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It\u2019s hard to imagine a world in which Stephen Colbert isn\u2019t on the airwaves, providing a reliable and soothing dash of sanity. Just a year after his satirical political news show, The Colbert Report<\/em>, went off the air on Comedy Central, Colbert took the reins of The Late Show<\/em> from David Letterman\u2014and this Thursday, that run too comes to an end (albeit not on Colbert\u2019s terms<\/a>).<\/p>\n In honor of the Emmy-winning show\u2019s nearly 11-year tenure\u2014a period during which Colbert and his writers managed to be thoughtful and irreverent about the news of the day without veering into preachiness\u2014we\u2019ve rounded up five of the best moments in Late Show<\/em> history, now that it\u2019s, well, history.<\/p>\n Nick Cave appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em> in August 2024 to talk about his album Wild God<\/em>, but the conversation ultimately covered far greater territory. Colbert often engaged his guests on the subject of loss\u2014he having suffered the deaths of his father and two of his brothers in childhood\u2014and Cave was generous in his reflection on the deaths of two of his sons. \u201cThere is joy and there is happiness in a way you could never believe possible on the other side of grief,\u201d Cave said.<\/p>\nNick Cave speaking powerfully about grief<\/h2>\n
Rep. John Lewis crowd-surfing<\/h2>\n