Episode
The Colbert Report: David Ross, Ed Colbert, Adam Gopnik
Overview
Adam Gopnik claims that faith and fear no longer rule our lives because of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin.
Details
- Series
- The Colbert Report
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 2009-02-12
Episode context
David Ross, Ed Colbert, Adam Gopnik is Episode 24 in Season 5 of The Colbert Report. It aired on 2009-02-12.
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