This is a list of episodes for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2012.
2012
January DateGuestPromotion January 3 Charles Barkley Inside the NBA, Weight Watchers January 4 Elizabeth Dowling Taylor January 5 Craig Shirley January 9 George Lucas Red Tails January 10 Andrew Napolitano January 11 Jim DeMint January 12 Dolly Parton Joyful Noise January 16 Jodi Kantor January 17 Liam Neeson The Grey January 18 Joe Nocera January 19 Elizabeth Banks Man on a Ledge January 23 Kathleen Sebelius Health and Human Services Secretary January 24 Elizabeth Warren D- Candidate for U.S. Senate, Massachusetts January 25 Paula Broadwell January 26 Tilda Swinton We Need to Talk About Kevin January 30 Lou Dobbs Lou Dobbs Tonight January 31 Jonathan Macey professor, Yale Law School
February DateGuestPromotion February 1 Brad Pitt Moneyball February 2 David Agus Author, February 13 Ali Soufan Author, February 14 Ricky Gervais Life's Too Short February 15 Louise Slaughter (D) New York February 16 Arne Duncan Secretary of Education February 20 Alan Huffman & Michael Rejebian Authors, February 21 Russ Feingold Author, February 22 Bruce Bartlett Author, February 23 Paul Rudd Wanderlust February 27 Neil deGrasse Tyson Author, February 28 Stephen Merchant Life's Too Short February 29 Masha Gessen Author,
March DateGuestPromotion March 1 M. Cathleen Kaveny professor of Law & Theology, Notre Dame March 5 Shaun Donovan Secretary of Housing & Urban Development March 6 Julianne Moore Game Change March 7 Cecile Richards President, Planned Parenthood Action Fund March 8 Trita Parsi Author, March 12 Grover Norquist President, Americans for Tax Reform / Author, March 13 Will Ferrell Casa de Mi Padre March 14 Rachel Weisz The Deep Blue Sea March 15 None March 26 Shaquille O'Neal TNT Analyst, Inside the NBA March 27 Maria Goodavage Author, March 28 Ahmed Rashid Author, March 29 Rachel Maddow Author,
April DateGuestPromotion April 2 Mohamed Nasheed The Island President / Former President of the Maldives April 3 Tom Goldstein Publisher, SCOTUSblog April 4 Jack Goldsmith Author, Power and Constraint April 5 Anthony Bourdain No Reservations April 9 Tim Weiner Author, Enemies: A History of the FBI April 10 Elon Musk CEO, SpaceX April 11 Ricky Gervais The Ricky Gervais Show April 12 Esperanza Spalding Radio Music Society April 16 Jane Goodall Spokesperson, Chimpanzee April 17 Julia Louis-Dreyfus Veep April 18 Robert Reich Author, Beyond Outrage April 19 Judy Smith Author, Good Self, Bad Self April 23 Ben Rattray Founder, Change.org April 24 Madeleine Albright Author, Prague Winter / Former U.S. Secretary of State April 25 Jason Segel The Five-Year Engagement April 26 Robert Draper Author, Do Not Ask What Good We Do April 30 Zach Wahls Author, My Two Moms
May DateGuestPromotion May 1 David Barton Author, The Jefferson Lies May 2 Sen. Tom Coburn Author, The Debt Bomb / (R) Oklahoma May 3 Peter Bergen Author, Manhunt May 7 "Admiral General Aladeen"(Sacha Baron Cohen) The nation of Wadiya May 8 Ambassador Ivo Daalder U.S. Ambassador to NATO May 9 John R. Hall Author, Queen Elizabeth and Her Church / Dean of Westminster Abbey May 10 Robert Caro Author, The Passage of Power May 29 First Lady Michelle Obama Author, American Grown May 30 Dan Rather Author, Rather Outspoken May 31 Jim Parsons Harvey
June DateGuestPromotion June 4 Thomas Mann & Norman Ornstein Co-authors, It's Even Worse Than It Looks June 5 Gary Johnson Former Governor of New Mexico June 6 Michael Fassbender Prometheus June 7 Edward Conard Author, Unintended Consequences June 11 Boris Johnson Mayor of London / Author, Johnson's Life of London June 12 Colin Powell Former Secretary of State / Author, It Worked for Me June 13 Maggie Gyllenhaal Actor June 14 Catherine Zeta-Jones Actor June 18 Parmy Olson Author, We are Anonymous June 19 Denis Leary Actor (originally planned was: Sen. Marco Rubio) June 20 Steve Carell Actor June 21 Bassem Youssef Al Bernameg June 25 Marco Rubio U.S. Senator June 26 Seth MacFarlane Ted June 27 Andrew Garfield Actor June 28 Tenacious D Band
July DateGuestPromotion July 16 Louis C.K. comedian July 17 Victor Cruz American football player / Author, Out of the Blue July 18 Sigourney Weaver Political Animals July 19 E.J. Dionne Author, July 23 Fareed Zakaria Author, July 24 Matthew McConaughey Killer Joe July 25 Joseph Stiglitz Author, July 26 Zach Galifianakis & Will Ferrell The Campaign July 30 Rashida Jones Celeste and Jesse Forever July 31 Dambisa Moyo Author,
August DateGuestPromotion August 1 Fred Guterl Author, August 2 Jessica Biel Total Recall August 6 Tim Gunn Project Runway August 7 Saima Wahab Author, August 8 Chris Rock 2 Days in New York August 9 Joanna Brooks Author, August 13 Robert Pattinson Cosmopolis August 14 Misty May-Treanor London 2012 Olympic gold medallist August 15 Brian Williams NBC Nightly News August 16 Rob Corddry Childrens Hospital August 28 Marco Rubio U.S. Senator August 29 Herman Cain Former presidential candidate for the Republican Party August 30 Michael Steele Former Republican National Committee Chairman August 31 none
September DateGuestPromotion September 4 Tom Brokaw Author September 5 Kirsten Gillibrand U.S. Senator September 6 Austan Goolsbee September 7 none September 17 Kofi Annan Former Secretary-General of the United Nations September 18 Salman Rushdie Author, Joseph Anton: A Memoir September 19 Pink Musician September 20 Bill Clinton Former President of the United States September 25 Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein King of Jordan September 26 Olivia Wilde Butter September 27 Amar'e Stoudemire Professional basketball player and author of the STAT book series for children
October DateGuestPromotion October 1 Arnold Schwarzenegger October 2 Liam Neeson Taken 2 October 3 Rand Paul Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans Are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds October 4 Bill O'Reilly October 8 Pete Townshend October 9 Ben Affleck Argo October 10 Magic Johnson Spokesperson for OraQuick October 11 Paul Thomas Anderson The Master October 15 J. K. Rowling October 16 Eugene Jarecki The House I Live In October 17 Nate Silver October 18 President Barack Obama October 22 D. L. Hughley The Endangered List October 23 Gerard Butler Chasing Mavericks October 24 Dakota Meyer October 25 Nancy Pelosi Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives October 31 Jon Ronson
November DateGuestPromotion November 1 Bob Woodruff The Bob Woodruff Foundation's Stand Up For Heroes November 5 Martha Raddatz American reporter with ABC News November 6 Election Night: This Ends Now Live coverage of the United States Presidential Election November 7 Nate Silver November 8 Katie Dellamaggiore and Pobo Efekoro Brooklyn Castle November 12 Mike Huckabee November 13 Jason Sudeikis Saturday Night Live November 14 Jon Meacham November 15 Andrew Napolitano November 26 David Nasaw November 27 Warren Buffett and Carol Loomis November 28 Neil Young November 29 Calvin Trillin
December DateGuestPromotion December 3 Denis Leary December 4 R. A. Dickey December 5 Alan Simpson Co-Chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform December 6 Chris Christie Governor of New Jersey December 10 Bishop Gene Robinson December 11 Laura Linney Hyde Park on Hudson December 12 Cory Booker Mayor of Newark, New Jersey December 13 Kristen Stewart On the Road
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