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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Meanwhile | Gym Germs, Robot Lips

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

Tv & Film, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.42.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Meanwhile... Junk from space is falling from the sky, DNA science is helping us learn more about ancient STDs, a Chinese mushroom makes you see tiny people, gym-goers need to go wash their hands right now, Sydney Sweeney has been accused of an undergarment misdemeanor, a bus driver in Delaware did the unthinkable, and scientists announced a big leap forward in robotic speech.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:59.9

It's the late show's hot show with Stephen Colbert.

1:08.2

Folks, if you watch this show, and I hope you do, you know that I spend most my time right over there in the news factory,

1:14.9

hand polishing the most topical, clear and satin crystal story panels decorated in fembraille laveille, and jeure de pipos patterns,

1:25.0

to create the stunning, and elegant Lalik serene

1:27.8

40-prism chandelier that is my nightly monologue,

1:30.1

but sometimes, just sometimes, folks,

1:31.6

while coming down from a trank bender,

1:33.9

I fall out of an HVAC duct

1:35.7

into an abandoned spirit Halloween,

1:37.6

strip the power cable from a busted mini-fridge,

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