LIVE Following The SOTU | John Dickerson

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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Tv & Film, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.4 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Stephen Colbert delivers his LIVE monologue following President Trump’s record-setting State of the Union address, where the unpopular leader demonized Democrats and touted his policy that kicked millions of Americans off food stamps. Not present at the speech were the gold medal-winning women of Team USA Hockey who declined the president’s invitation and chose instead to celebrate their achievement alongside Flavor Flav in Las Vegas. Brilliant journalist John Dickerson offers an historical perspective on why Congress invites the president to deliver a yearly speech to the chamber, and why the founders carefully set up a system that awards equal powers to the three branches of government. Listen to his podcasts, “Navel Gazing” and Slate’s “Political Gabfest,” available wherever you get your podcasts.

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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.
0:34.7	Welcome.
0:36.2	Oh, you feel the electricity in this room.
0:39.3	Welcome to the show, everybody.
0:41.3	Welcome to the Lake Show, my friends, in here and out there.
0:44.3	I'm your host Stephen Colbert.
0:46.3	Ladies and gentlemen, as you can see from the official bug,
0:50.3	we are live right there following the State of the Union.
0:53.3	I didn't know what to expect.
0:55.8	These are always kind of rough with Trump.
0:58.5	So just to smooth things out, right before the speech, I dropped an edible and strapped in.
1:05.6	Just like, just following Michelle Obama's advice, when they go low, we get high.
1:11.3	Now, I'm joking. Obviously, I'm joking.
1:16.7	It was incredibly long.
1:18.8	In fact, tonight, Trump broke the record for the longest state of the union address in history.
1:24.4	Yeah.
1:26.2	It went on so long that this was Senator John Ossoff at the beginning, and this is him
1:31.2	after.
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