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Thanks everybody. Welcome one and all in here, out there, all around the world to the Late Show. I'm your host Stephen Colbert. Ladies and gentlemen, I don't have to tell any of you it's been a hell of a week. I'm sorry I read that wrong. It's been hell. Right now Minnesotans are still being terrorized by Trump's goons and it's not entirely clear. It's not entirely clear when it will end. In the wake of two murders by anti immigration agents, Trump has removed Border Patrol commander Greg Bevino, seen here embodying Coco Chanel's famous motto I love Nazis. Bavino has been replaced in Minnesota by Border Czar and happiest meatball in the steam tray. That's all we know, it's too early to know if Trump is actually trying to de escalate the violence or just rearranging the douchebags on the Titanic. Right now. So far, so far, from what we can tell, it looks a little bit like option B, because this morning Trump posted surprisingly, Mayor Jacob Fry has just stated that Minneapolis does not and will not enforce federal immigration laws. This is after having had a very good conversation with him. Could somebody please explain that he is playing with fire? I had a very good conversation. No, folks, I had a very good conversation with Mayor Fry. Just had a great relationship with his uncle, Mayor McCheese. But now, folks, now Mayor Fry is playing with fire when he should be playing in the Fryer. The administration is feeling the heat because Americans are outraged. Anti ICE sentiment is everywhere. In fact, this weekend on Instagram, Reddit, TikTok and YouTube, posts critical of ICE went viral even in apolitical online spaces. For example, on one subreddit, for playfully patting your cat like you're playing the bongos, the moderator got a record number of upvotes after posting, quote, if you still support trumpice even slightly, you're not welcome in this. You hear that? Do you get that? Do you understand that if you support the fascists, your hands have no place tapping sweet samba rhythms on your cat's bongo butt. Which means the revolution has a new fight song. Hit it. Cat seems to like it. I wouldn't mind that. Naturally, a lot of the anger has been directed at Homeland Security Secretary and girlfriend, a lonely sailor made from driftwood and kelp, Christy Noem. On Saturday, Noem was quick to call Preddy a domestic terrorist without evidence. Now House Democrats are threatening to impeach her, and even some Republicans are demanding her resignation. But yesterday. That's pleasant something. But yesterday, Trump said no when asked by a reporter if Noem would step down, adding, I think she's doing a very good job. I think she's doing a very good job, folks. Nope, she's doing excellent. There's no one else I'd rather have everyone blame for my mindless cruelty. She's perfect. First off, she's a woman and nobody likes that. For her part, Noem is trying to blame other people for immediately labeling a murder victim a domestic terrorist. Yesterday, she reportedly said, everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the President and Stephen Miller. Oh, so you were just following orders? This was all just a nothing burger? Oh, wait, I'm sorry, I misread that. It's a nuremberger. But Much of Noem's. But this much of Noem's story does check out. Right after Preddy was killed. Miller called him an assassin intent on massacring law enforcement. But now he's saying that wasn't his idea either. Yesterday, he told reporters any early comments made were based on information sent to the White House through Customs and Border Protection. So Kristi Noem, who runs Customs and Border Protection, heard it from Stephen Miller, who says he heard it from Customs and Border Protection run by Kristi Noem. This is a real snake eating its own tail, which I believe is how Stephen Miller reproduces. Yesterday, during a press event with Iowa farmers, Trump was asked about the trouble in Minnesota. Warning. If you're a fan of the song Eye of the Tiger, this might make you like it less.
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Why did you decide to shake up.
Stephen Colbert
Your leadership team in Minnesota and send. I do that all the time. I shake up teams. Everybody here. These are a lot of owners of farms and places and you shake up your team if they can't do the crops fast enough. That was an insane analogy to make while blasting that song in the background. If you work for a farmer and you do crops too slow or you just maybe murder de escalation or not, things in Minnesota are still very tense. Case in point, last night, Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a very frequent target of the President's, was speaking in a town hall where she was attacked by a man with a mystery liquid. Take a look.
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And DHS Secretary Kristi Noem must resign or face impeachment.
Stephen Colbert
Representative Omar is okay and admirably tough under pressure. Check out during the attack, she moves toward danger and then cocks her arm back. Girl was ready to throw some hands right there. Explains her campaign slogan. Ilhan Omar will fight for you. And with you. After school in the Panera parking lot, the attacker. How's it sound? Coming through okay.
Bad Bunny
Going through.
Stephen Colbert
Okay. The attacker has been identified as a 55 year old man named Anthony J. Kacmerczyk. As of this taping, we didn't know what his motivations were. It might have been Donald Trump. It might have been Captain Morgan. Witnesses say that Kacmercik sprayed Omar with a strong smelling liquid from this syringe. Some on the Internet speculated it was urine. If so, Anthony, you gotta hydrate immediately. Turns out, turns out, I'm happy to say, turns out the substance was apple cider vinegar. That's right, vinegar. That's more dangerous than you think. If she had had baking soda in her pocket, he could have turned her into A volcano. She's fine. She finished her speech. The guy's in jail. Now, clearly, when it comes to Minnesota, Trump has a big PR problem on his decomposing hands. So yesterday he tried to change the narrative by flying out to Iowa for a rally about the economy. There's just one problem. We just found out that in January, consumer confidence collapsed to its lowest level since 2014. Well, yeah, that year everyone's confidence collapsed after John Travolta tried to introduce Idina Menzel. Please welcome the wickedly talented, one and only Dazeem. It never gets old. I just like. I just like watching it. We don't even have a follow up joke. We just want to. Just want to watch that as often as we can. Every month. Here's the thing. Every month something called the conference board releases a consumer confidence index. And this January, the numbers are truly stunning. I'm talking about 84.5, 65.1 and 113.7. Do you know what that means? Because I don't. And that's scary. Where are we headed from here? 293.5, 47.6. Or the unthinkable? 420.69. Nice. A warning about this next story for any 8 year olds in the room. You're going to love it. Because a small geyser of poop water is flooding into the Potomac River. That's right. Washington D.C. has an unstoppable geyser of poop. And now there's one in the Potomac too, according to reports. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. That joke courtesy of little Richie Dom, age 8. According to reports, the oopsie poopy happened when part of a major sewer line that carries wastewater collapse experts estimate the overflow of sewage about 40 million gallons a day. That's some deep doo doo. Like all stories involving poop geysers. This is going to get worse before it gets better. Because while much of the sewage may be locked in ice at the moment, it's unclear what the effect will be when it's released later. According to to the Riverkeeper. Yes, the Riverkeeper. Ha ha ha. Bow, mortal slaves, to your precious terra firma and heed the portentous cry of I, the river keeper. For I may keep the river, but who keeps me? It's a water safety nonprofit. Indeed. Fun fact, The Riverkeeper's name. You guys good over there? I didn't scare you, did I? I didn't scare anybody, did I? Fun fact, the Riverkeeper's name is Dean. Naw, jokes But I will not make fun of his name because Dean has made it clear. Naw jokes. We got a great show for you tonight.
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Stephen Colbert
You know who this man is? I call him Bonito. But you know him as Bad Bunny. He's got the new album Debit Mas Photos out now. And thanks for being here again.
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Lovely.
Stephen Colbert
Lovely to talk to you. I had such a good time talking to you before. And even though, I mean, I think even though there's a, you know, I don't speak Spanish, you taught me some things about your native Puerto Rico and a little bit of a few terms I didn't know, but I wonder. But that was just scratching the surface of you, your life, your experiences, everything that makes Bad Bunny. And I was hoping that I could subject you to something called the Colbert questionnaire.
Bad Bunny
Okay.
Stephen Colbert
And the Colbert questionnaire, it's a series of questions that we use to find out exactly who someone is. They're almost like. They're like. They're like little spirits that go into the person.
Bad Bunny
Oh, okay.
Stephen Colbert
They pull out of them the truth so that we can fully know you. Are you ready to be fully known by the world?
Bad Bunny
No, but let's do it.
Stephen Colbert
First question to the Colbert questionnaire. What Bad Bunny is the best sandwich.
Bad Bunny
The best sandwich. Tripleta.
Stephen Colbert
Tripleta.
Bad Bunny
Tripletta.
Stephen Colbert
What's in there?
Bad Bunny
Everything that you want.
Stephen Colbert
Okay. Okay, fine, answer. Fine answer. What was the first concert that you went to? First musical performance.
Bad Bunny
First concert. It was like a free. Like in Puerto Rico. We made like, fiesta Patronage. It's like a town festival. Like, it's free and there's a Lot of artists. So that was my first.
Stephen Colbert
And does the festival still go on?
Bad Bunny
Yeah. Yeah.
Stephen Colbert
Have you played it?
Bad Bunny
No.
Stephen Colbert
You realize you have to, now that you brought it up.
Bad Bunny
I will.
Stephen Colbert
Okay.
Bad Bunny
Someday I will.
Stephen Colbert
Okay. What. What is the scariest animal?
Bad Bunny
Scariest animal? Acho. A cucaracha.
Stephen Colbert
Is that big?
Bad Bunny
Yeah. Yeah. Cockroach.
Stephen Colbert
Cockroach. Open a cabinet. Yeah. Apples or oranges?
Bad Bunny
Oranges. Orange.
Stephen Colbert
Oranges.
Bad Bunny
Orange.
Stephen Colbert
Okay. It's acceptable. It's acceptable. Have you ever asked someone for their autograph?
Bad Bunny
Autograph? I don't think so. No.
Stephen Colbert
No?
Bad Bunny
No.
Stephen Colbert
Athletes? No, just. No. It's okay.
Bad Bunny
Well, I have a couple autographs, but I never say, like.
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Yeah.
Bad Bunny
Can you sign this? It's more like a gift or something.
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Okay.
Stephen Colbert
But you never asked.
Bad Bunny
Yeah. No. No.
Stephen Colbert
What do you think happens when we die?
Bad Bunny
Well, I don't know. They. They bury us. I don't know.
Stephen Colbert
What's your favorite action movie?
Bad Bunny
My favorite action movie? Scarface.
Stephen Colbert
Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Say hello to my little friend.
Bad Bunny
Say hello to my little friend.
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Yeah.
Stephen Colbert
Window or aisle?
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Aisle.
Bad Bunny
Oh, aisle, I guess.
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Aisle?
Bad Bunny
Yeah.
Stephen Colbert
Why aisle instead of window?
Bad Bunny
I don't know.
Stephen Colbert
Well, for me, it's because if I have to go to the bathroom on the plane, I don't want to go past the person in the aisle. I want to be able to get.
Bad Bunny
Up and just go, maybe. Yeah.
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Yeah.
Bad Bunny
I don't like to look to the window, so.
Stephen Colbert
You don't like the window?
Bad Bunny
Yeah.
Stephen Colbert
You don't like to think about flying? Are you a nervous flyer?
Bad Bunny
I don't like to fly, but I'm. No, I like to fly. Yeah.
Stephen Colbert
Why? Did you just realize you have a sponsorship by an airline? No, I love flying. I love my friends at Delta. Delta Airlines. Delta One, the finest lounge.
Bad Bunny
No, no, I like to fly. I like to fly.
Stephen Colbert
Benito, what is your favorite smell?
Bad Bunny
My favorite smell? Like this Christmas cinnamon smell. Like, you know. Oh, my God.
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Cinnamon.
Stephen Colbert
Nutmeg.
Bad Bunny
Cinnamon Christmas tree. The Christmas tree. That smell is the best.
Stephen Colbert
That's all good. Least favorite smell.
Bad Bunny
Ay. Er. You know.
Stephen Colbert
I think. I don't think we need a translation for that one. We have to take a quick break, but we're back with more Bad Bunny.
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What's your earliest memory?
Bad Bunny
Earliest memory?
Stephen Colbert
Wow.
Bad Bunny
I think my earliest memory. I have a lot of earliest memories, but I don't know the order of the. You know, because I remember maybe my first Christmas.
Stephen Colbert
Really? That young?
Bad Bunny
Well, the first Christmas that I remember.
Stephen Colbert
Oh, I thought you remembered your first Christmas.
Bad Bunny
No, no, no, no. My first memory, I think, is.
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Bad Bunny
Remember I used to watch a picture of a girl. It was in a book. My mom had a book, like a picture book, and there was a picture of a girl, and she was my crush.
Stephen Colbert
Did you know who she was?
Bad Bunny
No. And I used to cry for that. And I was, like, four years old.
Stephen Colbert
Wow. And how old was the girl?
Bad Bunny
I don't. I never knew.
Stephen Colbert
So, like, four or, like, 40?
Bad Bunny
No, no. Like, it was kind of my age. Oh, really? Yeah.
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Yeah.
Stephen Colbert
Do you know where this photo is now?
Bad Bunny
No.
Stephen Colbert
Oh. Cause you could hold it up and maybe meet her maybe. Maybe cats or dogs?
Bad Bunny
Dogs.
Stephen Colbert
Yeah. Do you have a dog?
Bad Bunny
Um. Yes or no? I don't know.
Stephen Colbert
You don't know if you have a dog? Is the dog on the airplane you don't like flying on? Let's move on. You only get. You only get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. Okay. So that means you don't have to listen to it all the time, but when you go to listen to music, this is the song you get to hear.
Bad Bunny
Okay.
Stephen Colbert
What song is it?
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Wow.
Bad Bunny
Wow, wow, wow, wow. That's the toughest question ever.
Stephen Colbert
Well, it's a tough. It's a tough quiz. What'd you say? I didn't catch all.
Bad Bunny
I don't know. I think maybe it could be salsa song, maybe. I'm going to pick that one.
Stephen Colbert
You're not going to pick that one?
Bad Bunny
No. Marejada. Feliz.
Stephen Colbert
Marejala.
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Feliz.
Bad Bunny
Yes.
Stephen Colbert
What does that mean? Something happy.
Bad Bunny
Something happy? Yeah.
Stephen Colbert
Feliz is happy? Yes. Yeah.
Bad Bunny
Feliz is happy. Marejala. Well, I don't know how to say it in Spanish. Marijal is like waves, I think.
Stephen Colbert
Oh, okay. Happy waves.
Bad Bunny
Yeah.
Stephen Colbert
Something like that. Something like that. Okay. You guys know that one?
Bad Bunny
Nah.
Stephen Colbert
No. Okay. What number am I thinking of right now? Yeah.
Bad Bunny
Nine.
Stephen Colbert
No. Describe the rest of your life in five words. The rest of my rest of your life in five words. And they can be English or Spanish.
Bad Bunny
Five words.
Stephen Colbert
Five words. Yeah.
Bad Bunny
Okay. Happy. Good morning.
Stephen Colbert
Happy.
Bad Bunny
Retired. Retired, yeah. Eating tripletas and living in Puerto Rico.
Stephen Colbert
Congratulations. You are known.
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Thank you.
Stephen Colbert
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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
Release Date: January 29, 2026
This episode of The Late Show Pod Show intertwines Stephen Colbert's signature satirical monologue on recent U.S. political events with a playful and revealing interview with international music superstar Bad Bunny. The main highlights include Colbert dissecting the chaos in Minnesota following controversial federal actions, and the show’s famed "Colbert Questionert," which gives fans a personal, humorous glimpse into Bad Bunny’s life and personality.
(Starting ~01:44)
(~09:20)
(14:05 - 15:10)
1. Best Sandwich?
2. First Concert Attended?
3. Scariest Animal?
4. Apples or Oranges?
5. Have you ever asked for someone’s autograph?
6. What happens when we die?
7. Favorite Action Movie?
8. Window or Aisle? And Why?
9. Favorite Smell?
10. Least Favorite Smell?
11. Earliest Memory?
12. Cats or Dogs?
13. If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life?
14. What number am I thinking of?
15. Describe the rest of your life in five words.
Colbert: “Congratulations. You are known.” (24:02)
The episode expertly blends Colbert’s sharp, absurdist wit with a relaxed and endearing conversation with Bad Bunny. The lightheartedness of the Colbert Questionert contrasts with the biting satire of the opening monologue, making for a well-rounded listening experience. Through humor and honesty, listeners are offered both insightful commentary on current events and a rare, intimate look at Bad Bunny’s personality and memories.
For further engagement and video clips, Colbert directs fans to The Late Show’s YouTube channel.