# List of The Daily Show episodes (2013)

This is a list of episodes for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2013. Every episode from June 10 until August 15 was guest hosted by John Oliver, as Stewart had left temporarily to direct Rosewater.

## 2013
### January

| Original air date | Guest(s) | Promotion |
| January 7 | Anne Hathaway | Les Misérables |
| January 8 | Stanley McChrystal | My Share of the Task. 2013. ISBN 978-1591844754. |
| January 9 | Jeff Bridges | Bridges, Jeff (2012). The Dude and the Zen Master. Blue Rider Press. ISBN 978-0399161643. |
| January 10 | Josh Brolin | Gangster Squad |
| January 14 | Roger Waters | Musician |
| January 15 | Bob Schieffer | Host of Face the Nation |
| January 16 | Jessica Chastain | Zero Dark Thirty |
| January 17 | Lena Dunham | Girls |
| January 21 | Sonia Sotomayor | Sotomayor, Sonia (15 January 2013). My Beloved World. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. ISBN 978-0307594884. |
| January 22 | Jennifer Lopez | Parker |
| January 23 | Missy Cummings | Academic |
| January 24 | Christopher Walken | Stand Up Guys |
| January 28 | Bob Costas | Sportscaster |
| January 29 | Melissa McCarthy | Identity Thief |
| January 30 | Al Gore | The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change. Random House. 2013. ISBN 978-0812992946. |
| January 31 | Jason Bateman | Identity Thief |

### February

| Original air date | Guest(s) | Promotion |
| February 4 | Michelle Rhee | Rhee, Michelle (2 January 2013). Radical: Fighting to Put Children First. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0062203984. |
| February 5 | Ray Kelly | New York City Police Commissioner |
| February 6 | Ed Whitacre | Whitacre, Edward (2013). American Turnaround: Reinventing AT&T and GM and the Way We Do Business in the USA. Grand Central. ISBN 978-1455513017. |
| February 7 | Neil Barofsky | Barofsky, Neil (2012). Bailout: An Inside Account of how Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1451684933. |
| February 11 | George Stephanopoulos | Good Morning America and This Week |
| February 12 | Mike Piazza | Piazza, Mike (2013). Long Shot. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1439150221. |
| February 13 | Fawzia Koofi | Koofi, Fawzia; Ghouri, Nadene (2012). The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0230120679. |
| February 14 | Susan Rice | United States Ambassador to the United Nations |
| February 19 | Alison Brie | Community |
| February 20 | Helaine Olen | Olen, Helaine (2012). Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry. Portfolio/Penguin. ISBN 978-1591844891. |
| February 21 | Steven Brill | Law Writer. TIME Magazine article "Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us" |
| February 25 | Donnie Wahlberg | Boston's Finest |
| February 26 | Lori Silverbush & Kristi Jacobson | A Place at the Table |
| February 27 | R. J. Cutler | The World According to Dick Cheney |
| February 28 | Rachel Maddow | Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power. Crown. 2012. ISBN 978-0307460981. |

### March

| Original air date | Guest(s) | Promotion |
| March 4 | Paul Rudd | Admission |
| March 5 | Sandra Day O'Connor | Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court. Random House. 2013. ISBN 978-0812993929. |
| March 6 | Neil deGrasse Tyson | Tyson, Neil Degrasse (2013). Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier. W.W. Norton. ISBN 978-0393343625. |
| March 7 | Tom Coughlin | Coughlin, Thomas Richard; Coughlin, Tom; Fisher, David (2013). Earn the Right to Win: How Success in Any Field Starts with Superior Preparation. Portfolio/Penguin. ISBN 978-1591846123. |
| March 25 | Peter Dinklage | Game of Thrones |
| March 26 | Michael Moss | Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us. 2013. ISBN 978-1400069804. |
| March 27 | Eva Mendes | The Place Beyond the Pines |
| March 28 | Denise Kiernan | The Girls of Atomic City. ISBN 978-1451617528. |

### April

| Original air date | Guest(s) | Promotion |
| April 1 | Mary Roach | Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal. 2013. ISBN 978-0393081572. |
| April 2 | Jonathan Sperber | Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life. ISBN 978-0871404671. |
| April 3 | Sheryl Sandberg | Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. Knopf. 2013. ISBN 978-0385349949. |
| April 4 | Danny Boyle | Trance |
| April 8 | David Stockman | The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America. PublicAffairs. 2013. ISBN 978-1586489120. |
| April 9 | Jimmy Carter | Former President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize winner. |
| April 10 | Ken Burns | The Central Park Five |
| April 11 | Edie Falco | Nurse Jackie |
| April 16 | Tom Cruise | Oblivion |
| April 17 | Ricky Gervais | Comedian and Actor |
| April 18 | Mark Mazzetti | The Way of the Knife: the CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth. ISBN 978-1594204807. |
| April 22 | Christina Hendricks | Mad Men |
| April 23 | Salman Rushdie | Midnight's Children |
| April 24 | Bassem Youssef | "Egypt's Jon Stewart", Satirist/host in El Bernameg; Time 100 Most Influential People In The World (2013) |
| April 25 | Vali Nasr | Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza (2013). The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0385536479. |
| April 29 | Jon Hamm | Mad Men |
| April 30 | Robert Downey Jr. | Iron Man 3 |

### May

| Original air date | Guest(s) | Promotion |
| May 1 | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Hutchison, Kay Bailey (9 April 2013). Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0062130693. |
| May 2 | Eric Greitens | CEO of The Mission Continues |
| May 6 | Christiane Amanpour | CNN's Chief International Correspondent |
| May 7 | Mindy Kaling | The Mindy Project |
| May 8 | Carey Mulligan | The Great Gatsby |
| May 9 | David Sedaris | Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls. 2013. ISBN 978-0316154697. |
| May 13 | J. J. Abrams | Star Trek Into Darkness |
| May 14 | Nathan Lane | The Nance |
| May 15 | Olympia Snowe | Snowe, Olympia (2013). Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress. Hachette Books. ISBN 978-1602862173. |
| May 16 | George Packer | Packer, George (21 May 2013). The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0374102418. |
| May 20 | Elliot Page | The East |
| May 21 | Phil Jackson | Jackson, Phil; Delehanty, Hugh (2013). Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success. Penguin. ISBN 978-1594205118. |
| May 22 | Bill O'Reilly | O'Reilly, Bill (2013). Keep It Pithy: Useful Observations in a Tough World. Crown. ISBN 978-0385346627. |
| May 23 | Morgan Freeman | Now You See Me |

### June

| Original air date | Guest(s) | Promotion |
| June 3 | Maxim Pozdorovkin & Mike Lerner | Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer |
| June 4 | Brian Williams | Anchor and Managing Editor of NBC Nightly News |
| June 5 | Jon Favreau | Former Head Speechwriter for President Obama |
| June 6 | No Guest | - |
| June 10† | Seth Rogen | This is the End |
| June 11† | Armando Iannucci | Veep |
| June 12† | Mavis Staples | One True Vine |
| June 13† | Fareed Zakaria | Fareed Zakaria GPS |
| June 17† | Linda Cardellini | Mad Men |
| June 18† | Jim Gaffigan | Dad Is Fat. Crown Archetype. 2013. ISBN 978-0385349055. |
| June 19† | Dawn Porter | Gideon's Army, regarding public defenders |
| June 20† | Tom Brokaw | Brokaw, Tom (2011). The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation About America. Random House Large Print. ISBN 978-0739326831. |
| June 24† | Maggie Gyllenhaal | White House Down |
| June 25† | Questlove | Thompson, Ahmir "Questlove"; Greenman, Ben (2013). Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove. Grand Central. ISBN 978-1455501359. |
| June 26† | Josh Fox | Gasland Part II |
| June 27† | Tom Goldstein | SCOTUSblog |
† These episodes were hosted by John Oliver

### July

| Original air date | Guest(s) | Promotion |
| July 15† | Aaron Sorkin | The Newsroom |
| July 16† | Helen Mirren | RED 2 |
| July 17† | Reza Aslan | Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. ISBN 978-1400069224. |
| July 18† | Sarah Vowell | Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel. ISBN 978-0385535212. |
| July 22† | Louis C.K. | Blue Jasmine |
| July 23† | Richard Haass | Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order. ISBN 978-0465057986. |
| July 24† | Shailene Woodley | The Spectacular Now |
| July 25† | Bob Bradley | Manager of Egypt's National Soccer Team |
| July 29† | Mark Leibovich | This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral-Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!-in America's Gilded Capital. Penguin Group (USA). 2013. ISBN 978-0399161308. |
| July 30† | Tim Gunn | Project Runway |
| July 31† | Hank Azaria | Lovelace |
† These episodes were hosted by John Oliver

### August

| Original air date | Guest(s) | Promotion |
| August 1† | Colin Quinn | Unconstitutional |
| August 5† | Neal Thompson | A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley. 2013. ISBN 978-0770436209. |
| August 6† | Liam Hemsworth | Paranoia |
| August 7† | Lake Bell | In a World... |
| August 8† | Kirsten Gillibrand | US Senator (D-NY) |
| August 12† | Rand Paul | Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans Are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds. ISBN 978-1455522750 |
| August 13† | Joshua Oppenheimer | The Act of Killing |
| August 14† | Regis Philbin | Television personality |
| August 15† | Simon Pegg | The World's End |
† These episodes were hosted by John Oliver

### September

| Original air date | Guest(s) | Promotion |
| September 3 | Andrew Harper | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees representative to Jordan |
| September 4 | Mario Livio | Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe. ISBN 978-1469286044. |
| September 5 | Michael C. Hall | Dexter |
| September 9 | Sheri Fink | Fink, Sheri (2013). Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital. Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-0307718969. |
| September 10 | Bill Dedman | Dedman, Bill; Paul Clark Newell, Jr (10 September 2013). Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune. Random House Publishing. ISBN 978-0345534521. |
| September 11 | Bob Odenkirk & David Cross | Cross, David; Odenkirk, Bob (2013). Hollywood Said No!: Orphaned Film Scripts, Bastard Scenes, and Abandoned Darlings from the Creators of Mr. Show. Grand Central. ISBN 978-1455526307. |
| September 12 | Billy Crystal | Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys?. Holt & Company, Henry. 2013. ISBN 978-0805098204. |
| September 16 | Robert Reich | Inequality for All |
| September 17 | Jake Gyllenhaal | Prisoners |
| September 18 | Hugh Jackman | Prisoners |
| September 19 | Chelsea Clinton | Clinton Foundation |
| September 24 | Richard Dawkins | Dawkins, Richard (24 September 2013). An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0062287151. |
| September 25 | Atoms for Peace | Amok |
| September 26 | Robin Williams | The Crazy Ones |
| September 30 | Bill O'Reilly | Killing Jesus. Henry Holt & Co. 2013. ISBN 978-0805098549. |

### October

| Original air date | Guest(s) | Promotion |
| October 1 | David Mitchell | The Reason I Jump. Random House. 2013. ISBN 978-0812994865. |
| October 2 | Sandra Bullock | Gravity |
| October 3 | Kerry Washington | Scandal |
| October 7 | Kathleen Sebelius | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services |
| October 8 | Malala Yousafzai | Yousafzai, Malala; Lamb, Christina (2013). I am Malala. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0297870920. |
| October 9 | Michael Fassbender | 12 Years a Slave |
| October 10 | Brian Jay Jones | Jim Henson: The Biography. ISBN 978-0345526113. |
| October 21 | Alan Greenspan | Greenspan, Alan (2013). The Map and the Territory: Risk, Human Nature, and the Future of Forecasting. Penguin. ISBN 978-1594204814. |
| October 22 | Malcolm Gladwell | David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants. Little, Brown and Company. 2013. ISBN 978-0316204361. |
| October 23 | Charles Krauthammer | Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics. 2013. ISBN 978-0385349178. |
| October 24 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | 12 Years a Slave |
| October 28 | Nick Offerman | Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living. 2013. ISBN 978-0525954217. |
| October 29 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Member of the United States House of Representatives, Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee |
| October 30 | Diane Ravitch | Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools. 2013. ISBN 978-0385350884. |
| October 31 | Mark Fainaru-Wada | League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth. ISBN 978-0804128193. |

### November

| Original air date | Guest(s) | Promotion |
| November 4 | Bob Woodruff | Journalist |
| November 5 | John Goodman | Alpha House |
| November 6 | Monique Brinson Demery | Demery, Monique (2013). Finding the Dragon Lady: The Mystery of Vietnam's Madame Nhu. PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1610392815. |
| November 7 | Patrick Stewart | No Man's Land, Waiting For Godot |
| November 11 | Doris Kearns Goodwin | The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism. Simon & Schuster. 2013. ISBN 978-1416547860. |
| November 12 | Joe Scarborough | Scarborough, Joe (2013). The Right Path: From Ike to Reagan, How Republicans Once Mastered Politics and Can Again. Random House. ISBN 978-0812996142. |
| November 13 | Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele | Key & Peele |
| November 14 | Geoffrey Rush | The Book Thief |
| November 18 | Elizabeth Olsen | Oldboy |
| November 19 | Bill Cosby | Bill Cosby: Far From Finished |
| November 20 | Tom Brokaw | Where Were You? |
| November 21 | Jennifer Lawrence | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire |

### December

| Original air date | Guest(s) | Promotion |
| December 2 | Ian McKellen | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, No Man's Land, Waiting For Godot |
| HealthCare.gov Relaunch, Black Friday Violence, British B&B and Anti-Gay Discrimination |||
| December 3 | Jared Leto | Dallas Buyers Club |
| War on Christmas, Republican National Committee and the End of Racism |||
| December 4 | Jehane Noujaim | The Square |
| Bad Mortgage Settlements, Samantha Bee & Blackstone Fraud |||
| December 5 | Jorge Ramos | Univision |
| Fast Food Worker Strike, Minimum Wage Raise, Bill de Blasio & New York's Millionaires |||
| December 9 | Husain Haqqani | Haqqani, Husain (5 November 2013). Magnificent Delusions. PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1-6103-9317-1. |
| The Truth About NSA Surveillance, Government Spying in World of Warcraft, Reaction to Nelson Mandela's Death |||
| December 10 | Amy Adams | American Hustle |
| Historically Ineffective Congress, Jason Jones on Gerrymandering, The Obama-Castro Handshake |||
| December 11 | Reza Aslan | Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth |
| Bipartisan Budget Agreement, Jason Jones in Budget Battle Movies, Iranian Nuclear Agreement |||
| December 12 | Evangeline Lilly | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
| War on Christmas, Black Santa and White Jesus, Lewis Black & Twerking Robots |||
| December 16 | Haifaa al-Mansour | Wadjda |
| Black Santa & Megyn Kelly, The Knockout Game, China on the Moon |||
| December 17 | Erik Prince | Prince, Erik (28 October 2014). Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-5918-4745-8. |
| Conservative Budget Critics, John Boehner's Catchphrase, The Real-Life Hunger Games |||
| December 18 | Steve Carell, Will Ferrell, David Koechner & Paul Rudd | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues |
| John C. Beale (EPA fraudster), IKEA Spying Scandal |||
| December 19 | Jonah Hill | TBA |
| Royal Phone Hacking Scandal, John Oliver's Goodbye |||