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Colbert quotes Game of Thrones in interview with John Bolton

Boltons, new books, and 'traitors', could this be Game of Thrones?

See Domino's pizza re-heating hack in Colbert's 'Quarantinewhile'

Darth Vader enforcing lockdown? Toad vomit curing the plague? Beard shock absorbers? It has to be Stephen Colbert's essential monologue segment Quarantinewhile!

RTÉ Player • 18 Jun 20

Keegan-Michael Key on his personal experience with racial divide

Following the recent death of 46-year-old black male George Floyd, who was killed in Minneapolis whilst in police custody, Late Show host Stephen Colbert asks actor/writer/producer/comedian, Keegan-Michael Key, about his own personal experience...

RTÉ Player • 04 Jun 20

Colbert on Twitter's new plans to flag Fake News about COVID-19

Quarantinewhile: Twitter is rolling out new 'labelling' on the app to tag posts with 'misinformation' on Coronavirus. ..

RTÉ Player • 22 May 20

Robert De Niro on Trump's 'insanity' throughout pandemic response

Via The Late Show: Trump's "appalling'' actions in response to the global COVID pandemic have left Robert De Niro lost for words...

RTÉ Player • 21 May 20

Stephen King tells Colbert which character he'd quarantine with

The current global pandemic feels a bit like something out of Stephen King novel - but Stephen Colbert asks the award-winning author which of his characters would he choose to quarantine with?

RTÉ Player • 08 May 20

Colbert plays 'Stop Steve Martin from singing We Are the World'

Watch a new segment on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where Stephen tries to stop Steve Martin from performing the song We Are the World!

RTÉ Player • 29 Apr 20

Phoebe Waller-Bridge is 'most proud' for making priests 'hot'

Having presented Phoebe with one of the many Emmys her series Fleabag won at the 2020 awards, Stephen Colbert and Waller-Bridge discuss the biggest achievement of the series - 'making priests hot'!

RTÉ Player • 27 Apr 20

Watch: Matthew McConaughey's Top Zoom Etiquette Tips

With Zoom calls being the new 'face-to-face' contact, Matthew McConaughey shares his best tips from experience with The Late Show's Stephen Colbert.

RTÉ Player • 23 Apr 20

Zoom poops & free porn? Watch Colbert's new 'Quarantinewhile'!

On The Late Show, with Stephen Colbert's Meanwhile segment in isolation, a new sub-segment has been born; Quarantinewhile!

Comedy • 03 Apr 20

Stephen Homebert! Colbert returns broadcasting from his own house

Stephen Colbert hosts 'A Late Show' from the comfort of his own home, "adjusting" to the new changes that have been brought about by COVID-19.

RTÉ Player • 02 Apr 20

Stephen No-bert: Colbert hosts The Late Show with no audience

In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, New York City ordered that its Broadway theatres be closed, so, for the first time ever, Stephen Colbert hosted The Late Show without an audience...

Comedy • 14 Mar 20

John Krasinski teaches Colbert how to do a Boston accent

If you're in need of a good laugh, then watch The Late Show's Stephen Colbert attempt a Boston accent as A Quiet Place's John Krasinski coaches him.

RTÉ Player • 12 Mar 20

Colbert bids farewell to the fallen Democratic Candidates

Via The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: After building recent #Joementum, democratic candidate Biden's rebound on Super Tuesday means bidding farewell to some of the other candidates...

RTÉ Player • 08 Mar 20

Colbert: Trump encourages staff to stay at home - by firing them

Via The Late Show With Stephen Colbert: "With fears of coronavirus running high, Donald Trump has been encouraging employees to stay at home by firing them for disloyalty".

Comedy • 06 Mar 20

Colbert on Bloomberg's rise in the polls among black voters

Colbert on Bloomberg's rises in the polls among black voters

RTÉ Player • 15 Feb 20

Will Ferrell's rather embarrassing Oscar red carpet appearance

Will Ferrell is on the couch on today's episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, talking about his new movie Downhill alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus...

RTÉ Player • 13 Feb 20

You know things are bad when Donald Trump is thanking the wind

With all that's going on in the world right now, it might be easy to feel a little depressed. But not Stephen Colbert, thanks to one bright orange spot - yep, we're talking about that photo of Donald Trump.

RTÉ Player • 12 Feb 20

Colbert commends Mitt Romney's honesty following Trump Trial

Stephen Colbert admits that "over the years I have made a lot of fun of Mitt Romney" and maintains "I would do all those jokes again..."

RTÉ Player • 09 Feb 20

Pete Buttigieg on Trump's acquittal: "We are the jury now"

American Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks his concerns of "the sense of exhaustion" people may feel following Donald Trump's recent impeachment acquittal.

RTÉ Player • 08 Feb 20

Michael Stipe told Donald Trump to "Shut up" in a nightclub

R.E.M. frontman and author Michael Stipe, who has two new singles out as a solo artist, tells Stephen Colbert about a time in the 1990s when he told Donald Trump to "Shut up" because he was talking loudly during a concert...

RTÉ Player • 04 Feb 20

Steve Martin reacts to Megxit ahead of his UK & Ireland tour

Steve Martin and Martin Short are on their way to the UK. Could they 'fill the empty slot' created by Megxit?

RTÉ Player • 05 Feb 20

Stephen Colbert talks the Kobe Bryant crash

Following the tragic,fatal accident involving NBA star Kobe Bryant on Sunday, Late Show host Stephen Colbert discusses the tragedy.

RTÉ Player • 31 Jan 20

Antonio Banderas' heart attack brought him Pain and Glory

Actor, producer, and director Antonio Banderas tells Stephen Colbert on The Late Show how the experience of his heart attack in 2017 "put a different order in my priorities", and the influence that it had on his Oscar-nominated role in Pain and Glory.

RTÉ Player • 30 Jan 20

John Mulaney is stunned by Colbert's questions on anxiety

American stand-up comedian John Mulaney is known to joke about his own personal life experiences throughout his performances, however things take a surprisingly profound turn in his latest interview on The Late Show.

RTÉ Player • 27 Jan 20