• List of Episodes (161)
    • 1. David Gregory

      05 Jan '09
      Jon wants David Gregory to explain why Brett Favre walking off his charter plane is breaking news on MSBNC.
    • 2. Michael Wolff

      06 Jan '09
      Author Michael Wolff.
    • 3. Rachel Maddow

      07 Jan '09
      Wyatt Cenac, Samantha Bee and John Oliver go undercover for more information on the Obama girls. Aasif Mandvi says Sanjay Gupta's appointment will be a tremendous over achievement in a community of overachievers. Rachel Maddow is insulted as an American that the Obamas can't stay in the presidential guesthouse.
    • 4. Dana Perino

      08 Jan '09
      Barack Obama dines with all the living ex-presidents, and Joe the Plumber goes to Gaza. Roland Burris is turned away while trying to take his Senate seat. Dana Perino talks about her 12 days left in the White House.
    • 5. Maxwell Kennedy

      12 Jan '09
      Barack Obama doesn't sound like a newly elected president. John Oliver explains Rod Blagojevich's Tennyson reference. Jason Jones learns how to be a great pundit, and Maxwell Kennedy discusses kamikaze pilots.
    • 6. Daniel Craig

      13 Jan '09
    • 7. Fareed Zakaria

      14 Jan '09
      Marcus Schrenker is caught faking his own death. Hillary Clinton gets sleepy at her confirmation hearing. Lewis Black lists the mega corporations asking for bailouts, and Fareed Zakaria talks about terrorism in India.
    • 8. Bethany McLean

      15 Jan '09
    • 9. Abderrahim Foukara

      19 Jan '09
    • 10. Bishop Gene Robinson

      20 Jan '09
      A veritable who's who of statesmen arrives for Barack Obama's historic inauguration. Jason Jones brushes off any comparisons between the Obama and Bush speeches. Wyatt Cenac reports from Obama's crazy-cool inaugural ball. Samantha Bee declares an end to frat boy humor, and Gene Robinson prays for Rick Warren.
    • 11. David Sanger

      21 Jan '09
      Barack Obama watches the inaugural parade and then hits the parties. John Oliver feels the unity in DC, the news networks cover the inauguration differently, and David Sanger warns of the danger Pakistan poses.
    • 12. Liam Neeson

      22 Jan '09
      Hillary Clinton frees the State Department, and Barack Obama moves to close Guantanamo Bay. Gitmo is excited to leave, but he still wants to kill you. Rush Limbaugh hopes Barack Obama fails, and Liam Neeson visits the horse stable next door.
    • 13. President Jimmy Carter

      26 Jan '09
      Rod Blagojevich boycotts his own impeachment trial, Barack Obama closes down Guantanamo, and Jon gives Jimmy Carter a gift.
    • 14. Gwen Ifill

      27 Jan '09
    • 15. Neil DeGrasse Tyson

      28 Jan '09
    • 16. P.W. Singer

      29 Jan '09
    • 17. Lawrence Lindsey

      02 Feb '09
      The Republicans pick Michael Steele as their RNC chairman, and now Wyatt Cenac is confused. The Super Bowl ads show where we are as a culture, and Lawrence Lindsey agrees with Jon's stimulus plan.
    • 18. Dev Patel

      03 Feb '09
      The star of Slumdog Millionaire drops by to promote the Oscar-nominated movie.
    • 19. Karen Greenberg

      04 Feb '09
    • 20. Randall Balmer

      05 Feb '09
      Author of God in the White House: A History: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W.
    • 21. Walter Isaacson

      09 Feb '09
    • 22. Thomas Ricks

      10 Feb '09
      Barack Obama gives thoughtful answers at a press conference. Samantha Bee meets a few robot soldiers, and Thomas Ricks says we'll be in Iraq for a long time.
    • 23. Daniel Sperling

      11 Feb '09
      The author of "Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability" draws up a road map to smarter energy policy.
    • 24. John Sununu

      12 Feb '09
    • 25. Jeff Bezos

      23 Feb '09
      Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon.