Michael J. Fox | Tearing Down The House

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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President Trump is literally tearing down the White House to build his fantasy ballroom, another Republican has been exposed for sending racist text messages and praising Nazis, and police in Alabama forcibly detained a 61 year-old woman who wore an inflatable penis costume to the “No Kings” rally. Stephen Colbert looks at the ways artificial intelligence companies are seeking to boost revenue as investors begin to worry that the A.I. stock bubble could burst. Big-screen legend Michael J. Fox tells Stephen that he’s proud to leverage his celebrity status to be a representative for people afflicted with Parkinson’s disease, especially when that means going up on stage to play guitar with Coldplay at the Glastonbury festival. Michael J. Fox’s memoir, “Future Boy,” is available now. 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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1:07.2	Welcome, welcome to The Late Show.
1:08.7	I'm your host Stephen Colbert.
1:09.6	Folks.
1:20.8	You know, at this point, after two terms, after two terms, what are with nine months into this,
1:25.7	you'd think it would be impossible for us to be shocked by Donald Trump.
1:28.2	But give the man credit every so often, he takes the time to attach the electrodes to our nipples.
1:32.2	And then it feels like the first time.
1:39.0	Case in point, yesterday, as part of his White House
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