If you own a smartphone, you can't say that you're not on the internet too much.

I went and got my booster on Friday and I sat down and as I sat down, I reached into

this code pocket here and pulled out my phone and flipped it open to look at it.

And I went, oh, why did I really need to do that?

I have 15 minutes here because you have to wait 15 minutes before you leave.

Right.

I could just spend 15 minutes people watching.

And so I did and I people watched and every single person was on their phone.

And so I went, that fuck it, I'll do the same thing.

I'm John Fabreau.

Welcome to offline.

Hey, everyone.

My guest this week is Stephen Colbert, host of the Late Show on CBS.

Stephen is, by all accounts, one of the funniest and most successful comedians of our time.

He's an alum of Second City and the Daily Show who went on to play a satirical version

of a right-wing pundit on the Colbert Report before taking over for David Letterman on the

Late Show.

But anyone who knows Stephen or works with him will tell you that what sets him apart

is what a thoughtful, genuine and fundamentally decent human being he is when he's off stage.

He talks so much about politics on his show because he actually cares deeply about the

state of our democracy.

And his views on everything from media and culture to both political parties run much deeper

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