Episode
The Colbert Report: Steven Johnson
Overview
Steven Johnson talks about Joseph Priestley, the man who first realized that plants actually create the oxygen we breathe.
Details
- Series
- The Colbert Report
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 32
- Air date
- 2009-03-05
Episode context
Steven Johnson is Episode 32 in Season 5 of The Colbert Report. It aired on 2009-03-05.
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