Catholic Colbert has not fallen into a black hole after all. Last night’s interview with Peter J. Gomes has roused me out of oblivion. I’ve been a fan of Professor Gomes since he published The Good Book.
Watching him nudge Stephen out of character last night was simply delightful. The premise of his book is that [...]
The Scandalous Gospel
Make Me America
I’m having a great time with the Make Me America website. Hats off to Hachette and Electric Pulp for a great book launch site. Here’s my best photo so far, but I have great plans for the next few days. Go to CatholicColbert on flickr to see the other shots.
Blowing the Pope’s book “out of the holy water”
Welcome back, Catholic Heroes! Looks like we’re back in business after a server crash, but I lost Tuesday’s post. I was rather fond of it, too. Here’s the clip from Monday’s show. And don’t miss the official website for I Am America (and So Can You). New on the site since Tuesday is a [...]
I Am America audiobook teaser
We’re less than a month away from the release of Stephen’s new book, I Am America (and So Can You). The link below is the audiobook, which promises to be especially wonderful. Word is that guest voices will include Stephen’s wife, Evelyn McGee Colbert, and several other friends and partners in crime. The link over [...]
Upside down and backwards
The Report is halfway through a two-week break and I’m killing the last hour or so before a three-day weekend reading some of my favorite blogs. Here’s my favorite Q&A from the Publishers Weekly interview with Stephen on his upcoming book, I Am America (and So Can You):
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Harry Potter Seclusion
UPDATE:
“Hermione’s a dude, Voldemort is the ghost of Harry’s father, whose real name is Rosebud, and on the very last page Harry wakes up in bed with Susanne Pleschette.” –Stephen Colbert
Okay, folks, I’m going into Internet seclusion until I read the book. See you on the other side of the Deathly Hallows.
In the meantime, Stephen [...]
Happy Bloomsday
In which our hero, Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, DFA, reads the part of Leopold Bloom in a chapter from James Joyce’s novel Ulysses
at the Bloomsday on Broadway XXIV celebration in 2005. (For more on Bloomsday, go here.)
Here’s the audio for the Lotus Eaters chapter. (Tip o’ the hat to Truth at Colbert Heroes, where [...]
Hearing Voices
I was hoping for Joan of Arc as an example, but I’ll settle for Moses. From Thursday’s show, the interview with Daniel Smith, author Muses, Madmen, and Prophets: Rethinking the History, Science, and Meaning of Auditory Hallucination. I really enjoy watching Stephen dial the intensity of his character up and down depending on the guest.
Science and Religion—Formidable Opponents?
Not for Stephen Colbert, although possibly for his stubbornly one-sided persona, whose ignorance is only exceeded by his arrogance. At Book Expo America this past Saturday, Colbert had this to say in response to a thoughtful question during the Q&A:
“I’m really interested in religion, I’m really interested in science. As someone who was raised [...]
