Reader Blake Taylor flagged this episode for me, in which Levy suggests that he and Colbert are both "public intellectuals," which is probably about right.  As I wrote to Taylor:  "Levy has the distinction of being a bigger charlatan than Derrida," to which Taylor aptly replied:  "At least Derrida wrote about other philosophers who are of great importance.  BHL writes predominately on BHL while performing his duties as a barely concealed neocon apologist."