Kurt & Wyatt Russell (Extended) | Peace Out

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

Tv & Film, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.4 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

A camel beauty contest in Oman was marred by a cheating scandal, President Trump seems poised to attack Iran without first justifying it to the American people, and the president’s pick for Surgeon General is a wellness influencer without an active license to practice medicine. Actors Kurt and Wyatt Russell sit down for a joint, EXTENDED interview with Stephen Colbert that starts with a chat about Stephen’s favorite feel-good film, “The Thing,” which stars Kurt Russell and leaves viewers searching for answers about the mysterious ending. Watch Kurt & Wyatt in season two of “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” on AppleTV.

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0:00.0	Your favorite true crime series, 48 Hours, is back for a new season, and so is the official
0:05.5	after show podcast, Postmortem. Every Monday, listen to a new episode of 48 hours, and then
0:11.2	join me, 48 Hours correspondent Anne-Marie Green on Tuesday for a new episode of Postmortem,
0:17.2	where we bring you a closer look at each case. This case was eye-opening on so many different levels.
0:24.1	Follow and listen to 48 hours on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:35.5	Welcome, one and all.
0:38.0	Ladies and gentlemen, friends and neighbors, Romans and countrymen, to the Late Show.
0:44.2	I'm your host Stephen Colbert.
0:45.7	I want to thank you.
0:47.5	I got to tell you, I need it.
0:49.4	I got to thank you.
0:50.7	I thank you for your boundless energy, everybody.
0:53.8	I just allow me to take a moment here to just jam a Capri Sun Straw into your spinal fluid and suck out some of your life force because I am still dragging ass and spitting out teeth after Trump's record-breaking 108-minute-long State of the Union on Tuesday.
1:12.9	I mean, I could barely get through it.
1:14.9	How did he stay awake that long?
1:17.0	I took prescription drugs.
1:22.7	The Nielsen ratings.
1:26.2	Refreshing honesty is what that is. The Nielsen ratings for hishing honesty is what that is.
1:28.8	The Nielsen ratings for his speech are in,
1:30.7	and Trump's talkathon saw an 11% decrease from last year.
1:35.5	Yeah.
1:37.6	I mean, Donald Trump is really dragging down broadcast television.
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