Stephen Presents: Terry Gross (Extended)
The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
CBS
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In this extra long, extra exclusive Pod Show introduction, Stephen Colbert and his producer Becca talk about carousels, The Knack, reading from a prompter, what it's like being interviewed by Terry Gross, and more behind-the-scenes thoughts and feelings that you won't hear Stephen talk about anywhere else! Then enjoy this beautiful, extended interview with radio icon Terry Gross, featuring stories from early in her life and career that we didn't have time to air on TV.
Terry Gross originally aired January 8th, 2026.
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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. |
| 0:34.9 | Hi, Becca. |
| 0:35.9 | Hi, Stephen. |
| 0:36.7 | How's it going? |
| 0:37.1 | You beat me this time. |
| 0:37.8 | I did. |
| 0:38.2 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 0:38.6 | You got to go for that brash ring. |
| 0:40.2 | Yeah, catch up on the podcast if you haven't tuned in this week and you'll get that joke. By the way, when I say go for the brass ring, do you know what that means? I don't know what that means. Oh, this is, okay. But have you heard the term before? You got to go for the... |
| 0:50.5 | I've heard you say it, yeah. |
| 0:51.4 | You've heard me say it? |
| 0:52.9 | Oh, my God. |
| 0:53.9 | I'm giving you 19th century entertainment references. |
| 0:57.5 | Go for the Brass Rand. I've heard you say it, yeah. You've heard me say it? Oh, my God. I'm giving you 19th century entertainment references. |
| 0:57.5 | Go for the brass ring or reach for the brass ring. |
| 1:00.2 | Is that merry-go-round used to have an additional game. |
| 1:03.4 | Oh. |
| 1:04.0 | Is that you'd be on the merry-go-round, but on, there'd be a little arm outside of the merry-go-round, on a post, and there'd be a little arm on the outside of the merry-ground on a post, and there'd be a little |
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