Date
Guest
Promotion
April 1
Liz Claman
TV show Countdown to the Closing Bell (anchor)
April 5
Reza Aslan
Book Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in a Globalized Age . (paperback version of How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror ISBN 978-1-4000-6672-8 )
April 6
Captain Richard Phillips
Book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea .
April 7
Steve Carell
Film Date Night
April 8
David Remnick
Book Remnick, David (March 11, 2024). The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama . Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-1-4000-4360-6 .
April 12
Bryan Cranston
TV show Breaking Bad
April 13
Rachel Maddow
TV show The Rachel Maddow Show
April 14
Richard Burt
Global Zero (chair)
April 15
Tracy Morgan
Film Death at a Funeral
April 19
John Dingell
Congressman (D-Michigan)
April 20
John M. O'Hara
Book O'Hara, John M. (January 12, 2010). A New American Tea Party . Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-56798-2 . ; Illinois Policy Institute
April 21
Fred Pearce
Book Peoplequake: Mass Migration, Ageing Nations, and the Coming Population Crash
April 22
Zoe Saldana
Film The Losers
April 26
Lisa P. Jackson
EPA (administrator)
April 27
Richard Whittle
Book The Dream Machine: The Untold Story of the Notorious V-22 Osprey .
April 28
Ken Blackwell
Book Kenneth Blackwell, J.; Klukowski, Ken (2010). The Blueprint: Obama's Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency . Lyons Press. ISBN 978-0-7627-6134-0 .
April 29
Michael Caine
Film Harry Brown
Date
Guest
Promotion
May 3
Jonathan Eig
Book Eig, Jonathan (April 27, 2010). Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster . Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-8059-1 .
May 4
Rosalynn Carter
Book Carter, Rosalynn; Golant, Susan K.; Cade, Kathryn E. (April 27, 2010). Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis . Rodale Books. ISBN 978-1-59486-881-8 .
May 5
Jon Meacham
Editor of Newsweek
May 6
Mario Batali
Book Batali, Mario (April 6, 2010). Molto Gusto: Easy Italian Cooking . HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-192432-3 .
May 10
Jack Rakove
Book Rakove, Jack N. (March 11, 2024). Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-618-26746-0 .
May 11
Sebastian Junger
Book Junger, Sebastian (May 25, 2010). War . HarperCollins. ISBN 978-1-55468-554-7 .
May 12
Michael Patrick King
Film Sex and the City 2 (director)
May 13
Ian Bremmer
Book Bremmer, Ian (2010). The End Of The Free Market . Portfolio. ISBN 978-1-59184-301-6 .
Date
Guest
Promotion
June 1
Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. (May 25, 2010). The Battle: How the Fight between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future . Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-01938-0 .
June 2
Morgan Freeman
Through the Wormhole (series)
June 3
Jonah Hill
Actor
June 7
John C. Reilly
Cyrus (film)
June 8
Christopher Hitchens
Hitchens, Christopher (June 3, 2011). Hitch-22: A Memoir . Grand Central. ISBN 978-0-446-54033-9 .
June 9
Spencer Wells
Wells, Spencer (2010). Pandora's Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization . Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6215-7 .
June 10
Tim Pawlenty
Governor of Minnesota
June 14
Betty White
Hot in Cleveland (sitcom)
June 15
James M. Tabor
Tabor, James M. (March 11, 2024). Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth . Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6767-1 .
June 16
Louis C.K.
Louie (TV series)
June 17
Fred Thompson
Thompson, Fred (May 18, 2010). Teaching the Pig to Dance: A Memoir of Growing Up and Second Chances . Crown Forum. ISBN 978-0-307-46028-8 .
June 21
Josh Fox
Gasland (documentary film)
June 22
Cameron Diaz
Knight and Day (film)
June 23
Dr. Connie Mariano
Mariano, Connie (June 22, 2010). The White House Doctor . St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-53483-7 .
June 24
Adam Sandler and Chris Rock
Grown Ups (2010 film)
June 28
David Axelrod
Senior Advisor to President Obama
June 29
Helen Mirren
Love Ranch (film)
June 30
Landon Donovan and Bob Bradley
U.S. Soccer Team
Date
Guest
Promotion
August 2
Mary Roach
Roach, Mary (August 17, 2010). Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void . ISBN 978-0-393-06847-4 .
August 3
Will Ferrell (along with Rob Riggle )
The Other Guys (film)
August 4
Bruce B. Henderson
Henderson, Bruce (June 29, 2010). Hero Found . ISBN 978-0-06-157136-7 .
August 5
Akbar Ahmed
Ahmed, Akbar S. (2010). Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam . ISBN 978-0-8157-0387-7 .
August 10
Jason Bateman
The Switch (film)
August 11
Laura Linney
The Big C (TV series)
August 12
Arcade Fire
The Suburbs (Arcade Fire album)
August 16
Emma Thompson
Nanny McPhee Returns
August 17
Dick Armey
Armey, Dick; Kibbe, Matt (August 17, 2010). Give Us Liberty . ISBN 978-0-06-201587-7 .
August 18
Edward P. Kohn
Kohn, Edward P. (July 27, 2010). Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt . Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-01336-4 .
August 19
Jennifer Aniston
The Switch (film)
August 23
Rod Blagojevich
Former Governor of Illinois
August 24
Brian Williams
NBC Nightly News
August 25
Drew Barrymore
Going the Distance (2010 film)
August 26
Michael Bloomberg
Mayor of New York City
Date
Guest
Promotion
September 7
Tim Gunn
Gunn, Tim; Calhoun, Ada (September 7, 2010). Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work . Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4391-7656-6 .
September 8
Tim Kaine
Democratic National Committee
September 9
Meghan McCain
McCain, Meghan (August 31, 2010). Dirty Sexy Politics . Hyperion Books. ISBN 978-1-4013-2377-6 .
September 13
Ben Affleck
The Town (2010 film)
September 14
Tony Blair
Blair, Tony (March 11, 2024). A Journey . Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-26983-6 .
September 15
Jon Hamm
The Town (2010 film)
September 16
President Bill Clinton
Clinton Global Initiative
September 20
President Jimmy Carter
White House Diary . ISBN 978-0-374-28099-4 .
September 21
Sigourney Weaver
You Again (film)
September 22
Edward Norton
Stone (2010 film)
September 23
H.M. Abdullah II
King of Jordan
September 27
Bill O'Reilly
O'Reilly, Bill (September 14, 2010). Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama . HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-195071-1 .
September 28
Arianna Huffington
Huffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos (March 11, 2024). Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream . Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-0-307-71982-9 .
September 29
Linda Polman
Polman, Linda (September 14, 2010). The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid? . Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-8050-9290-5 .
September 30
Justin Timberlake
The Social Network (film)
Date
Guest
Promotion
November 1
Zach Galifianakis
Due Date (film)
November 2
Michael Beschloss
Presidential Courage . ISBN 978-0-684-85705-3 .
November 3
Chris Wallace
Fox News Sunday
November 4
David Sedaris
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary . ISBN 978-0-316-03839-3 .
November 8
Rick Perry
Fed Up! . ISBN 978-0-316-13295-4 .
November 9
Harrison Ford
Morning Glory (2010 film)
November 10
Mick Foley
Foley, Mick (October 2010). Countdown to Lockdown: A Hardcore Journal . Grand Central. ISBN 978-0-446-56461-8 .
November 11
Rosario Dawson
Unstoppable (2010 film)
November 15
Marion Jones
Jones, Marion (October 26, 2010). On the Right Track . Howard Books. ISBN 978-1-4516-1082-6 .
November 16
Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera
McLean, Bethany; Nocera, Joseph (March 11, 2024). All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis . Portfolio/Penguin. ISBN 978-1-59184-363-4 .
November 17
Jay-Z
Jay-z (November 16, 2010). Decoded . Random House Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4000-6892-0 .
November 18
Philip K. Howard
Howard, Philip K. (January 26, 2010). Life Without Lawyers: Restoring Responsibility in America . W. W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-33803-4 .
November 29
Judah Friedlander
Friedlander, Judah (October 5, 2010). How to Beat Up Anybody . HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-196977-5 .
November 30
Susan Casey
Casey, Susan (2010). The Wave: In the Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean . Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0-385-66667-1 .