Stephen Presents: Email In-Bag with Evie II (Extended)

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Stephen Presents: Email In-Bag with Evie II (Extended)" – The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Episode Information:

• Title: Stephen Presents: Email In-Bag with Evie II (Extended)
• Release Date: August 14, 2025
• Host: CBS's Stephen Colbert
• Description: In this extended episode, Stephen Colbert teams up with his producer Becca and his wife, Evie McGee, for a special segment titled "Email In-Bag." They engage with listener-submitted questions, offering humorous and heartfelt responses that showcase the dynamic between Stephen and Evie.

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Introduction to "Email In-Bag" Segment

At the [03:37] mark, Stephen introduces the "Email In-Bag" segment alongside his producer, Becca. This segment is designed to answer questions submitted by listeners through physical letters photographed and emailed to the show. The process emphasizes a blend of personal interaction and entertaining dialogue.

Stephen Colbert:
"Hey, this is Stephen Colbert with the Late Show POD Show. And as always, I am joined by my intrepid producer, Becca. Hi, Becca." [03:37]

Becca:
"Hi, Steven. Thanks so much for doing these with me." [03:44]

Engaging with Listener Questions

Stephen and Evie dive into the listener questions with a playful and competitive spirit. Each question invites them to share personal anecdotes, preferences, and insights into their relationship.

Question 1: Finder of Lost Objects

• Timestamp: [08:15]

Listener:
"Who is the finder of lost objects in your household?" – Mike and Brandon from Texas.

Stephen Colbert:
"Of course. Yes, of course it's you. Of course. I have aphasia for the thing I'm looking for." [08:24]

Evie McGee:
"I think this is an opportunity to discuss what you do with your telephone." [09:04]

This exchange highlights the humorous dynamics in their household regarding the elusive search for lost items.

Question 2: Who is Right Most Often?

• Timestamp: [10:03]

Listener:
"Who is right most often?" – Art from California.

Stephen Colbert:
"You are right most often." [10:12]

Evie McGee:
"I mean, you're always right about some random, strange fact that I don't know." [10:29]

Stephen Colbert:
"Wow. After you." [10:35]

This playful banter underscores the affectionate teasing between Stephen and Evie, reinforcing their strong partnership.

Question 3: Favorite Memory of One Another

• Timestamp: [11:01]

Listener:
"What is your favorite memory of one another?" – Deborah from British Columbia.

Stephen Colbert:
"One of my earliest favorite memories of you is when we first started dating and I actually was in Canada. I took the train down and you met me at Penn Station..." [11:05]

Evie McGee:
"I remember the first time I went to visit you in Chicago because I was living in New York and you were in Chicago." [11:46]

Their shared memories provide listeners with an intimate glimpse into their relationship's beginnings and growth.

Question 4: Favorite Cocktail Maker

• Timestamp: [15:19]

Listener:
"Who makes the best cocktail?" – Heather and Travis from Tennessee.

Evie McGee:
"Oh, that's you." [16:06]

Stephen Colbert:
"My best cocktail is probably my Old Fashioned." [16:20]

Discussing their favorite cocktails adds a personal and relatable element, showcasing their individual tastes and camaraderie.

Closing Remarks

As the segment wraps up, Stephen and Evie encourage listeners to continue submitting their questions, fostering a sense of community and ongoing engagement.

Stephen Colbert:
"If there's anything you'd like to ask Evie and me, just hand write a letter, take a photo and then upload it to here or go to there." [17:10]

Evie McGee:
"Enjoy." [06:20]

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Notable Quotes:

• Stephen Colbert:
  "What do you think?" [08:58]

• Evie McGee:
  "I love that. And you're making old fashions. Which is not an easy cocktail to make at home." [04:50]

• Stephen Colbert:
  "You are right most often." [10:12]

• Evie McGee:
  "You're always right about some random, strange fact that I don't know." [10:29]

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Conclusion: "Stephen Presents: Email In-Bag with Evie II (Extended)" offers a delightful blend of humor, personal anecdotes, and genuine interaction between Stephen Colbert and his wife, Evie McGee. By addressing listener questions, they create an engaging and intimate atmosphere that resonates with both long-time fans and new listeners alike.

Transcript

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Becca]

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[Stephen Colbert]

Exactly. I mean, even out of the shell, it's still a nut.

[Becca]

We can't disparage the nuts.

[Stephen Colbert]

You. I'm not disparaging the nut. I'm describing the nut.

[Becca]

Don't disparage any flavors.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm not. I am celebrating the pistachio right now. I'm on board. I love pistachios. I love. I love crushed pistachio. Like a pistachio crusted trout. Oh, unbelievable. Instead of a trout amandine, a trout pistachio. Fantastic. Enough butter? Who cares?

[Becca]

Very good.

[Stephen Colbert]

And I love pistachio ice cream.

[Becca]

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[Stephen Colbert]

I didn't even know I get them.

[Becca]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Becca]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Becca]

That was a wonderful.

[Stephen Colbert]

I wonder what more there is to learn. We just told them so much. We just told them so much about pistachios, but evidently, there's a whole other world. There's an unexplored vista.

[Becca]

They got a bunch of flavors. They got dill pickle, jalapeno lime, as we learned, smoky barbecue. There's a lot of different flavors.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. And I would not disparage any of them.

[Becca]

No, no, no.

[Stephen Colbert]

Bring it on.

[Becca]

Nothing bad to say.

[Stephen Colbert]

Nut me, nut. Nut me with nut meat.

[Becca]

We're nut.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, we got nothing but nut. Nutty, nutty, nutty, nutty. Talk about, talk about, talk about, talk about, talk about nutty. Good big moments or small moments.

[Becca]

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[Stephen Colbert]

Hey, this is Stephen Colbert with the Late Show POD Show. And as always, I am joined by my intrepid producer, Becca. Hi, Becca.

[Becca]

Hi, Steven. Thanks so much for doing these with me.

[Stephen Colbert]

My pleasure to be here.

[Becca]

We always have such a great time. This is a really special segment that we just did with your lovely wife, Evie.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, is this a mailbag?

[Becca]

Yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

Email. Email inbag.

[Becca]

Email in bag. Late Joe. Email in bag.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, sure.

[Becca]

Yeah. Really lovely.

[Stephen Colbert]

So nice.

[Becca]

And one of my favorite parts of this, and you have to explain it for the podcast audience.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sure, sure.

[Becca]

Please explain the cocktail hand gesture.

[Stephen Colbert]

We were talking about who makes better cocktails at the end, and then she said, well, you. I mean, you do it, and you also have. Tell them about your favorite cocktail. And I hold up three fingers. Like, imagine like you're doing. You're holding, like you're gonna shake someone's hand, but raise just your index finger so the bottom three are still there. That's how I like my cocktails. The bottom three is how much liquor I want. And then you just lower the top one like you're doing, like sort of the clicker stick on. Like when you're starting a movie scene, like, click action. I just lower that top finger down a little bit, and that's it. So licker, mixer. The little finger comes down. That's the mixer.

[Becca]

Yeah, I love that. And you're making old fashions. Which is not an easy cocktail to make at home. Unless you.

[Stephen Colbert]

I mean, if you're doing it right, it should take you a little time.

[Becca]

How do you make an old Fashioned? What's your recipe?

[Stephen Colbert]

You gotta go with Luxardo cherries. You know, a really, really quality cherry. Almost like black. Almost looks like a black cherry. And instead of using sugar cube, I use just some of the syrup from the Luxardo cherry jar.

[Becca]

Oh, that's nice.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay. And then I mean, sometimes I actually use homemade bourbon cherries that Deanna Story, our script supervisor, makes. And so that. And maybe just a little teaspoon of the sugar and the bourbon that comes with that. And then I candy orange rinds at Christmas time. So all throughout the year, I've got candied orange rinds to use in there. And so it's very, very bright, very kind of sunny taste and smell. And you kind of mix that and you muddle that in there. And then, you know, a quality bourbon. Yeah, quality bourbon. One big ice cube. And this is crazy, but because I'm using one big ice cube and it doesn't melt very fast, I might put just a splash, just like a bloop of soda water in there. Oh. Just gives it a little life.

[Becca]

That's nice. Yeah. Ugh. I love Christmas time when the Deanna jars come make their way to the office. She makes wonderful jars of jams, jellies, pickles, cherries.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yep. Pickled garlic.

[Becca]

Good. Oh, my God.

[Stephen Colbert]

Fantastic. Slice that up and put that on pizza.

[Becca]

Oh, I didn't get that. I'm gonna have to ask Santa for that.

[Stephen Colbert]

They have a lobby for that.

[Becca]

Yeah. All right, well, this is email in bag with Evie. Please enjoy. And if you want to submit a question, I'm gonna drop the link in the episode description and you can find the link in our bio and our socials to ask Steven Evey a question.

[Stephen Colbert]

Fantastic.

[Becca]

Enjoy.

[Stephen Colbert]

Don't delay.

[Evie McGee]

Folks.

[Stephen Colbert]

If you watch the show, you know that I've been asking you folks for a while to send in your questions from me and my wife Evie to answer. And we asked you to do it in the most efficient way possible. Write out your question in a physical letter, then take a photograph of that. Then email the photo to us so we can print it out as a physical letter. Again, this is Late show email in bag. Make sure we now get back. That should be longer. That should be longer. As always on Late show email in bag. Please welcome my wife, Evie McGee. Come on out, darling. That's lovely. Is this new? Is this new?

[Evie McGee]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Beautiful. Please have A seat. Here we go, darling. All right. So there we go. That's a lot of letters. Well, we've gotten hundreds of these letters. We're just going to grab some here at random, right out of the top there. You send us a bunch of questions, and we're going to see how my and Evie's answers line up. That's what we're going to do. I just read that up there. And remember, remember, if you're at home and you're a couple, you can play along. And you should keep score, because we definitely are.

[Evie McGee]

What are the score? How do I get a point?

[Stephen Colbert]

What?

[Evie McGee]

How do I get a point?

[Stephen Colbert]

Why are you agreeing with me?

[Evie McGee]

Oh, God, no.

[Stephen Colbert]

All right, you want to go first?

[Evie McGee]

You go first. Okay, I'm going to go first.

[Becca]

All right, hold on.

[Stephen Colbert]

All right, because it has hundreds, we're going to pick one at random. Ok, here we go. What do we got?

[Evie McGee]

This is from Mike and Brandon. From Texas.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sure.

[Evie McGee]

Oh, I like this. Who is the finder of lost objects in your household? Take a guess.

[Stephen Colbert]

Of course. Yes, of course it's you. Of course. I have.

[Evie McGee]

This is how Steven looks for things. Uh, I don't see it. You don't pick it up. You look underneath, or you have to look over there.

[Stephen Colbert]

I don't see it. That's it. It's not like I don't try. I look.

[Evie McGee]

You don't even.

[Stephen Colbert]

I have aphasia for the thing I'm looking for. And what's infuriates me is that I'll pull everything out of a closet. And I go, it's not there. And you'll go in and it'll go. It was sitting on the top of the shelf. I swear. I think you just keep it in your pocket and put it in there to try to drive me crazy.

[Evie McGee]

No, no.

[Stephen Colbert]

What do you think?

[Evie McGee]

I think this is an opportunity to discuss what you do with your telephone.

[Stephen Colbert]

What?

[Evie McGee]

I know it's a telephone, iPhone, whatever. You do this, I'm just going to leave it right there. And then you can't find it and it's. Or you see.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, I don't do that. I do this. I go, all right, I got to put it someplace so I won't lose it. And I put it there.

[Evie McGee]

But you put it places that aren't even level.

[Stephen Colbert]

I know. Because I know if I put it in the place that it shouldn't be, then I'll know that it's there.

[Evie McGee]

That is sad.

[Stephen Colbert]

Cause I'll remember I put it in the stupid spot.

[Evie McGee]

That's Sad.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay, my turn. I always.

[Evie McGee]

Am I winning yet? Did I get a point?

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, you're winning. You're winning if the scoring is based on pure hostility.

[Evie McGee]

Aw. I'm not being hostile.

[Stephen Colbert]

Is she being hostile? No, you. Okay, this is from Art in California. Dear S and E, who is right most often?

[Becca]

Oh.

[Stephen Colbert]

You are. Oh, you are. You are right. No, you are right most often. You are right most often.

[Evie McGee]

No, you're always right.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, you are right. You are always right. I say I'm right most often. You are actually right most often.

[Evie McGee]

I don't think so.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, I think you are.

[Evie McGee]

I mean, you're right about facts. I might be right about feelings, maybe.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. After you.

[Evie McGee]

No, but you know what I mean. Like, you're always right about some random, strange fact that I don't know.

[Stephen Colbert]

And you're right about human behavior.

[Evie McGee]

Yes, I think that's all right.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. Wow.

[Evie McGee]

How's it going so far? Did I get another point?

[Stephen Colbert]

You got another point. You know why? Because you're right.

[Evie McGee]

Am I still being hostile?

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes, you are. What do you got there?

[Evie McGee]

All right, hang on. This is from Deborah, British Columbia. This is a question. This question is for both of you. What is your favorite memory of one another? PS Canada loves you both.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, that's nice. We like Canada, too.

[Evie McGee]

That's good. Maybe we should go there.

[Stephen Colbert]

We can move there. Exactly. My favorite. Oh, there's so many favorite memories of you. One of my earliest favorite memories of you is when we first started dating and I actually was in Canada. I was doing a show in Montreal and I took the train down and you met me at Penn Station. And it was super crowded. And your hair, when it's at a certain length, it kicks out to one side. And I found you in the crowd of Penn Station, had a little flip. I saw her little kick of hair around somebody. I said, oh, I know that hair. And it turned out to be you.

[Evie McGee]

That's very sweet.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, that was sweet. Your turn.

[Evie McGee]

Ok, my turn. I remember the first time I went to visit you in Chicago because I was living in New York and you were in Chicago.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes.

[Evie McGee]

And you were working at Second City. But some friends of yours in another improv group asked you to come look at their show or look at their script. I don't remember. And I tagged along because I was visiting. And I remember how much everybody respected what you said. And you were 29 years old or 28 years old.

[Stephen Colbert]

I thought I was 26 years old.

[Evie McGee]

Okay, 26. But it was pretty impressive to me that your Friends valued your opinion, and you were very gentle and kind and helpful.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow.

[Evie McGee]

He was nice.

[Stephen Colbert]

Good memory. My turn. Is it my turn?

[Evie McGee]

Yes. No.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes, it is my turn. It's my turn. Here we go. Do we have time for more or are we done? One more time. Okay.

[Evie McGee]

I am not done.

[Stephen Colbert]

What? Sean. Sean in Ohio, Steven and Evi. As someone whose career revolves around writing about and reviewing movies, I'd love to know what the first movie was that you watched together. Okay, let's see if we remember the same. On three. One, two, three. Backdraft. That's exactly right. We saw Backdraft and we.

[Evie McGee]

Can we say.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sure. We were Backdraft. And. Because I was living and working in Chicago and we all knew all these people because it was shot in Chicago and we knew a bunch of people who get burned up in the fires in that movie.

[Evie McGee]

I feel like it was so early that we, like. I wasn't even sure if we were gonna, like, hold hands in the movie.

[Stephen Colbert]

100%.

[Evie McGee]

I mean, it was pretty early in our relationship.

[Stephen Colbert]

It was very, very early on. I don't think you allowed me to kiss you yet. And I remember at one point knowing that you were the right girl. Because at a very dramatic moment was supposed to be a very impressive dramatic moment in the movie. You laugh. I went, oh, thank God. Oh, thank God. That was a good sign. That was a good sign.

[Evie McGee]

That was a good sign.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, exactly.

[Evie McGee]

My turn. This is from Sherry in New Hampshire.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay.

[Evie McGee]

Dear Evie and Steven, please tell us about your first date. Thank you, Sherry. Oh, God, here we go.

[Stephen Colbert]

No. What do you mean, here we go?

[Evie McGee]

You're going to have a long story.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, I'm not going to.

[Evie McGee]

And I'm going to say we went to dinner.

[Stephen Colbert]

You tell it.

[Evie McGee]

We went to dinner.

[Stephen Colbert]

We went to dinner. We went to dinner. Yes, Sherry, that's what we did. We went to dinner. I just remember I come home for Christmas. And I had met you before in June, I guess.

[Evie McGee]

June or May, something like that.

[Stephen Colbert]

June or May, something like that. And I come home for Christmas this next Christmas. And at that point I was single. Because when I met you, I was not single. Cause my girlfriend at the time had severely broken up with me. And when I saw all working out for me. Exactly. And me too, I gotta say. And then I asked you out to dinner. And we went to a place called Marianne's in Charleston. And on the way there, we ran into a mutual friend named Carlisle Doggett.

[Evie McGee]

I forgot about that part.

[Stephen Colbert]

Carlisle Doggett.

[Evie McGee]

That was embarrassing.

[Stephen Colbert]

Great Charleston name. Carlisle Doggett. What was embarrassing is that he said, hey, are you guys going out now? And we both went, no, absolutely not. No, we're not going out. And then at the.

[Evie McGee]

And didn't he say, that makes sense or something? Or someone else said, yeah, he goes.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, that kind of makes sense. You guys are going out and we're. No, no, we're not going out. No, no, no, no, no. And then we sat down, we went to. We had dinner and I told you. You asked me if I played any sports. And what did I say?

[Evie McGee]

Hacky sack.

[Stephen Colbert]

Exactly. And she went on a second date with me. It's true. I played a lot of sacky sack. I play a lot of hacky sack.

[Evie McGee]

Jennifer from Colorado.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, I like Jennifer.

[Evie McGee]

Oh, I love this. If you two were to get matching tattoos, what? And where would they be?

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh my God. What would you want?

[Evie McGee]

Geez, I don't know. Cause I don't really like them.

[Stephen Colbert]

But you don't like tattoos.

[Evie McGee]

Well, no, you don't, but. Because I always wonder what it's going to look like when you're older and your skin goes down and the tattoo is sort of saggy.

[Stephen Colbert]

I think in that regard I would probably get it on my belly.

[Evie McGee]

Oh, God.

[Stephen Colbert]

And I would do the Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali.

[Evie McGee]

Oh, God.

[Stephen Colbert]

Where everything's already melting.

[Evie McGee]

The clock is going.

[Stephen Colbert]

The clock would just. The clock would just go down. We got one more. Okay. This is from Heather and Travis. Hi, guys. Heather and Travis. Tennessee. Tennessee. Here. Dear Steven and Evie, who makes the best cocktail?

[Evie McGee]

Oh, that's you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. 100%. Yeah.

[Evie McGee]

I mean, because I don't really make cocktails exactly.

[Stephen Colbert]

I just pour the wine.

[Evie McGee]

A lot of wine.

[Stephen Colbert]

I certainly make the most cocktail. Yes. And my best cocktail is probably my Old Fashioned.

[Evie McGee]

Well, your espresso martini is pretty tasty.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, but that's so simple. Anybody can make espresso.

[Evie McGee]

I don't know. I've had them when they're too sweet. And yours are not too sweet.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, they're not.

[Evie McGee]

No, they're very good.

[Stephen Colbert]

Ok. I think it's the Old Fashioned, which takes a while to make, which is the only thing that slows me down. Which is why I make Old Fashioned. Because if it was wine. If it was wine, I would just put like.

[Evie McGee]

Have you told them about this?

[Stephen Colbert]

What? No, I haven't told them about that. No one needs to know about this. This is how I like my drinks. This is the liquor. That's the mixer. I'll go. I'll take one of these, please. Thank you. Action. There you go.

[Evie McGee]

And just a hint of a. Just a citrus.

[Stephen Colbert]

Exactly. Just show it a line. Well, this has been a delight. Always a pleasure to see you.

[Evie McGee]

It's so nice to see you.

[Stephen Colbert]

So wonderful to see you. If there's anything you'd like to ask Evie and me, just hand write a letter, take a photo and then upload it to here or go to there. Evie McGee, everybody, thank you for listening to the Late Show Pod show with Stephen Colbert. Just one more thing. If you want to see more of me, come to The Late Show YouTube channel for more clips and exclusives.

[Evie McGee]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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