Wow. That was powerful. Thanks for sharing.
Wow. That was powerful. Thanks for sharing.
I adore Colbert and his comedy.
Colbert will NOT diminish and go into the west. He will remain in our hearts like a modern Oath of Fëanor, disrupting the world for ages yet ultimately leaving it more beautiful than it was before
A good man.
He seems to be a man who gets Joseph Campbell's paraphrase of Buddhist wisdom-- “Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy."
This whole thing about shutting down the Late Show is really going to backfire on Paramount and CBS.
We gotta shut down that Mark Twain guy!
That’s a pretty bizarre take. The far more likely answer is that either there is no god, or he is indifferent to the affairs of mankind. EVERYTHING (especially suffering, loss, and evil) makes far more sense with that presumption.
I saw a clip of this response in Colbert’s TV interview with Anderson Cooper and have always adored him after that response. I didn’t know the larger context, but that just makes it so much more admirable
Colbert is not an intellectual lightweight and life has given him challenges which he has risen to so I do respect the man.
This is what I think of too.
Steven Colbert has taught me a ridiculous number of lasting lessons and lenses for how to see the world and ourselves. An absolute heart of goodness. www.third-beat.com/2013/06/19/t...
His memory is astonishing. He can quote all of Tolkien, all GOT books and shows.
Wow. That is a powerful perspective. Colbert is so smart.
When I think of Colbert, I think of how utterly brilliant he was on Strangers with Candy, one of my favorite shows of all time. He is a comedic genius and purely decent person. There’s nothing about him I don’t love. And also, my son has one wayward ear just like him, we call it his “Colbert ear”🙂
The Colbert Report was an absolute marvel
That's some serious grace right there.
Thank you for that.
My step mother was fond of telling us "If someone gives you a bag of shit you say thank you".
It's a concept deeply embedded in Tolkien's work. From the Silmarillion: "...'For the price could be no other. Thus even as Eru spoke to us shall beauty not before conceived be brought into Eä, and evil yet be good to have been.’ " Something can be not good, but ~good to have been~.
Thank you, Jenny. So Tolkien is saying it’s possible that it might be good that evil once existed. Or it’s definitely good that evil has once existed. Because good can come from it, I guess.
It's another way of looking at Genesis 50:20, where Joseph shows mercy to the brothers who tried to kill him.
Colbert is not an ordinary man a regular guy a human taking up space on this blue ball we call Earth.He has transcended the human experience and he has done so with his grace, his intelligence his humor his compassion. Tragedy in his young life did not make him bitter ,somehow it made him better
I think you would enjoy this discussion www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmP3...
Thank you so much for posting that. What a wonderful conversation
There’s another from earlier this summer that’s also great
Makes me so happy to be reminded that these people are in the world.
His interview with Anderson Cooper on his "All That There Is" podcast, is literally life saving. It saved mine after a major trajedy. Worthy listening... open.spotify.com/episode/19oJ...
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I listened to this whole series, it really is amazing, and could help many people to hear how others have dealt with deep grief.
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This was far more profound than I was ready to listen to. Wow.
I re-read this article all the time. It’s so good.
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Thank you for this. I hadn't read it before. I'm very glad I did now
It’s gonna take a lot of love to make it turn out right.
I think of this all the time
Interesting....................THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT GOD PUNISHES..................................
This is beautifully brilliant. youtu.be/PniJM5IwXfE?...
This has Between Two Fern vibes. Colbert is the best.
I had no idea :/
This is amazing. TYFS!
profound faith
Respect.
I read this when it first came out, too, and it’s never left me, either.
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Love the guy, but some things just aren't gifts.
You only would do that intentionaly, after a thing has happened you can't prevent--you will make it into a gift. I have known people like this. Especially if you are surviving other people, then this is a way to embrace the fact you live, a choice about how. But not everyone can do it. That's OK too
He will rise above it.
We are blessed to have someone with this level of sophisticated intelligence in public life. No matter what he is doing.
No matter how many times I read it, this story makes me tear up. CBS does not deserve Colbert.
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That interview grew a mental connection for me to the Mountain Goats song Isaiah 45:23. “If my prayer goes unanswered that's all right. If my path fills with darkness and there is no sign of light, Let me praise you for the good times, let me hold your banner high.” m.youtube.com/watch?v=bYkB...
Oh wow…I’ve never really listened to them more than what I’ve heard on TikTok clips, but wow, that’s powerful.
his discussion with Anderson Cooper on grief is so beautiful
I understand his reasoning, but it's not in me.
I’ve read his biography. He’s one of the best among us. That’s why the oligarchs fear him.
wow, what a brilliant human being.
Thank you.
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Fuck. That’s quality.
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I have enjoyed Colbert’s talent and political astuteness for many years — remember how he skewered the press for acting like stenographers? I didn’t realize until now that he had this depth of character and wisdom.
I’m not so sure that a person can achieve one without the other.
I have come back to, and thought about, and re-read this line from that interview countless times. Thanks for surfacing it again.
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This is so beautiful. This is also the way a great President that media crucified lived his life and aligned all his values around. Thank you for sharing this.
I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
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The moment when hearts are torn apart. Hope is MIA but laughter is still available. It’s a cry being darkness and desolation but it’s a choice we make for ourselves & the public good. Hidden in that laughter is the secret to surviving despair & pain.
That amazing Robert Hayden quote, on facing fear with laughter / comedy: www.goodreads.com/quotes/10207...
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And also why Dua Lipa is a wonderful person. youtu.be/QrlEJbSNgW0?...
She really is 😃
Wow! This is why I greatly appreciate Dua Lipa and Stephen Colbert. All I can say is: Stephen, Stephen, Stephen,...!
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Would welcome an atheist being asked to discuss their refusal to believe in invisible beings and how it informs their humble world view. We could even get the first atheist president, senator, or SCOTUS justice, or the second atheist House member some day!
as a non-theist, I agree with you. That said, Colbert’s statement is just fine with me. Humor, satire, making people laugh is a way to message without creating resistance.
I absolutely love that exchange, thank you for sharing that.
On the comedy side, Stephen Colbert and Jack White as competing altar boys is one of my favorite things youtu.be/c9zeYyOdBU0?...
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Faith is not knowledge. It's make believe.
If your vision is really about justice and making the world a better place for others, it doesn't really matter if the reason is illusory or material. Loving your fellow human and rejecting fear is available to everyone. If his is via faith and yours is via logic, you still get to the same place.
💯 💙 🙏 So eloquently and compassionately put! Kudos! And thank you.
Wow. Thx for posting. I hadn’t seen that.
Colbert was able to become his true self for the last decade taking over Letterman’s fantastic Late Show format. He did a great interview series with Anderson Cooper on Grief and loss of his father and brother at age 10. He was fantastic with Ruth Bader Ginsburg & so many celebs.
Renaissance Man And Warrior Poet.
This kind of sincere, thoughtful discussion about faith and humanity was just a bridge too far for Donny the rapist and felon and his thrall executives at CBS
He explains Catholicism well. At least a certain kind. What you learn from Catholic education (of a certain kind) is you're mortal and can't be truly sure of much, but if you infuse your actions with love of others, and avoid hate you usually go less wrong if you turn out to be off on specifics.
Another important part of Catholicism that is still important to me is selflessness. Sacrificing for the greater good.
Protestants dislike this 'good works' part because they think we could never deserve salvation but Colbert talks about what it's SUPPOSED to be--it can make life more meaningful to always try to do good for others. I mean, we have to do SOMETHING with our life, right? So why not that? Life is short
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This is our guy, isn't it? He's the man.
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Pumping my fist in the air when he makes that Robert Hayden pull
having the line committed to memory is an insane flex. he's already on a roll and then he just goes super saiyan.
He has so much knowledge rolling around in that noggin.
Perhaps the show brought it out in people...
He has an amazing memory, always got the goods!
It isn’t the first time he’s dropped a perfect quote for an answer. His mind is a trap. His books at home must be highlighted/written in like crazy.
You think that's impressive, do a search on Colbert and The Simarrilion
It's a fantastic video clip, but I am a text person so I checked: halffullallgood.com/2023/07/23/l... "fear is the thing that keeps us from turning to evil devices to save you from the sadness,"
"as Robert Hayden said, ‘we must not be tricked into accepting evil as our deliverance from evil, we must keep struggling to maintain our humanity, tho’ monsters of abstraction threaten and police us, no matter what happens you are never defeated,"
"we must see [sadness and other struggles] in the light of eternity, and find a way to love and laugh with each other…’ something like that,”
i’d give anything to take a class taught by him
He teaches Sunday school, so that’s something
He goes to the church I grew up and was baptized in and I see him there from time to time when my lapses lapse. Kinda nice that he seems like just a regular guy.
"from time to time when my lapses lapse" This is art.
right, he’s just a regular old irish catholic guy that goes to mass every saturday at 5, no pretense, no show
Lapses lapse. Maybe I should consider same sometimes
Watched Strange New Worlds last night. Capt. Pike is in desperate straits and says aloud: “Okay, Dad, you win. Our Father, who art….” Surprised and touched me (also long lapsed).
Sticks with you
honestly i could see him lecturing at a number of jesuit schools on grace and grief, agape and sacrifice…
I’m convinced he’s got half the Bible (and *all* of Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion) memorized. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFRI...
I was in the audience that night and it was so completely spontaneous, just the direction their conversation took. And magnificent.
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Thanks for posting this clip. Made my morning.
Dua Lipa is also so much more brilliant than I think most people realize
She seems sweet and grounded 😊
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She is a very good interviewer, she has a YouTube show where she interviews authors. Separately, I think Colbert is flawed because we're all flawed but i don't think he wields his faith like a cudgel which is reassuring in a time when so many do.
Would you mind posting a link to it? I’m only coming up with concert footage and such. Thx.
I’d be interested too. That clip of her intrigues me. I don’t know much about her.
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Thank you. What a neat find
Her channel is Service95, but here is a video about her interviewing skills: youtu.be/QN1rULxGHCA?...
Thank you very much!
Thank you. Didn’t think I could girl crush harder on her.
Love Dua Lipa. Very smart celebrity 🧠
It’s not online anymore due to enshittification, but I’ve watched several times the eulogy he did for his mother on the Colbert Report; it was beautiful and heartbreaking and funny and such an encapsulation of what I love about the man. Just made me want to know him more. We don’t deserve him
I mentioned this in another reply, but his barely concealed fury with Philip Zimbardo was where I fell in love with Colbert. (GIFs of the conversation are here: imgur.com/gallery/7aae...)
A trip down memory lane…
"I *TEACH* Sunday School m@therf#cker!" One of the greatest clapbacks ever
Damn that's fucking hard
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I watch him religiously🙃, and one of things I know he felt super honored about was attending the event in which Pope Francis hosted comedians from all over the world💕
Holy shit.
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I sometimes forget that he's a gifted man.
Integrity is not a gift – it's a life choice
Used to teach Sunday school.
Those were lucky kids.
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She does regular and wonderful author interviews on the BBC Maestro channel on YouTube.
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Colbert is a goddamn certified national treasure
That was incredible
He is amazing
What a fantastic question by Dua Lipa! Perceptive of and interesting to Colbert. Great interviewing skills
Thank you for sharing this💔
wow
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The Robert Hayden quote is powerful.
Dua Lipa is a better interviewer than 99% of people who actually do that for a living.
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She is such a good interviewer. Her series interviewing authors is amazing. And even here on the other side of the couch she just has a great way about her.
Yeah, I was sitting here thinking "Yet another she-really-gets-it question from Dua Lipa"
yes good to circulate this now the immediate challenge is to peacefully replace the current authoritarian regime here with a temporary government led by sane people and vote again and make sure the vote is fair and free. The founder guys did not foresee THIS. Redo needed.
We must not be frightened nor cajoled into accepting evil as deliverance from evil. We must go on struggling to be human, though monsters of abstraction police and threaten us. Reclaim now, now renew the vision of a human world where godliness is possible
Thank you for transcribing it!
I saw this when it aired & it never left me. As a lifelong Catholic that's had a love/hate relationship with the church, Steve's words hit my heart...but that's his true super power, even above comedy, the ability to communicate w/people. Btw, he was 100% correct. "Belfast" was the best film of 2021
Colbert is so smart it's no wonder maga wants him canceled. He's got the sharpest wit and kindest heart that fake christians find him a threat. Watch his interview with Anderson Cooper about grief.
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I still watch the clip of he & Andrew Garfield talk about grief several times a year.
His talk with Molly Shannon on the subject has stayed with me too youtu.be/BAHVYFny0Ac
“I hope this grief stays with me because it’s all the unexpressed love that I didn’t get to tell her.”
I continue to be mad that they took down his ~2019 Biden interview, it was only up in full for maybe a few months but they got really deep into talking about grief and it’s probably the best interview I’ve ever watched.
They took down his conversation about grief with Anderson Cooper too
That one’s at least been reposted by someone else so you can still watch it (and IIRC it was a CNN interview rather than CBS anyway)
Yes, I saw someone reposted it! And not remembering it was a CNN interview is part of the reason I couldn't find it! The interview was on Anderson's show, not Stephen's. I'll remember that for the future.
Not to be too depressing about this, but how long do you think it will be before CBS/Paramount pull these clips off YouTube?
The anti Trump ones will go first. They’ll leave the rest up to claw in the pennies from YouTube views for longer.
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For me, it’s Anderson Cooper and Colbert on grief: Cooper: You told an interviewer that you have, in your words, “learned to love the thing that I most wish had not happened.”You went on to say, “What punishments of God are not gifts?” Do you really believe that? 1/1
Colbert: Yes. It's a gift to exist, and with existence comes suffering. There's no escaping that.... I want it to not have happened, but if you are grateful for your life ... then you have to be grateful for all of it. You can't pick and choose what you're grateful for. youtu.be/YB46h1koicQ?... 1/2
I was going to mention that one too! Sad, beautiful, thoughtful all at once🥹❤️🩹
It helped me after the loss of my dad, with whom I had actually watched the interview months before.
Wow. Heavy yet beautiful. It made me smile & also brought a tear to my eye🥲
Maybe he should get the Nobel Peace Prize 🤔
He's such a thoughtful & compassionate individual. In some ways his comedy follows on from the late, great George Carlin.
Belfast is a beautiful, beautiful movie.
Wow - Dua Lipa with a professional-grade interview question. If she ends up needing or wanting a second act, give that woman her own talk show! Damn
She has a podcast! Dua Lipa: At Your Service
God I love him, and I love that he loves the movie Belfast.
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she's been interviewing authors for a hot minute and she's head and shoulders above most other interviewers, always asking interesting, pertinent questions. she needs her own show fr
Just wow. They will never be able to cancel this man.
Colbert is a smart, interesting guy for sure, but Dua Lipa is also quite a thoughtful and intelligent person. I've seen her do interviews and she always asks good questions.
Awesome
maybe I’d still be a catholic if this was my example
my mom was raised Catholic and I joke (about myself) that's genetic, and he makes me think about converting
I don’t think I could ever go back after the things I’ve experienced (one of the schools where they re-housed pedophiles) but his explanation makes me think I missed a lot in my catholic upbringing (of 16 years)
I was blessed by never being touched by a Church (literally or figuratively) as a kid, I very much get that 🩵 I do envy my cousins, tho, whose faith is deeply entwined in their family lives.
I agree - I am envious of those people, but given Fox News was more gospel than the Bible at my house, I find it hard to believe I can ever untangle that from my upbringing
This man needs a show more than anyone else, for own own good.
It's because his faith isn't something he uses to oppress others or giving rich people power. It doesn't actually conflict with comedy or humanity if you're not evil.
Oh, this is wonderful. And I saw her interview an author about their book once, and she had such good questions.
He's so honest and good and smart. His country has failed him.
A dim witted loser is jealous and is cosplaying a dictator By extorting greedy Corporations We will follow him whatever he does wherever he goes and next year paramount will be The Loser
I always thought his ability to engage meaningfully in back and forth conversations set him apart from most interviewers. Most tell a little quip and try to turn it back to guests, but he is willing to engage in the depth of the conversation
He’s such a brilliant man.
thank you for posting this.
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Colbert reaches levels no other American program can when he talks about faith (incl philosophy), family (love & loss), literature, and nerd-dom. They haven't capitalized on that as much as they could (he's just a pretty good day-to-day interviewer of celebs). Maybe his next move can focus on that.
He’d be perfect as a podcaster where he can talk about this and any other thing he wants, at whatever length he wants, with whatever guest he wants.
Jimmy Fallon could never
I feel a sense of humor is the most valuable asset a person can have. Life is hard, painful and scary and laughter lets us survive.
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That was beautiful. And I want to see more interviews conducted by Dua Lipa.
yeah, her music isn't really my thing but i would absolutely listen to her podcast
Alternatively here: open.spotify.com/show/5FmvJeZ...
You’re both in luck! She regularly interviews authors here youtube.com/@service95?s...
Thank you! I can’t wait to listen.
Have you seen this video about her literary interviews? youtu.be/QN1rULxGHCA
that was incredible, thank you for sharing
it made me a Dua Lipa fan! Her music is OK, but she herself has talent beyond just music.
She has a YouTube book show where she interviews authors
Yes! She is such a well prepared interviewer! She holds a real connection with her subjects.
Subjects? Guests!
No! Thank you!
It’s very good! So glad to find out many people haven’t seen this yet!
HBO needs to give Colbert a show. He is amazing
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I love how open he is to being interviewed back, I think it's a big part of his success
I think he understands that a conversation is way more compelling and clearly has the intelligence and capability to engage meaningfully
Colbert always lets his guests have their moment, unlike the Fallons of the industry who need all eyes on them.
Absolutely perfect. Thank you.
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Colbert is a forkin’ genius, all all-round good guy, and one of the best stand up philosophers of all time.
He's so thoughtful about life and meaning and strives to be so fully integrated as a human being. We would do well to convince him to run for something.
As a South Carolinian I definitely place in him in the positives column.
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Absolutely love this. Someone else mentioned Fred Rogers. I could see Stephen putting his shoes and sweater on and guiding us. A good and decent person. An enemy of the current regime for being so.
Both men were/are Sunday School teachers. nymag.com/intelligence...
Mythology
thanks for sharing. Powerful stuff.
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Holy cow. His brain is 10x bigger than mine
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Wow. Thanks for sharing this, I hadn’t seen it and it’s brilliant
This exchange makes cry every time I see it.
Shes so pretty-hot. Just. Swoon.
My mother was very political. She forgot how to laugh. The grimness drove away good people who could see the moments of humor in the worst of things. They thrived. She curdled. I wish she had heard this.
and on top of now needing to catch up on all the Colbert I've missed, add Dua Lipa and WHY WHY WHY did I not know more about Hayden???
He's the most thoughtful interviewer, and I've always loved when his guests are equally so. This whole interview with her made me a Dua Lipa fan.
She seems strikingly intelligent him a way that makes me want to check out her music.
Some of it is quite good
I’m sure! It’s just like, I’m a 47 year old man. Need to ask my kids for tips.
Lots of #collabs too: www.google.com/search?q=dua... I get introduced to a lot of artists via collabs.
Like just listening to who #CalvinHarris has worked with has introduced me to a ton of artists: youtube.com/@calvinharri...
Her genre could be described as "neo-Disco." If you're interested in a scholarly viewpoint with historical references of one of her hits, I love this podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/63hP...
Thanks!
She also has a fascinating book club with some unusual selections.
i do not connect with her music at all but as a person she rocks
She does rock as a person. Check this out: youtu.be/QrlEJbSNgW0?...
That's exactly what I came here to say. I've seen interviews and profiles and while her music means nothing to me she always comes across as an introspective and genuinely kind person.
Ha, she even nails the last line too.
I'm in the boat of her music not being for me, but I did love her recent line about how people joke about she always looks like she's on holiday and her response was "I just make everything I do look like a holiday," and really, that's a pretty good way to move through life
I only heard recently that she has a podcast and is apparently an incredible interviewer.
The one with George Saunders is terrific
She’s so much more than her music as Stephen is so much more about his comedy.
Well said…
I like that someone can have a rich internal life (Dua Lipa in this interview) and still appreciate and value gettin' silly at the club (Dua Lipa's music).
Did you see the YouTube video praising her interviewing? I didn’t know anything about her prior to watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN1r...
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Hes really been our public intellectual for 2 decades.
Mythology isn't intellectual
Ah, Israel flag, makes sense
That's a fantastic ad hominem fallacy, and also you're on the wrong team.
Fuck off, fascist
I'm the opposite of a fascist. I'm a liberal. I believe in equal rights for gays, women coming etc. Israel is the only real democracy in the Middle East, where these progressive liberal values are upheld. Cope harder.
Au Contraire that’s not mythology
You're an idiot
One of the best things I have seen here; thank you for this take. Colbert is a national treasure. Shame on @CBS.
As an atheist I can relate to everything Colbert said as I do not see it founded on a religious belief. It is the fear of sadness, failure, and death that hold us back, not the possibility of sadness, failure, nor death that do so.
I think that's the beauty of "real" faith, is that we're all ultimately struggling with the same questions, though none of us have answers. And the faithful can give us a huge amount of insight and comfort regardless of whether we are believers or not.
That was fantastic. Thank you for sharing that.
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CBS can cancel Colbert. Unless he chooses to retire, he will still be around. He is just too good to be suppressed by weak and empty corporate suits.
There is something not surprising that an actually good moral Christian is seen as an existential threat
As was Biden.
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Yeah, cool. His religion is directly and financially responsible for the destruction of trans people worldwide, the destruction of reproductive rights worldwide, and the global coverup of child molestation and assault. I guess that doesn't matter when you have faith.
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Weirdly, the film Belfast is about a Protestant family growing up in a mainly Catholic neighbourhood. But he is still very impressive.
It’s also about how those two groups lived in peace until the hate-filled assholes in each camp pushed for segregation.
They didn’t really. Sectarianism in Belfast favoured the Protestants who got all the best jobs, housing etc.
I was referring to the street in the film but your point is valid.
Wow.
Dua Lipa is a piece of shit antisemite
Really? Let me guess...She's critical of Netanyahu. Fun fact: Being critical of Netanyahu doesn't make you anti-Jewish. Just like being critical of trump doesn't make you anti-American.
I want to hear more from Dua Lipa
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@eyedoc.bsky.social making the rounds after CBS cancellation of Late Show
Looks like things are shifting after the CBS cancellation! It’ll be interesting to see what comes next for the Late Show and its hosts. What do you think the future holds for late-night TV?
And, as much as I love Colbert, there's your problem ('you' being the US): Colbert is not Irish. He's a US citizen. An American, if you will. Nobody outside the US is buying that nonsense.
Colbert corrected himself and said that he was Irish-American.
I just love that Dua Lipa walked on to the set and was like I'll be conducting this interview. "Dua Lipa, tell us about your new alb—" "Okay shut up. You're a Christian and a comedian. Reconcile that. You have 90 seconds, GO." 10/10
Which is what resonates so strongly with the audience. An authentic human sincerely wanting to understand another - exchange of ideas and feelings— all grounded by tremendously insightful prose. It’s just poetry, and we all feel it instinctively.
Holy shit was this an off-the-cuff answer? What a beautiful exchange. My atheist heart is warmed.
That was amazing. As an atheist, I just replace the word God with Universe, or field, as like a translation
I'm basically an atheist as well, but can subscribe to all that he's saying, to the degree I can understand it
Lovely comment. I especially appreciated your humility in it. Kudos! Thank you.
Thanks so much for your kind words - it gave me the opportunity to look at your feed and from there it was a quick Follow! 🙏
His Report interviews are what made me a fan. He’s *so good*. Highly intellectual, endlessly curious, and can lead or end interviewees gracefully by throwing in a funny joke. Occasionally his righteous fury would leak out. I hope to see more of that before the show ends. i.imgur.com/UIdFudI_d.we...
Link gif didn’t load, but click through. It’s him DESTROYING Philip Zimbardo on the topic of hell.
“I TEACH Sunday School, motherfucker!” is maybe one of the most perfectly funny ways an interview has ever ended
I don’t know if you watched it live. He was *pissed*. The delivery was biting, and passionate, and I loved him for it.
Not live, but I’ve seen the clip enough times that it lives rent free in my head
The place is corrupt. Corruption is tyranny. Tyranny can't stand in America. Time for Americans to do what Americans do. Be free & overthrow. Defending & preserving American Liberty ain't easy, nor is it safe. Only genuine true-blue red-blooded Americans will step into this hard & dangerous work.
Get past her awkward ask... and listen carefully, Colbert's response is stunning. *Then remind yourself that the network just canned him because the Felon Trump doesn't like him. *And that his Father and brothers were killed in a plane crash. *Remarkable
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Colbert is one of the few public figures I can identify as a mature Christian - one who isn’t chasing love, perfection, or false idols but accepts our human frailty and sin with the knowledge that he is perfectly made & loved by the Father. From there flow the fruits of the Spirit.
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Had no idea he suffered such a loss. And his response is thought provoking like I’ve never read before. Wow.
I've always admired him, not only for his wit and his humor, but also for his kindness and humanity...
Incredibly relatable; there's a part of my life that I've very often wished that I could erase or go back in time and do over, but the life I would have lived in that case would be entirely different from what it is now, and there is a lot of beauty even in the pain of now.
In an interview with Pres Biden-'What good is being Irish without a bit of suffering?' While talking about the many losses they've endured🥺💚
Okay now I need to know what Tolkien said in that letter. Maybe I can go to go.com. Wish me luck.
The nature of all these streaming services is very volatile. It wouldn't take a huge loss of subscribers for Paramount+ to go belly up.
This reminds me of a line from the book Tinkers by Paul Harding - “And when you resent the ache in your heart, remember: You will be dead and buried soon enough."
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Never heard that story. More respect for Colbert!
great post thanks for filling me in on this I have so much more respect for him now lots before but more now 👍
reminds me of his late show interview with John Mulaney as well
Love this.
This explains his love of Tolkien. Those books must have helped him process his grief.
bookmarked Colbert
That’s crazy. He seems like a sincerely decent guy, but those are the words of a deeply delusional person.
Seems like a cult. Why must god always get a pass on so much bad and suffering? I hope he finds a new show and it’s more serious, less hammy.
His interview with Anderson Cooper dwelled on this; it was beautiful to hear. Cooper had experienced his own childhood losses and was moved to tears. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB46...
I've never particularly been a Colbert fan. Like, his comedy is fine and he seems like a nice person, but I never watched his shows. But anytime I read/hear him talking about his faith, it's always uncommonly thoughtful.
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@tikk.bsky.social profoundly affecting reference to Tolkien
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Thank you for sharing this. Amazing grace.
I placed an infant into adoption when I was in high school. That man is now 28 and a beautiful person in my life. I can simultaneously wish more than anything that I did not carry that pregnancy to term and wish more than anything for him to have a wonderful life.
I’m so sorry and simultaneously appreciative of your perspective.
Thanks for sharing your wisdom.
📌 colbert faith grief
I have to sit with this concept for a while; getting past the tragedy and finding profound enlightenment on the other side.
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More prosaically the crash eventually led to the “sterile cockpit rule” (no bullshitting in the cockpit below 10,000 feet) which has probably saved a lot of lives admiralcloudberg.medium.com/critical-con...
didn't know this
Me neither. Horrible.
Beautiful... and wise.
That destroyed me. Wow.
When I think of Colbert, it's the Press dinner where he roasted the F out of Bush Jr.