Stephen Colbert on the message his new book “America Again” explores:

That sort of paradoxical statement that our greatest days are ahead of us and we have the greatest history and the history of history, but this instant right now is completely screwed up and we’ve got to save America from disaster.

Stephen Colbert returns to Fresh Air today to talk about his new book, “America Again.”

But remember when the tables were turned earlier this year? A good opportunity to look back at Terry’s interview on “The Colbert Report”.

(In case you’re wondering, Stephen is standing on a chair here.)