The amazing Glenn Close returned to The Late Show to teach Stephen a little Farsi she picked up while filming the Israeli spy series, "Tehran," and to chat about their shared love for the 1966 film, “A Man For All Seasons.” Watch Glenn in Season 2 of “Tehran” on AppleTV+.
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Glenn Close And Stephen Bond Over Their Favorite Film

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Stephen Colbert and his podcast producer Becca exchange solar eclipse stories and more in this Pod Show exclusive introduction to Neil deGrasse Tyson's extended 2022 interview promoting his book, "Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization.” 
Neil deGrasse Tyson originally aired September 22nd, 2022.
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Stephen Presents: Neil deGrasse Tyson (Extended)

Stephen is back on the podcast to give some context to a long-running bit with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin in this special introduction to her latest appearance on The Late Show. Goodwin recalls the feeling of demonstrating in support of civil rights in the 1960s and urges young people to get out and push back against present-day forces that threaten to take away the rights and freedoms achieved decades ago. Her latest book “An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s” is available now.
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Stephen Presents: Doris Kearns Goodwin

Emmy Award-winner Paul Walter Hauser tells Stephen about getting sober in the middle of shooting “Blackbird,” and says his lifelong love of wrestling led him to go pro. Hauser’s latest project, “Orion and the Dark” is on Netflix now (Originally aired January 31st, 2024). 
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Emmy Winner Paul Walter Hauser

Stephen announces The Late Show is bound for Chicago this summer, meanwhile… British shepherds figured out that Axe body spray keeps their sheep from fighting, the CMO of Taco Bell says his special order is “life changing,” and NBA star Boban Marjanović is being hailed as a true American hero after winning free chicken for the crowd at a Rockets-Clippers game. 
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Meanwhile | Clippers Fans Get Free Chicken

Acclaimed actor Anna Sawai tells Stephen about living inside her “Shōgun” character’s skin for ten months while filming in Vancouver, and she teaches him how to do the character’s special walk. New episodes of FX’s “Shōgun” air Tuesdays on Hulu.
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Glenn Close And Stephen Bond Over Their Favorite Film

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