The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

In this exclusive Pod Show introduction, Stephen tells the Late Show listeners why Yo-Yo Ma loves coming on the show, and why the show loves having him! Then hear the national treasure and virtuoso's EXTENDED conversation about music, energy, and how humans relate to the rest of the natural world. Go to YouTube.com/ColbertLateShow for a performance by Yo-Yo Ma and listen to the "Our Common Nature" podcast, available now. Yo-Yo Ma originally aired January 13th, 2026. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this extra long, extra exclusive Pod Show introduction, Stephen Colbert and his producer Becca talk about carousels, The Knack, reading from a prompter, what it's like being interviewed by Terry Gross, and more behind-the-scenes thoughts and feelings that you won't hear Stephen talk about anywhere else! Then enjoy this beautiful, extended interview with radio icon Terry Gross, featuring stories from early in her life and career that we didn't have time to air on TV. Terry Gross originally aired January 8th, 2026. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stephen's on the podcast telling the origin story of The Late Show's resident First Lady: Broadway star and friend-of-the-show Laura Benanti! Hear her latest performance as Melania, followed by a conversation with Stephen as her lovely self from 2017 when she explains how she first prepared for her iconic impression. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stephen Colbert jumps on the podcast to rave about the hospital drama everybody's talking about before a podcast-exclusive extended interview with everyone's favorite TV nurse, Emmy-winner Katherine LaNasa! New episodes of "The Pitt" premiere Thursdays on HBO Max. Tune in all week long for more behind-the-scenes Stephen on The Late Show Pod Show! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stephen returns to the podcast booth for a week of exclusive behind-the-scenes stories you won't hear anywhere else! Tonight, he slides down memory lane and recalls his bobsled run at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games before launching into an extended interview with friend of the show, Tim Meadows. The actor, comedian and "kitty daddy" reunites with his old friend Stephen Colbert for a hilarious discussion about music, pet parenthood, his new life in Detroit, and his new CBS comedy, "DMV." Tim Meadows originally aired October 14th, 2025. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you don’t know the first concert he attended, or which animal he fears most, do you really know legendary director James Cameron? Watch his latest film, “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” in theaters now. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evie McGee Colbert stops by to help her sweetie Stephen pick out the perfect cards for Valentine’s Day, but before they get started, Stephen has a surprise for his lovely wife.  The Late Show Pod Show has the EXCLUSIVE extended segment with the Colberts that you won't hear anywhere else! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Writer, podcaster and the official chaplain of Colbert Nation, Father James Martin, tells Stephen in this podcast-exclusive EXTENDED interview about the life lessons he learned at jobs as varied as dishwasher and corporate executive, and how each functioned as a step on his path towards the priesthood. His book, "Work in Progress," is out now. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump complained about the bad publicity he got after his immigration forces murdered two people in Minneapolis, the United States military has a weapon nicknamed “The Discombobulator,” and there are a surprising number of references to a bran muffin recipe in the Epstein files. Six-time GRAMMY-winner and future Broadway producer James Taylor sits down for a fascinating EXCLUSIVE chat with Stephen Colbert, who asks the Songwriting Hall of Famer to identify which five of his songs are his favorites - only on The Late Show Pod Show! Then check out his live performance in The Ed Sullivan Theater on our YouTube page: www.YouTube.com/ColbertLateShow To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump made misogynistic comments to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Speaker Mike Johnson claims to know more about The Bible than the Pope, and journalists are outraged at Jeff Bezos over mass layoffs in the newsroom at The Washington Post. Stage and screen legend Ian McKellen sits down for an extended conversation with Stephen Colbert about his long career as a performer, reprising his roles as Gandalf and Magneto in upcoming films, the unique joys of live theater, and the Shakespeare role he originated in the 1960s which resonates just as loudly today. Grab tickets to see Ian McKellen in “An Ark,” playing now in New York City at The Shed: https://www.theshed.org/program/484-an-ark.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kid Rock is set to headline an unofficial Super Bowl halftime show for conservatives who don’t like Bad Bunny, the mascots for the 2026 Winter Olympics have been revealed, and Chicago residents can visit http://Chicagoshovels.org to vote to name their new snow plow after Stephen Colbert. President Trump is publicly campaigning for Republicans to take control of elections away from the states, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said “the American people need to understand that it isn’t a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.” Acclaimed actor Mark Ruffalo traces his rebellious nature from his early days clowning around in Kenosha, Wisconsin, all the way through to his acting career where he’s not afraid to fib about his skills in an audition. Then Mark Ruffalo offers a sneak peek at the action in his new film where he plays a jewelry thief alongside co-stars Halle Berry and Chris Hemsworth. “Crime 101” is in theaters next Friday.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is referenced thousands of times and accused of hideous crimes in the latest release of documents from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the Department of Justice failed to redact the identities and personal information of many of Epstein’s victims, and the DOJ announced that there will be no investigation into any of the prominent men implicated in the files. “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver stops by to help Stephen Colbert raise some cash for World Central Kitchen by auctioning off one-of-a-kind pieces of television history ahead of the series finale of The Late Show. Learn more about what’s up for grabs and help raise money for a great cause at http://colbertlateshow.com/ebay.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you don't know the story of her first concert, or her earliest memory, do you really know Hollywood icon Jodie Foster? See her new film, "A Private Life," in theaters now! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meanwhile... Junk from space is falling from the sky, DNA science is helping us learn more about ancient STDs, a Chinese mushroom makes you see tiny people, gym-goers need to go wash their hands right now, Sydney Sweeney has been accused of an undergarment misdemeanor, a bus driver in Delaware did the unthinkable, and scientists announced a big leap forward in robotic speech. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jacob Soboroff, author and Senior Political and National Correspondent for MS NOW, has been on the ground covering Trump's violent immigration policy as put into practice by the likes of Greg Bovino and Tom Homan. His new book, "Firestorm," is both personal, as it chronicles his experience watching his childhood neighborhood burn down in last year's Los Angeles fires, and universal as it serves to warn the public that the fires of the future are here today. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Boss dropped a fiery anti-ICE protest song, the people of Milan don’t want Trump’s DHS thugs to provide security at the Winter Olympics, the president’s latest MAGA fundraising email is bizarrely threatening, and no one wants to see the First Lady’s movie. Stephen surprises Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner Alexander Skarsgård with a special Late Show gift before deep-diving into the sexy world of Skarsgård’s latest film. “Pillion” is in select theaters February 6th and opens nationwide on February 20th.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Americans are expressing their anger about ICE in some unlikely corners of the internet, Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller are pointing fingers at each other as the administration does damage control over Alex Pretti’s murder, Rep. Ilhan Omar bravely fended off a bizarre attack at a speech in Minneapolis, and 40 million gallons of poo are washing into the Potomac River every day.  If you don’t know his earliest memory, or which five words he’d use to describe the rest of his life, do you really know Super Bowl Halftime show star Bad Bunny? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump tried to clean up the mess he made in Minnesota by moving Greg “Little Napoleon” Bovino out and lambasting Homeland Security head Kristi Noem, the president’s body and mind are in pretty rough shape, and the First Lady’s self-titled film is a box office stinker. It’s so cold in Georgia that ice-covered trees are exploding, America’s premiere weather-predicting mammal could lose his job to a hologram, and the world’s hottest viral toy is a stuffed horse from China. Stephen Colbert’s extended interview with Oscar-winner Sam Rockwell goes delightfully off the rails as the two talk about Rockwell’s early jobs in New York City, acting gigs on cop shows, and why time travel movies usually don’t work. Watch Sam Rockwell in the new film, “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die,” in theaters February 13th. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Trump Administration is lying about the killing of Alex Pretti, Pretti’s family wants everyone to know the truth about who he was and what happened to him, and America’s founding document outlines what should be done if the government turns on its citizens. Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania pledges to protect the people of Pennsylvania in the event that President Trump chooses to target his state next. Grab a copy of his new memoir, “Where We Keep The Light,” available tomorrow.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Acclaimed actress Jessica Williams says that her friendship with Harrison Ford is as fun off-screen as it is between their characters in the hit show, "Shrinking." Tune in for this exclusive extended interview with Stephen and Jessica as they discuss DIY upholstery, their dogs' astrological signs, and more - only on The Late Show Pod Show! The third season of "Shrinking" premieres next Wednesday on AppleTV. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices