| List of The Daily Show episodes |
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| No. of episodes | 159 |
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| Original network | Comedy Central |
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This is a list of episodes for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2012.[1][2][3]
2012
January
| Date |
Guest |
Promotion
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| January 3 |
Charles Barkley |
Inside the NBA, Weight Watchers
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| January 4 |
Elizabeth Dowling Taylor |
Taylor, Elizabeth Dowling (March 11, 2024). A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-10893-6.
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| January 5 |
Craig Shirley |
Shirley, Craig (March 11, 2024). December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-1-59555-457-4.
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| January 9 |
George Lucas |
Red Tails
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| January 10 |
Andrew Napolitano |
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| January 11 |
Jim DeMint |
Demint, Senator Jim (March 11, 2024). Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse. Center Street. ISBN 978-1-4555-1184-6.
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| January 12 |
Dolly Parton |
Joyful Noise
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| January 16 |
Jodi Kantor |
Kantor, Jodi (March 11, 2024). The Obamas. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-09875-5.
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| January 17 |
Liam Neeson |
The Grey
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| January 18 |
Joe Nocera |
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| January 19 |
Elizabeth Banks |
Man on a Ledge
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| January 23 |
Kathleen Sebelius |
Health and Human Services Secretary
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| January 24 |
Elizabeth Warren |
D- Candidate for U.S. Senate, Massachusetts
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| January 25 |
Paula Broadwell |
All In: The Education of General David Petraeus. Penguin Press. March 11, 2024. ISBN 978-1-59420-318-3.
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| January 26 |
Tilda Swinton |
We Need to Talk About Kevin
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| January 30 |
Lou Dobbs |
Lou Dobbs Tonight
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| January 31 |
Jonathan Macey |
professor, Yale Law School
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February
| Date |
Guest |
Promotion
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| February 1 |
Brad Pitt |
Moneyball
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| February 2 |
David Agus |
Author, The End of Illness. Free Press. March 11, 2024. ISBN 978-1-4516-1017-8.
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| February 13 |
Ali Soufan |
Author, Soufan, Ali; Freedman, Daniel (September 12, 2011). The Black Banners. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-07942-5.
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| February 14 |
Ricky Gervais |
Life's Too Short
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| February 15 |
Louise Slaughter |
(D) New York
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| February 16 |
Arne Duncan |
Secretary of Education
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| February 20 |
Alan Huffman & Michael Rejebian |
Authors, Huffman, Alan; Rejebian, Michael (January 24, 2012). We're With Nobody. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-201577-8.
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| February 21 |
Russ Feingold |
Author, Feingold, Russ (March 11, 2024). While America Sleeps. Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-0-307-95252-3.
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| February 22 |
Bruce Bartlett |
Author, Bartlett, Bruce (January 24, 2012). The Benefit and the Burden. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4516-4619-1.
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| February 23 |
Paul Rudd |
Wanderlust
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| February 27 |
Neil deGrasse Tyson |
Author, Tyson, Neil Degrasse (March 11, 2024). Space Chronicles. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-08210-4.
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| February 28 |
Stephen Merchant |
Life's Too Short
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| February 29 |
Masha Gessen |
Author, Gessen, Masha (March 11, 2024). The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. Riverhead Books. ISBN 978-1-59448-842-9.
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March
| Date |
Guest |
Promotion
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| March 1 |
M. Cathleen Kaveny |
professor of Law & Theology, Notre Dame
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| March 5 |
Shaun Donovan |
Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
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| March 6 |
Julianne Moore |
Game Change
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| March 7 |
Cecile Richards |
President, Planned Parenthood Action Fund
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| March 8 |
Trita Parsi |
Author, Parsi, Trita (March 11, 2024). A Single Roll of the Dice. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-16936-2.
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| March 12 |
Grover Norquist |
President, Americans for Tax Reform / Author, Norquist, Grover Glenn; John r. Lott, Jr (February 28, 2012). Debacle. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-18617-6.
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| March 13 |
Will Ferrell |
Casa de Mi Padre
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| March 14 |
Rachel Weisz |
The Deep Blue Sea
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| March 15 |
None |
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| March 26 |
Shaquille O'Neal |
TNT Analyst, Inside the NBA
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| March 27 |
Maria Goodavage |
Author, Goodavage, Maria (March 11, 2024). Soldier Dogs. Dutton. ISBN 978-0-525-95278-7.
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| March 28 |
Ahmed Rashid |
Author, Rashid, Ahmed (March 11, 2024). Pakistan on the Brink. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-02346-2.
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| March 29 |
Rachel Maddow |
Author, Drift. March 11, 2024. ISBN 978-0-300-16936-2.
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April
| Date |
Guest |
Promotion
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| April 2 |
Mohamed Nasheed |
The Island President / Former President of the Maldives
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| April 3 |
Tom Goldstein |
Publisher, SCOTUSblog
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| April 4 |
Jack Goldsmith |
Author, Power and Constraint
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| April 5 |
Anthony Bourdain |
No Reservations
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| April 9 |
Tim Weiner |
Author, Enemies: A History of the FBI
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| April 10 |
Elon Musk |
CEO, SpaceX
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| April 11 |
Ricky Gervais |
The Ricky Gervais Show
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| April 12 |
Esperanza Spalding |
Radio Music Society
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| April 16 |
Jane Goodall |
Spokesperson, Chimpanzee
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| April 17 |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Veep
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| April 18 |
Robert Reich |
Author, Beyond Outrage
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| April 19 |
Judy Smith |
Author, Good Self, Bad Self
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| April 23 |
Ben Rattray |
Founder, Change.org
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| April 24 |
Madeleine Albright |
Author, Prague Winter / Former U.S. Secretary of State
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| April 25 |
Jason Segel |
The Five-Year Engagement
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| April 26 |
Robert Draper |
Author, Do Not Ask What Good We Do
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| April 30 |
Zach Wahls |
Author, My Two Moms
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May
June
July
August
September
October
| Date |
Guest |
Promotion
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| October 1 |
Arnold Schwarzenegger |
Schwarzenegger, Arnold; Petre, Peter (October 2012). Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4516-6243-6.
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| October 2 |
Liam Neeson |
Taken 2
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| October 3 |
Rand Paul |
Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans Are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds ISBN 978-1455522750
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| October 4 |
Bill O'Reilly |
O'Reilly, Bill; Dugard, Martin (October 2, 2012). Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-8050-9666-8.
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| October 8 |
Pete Townshend |
Townshend, Pete (October 8, 2012). Who I Am: A Memoir. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-212724-2.
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| October 9 |
Ben Affleck |
Argo
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| October 10 |
Magic Johnson |
Spokesperson for OraQuick
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| October 11 |
Paul Thomas Anderson |
The Master
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| October 15 |
J. K. Rowling |
Rowling, J. K. (March 11, 2024). The Casual Vacancy. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-1-4087-0420-2.
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| October 16 |
Eugene Jarecki |
The House I Live In
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| October 17 |
Nate Silver |
Silver, Nate (September 27, 2012). The Signal and the Noise: Why Most Predictions Fail – But Some Don't. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-59420-411-1.
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| October 18 |
President Barack Obama
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| October 22 |
D. L. Hughley |
The Endangered List
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| October 23 |
Gerard Butler |
Chasing Mavericks
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| October 24 |
Dakota Meyer |
Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War. Random House. March 11, 2024. ISBN 978-0-8129-9340-0.
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| October 25 |
Nancy Pelosi |
Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
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| October 31 |
Jon Ronson |
Ronson, Jon (March 11, 2024). Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries. Riverhead Books. ISBN 978-1-59463-137-5.
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November
| Date |
Guest |
Promotion
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| November 1 |
Bob Woodruff |
The Bob Woodruff Foundation's Stand Up For Heroes
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| November 5 |
Martha Raddatz |
American reporter with ABC News
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| November 6 |
Election Night: This Ends Now |
Live coverage of the United States Presidential Election
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| November 7 |
Nate Silver |
Silver, Nate (March 11, 2024). The Signal and the Noise: Why Most Predictions Fail – But Some Don't. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-59420-411-1.
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| November 8 |
Katie Dellamaggiore and Pobo Efekoro |
Brooklyn Castle
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| November 12 |
Mike Huckabee |
Dear Chandler, Dear Scarlett: A Grandfather's Thoughts on Faith, Family, and the Things That Matter Most. March 11, 2024. ISBN 978-1-59523-093-5.
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| November 13 |
Jason Sudeikis |
Saturday Night Live
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| November 14 |
Jon Meacham |
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power. Random House. March 11, 2024. ISBN 978-1-4000-6766-4.
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| November 15 |
Andrew Napolitano |
Theodore and Woodrow: How Two American Presidents Destroyed Constitutional Freedom. ISBN 978-1-59555-351-5.
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| November 26 |
David Nasaw |
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy. Penguin Press. March 11, 2024. ISBN 978-1-59420-376-3.
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| November 27 |
Warren Buffett and Carol Loomis |
Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2012. ISBN 978-1-59184-573-7.
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| November 28 |
Neil Young |
Waging Heavy Peace. March 11, 2024. ISBN 978-0-399-15946-6.
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| November 29 |
Calvin Trillin |
Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse. Random House of Canada, Limited. March 11, 2024. ISBN 978-0-8129-9368-4.
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December
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