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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Season 7 · Episode 52
Mahershala Ali, Jason Reynolds
1.045mDecember 2, 2021
Stephen welcomes actor Mahershala Ali and author Jason Reynolds.
Episodes
- Episode 1Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, the War on Drugs
- Episode 2Chris Wallace, Holland Taylor
- Episode 3Sarah Paulson, Kacey Musgraves
- Episode 4Jeff Daniels, Nate Burleson
- Episode 5Justice Stephen Breyer
- Episode 6Jessica Chastain, Stephen Sondheim
- Episode 7Melissa McCarthy, Lindsey Buckingham
- Episode 8The Late Show's Celebration of Season 6: This Time with Laughs!
- Episode 9Bob Woodward, Robert Costa, Leon Bridges
- Episode 10Shawn Mendes, Chris Turner
- Episode 11Anderson Cooper, John Mayer
- Episode 12Paul Giamatti, Jon Stewart
- Episode 13Drew Carey, Phoebe Robinson
- Episode 14Anita Hill, Alessandro Nivola
- Episode 15John Lithgow, Theo Croker, Wyclef Jean
- Episode 16Rebecca Ferguson
- Episode 17Julianna Margulies, Toby Keith
- Episode 18Michael Keaton, Zac Brown Band
- Episode 19Bret Baier, Susie Essman
- Episode 20Sanjay Gupta, Denis Villeneuve
- Episode 21The cast of "Succession"
- Episode 22Rep. Adam Schiff, Kacey Musgraves
- Episode 23Nick Offerman, Charlamagne Tha God
- Episode 24Issa Rae, H.E.R.
- Episode 25Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya
- Episode 26Andie MacDowell, Lana Del Rey
- Episode 27Bruce Springsteen
- Episode 28Katie Couric, Gabby Barret
- Episode 29Elizabeth Banks, Jorja Fox
- Episode 30John Leguizamo, Thomasin McKenzie
- Episode 31Trevor Noah, My Morning Jacket
- Episode 32David Byrne, Huma Abedin
- Episode 33Michael C. Hall, Michael Eric Dyson
- Episode 34Andy Cohen, Thundercat
- Episode 35Billy Porter, Annaleigh Ashford
- Episode 36Tony Hale, Snail Mail
- Episode 37Jonathan Karl, Brandi Carlile
- Episode 38Quentin Tarantino
- Episode 39Aubrey Plaza, Bruce Springsteen
- Episode 40Kenneth Branagh, Ellie Kemper
- Episode 41Jeff Goldblum, Rod Stewart
- Episode 42Paul Rudd, Sting
- Episode 43Eric Adams, Dwyane Wade
- Episode 44Adam Driver, America Ferrera
- Episode 45Kevin Hart, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss
- Episode 46Andrew Garfield, José Andres
- Episode 47Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett
- Episode 48Rosamund Pike, Peter Jackson
- Episode 49Peter Jackson, Chelsea Cutler
- Episode 50Peter Dinklage, Lee Jung-Jae, Aaron & Bryce Dessner
- Episode 51Javier Bardem, Gang of Youths
- Episode 52Mahershala Ali, Jason Reynolds
- Episode 53Jeff Goldblum, Natalie Hemby
- Episode 54Jennifer Lawrence, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
- Episode 55Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon; Glass Animals
- Episode 56Dr. David Agus; Natalie Hemby
- Episode 57Michael B. Jordan; Nathaniel Rateliff
- Episode 58Sting, David Alan Grier
- Episode 59Keanu Reeves, Brett Eldredge
- Episode 60Henry Cavill, Jonathan Groff
- Episode 61Denzel Washington, Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Episode 62Anderson Cooper
- Episode 63Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Utkarsh Ambudkar
- Episode 64Jennifer Lawrence, Ralph Macchio, The Flaming Lips ft. Nell Smith
- Episode 65Eliana Kwartler, Amy Klobuchar, SAINt JHN
- Episode 66John Dickerson, Corey Hawkins
- Episode 67Keanu Reeves, Genesis Owusu
- Episode 68Gayle King, Tig Notaro
- Episode 69Bradley Cooper, Robert Finley, Dan Auerbach
- Episode 70Keanu Reeves, Caitriona Balfe
- Episode 71Liev Schreiber, Allison Russell
- Episode 72Bradley Cooper, Corey Stoll, Geese
- Episode 73Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Ingrid Andress, Sam Hunt
- Episode 74Brian Cox, Samantha Bee
- Episode 75Christine Baranski, Nation of Language
- Episode 76Dionne Warwick, David Cross
- Episode 77Elvis Costello
- Episode 78Kristen Stewart, Jonathan Van Ness
- Episode 79Joy Reid, Thomas Middleditch
- Episode 80Adrien Brody, Lady Wray
- Episode 81Kate Hudson, Oliver Hudson, St. Paul and the Broken Bones
- Episode 82Marlee Matlin, Mackenzie Davis
- Episode 83Whoopi Goldberg, Rep. Ro Khanna
- Episode 84Clarissa Ward, Faith Hill, Aurora
- Episode 85Tim McGraw, Martha Stewart
- Episode 86Dua Lipa, 2 Chainz
- Episode 87Jeffrey Wright, Alex Borstein, Maxwell
- Episode 88John Oliver, Future Islands
- Episode 89Daniel Craig, Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Episode 90Margaret Brennan, Adam Scott
- Episode 91Joseph Gordon-Levitt, alt-J
- Episode 92John Turturro, John Avlon
- Episode 93John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Jennifer Palmieri, Russell Howard
- Episode 94Julia Ioffe, Thomas Lennon, Tears for Fears
- Episode 95Sam Waterston, Sophia Bush, John Oliver
- Episode 96Bob Odenkirk, Pusha T
- Episode 97Sen. Bernie Sanders, Big Thief
- Episode 98Andy Serkis, Fiona Hill
- Episode 99Kyle MacLachlan, Arian Moayed, Pusha T
- Episode 100Anderson Cooper, Sutton Foster
- Episode 101John C. Reilly, Kristin Chenoweth
- Episode 102Michael McFaul, Denée Benton, Father John Misty
- Episode 103Marie Yovanovitch, Martha Stewart, Rex Orange County
- Episode 104Aidy Bryant, Alex Edelman
- Episode 105Sandra Bullock, Billy Strings
- Episode 106Anne Hathaway, Da'Vine Joy Randolph
- Episode 107Michael Bublé, Rose Matafeo
- Episode 108Chris Wallace, Wilmer Valderrama
- Episode 109Hannah Gadsby, Sandra Bullock, Buffalo Nichols
- Episode 110Elle Fanning, Ben Schwartz
- Episode 111Jane Krakowski, James McAvoy, Arlo Parks
- Episode 112John C. Reilly, Mandy Patinkin, Ken Burns
- Episode 113Shaquille O'Neal, Mayim Bialik
- Episode 114Jon Batiste, Oscar Isaac
- Episode 115Anderson Cooper, Thomas Rhett
- Episode 116Pete Holmes, Elizabeth Alexander
- Episode 117Chance the Rapper, Beanie Feldstein
- Episode 118Molly Shannon, Rep. Cori Bush
- Episode 119Claire Foy, Paul Bettany, Bright Eyes
- Episode 120Hugh Laurie, Spoon
- Episode 121Josh Brolin, The Who
- Episode 122Julia Roberts, Wilco
- Episode 123Neil deGrasse Tyson, Emmy Blotnick
- Episode 124Alexander Skarsgård, Jack White
- Episode 125Jon Bernthal, Alton Brown
- Episode 126Jose Andres, Ron Howard, Emily Bazelon, Lucius featuring Sheryl Crow and Celisse
- Episode 127Glenn Close, Sheryl Crow
- Episode 128Daniel Craig, Matt Walsh, Joy Oladokun
- Episode 129Chris O'Donnell, Elvis Costello
- Episode 130Mark Esper, Judd Apatow
- Episode 131Ricky Gervais, Trombone Shorty
- Episode 132Antony Blinken, TWICE
- Episode 133Mike Myers, Minha Kim, Beach House
- Episode 134Shaquille O'Neal, Sebastian Stan, Sharon Van Etten
- Episode 135Jennifer Connelly, Patti LuPone
- Episode 136Jacinda Ardern, Punch Brothers
- Episode 137Michael Che, James Stavridis
- Episode 138Josh Brolin, Hugh Dancy
- Episode 139Jake Tapper, Joel Kim Booster
- Episode 140Robert De Niro, Rosie Perez
- Episode 141Rep. Adam Schiff, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kurt Vile
- Episode 142Jon Batiste, Simu Liu
- Episode 143Bryan Cranston, Sen. Raphael Warnock
- Episode 144Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Bonnie Raitt
- Episode 145Emma Thompson, Tom Segura
- Episode 146Tom Hanks, Regina Spektor
- Episode 147Cory Booker, The Lumineers
- Episode 148Werner Herzog, Roger Waters
- Episode 149Taika Waititi, David Sedaris
- Episode 150Beto O’Rourke, Matilda Lawler
- Episode 151Wanda Sykes, Ronan Farrow
- Episode 152Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jimmie Allen
- Episode 153Adam Kinzinger, Karl Urban, Stephen Sanchez
- Episode 154Heidi Klum, Ibram X. Kendi
- Episode 155Billy Crystal, Paul Hollywood
- Episode 156Ethan Hawke, Courtney Barnett
- Episode 157Ice-T, Michael Pollan
- Episode 158Chris Hayes, Jack White
- Episode 159Jamie Raskin, Death Cab for Cutie
- Episode 160Charlamagne tha God, Brett Gelman
- Episode 161Amanda Seyfried, Stephen Merchant
- Episode 162Jonathan Karl, BJ Novak, St. Vincent
- Episode 163Patton Oswalt, Jennifer Granholm, James Taylor
- Episode 164Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Bianca Cristovao, James Taylor
- Episode 165Ron Howard, Morfydd Clark, James Taylor
- Episode 166James Taylor, Colman Domingo
- Episode 167Luis Cato, Joe Walsh, Mindy Kaling, Senator Chris Murphy
- Episode 168Ben Stiller, D'Arcy Carden, Joe Walsh
- Episode 169Kieran Culkin, Run the Jewels, Joe Walsh
- Episode 170Karine Jean-Pierre, Tatiana Maslany, Joe Walsh