Julia Roberts | A Total Shutshow

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Although the federal government has shut down, President Trump’s deportations and troop deployments to American cities will proceed without pause. In Washington, Democratic leaders played Vice President Vance for laughs and told reporters they won’t give in to Republican pressure to let healthcare subsidies expire.Hollywood icon Julia Roberts confirms what the tabloid press has been feverishly speculating about: she does not spread cream cheese on her banana bread. Her new film, “After the Hunt,” is in theaters October 10th. 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 to The Late Show. I'm your host Stephen Colbert.
0:08.0	Ladies and gentlemen, well, I tell you, folks, I definitely did not call this one, but evidently the Late Show has outlasted the United States federal government.
0:20.0	Because we're still open. has outlasted the United States federal government.
0:26.7	Because we're still open and they done shut down.
0:28.7	But you know what?
0:30.7	Maybe this is a good thing.
0:33.6	You know, the government hasn't been working that great lately.
0:37.2	Who knows why?
0:37.7	Maybe maybe somebody got the government wet, you know?
0:42.4	Let's unplug it for a while,
0:43.9	plug it back in, see if it reboots.
0:46.4	That doesn't work, maybe toss in in a bag of rice.
0:50.0	Leave it there for a couple hours.
0:51.3	Doesn't work? We'll just throw it away and buy a new one with a better
0:53.3	camera on a functioning president.
0:54.7	And, but still, it's still just day one of the shutdown, but some people are already getting hit right away.
1:10.8	For example, TSA and air traffic controllers are working without pay, which means, I know,
1:17.9	it's not great, it's terrible, but we're going to find out at least which one of those freaks
1:22.3	are just in it for the love of the game. Okay. No, you've been randomly selected.
1:29.0	Yeah.
1:30.5	Get in the body center
1:31.8	and do this, please.
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