pie guest tonight, please welcome richard brodhead.heers and applause) >> nice to meet you. >> all right, sir. professor richard brodhead. >> that would be me. >> all right, duke university, president of duke, co-chair of the commission on the humannities and social sciences, created by the american academy of arts and science. and you have a new report called the heart of the matter. first of all, what is the american academy of arts and sciences? >> it's -- >> is that a taxpayer boondoggle? >> you will be sorry to hear that it isn't. >> stephen: all right. >> it's a scholarly society that represents people across all the fields of learning. >> stephen: was's your field of learning before we get in this. >> my degree is in english. >> stephen: english major, you went for the-- (cheers and applause) >> stephen: all right. you went for the big cash. >> that's right. >> stephen: all right. >> now i'm on your show. >> stephen: all right, yeah. it worked out. >> uh-huh. >> stephen: let's give the humannities the colbert bump. all right, yo