OH, FOLKS.
WHAT A TREAT FOR YOU.
WE'RE HERE-- WE'RE HERE ONCE
AGAIN WITH MR. HOWARD STERN.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT, I'M HERE AGAIN.
I'M STILL HERE.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THAT
HILLARY CLINTON WAS LIKE YOUR
WHITE WHALE.
YOU TRIED TO GET HER TO COME ON
IN 2016.
YOU WERE SUPPORTING HER.
YOU TRIED TO GET HER TO COME ON.
WHAT WAS THAT PROCESS LIKE?
WAS IT HER?
WAS IT HER PEOPLE KEEPING HER
FROM AM CATEGORY ON?
>> I HAD A FEELING THAT, YOU
KNOW, IN THE SAME WAY I DESCRIBE
PEOPLE LIKE LADY GAGA, I HAVE
SOME HARD-CORE DUDES IN MY
AUDIENCE, EVEN IN THE CASE OF
ROSIE O'DONNELL.
"I DON'T LIKE HER," BASICALLY
BECAUSE SHE'S A WOMAN, OR
WHATEVER IT IS, THEY DON'T LIKE
HER.
>> Stephen: I NEVER UNDERSTOOD
THAT.
>> OH, LADY GAGA IS A TOP-40
ARTIST AND I DON'T LIKE HER, I
DON'T LIKE HER.
AND AMAZINGLY WITH SOME OF THESE
INTERVIEWS-- AND I HAVE GREAT
PRIDE IN THIS-- THAT AFTER A
PERSON LEAVES, THEY G, OH, I GET
HER NOW.
I UNDERSTAND HER."
BECAUSE I THINK THEIR HUMANITY
COMES OUT.
AND THEY GO, "YOU KNOW WHAT, I
HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH
THIS PERSON."
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK IT
WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IF
SHE CAME ON YOUR SHOW?
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOUR
RATINGS IN WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN,
AND PENNSYLVANIA?
>> I'LL GIVE YOU MY THEORO THIS.
I THOUGHT IF I DID AN INTERVIEW
WITH HILLARY THAT SHE WOULD
REACH A NEW AUDIENCE.
MAYBE A LOT OF PEOPLE-- AND AS
WE SAY, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE, WHAT ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT 70,000 VOTES OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
AND SO IF IT'S 70,000 VOTES--
AND IN THOSE STATES, I AM
POPULAR, PARTICULARLY
PENNSYLVANIA, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO WE HAVE 33 MILLION
SUBSCRIBERS ON SIRIUS.
WE ANTICIPATE AT LEAST TWO
PEOPLE IN EACH HOUSEHOLD
LISTENING, 66 MILLION PEOPLE,
MAYBE 60% OF THAT AUDIENCE IS
MINE.
WHAT IF HILLARY HAD COME ON.
AND FORGET POLITICS, FOR A
SECOND.
BUT WHAT IF WE COULD HAVE TALKED
ABOUT HER HUMANITY, WHY SHE GOT
INTO PUBLIC SERVICE.
HERE IS A WOMAN WHO DEDICATED
HER WHOLE LIFE TO PARTIAL
SERVICE.
WHAT WAS HER LIFE LIKE A A
LITTLE GIRL GROWING UP?
WHAT WAS HER ROMANCE WITH BILL
CLINTON.
WHAT WAS SHE THINKING WHEN SHE
WAS SECRETARY OF STATE.
WHAT WAS SHE THINKING WHEN SHE
WAS FIRST LADY.
WAS SHE SAYING I WISH I COULD BE
PRESIDENT.
THERE WERE A MILLION QUESTIONS I
COULD HAVE ASKED HER THEY THINK
WOULD HAVE HUMANIZED HER.
IT'S KIND OF A FASCINATING
STORY.
I WENT OUT ON AN ALL-OUT
CAMPAIGN TO GET HILLARY TO COME
ON THE SHOW BECAUSE I THINK IT
COULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.
I WANT TO SAY TO ANYBODY NOW WHO
IS RUNNING AS A DEMOCRAT, DONALD
TRUMP-- I SAW IT ON MY SHOW-- HE
KNOWS HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH
PEOPLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN MOCK HIM.
YOU CAN SAY ALL THE GOOFY STUFF
YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE GUY,
BUT WHEN HE WOULD COME ON MY
SHOW, HE KNEW HOW TO CONNECT--
NOT WITH THE WHOLE AUDIENCE, THE
COUNTRY-- BUT SOME PEOPLE.
AND I THINK HE USED MY SHOW IN A
VERY EFFECTIVE WAY.
AND I THINK WHOEVER IS THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE SHOULD
CONSIDER GOING ON FOX NEWS FOR
SURE AS MAYOR PETE DID.
>> Stephen: WHO OF THE 24-- 24
DEMOCRATS WHO ARE NOMINATED,
WHO-- WHO WOULD YOU BE EXCITED
TO HAVE ON?
>> OH, GEE, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT-- THAT'S --
>> Stephen: JOE BIDEN?
>> SURE YNOT?
BECAUSE JOE BIDEN HAS HAD A
FASCINATING LIFE.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> AND I THINK IT WOULD BE
INTERESTING.
>> Stephen:  BERNIE.
>> BERNIE SANDERS FOR SURE PUP
KNOW, BERNIE SANDERS IS PROBABLY
MY BIGGEST HERO FOR ONE REASON--
AND THIS IS VERY SELF-SERVE AGO
WHEN THE F.C.C. WAS ATTACKING ME
AND THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE
ME OFF THE AIR AND IN A BIG
WAY-- IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
RACKETEERING.
THEY KEPT FINING OUR STATION,
KEEPING US FROM BUYING OTHER
RADIO STATIONS -- BERNIE SANDERS
GOT UP IN THE SENATE AND SAID,
"I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO
HOWARD STERN IS WRONG.
I BELIEVE IN FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
AND I WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS
SAYING YOU'VE GOT TO STOP IT."
AND IT WAS PRETTY DAMN
IMPRESSIVE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, I WAS UNDER
SIEGE AT THAT POINT.
I REALLY WAS.
AND I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE
END OF MY CAREER.
>> Stephen: WHAT YEAR ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT HERE?
>> OH, GEE, I DON'T EVEN
REMEMBER WHEN HE DID IT.
>> Stephen: 1963?
>> NO A LITTLE LATER THAN THAT.
PROBABLY IN THE 90.
>> NOW--
>> IN THE 90.
>> KING OF ALL MEDIA, HOWARD
STERN, KING OF ALL MEDIA, BOOKS,
TELEVISION, RADIO, FILMS-- WHY
DO YOU NEED TO BE THE KING OF
ALL MEDIA?
WHAT IS DRIVING YOU?
BECAUSE THERE'S ONE THING ABOUT
LIKE YOU SAY, PERHAPS, PLEASING
YOUR MOTHER.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU DON'T HAVE
TO BE THE KING OF ALL MEDIA TO
PLEASE YOUR MOTHER.
>> YOU WANT A VERY SERIOUS
ANSWER ON THAT?
>> Stephen: YOU'VE BEEN GIVING
ME A LOT OF SERIOUS ANSWERS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> Stephen: I REALLY WANT TO
KNOW WHAT IS THE VOICE IN YOUR
HEAD THAT MAKES YOU WANT THAT?
>> I THINK-- NOW, I'M GOING TO
GET HEAVY HERE FOR A MINUTE, BUT
I THINK AS A KID GROWING UP I
WAS VERY ISOLATED AND VERY
LONELY AND VERY STARVED FOR
ATTENTION.
AND I WOULD DO A LOT OF THINGS
TO GET ATTENTION.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD OF
ADULTS AND GETTING THEM TO BE
INTERESTED IN ME, PARTICULARLY
MY MOTHER AND FATHER, I THINK IT
WAS A VERY DIFFICULT THING FOR
ME.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP AND
THEN FINALLY GETTING ON THE
RADIO, I THINK-- THIS IS-- THIS
IS IT-- THERE WAS ONE POINT WE
HAD ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR CARS
ON THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY IN
NEW YORK LISTENING TO ME.
AND I WOULD GO HOME DEPRESSED
THINKING, WHY ARE THE OTHER
THREE NOT LISTENING TO ME?"
 (  LAUGHTER  )
AND WHEN I SAY "DEPRESSED," I
MEAN IT.
IT WASN'T ENOUGH FOR ME.
I WANTED TO JUST HAVE EVERY
LISTENER AND EVERYBODY'S FOCUS
ON ME.
AND I WILL WARN YOU, AS I DO IN
THIS BOOK, THAT IS A DANGEROUS
WAY TO LIVE.
IT CAN'T BE ACCOMPLISHED, AS
MUCH AS I WANTED TO DO THAT.
BUT PART OF PSYCHOTHERAPY WAS
GROWING UP AND SAYING,UN" WHAT?
I'VE GOT TO SHARE THE AUDIENCE
WITH YOU, STEPHEN COLBERT."
AND --
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, HOWARD.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
>> YOU BET.
>> Stephen: THE AUDIENCE.
 ( APPLAUSE )
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