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ago, and scientists nicknamed them the hobbits because of their resemblance to the middle earth dwellers in the lord of the rings books. this week experts published a new study saying that ancestor of those so-called hobbits were even tinier. >> oh jeeze. >> the study says they were several inches shorter and existed several hundred thousand years ago. >> that was more interesting than the movies and was not nine and a half hours long. >> this is heresy. >> the hobbits had big feet, iry >> russian president vladimir putin is in north korea for the first time in 24 years, his meeting with kim jong un amid mounting international concern about the military cooperation between the two countries. >> american and south korean officials have, of course, accused pyongyang of providing

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you are very kind. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheering] i do not say this often enough, but my audience is extremely hot. [cheering] literally, 'cause they stood outside for hours in what experts are calling a record-breaking heat wave. it is so hot in new york that the pantless guy on the subway is wearing his linen penis. [laughter] it's breathable. but it wrinkles like crazy. and it's not just here. 265 million americans are facing temperatures in the high 90s, thanks to a phenomenon known as a "heat dome," which our very own cbs senior weather producer david parkinson described as

"hot, hot heat." thank you, david, for that informative, informative information. to stay safe, the national weather service is advising people to go indoors and hydrate. and just in case, get a fan, a fainting couch, and say, [southern accent] "oh, lordy! i have the vapors! i have a brain fever!" it doesn't look like it's cooling down anytime soon. scientists warn heat waves will be longer, more intense, and more frequent. so, good news for mrs. heatwave. i assumed... really? you can make anything... [applause] anything can be a sex joke. i assumed the weather channel would be naming the heat dome like they do the winter storms, but they dropped the ball on this one. it's no surprise, because balls do tend to drop when it's this

hot. half the audience laughed. of course, a hot june day is a great time for a cookout. just ask senate majority leader and raisin in the trail mix insulted that you keep avoiding it, chuck schumer. schumer garnered some controversy this weekend when he was accused of staging a fake father's day photo of himself grilling. here's the pic. okay? at first glance, it just looks like any nice grandpa, wearing the shirt he napped in, offering you a delicious bunless burger. but look closer, and you'll see, he put cheese on an uncooked patty! it's a little rare for my taste. "we've got all the fixins: we got ketchup, mustard, e. coli, salmonella." [applause] schumer captioned the photo with

"father's day heaven!" which is where you're gonna be if you eat one of his burgers. oh, it was a big day for chuck schumer's friend, joe biden. today the president announced an executive action which shields undocumented spouses of u.s. citizens from deportation. that's amazing news for many immigrants and terrible news for the producers of "90 day fiance." but tlc is rolling with the changes with their new show, "undocumented milf manor." the new policy lets undocumented immigrants stay in the country while their green card is being processed, which is a big deal because previously, they had to return to their home countries to complete the process, which could mean long separations from their spouses and families, sometimes for ten years.

you can't spend that much time away from your children. you leave behind an angelic toddler and return to a monstrous tween quoting skibidy toilet memes and calling your ankle socks cringe. put a cork in it, dylan. maybe try some deodorant! not everyone qualifies for this plan. to apply, immigrants must have lived in the u.s. for 10 years and be married to a u.s. citizen, to which one immigrant said, "but we can then divorce citizen right after election and maybe push him down stairs at mar-a-lago, yes?" yes? [applause] [cheering] ooh, speaking of things that are more legal than they used to be, new yorkers are now allowed to grow marijuana in their homes.

finally, an answer for the& manhattanite's eternal question, "what shall i do with all that extra space between my kitchen and my bathroom, which is also my kitchen?" according to the new law, new yorkers can grow up to three adult plants and have up to five pounds of marijuana in their homes. 5 pounds! [cheering] a 5-pound bundle of weed? who's their dealer? costco? i want to take a minute to send our well wishes to our friend, sir ian mckellen. sir ian gave us all a bit of a scare last night. now, keep in mind, everyone's fine. but last night, sir ian was performing in a play in london when he lost his footing and fell off the stage. oh, i'm told we have a clip. >> fly, you fools!

i'm okay! [applause] >> stephen: he's fine. he's fine. sir ian took to twitter to reassure fans, saying, "my recovery will be complete and speedy, and i am looking forward to returning to work." which is great, but he did have us worried for a second. after the fall, he was taken to the hospital and the play was canceled. it's the scariest thing to happen to a famed british actor since dame helen mirren flipped her nascar. this all happened during a performance of shakespeare's henry iv, parts one and two, called "player kings." coincidentally, "player kings," also the original renaissance name of draftkings. "player kings: methinks i blew our daughter's dowry on a donkey race." [applause] i got a couple things. i got a couple things.

the nba finals wrapped up last night, and after defeating the dallas mavericks 4 games to 1, the winners were the 2024 champion boston celtics! [cheering] there you go. bostonians were out in the streets, drunk and yelling, and then they found out they won a championship! [laughter] boston? boston? no? okay. it's nice for boston fans to finally have something to celebrate. ever since tom brady left town, all they've had to root for is bill belichick setting the record for youngest girlfriend. [boos] oh, i'm the bad guy? after last night, the celtics now have the most championships in nba history, with 18. it's that kind of sustained excellence that lets everyone... [applause] okay. it's that kind of sustained excellence that lets everyone

overlook their pipe-smokin', shelaliegh-wielding, potbellied irish stereotype mascot. [irish accent] "oh! me basket's full o' whiskey!" this championship was a career peak for celtics star jayson tatum, surpassing even having his own brand of flamin' hot barbecue chips, which are far more popular than his rival luka doncic's slovenian crunch logs. we've got some good news in the form of bad news for trump advisor -- [booing] i agree but i do want to tell the joke. trump advisor and man on a desert island who just got divorced from his volleyball, steve bannon. bannon was sentenced to four months in prison after being convicted of two counts of contempt of congress. now sources say that steve bannon won't be spending his prison term in a minimum security "club fed" as he had hoped.

[applause] but if he's not in a cushy white collar prison, how will bannon maintain his meticulous personal grooming? it's not like he's exactly going to rikers. bannon is set to report next month to the low-security federal prison in danbury, connecticut. and we all know how intimidating connecticut convicts can be. "uh, let's get one thing straight, old bean. my collection of monogrammed polo shirts is not to be touched or, i'm warning you, you may not get an engraved invitation to my daughter's debutante ball. ya feel me?" turning to the world of health, yesterday, the u.s. surgeon general called for warning labels on social media platforms. i agree with that completely. they're dangerous. you cannot trust them. every social site should say this. warning: you may see photos of your high school bully living a happy life.

the surgeon general got surgeon specific, saying he'd push for a warning label advising parents that using the platforms might damage adolescents' mental health. and added that the sites "prey on developing brains and contribute to excessive use." [laughs] the monkey is washing the cat. oh! what was i talking about? oh, yeah, teens. teens, put down your phones and do something productive like growing five pounds of marijuana. we got a great show for you tonight! my guests are the hosts of "pod save america." but when we come back, "cyborg*sm"! join us, won't you? >> announcer: "the late show with stephen colbert" sponsored by

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yeah. louis. [applause] tonight, tonight, you know our musical guest tonight. stick around for our musical guest tonight. they're one of my favorite bands. i believe "the colbert report" was the first television show they were ever on. it's our dear friends lake street dive will be out here in just a little while. but before that, another group i'm big fans of, the fellows from "pod save america" will be out here in just a moment. jon lovett, jon favreau, and tommy vietor. as long as i've got you guys here, you should know that while i have my name on the outside of the building and it's "the late show with stephen colbert," lots of talented peope work in this building, for instance those people right over there, louis cato and "the late show" band. i mean, i don't think, i'm not

giving away secrets when i say many of you are talented. the majority of you are talented. there are a lot of other talented people who work here. for instance, one of my writers asher perlman, is a new yorker cartoonist. he's got a new book. here it is. it's called "well, this is me" and it's full some of my favorite cartoons. i will just give you a taste. this is my favorite cartoons of all time. it is a genie with a dog and a stick and the genie says "i mean, i can throw it a third time." >> louis: [laughs] that's good. that's good. >> stephen: anyway. check it out. stick around later for "after midnight" with taylor tomlinson and her panelists terry crews, joe manganiello, and patton oswalt. that's power-packed, everybody.

folks, as everybody knows, i'm great at technology. i don't mean to brag, but i can identify almost every box with a stoplight in it. and i like to tell you about all the latest tech trends in my trendy tech segment... "cyborg*sm"! ♪ ♪ [groaning] [cheering] can't be done. you're insane. first up, "the world's first drone delivery on mount everest was a success." that's fantastic. brings us one step closer to fulfilling every sherpa's dream: to sit on the top of the world and have amazon drop off a blu-ray of season two of "the golden girls." we love you, blanche. next up, mcdonald's is reportedly planning to end its a.i.-powered automated drive-thru order-taking

experiment after too many wrong orders, including bacon on ice cream and a $222 mcnuggets bill. yeah, 'cause $200 worth of mcnuggets has to be an a.i. mistake. no one would do that on purpose. because when you finish a normal portion of mcnuggets, you always say "that was enough mcnuggets. i do not want any more mcnuggets." and bacon on ice cream sounds terrible. next up, in internet etiquette news the word "bot" is increasingly being used as an insult on social media to razz someone you know is human, according to the leibniz institute for social sciences researcher dennis assenmacher. of course, the science of insults is extremely important to dennis assenmacher, due to his lifelong condition of being

named dennis assenmacher." obviously, i'm joking. i know it's pronounced "ah-sen-mah-ker," which is, of course, german for "butt maker." [applause] i forgot. i forgot we were going to change his name to english at the last minute. next up, in wearable tech news, google's pixel 2 watch can now detect when you've been in a car crash, which is important to know. okay? so if you're driving at high speed down the highway, remember, the safest thing to do is to keep looking at your watch to see if you've crashed. don't stop! [cheers and applause] next up, japanese investment group "softbank's new ai makes angry customers sound calm on the phone" but the technology

does not change the caller's wording, only the pitch and inflection of the voice is softened. perfect. so now you'll get totally normal human comments like, [calm, friendly voice] "listen, a-hole. i've been on hold for three hours. your business makes me want to smash someone's face with a brick. eat a bag of ass." [applause] next up, a.i. is now everywhere, and it is producing so much crappy imagery and unreliable information online that there is a new word to describe it. "slop", a broad term that references shoddy or unwanted a.i. content in social media, art, books, and, increasingly, in search results. now, i know it's hard to keep track of all the new terms, but just remember "slop" is "mid" and does not have "rizz," so we're not "gagged" for "slop", because it is not a "low-key goated" "situationship" with "vibes."

nailed it! [cheering] nailed it, cole-bert! you're not old. another prime new source of slop is google, who recently launched ai overview, which can scan your top search results, then summarize them for you. well, the thinkable has happened, and "ai overview seems to be spewing inaccurate and dangerous answers," for instance, "overview told some users searching for how to make cheese stick to pizza better that they could use glue". which raises serious security questions, like how does google ai have access to the recipe for papa john's? we'll be right back with the hosts of "pod save america!" ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> stephen: hey, everybody! that's a beautiful cover. folks, my guests tonight are the founders of crooked media and

the hosts of "pod save america." they have just written a new book: "democracy or else: how to save america in 10 easy steps." please welcome back to "the late show," jon favreau, jon lovett, and tommy vietor! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ good to see you guys again. so nice. obviously there's a million things to get into in political news here. what i've got to go to the number one story in america right now. it turns out that jon lovett is going to be on cbs "survivors" season 47." [cheers and applause] is this real? it's not ai generated?

>> no, i was on "survivor." >> stephen: no spoilers. don't tell me if you survived. >> the nda is in insane. >> stephen: you look fit. was this "survivor" going to prison and getting hard? >> it was either "survivor" or ozempic. >> why not both? >> why not both. >> stephen: no offense. i'm a big fan. but when i think of you, the word that comes to mind is not wilderness. >> sure. >> stephen: this is what favreau's wife emily tweeted about you. she said "it feels like punching down, since he can't respond, but i've literally been at five-star hotels with lovett where he's complained." [laughter] would you care to respond? >> i'll make two points about this. one, i had an advantage. i consider anything below a four seasons camping out. the second point i'll make, if you're going to charge $35 for a fruit plate, it can't just

be apples and bananas from around the spa. >> stephen: that's true. why isn't biden running on that message? >> it's very relatable. >> stephen: tommy, both of you, how did you hear about this and what was your first reaction when you found out? >> i think he mentioned it once and then he mentioned it again. >> stephen: mentioned it >> maybe i'll do "survivor." we are waiting for him to say ha ha, just kidding. all of a sudden, he was gone. >> tommy told us he was going on parental leave and then lovett at the same time said i'm going on reality television star leave. fortunately our company has a generous policy for both. >> stephen: how did this come about? you don't just say hey, i'll go on "survivor" and go. did they approach you? >> no. i watch "survivor." i love "survivor." jeff says on "survivor," if you want to be on "survivor," apply to be on "survivor."

i made a video saying hello, i would like to go on "survivor," please. and then all of a sudden, coconuts. [laughter] >> stephen: obviously you can't tell us anything. can you tell us where you were? >> we were in fiji. >> stephen: which is pleasant. >> i'm not going to say a word. >> stephen: did you have your phone? >> no, nothing. >> stephen: how long were you there? >> i was gone for a length of time. >> stephen: you were off the grid, unplugged. you have to have. your snorkel down and your head in the political news all the time. what was it like to be unplugged? >> it was glorious. it was glorious. sometimes i imagined being away for my phone may be for longer, maybe forever. we don't have to live like this anymore. we don't have to. you don't have to go on "survivor" to not have your phone. it's possible.

but keep listening to the podcast. don't stop listening. you have to keep listening. >> stephen: as a fan of the podcast, i missed you. how did you catch him up on everything he missed? because you miss a little, you miss a lot in american politics. >> that scene in "clockwork orange" where they pry his eyes open and play the ultraviolence. it was that with judge jeanine and "fox & friends." >> we gave him a news quiz. he promised not to look at his phone at all until he walked into the studio when he got back. we quizzed him about what he had missed. >> stephen: what shocked you the most? >> that a supreme court justice was flying insurrection flags outside their multiple homes. and the defense was "that's not my flag. that's my wife's flag." that's not how flags work!

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>> stephen: hey, everybody. we are back with the hosts of "pod save america" and the authors of "democracy or else."

jon favreau, jon lovett, and tommy vietor. the 2024 campaign is underway. we've got the first debate coming up a week from this thursday. you've helped people prep for political debates. how would you be prepping biden right now? what would you be telling him? what's the game plan for him? >> i helped prep president obama for the first debate that he famously did well with mitt romney. against mitt romney. >> stephen: everyone was terrified. a guy who is always on his game shanked it historically. >> here's why, he was told before the debate that incumbent presidents tend to do poorly in the debate because they get defensive about the record, they get annoyed they're being challenged, and they just don't want to be there and they also get into the weeds of policy. so i would tell biden that he should not be defensive about his record. that when trump attacks, he should talk about

what he's achieved. he should acknowledge how hard it is for people still and how much progress he has to make and then immediately pivot to comparing his vision to trump's vision. and i think he needs to be punchy when he goes after trump. and he needs to show passion for people. if there's one thing he wants to convey in that debate it is that joe biden is a person who cares about the people watching. and donald trump is someone who cares only about himself. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: okay. it's a jump ball. are people even paying attention to the election yet? why june? why is this happening so early? don't even officially have nominations yet, do they? >> i think the biden campaign in the trump campaign came together and they said we hate the process and the set up for the debates. some of the debates were going to happen after early voting had already started, which doesn't make any sense.

if they're supposed to help inform voters before they go into the voting booths. it's crazy to do it after states have early voting. they came together to move it up and create this new process. i think the biden campaign knows that voters that are paying attention, that are consuming political news think he's doing better than voters not paying attention. the ones getting information from tiktok or social media. they are hoping an early debate can create moment seen by most of the country that shows that he is up for the job, the age is not a concern, and it's sort of like the state of the union, it energizes their campaign. >> stephen: but no audience. and the mics get turned off when it's not your turn, right? how do you think -- i love those rules. remember, the first debate in 2020 was just a shout fest, he was trying to drown him out by being a complete tool during the debate.

can you still do zingers with no audience? do jokes still work? usually there's a take away if he got a good one and the audience responded. without any audience, is it worth doing jokes? >> i think it's tougher. can't just be punch lines. >> stephen: you have written jokes for politicians before. you have any advice for joe? >> sure. okay. i may have a couple. i have some zingers, potential zingers. >> stephen: zing bots. >> don't clap yet. let's get those expectations low a little bit lower. we passed the largest climate bill in history. you remember climate change, like how you changed the climate in that courtroom when you stunk it up with your farts. >> stephen: what else do you have? >> thanks for asking, stephen. we'll secure the border and keep families together, though no promises for you and your wife melania with whom you seem to have a hollow, loveless arrangement. she wasn't even with you in that courtroom when you stunk it up

with your farts. >> stephen: okay, i am sensing a pattern. >> here's where i think we clinch it. >> stephen: let's bring it home. >> i'm bringing down costs. you're promising to cut taxes for your rich friends, but donald, if you have to cut their taxes so they'll want to hang out with you, are they really your friends? did they even call you after the whole fart thing? >> stephen: now, will you email those? will you email those to the white house? or are you hoping he is watching just now. >> those are the zingers for you. the zingers that could literally save america, i am sending them right to joe. >> stephen: please. let's talk about saving america. >> they are not reassured based on what they've heard. >> how many weeks in fiji to think of this? >> stephen: there you go. here's the book again. it's "democracy or else: how to save america in 10 easy steps." okay, what's the number one step to save america? >> i think the book is for

anyone -- >> stephen: i didn't ask who it's for. [laughter] i asked what the number one step is. i'm jake tapper. you are donald trump right now. >> okay, jake. can i finish? the first step in the book is about getting informed. walk you through the process of how you can be more involved in politics. getting informed, donating, organizing, working on campaigns, running for office yourself. and the idea is let's get people an informative and helpful guide for political engagement that's fun, that is funny, that reminds you that politics can be hopeful and inspiring and not the slog that it's been the last eight years or so. >> stephen: people feel kind of checked out abut this campaign. why -- i have my own theories but why do you think people aren't watching political news that much? >> i think people are exhausted from eight years of donald trump being in our lives and just how -- [applause]

it's a rematch of the same thing we saw in 2020. people tuned out there. what you're seeing in the polling and focus groups is people just don't -- they are angry about politics. they are frustrated, they're more cynical. i think the campaign will come down to which campaign, whether it's trump or biden, can actually get a lot of those people who are right now checked out. and sort of disgusted with politics in general. to actually vote for them and because their job is to make sure that the stakes seem big to people for their own lives. it's not about a higher theory of something else. it's about how politics is going to make a difference in your life. >> stephen: fundamental rights. >> yeah, and one of the reasons we wrote the book is because politics can seem scary and exhausting, but it doesn't have to be. anyone can get involved and there's different levels of involvement depending on how much time you have and it also

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young staffers on campaigns are like interns at a late-night show, they are treated like a rented mule. i'm curious what you had to do when you first started out. >> what did you have to do, tommy? maybe you were in a van and something went wrong, something went south on you. >> listen. >> he doesn't want to tell the story. he won't tell the story. tell them what happened. you tell them what you did. >> in 2004, i was the youngest guy on the campaign staff. i got sent off to iowa. john edwards for president, in 2004, before the bad stuff. before all the stuff we don't talk about. one day, i was driving this van to pick up some reporters at an airport in new hampshire that was so far north, it was literally off the map. me and this other guy. it's a snowy night. we are driving through the snow trying to figure where the airport is and the distance we see thee two figures looming

and i very helpfully said to the guy i just met, "moose." there was two in the road. we swerved and we hit one. >> stephen: did he know what you were yelling. >> no. we totaled our van. we didn't see the reporters. we called the cops and said hey, there's a dead moose in the middle of the road. >> stephen: you killed the moose? mooses are huge. >> the moose nearly killed us. luckily we swerved. i think we hit the small one. the cops come. how do we get this out of the road? and this guy was like, grab a hoof. we drag it off. the moral of the story is no job is too small on a campaign. everything matters. >> stephen: everyone plays their role. it's that kind of dedication that led to the presidency of john edwards. >> the point is, in america, everybody has to grab a hoof. >> stephen: the book is "democracy or else." it's out on june 25th. jon favreau, jon lovett,

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>> stephen: their album "good together," comes out this friday. performing "dance with a stranger" with help from "the late show" band, lake street dive! ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ left, right, front, side ♪ ♪ find somebody new ♪ ♪ and then take them ♪ ♪ by the hand ♪ ♪ and say you understand ♪ ♪ look around the room ♪ ♪ find someone's eyes ♪ ♪ that are new to you ♪ ♪ might be a child's ♪ ♪ or a grandfather's ♪ ♪ anyone will do ♪ ♪ go say "hello" ♪ ♪ "how do you do" ♪ ♪ listen to their answer ♪ ♪ commiserate ♪ ♪ say "i feel that way ♪ ♪ sometimes too ♪ ♪ and would you like ♪ ♪ to dance?" ♪ and if they say, "no," ♪ ♪ that's okay ♪ ♪ but if they say, "yes," ♪

♪ take their hand ♪ ♪ lead them out ♪ ♪ on the dance floor ♪ ♪ listen to the music play ♪ ♪ open up your whole heart ♪ ♪ and dance ♪ ♪ dance with a stranger ♪ ♪ 'til they're not ♪ ♪ a stranger anymore ♪ ♪ you just dance ♪ ♪ dance with a stranger ♪ ♪ 'til they're not a stranger ♪ ♪ not a stranger anymore ♪ ♪ left, right, front, side ♪ ♪ find somebody new ♪ ♪ and then take them ♪ ♪ by the hand ♪ ♪ and say you understand ♪ ♪ look around the room ♪ ♪ there are so many people ♪ ♪ here like you ♪ ♪ people who came here ♪ ♪ to be together ♪ ♪ and dance it all away ♪ ♪ who wanna be good ♪ ♪ and love one another ♪ ♪ and have big dreams ♪ ♪ and hard times ♪ ♪ and like to dance ♪ ♪ look around the room ♪ ♪ find somebody ♪ ♪ you've never seen before ♪

♪ and lead them out ♪ ♪ to the dance floor ♪ ♪ and dance ♪ ♪ dance with a stranger ♪ ♪ 'til they're not ♪ ♪ a stranger anymore ♪ ♪ you just dance ♪ ♪ dance with a stranger ♪ ♪ 'til they're not a stranger ♪ ♪ not a stranger anymore ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ left, right, front, side ♪ ♪ find somebody new ♪ ♪ and then take them ♪ ♪ by the hand ♪ ♪ and say you understand ♪ ♪ oh, dance ♪ ♪ dance with a stranger ♪ ♪ 'til they're not ♪ ♪ a stranger anymore ♪

♪ you just dance ♪ ♪ dance with a stranger ♪ ♪ 'til they're not a stranger ♪ ♪ not a stranger anymore ♪ ♪ left, right, front, side ♪ ♪ find somebody new ♪ ♪ and then take them ♪ ♪ by the hand ♪ ♪ and say you understand ♪ ♪ left, right, front, side ♪ ♪ find somebody new ♪ ♪ and then take them ♪ ♪ by the hand ♪ ♪ and say you understand ♪ ♪ left, right, front, side ♪ ♪ find somebody new ♪ ♪ and then take them ♪ ♪ by the hand ♪ ♪ and say you understand ♪ [cheers and applause] thank you! >> stephen: thank you. lake street dive, everybody! that's it for "the late show!" good night! [applause]

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