When Stephen Colbert takes the helm of The Late Show on September 8, there will be an extra bit of pressure on the host. Because, while he will have to grapple with the usual programming growing pains—ratings, finding the show’s groove, etc.—most of the nation knows him as his Comedy Central alter ego. So to introduce late-night audiences to the real Stephen Colbert, the comedian has something special planned.

Specifically, a series of segments called “Who Am Me?” during which audiences, a police investigator, and even Colbert himself figure out just who the hell he is. Colbert spilled the details in a recent interview.

"We’ve got a series of field pieces, packages that are ways for me to try to figure out who that is, as if I don’t know who I am,” Colbert tells Time. “The unexamined life can be extremely enjoyable, and who knows if I do know who I am. We’re going to see whether I do. I’ll have my own suppositions as to what these answers might be from people and see if their memory of me is the same or whether the police investigator we hired to investigate me finds out.”

The segments will also apparently feature people from Colbert’s life, including his childhood crush, whom he hasn’t seen since the 70s.

“My elementary school teacher, my favorite teacher from elementary school, is just so excited,” Colbert says. "I had such a crush on her. I’m going to talk to her. I haven’t seen her since 1974 but I can’t believe that they found her. She moved away when I was 10 and then she came back just recently, so they found her down in Charleston."

In addition to the interview, Colbert has been hyping his Late Show debut in a series of ingenious ways including writing a hilarious, feminist essay and hosting an entire public-access show in Monroe, Michigan—both of which are must sees.

Colbert’s first Late Show as host airs on September 8.

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