Stephen begins the show strumming on a guitar and singing This Land is Your Land. Stephen talks about declining American values in his Colbert Report Special Report Home Hearth Heart Heartland: A Return To Traditional Values. Etiquette expert, Judith Martin a.k.a. Ms. Manners joins Stephen via satellite to discuss the mannerisms of Helen Thomas when she rudely interrupted President Bush at a press conference. In Stephen's Sound Advice segment, he gives advice to parents on child-rearing to instill traditional values. Stephen dons a velvety smoking jacket and pipe as he goes to interview John Kasich, the host of The Heartland with John Kasich on FOX News and author of Stand For Something: The Battle For America's Soul. They discuss traditional, heartland values.