Stephen Presents: Katherine LaNasa (Extended) | 'The Pitt'

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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Tv & Film, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.4 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Stephen Colbert jumps on the podcast to rave about the hospital drama everybody's talking about before a podcast-exclusive extended interview with everyone's favorite TV nurse, Emmy-winner Katherine LaNasa! New episodes of "The Pitt" premiere Thursdays on HBO Max. Tune in all week long for more behind-the-scenes Stephen on The Late Show Pod Show!

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0:00.0	The Philly Cheese Stack is back at McDonald's and it's still intensely cheesy.
0:04.0	Imagine the cheesiest thing ever. Now cover it in cheese.
0:06.0	Add two beef patties, cheddar cheese sauce, crispy onions and even more cheese.
0:10.0	The Philly Cheese Stack.
0:12.0	Did we mention it's cheesy?
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0:29.8	Hey, everybody. This is The Late Show Pod Show. I'm here with my boss, Stephen Colbert. Hi, Stephen.
0:34.8	Hey, Becca. I'm Becca. I'm a producer here at The Late Show. Yes, you are. Yeah, and previously on The Late Show pod show, if you tuned in last night, we were talking about the
0:38.4	Winter Olympics.
0:39.4	People are watching TV, but not the light show because we're off this week, but we'll
0:42.5	be back next week.
0:43.3	I'm definitely watching TV, though.
0:45.1	I'm not missing any of the Olympics.
0:47.1	I'm not watching that.
0:47.9	And you know what else I'm watching?
0:48.8	The Olympics of TV watching the pit.
0:51.0	I'm watching the pit.
0:52.0	So good. I'm binging. So good. I'm rewatching because they talk kind of fast sometimes.
0:56.4	Dr. Ravi. Dr. Ravi. So troubled. Yeah. This is Kathleen Nasa, who is just... Oh, how lovely. What a lovely. I only met her once at the Emmys before, but I so enjoyed this interview. She seems like just a capital person. Yeah. And love Nurse Dana. Great character. Great. Love that accent. Honestly, one of those situations where she comes out on the show and you're like, where's the accent? Yeah, why she's not like you're from Pittsburgh? Yeah, exactly. I, my reaction when I saw the pit the first time, I mean, I watched a couple of episodes in, I'm like, who is this actress? She's so great. She's like, it's like watching Catherine La Nassau do that part was like the first time I heard one by you two. I went, they can't have written this. This is too much of a classic. This has to be a cover. How can this be like new? Yeah. And when I see her, it was like, how could I not know who this person is? How can she be this good? Yeah. How can she be this good and I've never seen her? Totally. She's great. Best part of the pit. But please enjoy this. I don't know, but the best part of the pit. I mean, there are many very good, there are many very good people on the pit. Yeah. Kathleen Luss is fantastic.
2:01.5	I just want to take a,
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