A Conversation With Steven Colbert

December 4, 2006 4:55 AM

A Conversation With Steven Colbert [video]: Covering issues from truthiness to anti-Semitism in comedy to boxers vs. briefs, Colbert spent over an hour on Friday answering questions at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
posted by NotMyselfRightNow (15 comments total)

does anybody know how to rip a rm-stream on a mac? I could really use that interview for a class...
posted by kolophon at 5:21 AM on December 4, 2006

Direct video link (realmedia>
posted by zerokey at 5:22 AM on December 4, 2006

kolophon: Audio Hijack has always worked nicely for me.
posted by infidelpants at 5:28 AM on December 4, 2006 [2 favorites]

also - a piece (mostly) in character after the discussion.
posted by mdn at 6:22 AM on December 4, 2006

on second thought, I realize that this is a video thing, and Audio Hijack will capture only (you probably guessed) the audio. Here is an article at macosxhints that describes how to use ffmpegx to rip a realvideo stream. Haven't tried it myself, best of luck. sorry for the noise
posted by infidelpants at 6:35 AM on December 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

outside of the fact that the interviewer's got about as much personality as his stool, it's always nice seeing stephen out of character. for all his spectacular accoplishments, it's very easy to see a real person underneath the facade.
posted by dflemingdotorg at 6:36 AM on December 4, 2006

Sigh... so many lame questions.
posted by mania at 6:41 AM on December 4, 2006

In a world where Flash video is convenient and fast, why do people use anything else, let alone RealMedia. Argh.
posted by bhouston at 7:16 AM on December 4, 2006

May want to add tag "Stephen Colbert" hth
posted by sidereal at 7:24 AM on December 4, 2006

Transcription anywhere to be found?
posted by papercake at 7:50 AM on December 4, 2006

kolophon: you can use CocoaJT. It's not fast, but it'll work. Alternatively, you can use mplayer. Email me if you need help.
posted by rbs at 7:53 AM on December 4, 2006

What? Nothing about the biggest threat to America? BEARS!
posted by Balisong at 8:13 AM on December 4, 2006

thanks everybody, and sorry for causing the noise!
posted by kolophon at 8:48 AM on December 4, 2006

what would you have asked?
posted by DenOfSizer at 9:23 AM on December 4, 2006

Bears are covered extensively in the interview.
posted by wsg at 12:00 PM on December 4, 2006