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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Meanwhile | Popcorn Sandwich

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

Tv & Film, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.42.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Meanwhile... A man set a world record for fastest-moving trash can, a food delivery robot was hit by a train, 1909's hottest sandwich recipe was popcorn on bread, and Stephen learns a new term from Gen Z.

Transcript

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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.

0:31.2

It's the Late Show Pancho with Stephen Colbert.

0:39.3

Folks, if you watch the show, then you know that most nights I spend most of my time right

0:44.7

over there in the news confectionery, tempering the most topical 70% of Valorona dark chocolate

0:50.4

story ganache with heavy cream, truffle oil and vanilla, which I drizzle

0:54.3

over a rare French Peregord Truffle.

0:56.6

Then lay on a bed of sugar pearls

0:58.4

to create the elegant house of Kniepschkilt.

1:02.8

La Madeline Autruf,

1:05.0

chocolate bonbon that is my monologue.

1:07.0

But sometimes, just sometimes, folks,

1:08.7

I regain consciousness in the trunk of an abandoned

1:10.8

95 Pontiac Sunfire and scrape some mounted sourpatch kids off the dashboard into a discarded

1:17.1

packet of fun dip and watch a tire fire while gnawing on the ass taffy of news that is my segment.

1:24.9

Meanwhile.

1:29.6

As tacky.

1:33.1

I love the term ass-tacky.

1:35.5

Some nice ass-tacky.

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