybe? I don't think so.
0:56.0	Maybe I have.
0:57.0	Maybe I don't know.
0:58.0	Because I'm sure that kind of stuff does go on.
1:01.0	For instance, tonight in Washington, because according to CNN, top Trump officials will discuss their Epstein strategy at a dinner hosted by J.D. Vance.
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