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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Stephen & Evie | Late Show Book Club

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

News, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Stephen and Evie Colbert chat about The Late Show Book Club’s pick, “This Is Happiness” by Niall Williams, how books played a big role in their courtship, and the song that means the most to them. 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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0:00.0

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0:03.0

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0:20.0

Come in, shoes off. What's the wife, babe? Most stream the new series I'm binging. Please, can we listen to something that isn't Christmas music? Can you, um, you search out of de-frost a turkey quickly? Everyone, we're going to video call Auntie Audrey now. Mom, Joe's talking to telly again. Can we share a video with a dog in his outfit?

0:38.2

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0:51.3

It's the late show,acho with Steven Colbert.

1:00.0

All right.

1:02.0

May the best reader win.

1:04.0

Well, that's going to be you then. I've already lost.

1:07.0

So this month, Stephen and Evie, you picked a book from a couple years back that you both loved.

1:15.5

This is Happiness by Nile Williams.

1:17.9

Evie, you read This is Happiness first.

1:20.2

What did you love about this book so much that you wanted to share it with the Late Show Book Club?

1:24.4

Oh, gosh, so many things.

1:25.6

I think, well, I'm a sucker for Irish books. And,

1:29.8

you know, he sets the location so beautifully because it's in this town, Faja, in 1958. So I was

1:36.7

drawn into the mood and the location. But it really is, I think, also, it's a book about place and time, but it's also a book about

1:45.5

love and friendship and a coming-of-age story. There was just so many things I loved about it.

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