Season 13
01 Ronald Seeber
Tonight, a professor of labor relations at Cornell University who shares his views on worker strikes, Ronald Seeber. Jon begins tonights show by sharing his statement of solidarity with the writer's strike by showcasing his unibrow. Also, the show's name has been changed until the strike is over to A Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Jon then reports on the winners of the Iowa caucus. Finally, Jon summarizes the conflict surrounding the Writers Guild strike in a segment called "Space Reserved For Clever Pun".
2008-01-0702 David Frum
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2008-01-0803 John Zogby
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2008-01-0904 Lou Dobbs
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2008-01-1005 Fareed Zakaria
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2008-01-1406 Amb. John Bolton
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2008-01-1507 Jonah Goldberg
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2008-01-1608 Allen Raymond
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2008-01-1709 Jon Meacham
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2008-01-2110 Jim Wallis
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2008-01-2211 P.J. O'Rourke
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2008-01-2312 Gerri Willis
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2008-01-2413 Phil Simms
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2008-01-2814 Doris Kearns Goodwin
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2008-01-2915 Peggy Noonan
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2008-01-3016 Karen Tumulty
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2008-01-3117 Tim Gunn
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2008-02-04 8.018 Chris Wallace
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2008-02-0519 Tom Brokaw
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2008-02-0620 Laton McCartney
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2008-02-0721 Philip Shenon
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2008-02-1122 Bill Kristol
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2008-02-1223 Mark Siegel
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2008-02-1324 Lee Siegel
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2008-02-1425 Madeleine Albright
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2008-02-2626 Allen Guelzo
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2008-02-2727 Brian Williams
Tonight, the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams. Jon begins tonight's show with a look at Bush's recent presidential news conference and his trip to Africa in a segment called "Bushman of Africa". Senior White House Correspondent John Oliver was along for the ride with President Bush in Africa and talks with Jon about his experience. Finally, Expert Youth Politics Reporter on Voting Demetri Martin reports on why the youth vote is so important this election year in a segment called "Trendspotting with Demetri Martin". The TDS Street Team hits the New York City bar scene and asks young people who their voting for.
2008-02-2828 Hillary Clinton
Tonight, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
2008-03-0329 Ralph Nader
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2008-03-0430 Martin Fletcher
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2008-03-0531 Sen. Tom Daschle
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2008-03-0632 Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell
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2008-03-1033 Grover Norquist
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2008-03-1134 Ronald Kessler
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2008-03-1235 Dana Perino
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2008-03-1336 Brian Fagan
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2008-03-1737 Jeffrey Sachs
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2008-03-1838 Sen. Arlen Specter
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2008-03-1939 Alex Kingsbury
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2008-03-2040 Sen. Chuck Hagel
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2008-03-3141 Simon LeVay
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2008-04-0142 William Safire
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2008-04-0243 George Clooney
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2008-04-0344 Nathan Lane
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2008-04-0745 Cokie Roberts
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2008-04-0846 Steve Coll
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2008-04-0947 Aram Roston
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2008-04-1048 Judd Apatow
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2008-04-1449 Jack Goldsmith
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2008-04-1550 Peter Steinfels
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2008-04-1651 Uma Thurman
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2008-04-1752 Sen. Barack Obama
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2008-04-2153 John Waters
Tonight, cult film director John Waters. Jon begins the show tonight looking at the presidential candidates addressing the audience of the WWE. Next, Jon takes a look at so-called military analysts the media uses, but the Pentagon call message force multipliers in a segment called "The Less You Know". Senior Military Analyst Rob Riggle talks with Jon about the recent Pentagon report about Pakistan being a safe haven for terrorists. Finally, Samantha Bee and Larry Wilmore visit Pennsylvania and talk with some voters.
2008-04-2254 Howard Fineman
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2008-04-2355 Colin Firth
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2008-04-2456 Jimmy Carter
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2008-04-28 7.057 Newt Gingrich
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2008-04-2958 Robert Schlesinger
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2008-04-3059 Howard Dean
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2008-05-0160 Sen. Harry Reid
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2008-05-0561 Fareed Zakaria
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2008-05-0662 John McCain
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2008-05-0763 David D. Perlmutter
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2008-05-0864 Douglas J. Feith
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2008-05-1265 Bill Moyers
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2008-05-1366 John Harwood
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2008-05-1467 Denis Leary
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2008-05-1568 Matt Taibbi
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2008-05-2769 Fred Burton
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2008-05-2870 Richard Clark
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2008-05-2971 Scott McClellan
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2008-06-0272 David Sedaris
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2008-06-0373 Barbara Walters
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2008-06-0474 Adam Sandler
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2008-06-0575 Sen. Jim Webb
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2008-06-0976 Ralph Reed
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2008-06-1077 Rick Shenkman
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2008-06-1178 Richard Engel
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2008-06-1279 David Iglesis
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2008-06-1680 Lara Logan
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2008-06-1781 Steve Carell
Tonight, comedian and actor Steve Carell talks about his new movie Get Smart.
2008-06-1882 Mike Myers
Tonight, actor and comedian Mike Myers talks about his new movie The Love Guru.
2008-06-19
83 James McAvoy
Tonight, actor James McAvoy talks about his new movie with Angeline Jolie, Wanted.
2008-06-23 7.0
84 James Harding
Tonight, the editor from The Times in London, James Harding talks about his new book Alpha Dogs: The Americans Who Turned Political Spin into a Global Business.
2008-06-24
85 Coldplay
Tonight, English rock band Coldplay sing a few songs from their new album, Viva La Vida.
2008-06-25
86 Ted Koppel
Tonight, Ted Koppel talks about his new special about the symbiotic relationship between the U.S. and China on the Discovery Channel called The People's Republic of Capitalism.
2008-06-26
87 Andrew Ward
Author Andrew Ward discusses his new book, The Slaves' War.
2008-07-14
88 Pierce Brosnan
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2008-07-1589 Kenneth Pollack
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2008-07-1690 Maggie Gyllenhaal
Jon breaks out the Dobbs-O-Meter to measure how well the presidential candidates are doing with the Latino community. Kristen Schaal studies the cougar species, and invents her own name for men who date younger women. Maggie Gyllenhaal tells Jon how Batman made her weak in the knees.
2008-07-1791 Richard Bitner
Barack Obama travels to the Middle East with all three major network news anchors tagging along. Rob Riggle, Larry Wilmore, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac and Ed Helms are excited to cover Obama's trip to Baghdad. Wyatt Cenac goes to South Florida to find out which candidate the elderly Jews are voting for, and Richard Bitner explains the risky business of subprime mortgages.
2008-07-2192 Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly
Obama Quest continues as Barack Obama visits his birthplace in Bethlehem. Former high-ranking Bush administration officials refuse to answer questions from the House Judiciary Committee, while John Oliver explains we're in a golden age of obstructive politics, and we don't even know it. Lewis Black lists America's insane deals in its End of an Empire Sale, and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly show off their calves.
2008-07-2293 T.J. English
Robert Novak hits a pedestrian with his car, and Barack Obama visits the holy land.
2008-07-2394 Geo Beach
Geo Beach, host of the History Channel's "Tougher in Alaska," tells Jon why America's coldest state is also its greatest.
2008-07-2495 Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tells Jon about her new book, "Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters.
2008-07-2896 Bill Bishop
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2008-07-2997 Ben Wattenberg
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2008-07-3098 Brian Williams
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2008-07-3199 Dennis Hopper
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2008-08-04100 Seth Rogan
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2008-08-05101 Sen. Chuck Schumer
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2008-08-06102 David Gregory
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2008-08-07103 Ron Suskind
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2008-08-11 7.0104 Sen. Mel Martinez
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2008-08-12105 Philip Pan
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2008-08-13106 Ben Stiller
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2008-08-14
107 Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.1 (Gov. Tim Kaine)
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2008-08-26108 Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.2 (Howard Dean)
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2008-08-27109 Evan Bayh
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2008-08-28110 Barack Obamas Acceptance Speech
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2008-08-29111 Brian Williams
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2008-09-02112 Newt Gingrich
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2008-09-03
113 Mike Huckabee
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2008-09-04114 Senator McCains Acceptance Speech
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2008-09-05
115 Barton Gellman
Jon Stewart discusses the importance of blinking. Sarah Palin will talk to the press as soon as they stop asking her questions. Jason Jones is the only correspondent in the news team with his own spin-off. Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman discusses his book Angler about Dick Cheney's time as the vice-president.
2008-09-15116 Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais talks about his new film, Ghost Town.
2008-09-16117 Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron talks about her new movie Battle In Seattle.
2008-09-17
118 Tony Blair
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2008-09-18119 Bill Clinton
Former President Bill Clinton stops by the show tonight to discuss the current election.
2008-09-23
120 Aaron Eckhart
Aaron Eckhart discusses his role in The Dark Knight.
2008-09-24
121 Bob Schieffer
Journalist and host of CBS's Face the Nation Bob Schieffer talks about his new book Bob Schieffer's America.
2008-09-25
122 Hooman Majd
Wyatt Cenac watches the debate with some elderly Jewish residents, and Hooman Majd explains that it's within Iran's rights to have nuclear enrichment of uranium on their own soil.
2008-09-29 8.0
123 Bill Maher
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2008-09-30124 Peggy Noonan
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2008-10-01125 Clint Eastwood
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2008-10-02
126 Tim Robbins
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2008-10-06
127 Sarah Vowell
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2008-10-07
128 Michelle Obama
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2008-10-08
129 Robert De Niro
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2008-10-09 6.0
130 Amity Shlaes
Amity Shlaes discusses her book "The Forgotten Man".
2008-10-13
131 Ari Fleischer
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2008-10-14
132 Richard Lewis
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2008-10-15
133 Robert Reich
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2008-10-16134 Eugene Jarecki
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2008-10-20135 Christopher Buckley
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2008-10-21136 Tom Brokaw
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2008-10-22137 Gov. Jon Corzine
Jon Corzine talks about the effects of the financial crisis on New Jersey.
2008-10-23138 Campbell Brown
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2008-10-27
139 Steve Martin
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2008-10-28
140 Senator Barack Obama
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2008-10-29141 Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol believes Obama will be a conventionally liberal president.
2008-10-30142 Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin believes Barack Obama will win, no question.
2008-11-03
143 Indecision 2008: America's Choice
The towering giants of fake news reunite for their hour-long Election Night special, Indecision 2008: America's Choice. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert report live from Indecision World Headquarters where Comedy Central has rounded up the best researchers and consultants (that it can afford) to provide shallow analysis, obscure factoids, random guesses and pointless sound.
2008-11-04
144 Chris Wallace
The Fox News Sunday anchor delivers an election postmortem.
2008-11-05
145 Paul Rudd
With guest Paul Rudd.
2008-11-06
146 Thomas Friedman
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2008-11-11
147 T. Boone Pickens
Sarah Palin launches a PR blitz, and T. Boone Pickens wants to end our dependence on foreign oil.
2008-11-12
148 Bill O'Reilly
Paul Broun compares Obama to Hitler, and Jon doesn't want Bill O'Reilly to be afraid anymore.
2008-11-13
149 Sir David Frost.
George W. Bush hosts the G20 Summit, and Sir David Frost discusses his legendary Nixon interview.
2008-11-17
150 Denis Leary
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2008-11-18
151 Jon Meacham
Dick Cheney is indicted, while Joe Lieberman and Ted Stevens face the wrath of their parties.
2008-11-19
152 Richard Belzer
Iraq surrenders, and Richard Belzer reads a passage from Obama's inaugural address.
2008-11-20
153 Anne Hathaway
Three people die in an attempt to get a jump on their holiday shopping. John Oliver explains who is responsible for the terror attacks in Mumbai. Plaxico Burress lets down America's youth by shooting himself in the thigh. MSNBC replaces Fox News as the new administration's mouthpiece, and Anne Hathaway vows to become a train wreck.
2008-12-01
154 Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin reads his poems about Al Gore, Sarah Palin and John McCain.
2008-12-02
155 Arianna Huffington
The new Planned Parenthood gift cards make great holiday presents. George W. Bush winds down his presidency with a Charlie Gibson interview. John Hodgman lets Jon know he's also a lame duck, and Arianna Huffington explains blogging.
2008-12-03
156 Ron Howard
Three auto industry CEOs carpool to Washington to ask again for a bailout. Dr. Aasif Mandvi learns there's no cure for liberalism. Ron Howard does a cheesy Richard Nixon impression.
2008-12-04
157 Matthew Alexander
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shuts Parliament down. Samantha Bee, John Oliver and Aasif Mandvi discuss Canada's dependence on Great Britain. Matthew Alexander explains why torture is counterproductive in interrogating terrorists.
2008-12-08
158 Mike Huckabee
Rod Blagojevich couldn't have made it any easier for the authorities to arrest him. Many of the nation's newspapers are on the brink of collapse thanks to the Internet. Mike Huckabee says the reason we have so much government is because people don't behave well with each other.
2008-12-09
159 Don Rickles
Jason Jones shows some telling footage from his interview with Rod Blagojevich three years ago. Rob Riggle and his uniquely physical interviewing style won't soon be forgotten. Don Rickles gloats over beating Jon at the Emmys.
2008-12-10
160 Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hall & Oates perform a song about Alan Colmes and how much he means to all of us. Larry Wilmore says African-Americans support Proposition 8 because marriage is their holiest of holy institutions. Philip Seymour Hoffman shares what he learned about the catholic church while filming "Doubt.
2008-12-11