Real Time with Bill Maher
"Let's get America re-hinged."
Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.
Genre: Comedy
Country: United States of America
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: 1h 0m
Release: 2003
Rating: 6.0
Season 1 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2003-02-21
"Guests: Author Ann Coulter, actor Larry Miller, author Michael Eric Dyson, comedian Sarah Silverman, comedian Chris Rock\n\nTopics: The United Nations, Affirmative Action"
2003-02-28
"Guests: Actor Larry Miller, conservative commentator Monica Crowley, comedian Eric Idle, musician Dave Matthews, author David Horowitz, columnist Ted Rall\n\nTopics: Possibility of war with Iraq, selection of the new World Trade Center designs"
2003-03-07
"Guests: Michael Graham, Danielle Pletka, cartoonist Ted Rall, actor D. L. Hughley, comedian Arj Barker, Doug Benson, actor Woody Harrelson\n\nTopics: President Bush's press conference, reality TV and terrorism"
2003-03-14
"Guests: Monica Crowley, Arianna Huffington, comedian Dennis Miller, comedian Nick Swardson, Rev. Jesse Jackson\n\nTopics: The coming Iraq war, the stock market"
2003-03-21
"Guests: Actor Larry Miller, Constance L. Rice, Tim Robbins, musician Grant-Lee Phillips, Jon Brion, US war veterans Ward Tayne, Delphine Metcalf-Foster, Shad Meshad\n\nTopics: Iraq war, veterans rights and whether or not support for the troops means supporting the war, the Oscars"
2003-03-28
"Guests: Actor Larry Miller, Michael Graham (II), Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk, Michael Moore\n\nTopics: Iraq war, southern states, Dixie Chicks controversy"
2003-04-04
"Guests: Arianna Huffington, radio host Michael Graham, Aaron McGruder, Jeffrey Ross, Joe Scarborough\n\nTopics: Iraq war, SARS, Peter Arnett, Geraldo Rivera, Affirmative Action"
2003-04-11
"Guests: Author and columnist Arianna Huffington, writer, radio host and professor Michael Eric Dyson, radio host Doug McIntyre, musician Jerry Minor (L. Witherspoon), professor of political science As'ad AbuKhalil\n\nTopics: Developments in the Iraq war, the Supreme Court, Augusta National Golf Club membership controversy"
2003-04-18
"Guests: Author Ann Coulter, author Michael Eric Dyson, comedian Dennis Miller, journalist Fareed Zakaria, Earthquake\n\nTopics: Iraq, New York smoking ban"
2003-04-25
"Guests: Author Ann Coulter, author Clive Barker, actor D. L. Hughley, economist Stephen Moore, musical guests The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show\n\nTopics: Santorum controversy, Iraq, rights of the unborn child"
2003-07-25
"Guests: Actor D. L. Hughley, cartoonist Aaron McGruder, former US treasurer Bay Buchanan, Rev. Al Sharpton, senator (presidential candidate) Bob Graham\n\nTopics: Congressional report on 9\/11, Liberia, Kobe Bryant, banning ephedra"
2003-08-01
"Guests: Columnist Christopher Hitchens, conservative commentator Tara Setmayer, actor Alec Baldwin, former Boston mayor Raymond Flynn, Rep. Barney Frank, Texas State Senator Leticia Van de Putte\n\nTopics: Gay marriage, terrorism, California recall vote, runaway Texas State Senate members"
2003-08-08
"Guests: Actress Janeane Garofalo, Rep. David Dreier, political strategist Donna Brazile, Gov. Gray Davis\n\nTopics: California recall vote, Arnold Schwarzenegger, airport security, Homeland Security budget, Kobe Bryant"
2003-08-15
"Guests: Author Ann Coulter, Arianna Huffington, Dana Rohrabacher, Orlando Jones, Jesse Ventura\n\nTopics: California recall election, airline security, George Bush action figure"
2003-08-22
"Guests: Comedian Margaret Cho, Rep. Harold E. Ford, Jr., Willie Brown, Bob Barr, James Woolsey\n\nTopics: Ten Commandments issue, religion, gay rights, California recall"
2003-08-29
"Guests: Actor Larry Miller, Tom McClintock, Bay Buchanan, comedian Dennis Miller, Senator Joe Biden\n\nTopics: Iraq and North Korea, Republican Party's convention, influence of MTV and rap music"
2003-09-05
"Guests: Comedian D. L. Hughley, Al Franken, William Kristol, Wolf Blitzer, Wesley Clark\n\nTopics: John Kerry, Osama Bin Laden, news media behaviour"
2003-09-12
"Guests: Betsy Hart, Paul Krugman, Jesse Ventura, musician Liz Phair, Terry McAuliffe\n\nTopics: Saddam Hussein and the 9\/11 attack, anniversary of the 9\/11 attacks, Governor of Alabama, music piracy"
2003-09-19
"Guests: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Heather Wilson, Christine Todd Whitman, Tim Robbins, Dana Carvey\n\nTopics: The environment, women and politics, the Iraq War"
2003-09-26
"Guests: Darrell Issa, filmmaker Michael Moore, basketball player Charles Barkley, Sen. John Edwards, Aaron McGruder, John Mellencamp, John Hansen (II)\n\nTopics: Terrorism, agricultural subsidies, R. Kelly"
Season 2 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2004-01-16
"Guests: Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark, musician Moby, Rev. Al Sharpton, actor Ron Silver, congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA)\n\nTopics: American values, Iraq, MoveOn.org, environment"
2004-01-23
"Guests: Actor Richard Belzer, novelist Farai Chideya, senator John Edwards, David Frum, Ralph Nader\n\nTopics: Iowa caucus, The Apprentice, Olivia Goldsmith, sexuality in islamic countries"
2004-01-30
"Guests: Actor Larry Miller, actor Sean Astin, former Bush-Cheney 2000 press secretary Mindy Tucker-Fletcher; on satellite Max Cleland and Michael Moore\n\nTopics: Democratic presidential candidates, gay marriage, Israel"
2004-02-06
"Guests: Author Andrew Sullivan, journalist Ron Suskind, actor Rob Schneider, politician Carol Moseley Braun, politician Jennifer Granholm\n\nTopics: Janet Jackson's Super Bowl stunt, Martha Stewart, special interests' power over politicians"
2004-02-13
"Guests: Actor Jason Alexander, writer Deborah Simmons, actor William Baldwin, Bill Burkett (II), James Moore[ (II), Heather Wilson\n\nTopics: Bush military service, The Passion of the Christ, pornography"
2004-02-20
"Guests: Comedian D. L. Hughley, writer Debra Dickerson, actor Jon Favreau, George Allen, Rep. Dennis Kucinich\n\nTopics: John Kerry, John Edwards, outsourcing, black culture"
2004-02-27
"Guests: Actor Ian McKellen, politician Christine Todd Whitman, Sandy Rios, Kwame Kilpatrick, Ralph Nader\n\nTopics: The Passion of the Christ, gay marriage, environment"
2004-03-05
"Guests: Comedian Martin Short, talk show host Tavis Smiley, economist Stephen Moore, Sen. Barbara Boxer, sportscaster Bob Costas\n\nTopics: Bush's new ads, Kerry, Haiti, steroid scandal in baseball, Super Size Me and fast food, Martha Stewart found guilty"
2004-03-12
"Guests: Author John McWhorter, comedian George Carlin, former Canadian PM Kim Campbell, HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson, NPR radio host Sandra Tsing Loh\n\nTopics: Religion, indecency in media, Madrid bombings"
2004-03-19
"Guests: Journalist David Frum, comedian Eddie Izzard, author Gore Vidal, former governor of Vermont Howard Dean, businessman Russell Simmons\n\nTopics: Madrid bombings, renewal of the Patriot Act, young voters, voting machines"
2004-07-30
"Guests: Rep. David Dreier, former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell, filmmaker Michael Moore, musician Andre 3000, Gov. Bill Owens, Ralph Nader\n\nTopics: Iraq, 7 minutes of silence, Nader's candidacy"
2004-08-06
"Guests: Comedian Steve Harvey, Rep. Kay Granger, former Rep. Bob Barr, and reporter Cokie Roberts\n\nTopics: Terrorism, Kerry's war record, corn farming, Ricky Williams, gay marriage"
2004-08-13
"Guests: Comedian D. L. Hughley, former Sen. Gary Hart, writer Michelle Malkin, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, and columnist Maureen Dowd\n\nTopics: Muhammad Khan, president Bush, racial profiling, Jim McGreevey"
2004-08-27
"Guests: Author Michael Eric Dyson, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, reporter Ashleigh Banfield, author and Vietnam veteran John E. O'Neill, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, talk show host Chris Matthews\n\nTopics: McCain\u2013Feingold Act, Iraq, environment"
2004-09-03
"Guests: Actor Jason Alexander, Andrew Sullivan, Arianna Huffington, Howard Dean and Pat Buchanan\n\nTopics: Republican National Convention, Iraq"
2004-09-17
"Guests: Author P.J. O'Rourke, philosopher Cornel West, actress Julie Delpy, journalist Kitty Kelley, correspondent Christiane Amanpour\n\nTopics: Bush family, assault weapons ban lifted, antidepressant drugs"
2004-09-24
"Guests: Screenwriter Larry Gelbart, columnist Maureen Dowd, comic strip artist Aaron McGruder, Rep. Charles Rangel, actress Drew Barrymore\n\nTopics: Dan Rather, Kerry campaign, tobacco lawsuit settlements"
2004-10-01
"Guests: Comedian George Carlin, correspondent Katty Kay, economist Stephen Moore, The Dixie Chicks, talk show host Tucker Carlson\n\nTopics: Presidential election debates, religion"
2004-10-08
"Guests: Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, comedian David Cross, commentator Tony Snow, filmmaker Michael Moore, columnist Frank Rich\n\nTopics: Presidential election debates, terrorism, religion in politics"
2004-10-15
"Guests: Singer Alanis Morissette, former Rep. Jim Rogan, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Dr. Howard Dean, radio show host Garrison Keillor\n\nTopics: Election debates, media in politics, Iraq"
2004-10-22
"Guests: Former CIA director James Woolsey, former Asst. Sec. of State James Rubin, actor Bradley Whitford, environmentalist Robert Kennedy, Jr. and White House advisor Dr. Bernadine Healy\n\nTopics: Iraq, flu vaccinations, Bill O'Reilly lawsuit"
2004-10-29
"Guests: Actor Richard Belzer, General Wesley Clark, actor Kevin Costner, columnist Thomas Friedman, commentator Ann Coulter\n\nTopics: Osama bin Laden, missing ammunition in Iraq, elections"
2004-11-05
"Guests: Former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson, actress Susan Sarandon, linguist and political analyst Noam Chomsky, comedian D. L. Hughley, columnist Andrew Sullivan, and former U.S. Representative Pat Schroeder\n\nTopics: Presidential elections"
Season 3 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2005-02-18
"Guests: Correspondent Lesley Stahl, actor Robin Williams, former HHS Sec. Tommy Thompson, Sen. Joe Biden, actor Don Cheadle\n\nTopics: On protecting sources, Jeff Gannon, on interrogating prisoners, Iraq elections, Darfur"
2005-02-25
"Guests: Former baseball slugger Jos\u00e9 Canseco, actor Tim Robbins, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, talk show host Tucker Carlson, Gov. Mike Huckabee\n\nTopics: On steroids, on Iran and Iraq, on religious belief, Ward Churchill, President Bush, on Covenant Marriage, Million Dollar Baby"
2005-03-04
"Guests: Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, former NIH administrator Bernadine Healy, actor Dave Foley, Ward Churchill and Michael Faughnan, and comic Whoopi Goldberg via satellite.\n\nTopics: BTK killer, on the Ten Commandments, torture, on raising children"
2005-03-11
"Guests: Rep. Barney Frank, comedian Richard Belzer, writer Andrew Breitbart, writer Irshad Manji, and writer Camille Pagila.\n\nTopics: Gay marriage, women of Iraq, war, teachers sleeping with students, Michael Jackson"
2005-03-18
"Guests: Gov. Frank Murkowski, actor Jason Alexander, Gov. Christie Whitman, Rep. Ileana Ross-Lehtinen, and author Thomas Frank.\n\nTopics: ANWR, steroids, Republican Party, environment"
2005-04-01
"Guests: TV host Bill O'Reilly, academic Cornel West, actor Alec Baldwin, actor\/comedienne Whoopi Goldberg, and Rev. Jesse Jackson.\n\nTopics: Pope, Terri Schiavo, Republican majority"
2005-04-08
"Guests: former Gov. Mario Cuomo, actor Ian McShane, writer Arianna Huffington, TV host Rev. Joe Watkins, and conservative Richard Perle.\n\nTopics: Tom DeLay, Iraq, immigration"
2005-04-15
"Guests: Columnist Thomas Friedman, writer David Frum, singer Natalie Mames, Gen. Wesley Clark and Sen. Barbara Boxer.\n\nTopics: Middle East, Darfur, gays in the military, guns, immigration"
2005-04-22
"Guests: Actress Jane Fonda, talk show host Joe Scarborough, columnist Maureen Dowd, former Sen. Alan Simpson, environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.\n\nTopics: Religion, Pope, airport security, environment, John Bolton"
2005-04-29
"Guests: Senator Charles Schumer (D) New York, Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R) Maryland, Farai Chideya, Martin Short, and Jeff Gannon.\n\nTopics: Voter issues, US budget, on the Presidential press conference"
2005-05-06
"Guests: Former Sec. of State Madeleine Albright, blogger Andrew Sullivan, former Canadian PM Kim Campbell, actor Michael McKean, and Rep. Bernie Sanders.\n\nTopics: Kim Jong Il, Pat Robertson, Pope, censorship, activist judges"
2005-05-13
"Guests: Sen. Norm Coleman, talk radio's Al Franken, reporter Liz Marlantes, author Gore Vidal, and basketball's Charles Barkley.\n\nTopics: Terror alerts, Voting irregularities, Iraq, Darfur, gay Republicans"
2005-08-19
"Guests: Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly; Iraq war veteran, Paul Hackett; former Homeland Security Under Secretary Asa Hutchinson; political consultant Kellyanne Conway; actor\/comic Chris Rock.\n\nTopics: Cindy Sheehan, Iraq, John Kerry, racial profiling, activist judges"
2005-08-26
"Guests: Activist Cindy Sheehan, Gov. Mike Huckabee, journalist Dan Savage, feminist activist Eve Ensler, novelist Kinky Friedman\n\nTopics: Camp Casey, gay marriage, health, Bush's vacation"
2005-09-02
"Guests: Television journalist Anderson Cooper, Stephen Schneider, Michael Eric Dyson, actor Bradley Whitford, professor Mary Frances Berry, journalist Fareed Zakaria\n\nTopics: Hurricane Katrina, poverty, Iraq"
2005-09-09
"Guests: Walter Maestri, Joe Scarborough, comedian George Carlin, Cynthia Tucker, conservative editorialist James K. Glassman, writer Kurt Vonnegut\n\nTopics: Michael D. Brown, US political system, on race, on the Administration"
2005-09-16
"Guests: Sen. Charles Schumer, PJ O'Rourke, Joy Behar, Willie Brown, Dan Senor\n\nTopics: John Roberts, Bush taking responsibility, poverty, Iraq"
2005-09-23
"Guests: Singer Willie Nelson, Rep. David Dreier, author\/journalist Christopher Hitchens, BBC News correspondent Katty Kay, British politician George Galloway, journalist Andrea Mitchell\n\nTopics: Hurricane Rita, Vice President Cheney, Jet Blue emergency landing, foreign oil dependency, Margaret Thatcher, critiquing the U.S."
2005-10-07
"Guests: Conservative columnist Ann Coulter, journalist Andrew Sullivan, actor Ben Affleck, writer Salman Rushdie, soldier\/author Kayla Williams\n\nTopics: Harriet Miers, religion, torture"
2005-10-14
"Guests: Former Sen. Max Cleland, columnist Tina Brown, actor\/comedian Larry Miller, author Tom Wolfe, police chief Richard Pennington, former Sen. John Edwards\n\nTopics: President's approval rating, poverty, police beatings, Iraq, Harriet Miers"
2005-10-21
"Guests: Arianna Huffington, Tucker Carlson, Michel Martin, Spike Lee, Chris Webber\n\nTopics: Valerie Plame, New York Times, health care, NBA dress code, governments response to Katrina, conspiracy in New Orleans"
2005-10-28
"Guests: Richard A. Clarke, reporter Helen Thomas, actor Billy Connolly, TV host Tony Snow, writer Nadira Hira\n\nTopics: Press Corps, Scooter Libby"
2005-11-04
"Guests: fmr Pres. Mary Robinson of Ireland, Joe Scarborough, John Waters, fmr. Sen. Tom Daschle, Dr. Sanjay Gupta\n\nTopics: Rosa Parks' funeral, national security leak"
Season 4 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2006-02-17
"Guests: Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), commentator Fred Barnes, actor Eddie Griffin, reporter Helen Thomas, Iraq advisor Dan Senor\n\nTopics: Cheney shooting, on the Patriot Act, Bush, Mohammad cartoons"
2006-02-24
"Guests: actor Danny Glover, fmr. Sen. Gary Hart, author Irshad Manji, Rep. Heather Wilson, and columnist Nicholas Kristof\n\nTopics: Dubai ports, the extreme Left, Iraq, religious use of hallucinogenic tea"
2006-03-03
"Guests: Comedian D. L. Hughley, editor\/journalist Graydon Carter, correspondent Dana Priest, fmr. Dir. of FEMA Michael Brown, fmr. CIA case officer\/author Bob Baer, actor Harry Anderson\n\nTopics: Oscars, rebuilding New Orleans, Iraq"
2006-03-10
"Guests: Feminist Gloria Steinem, actor Larry Miller, editor Ramesh Ponnuru, baseball's Pete Rose, reporter John Burns\n\nTopics: Port security, baseball, Bush, Iraq"
2006-03-17
"Guests: R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, actor\/comedian Richard Belzer, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), writer Michele Mitchell, television anchor Lou Dobbs\n\nTopics: Troops and Iraq, corporate America, Chile's new President"
2006-03-24
"Guests: Actor Jason Alexander, author\/theologian Reza Aslan, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), reporter Michael Ware, talk show host Tavis Smiley\n\nTopics: Religion, torture, Katrina"
2006-03-31
"Guests: Actor Robert Wuhl, actor Seth Green, author Erica Jong, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, anchorman Jorge Ramos\n\nTopics: Immigration, Bush, telling history"
2006-04-07
"Guests: Actor Ben Affleck, Sen. Joe Biden, correspondent Bill Sammon, author\/former Republican strategist Kevin Phillips, Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)\n\nTopics: Tom DeLay, on Bush's war, faith, Intelligent Design, Iraq exit strategy"
2006-04-21
"Guests: Commentator Heather Higgins, Gen. Anthony Zinni, editor\/publisher Mortimer Zuckerman, sports commentator Stephen A. Smith, Rep. Rahm Emanuel\n\nTopics: Iran, Iraq media bias, Barry Bonds, Duke University and Jesse Jackson, Bush & Hu"
2006-04-28
"Guests: Actor\/director George Clooney, actor Ian McKellen, Rep. Barney Frank, correspondent Michel Martin, and historian Victor Davis Hanson\n\nTopics: Darfur, gas prices, immigration, The Da Vinci Code controversy"
2006-05-05
"Guests: Actor Bradley Whitford, Fmr. PM of Canada Kim Campbell, fmr. Gov. Jim Gilmore, Gen. Wesley Clark, and Sen. Mel Martinez\n\nTopics: Democrats, terrorism, Federal Emergency Management Agency, immigration"
2006-05-12
"Guests: Fmr. Sec. of State Madeleine Albright, singer\/songwriter John Legend, national security expert Richard Clarke, academic Cornel West and Fox News show host John Gibson\n\nTopics: NSA, conspiracy theories, 2006 elections, homophobia, Iran"
2006-08-25
"Guests: Filmmaker Spike Lee, music legend Elvis Costello, blogger Markos Moulitsas, fmr. Sen. Max Cleland, author\/scholar Vali Nasr, and columnist Christopher Hitchens\n\nTopics: Katrina, war on terror"
2006-09-01
"Guests: Magician Penn Jillette, Rep. Darrell Issa, scholar Mary Frances Berry; via satellite, intellectual Fouad Ajami and actor Harry Anderson\n\nTopics: Katrina, poverty, church and state, Lebanon"
2006-09-08
"Guests: Author P. J. O'Rourke, Salon.com editor Joan Walsh, singer Rob Thomas; via satellite, former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and NBC News correspondent David Gregory\n\nTopics: 9\/11 anniversary"
2006-09-15
"Guests: Feminist icon Gloria Steinem, homeland security expert Clark Ervin, actor Michael McKean; via satellite, Pat Buchanan and CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour\n\nTopics: Immigration, torture by military, Muslim extremists, airport security, hunt for Osama bin Laden, free speech in media"
2006-09-22
"Guests: Actor Bradley Whitford, Fox News contributor Sandy Rios, author Reza Aslan; via satellite, New York Times columnist Frank Rich and filmmaker C.C. Goldwater\n\nTopics: Iraq War, anti-American dictators, torture legislation, religion"
2006-10-06
"Guests: From Washington, D.C.: Sens. John Kerry and Lincoln Chafee; Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke, comedian\/actor Robin Williams, journalist Chris Matthews\n\nTopics: Mark Foley scandal, 2004 and 2006 elections, Iraq War, international relations"
2006-10-13
"Guests: Journalist Lou Dobbs, Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute, actor Ben Affleck; via satellite, fmr. Sen. John Danforth and Richard Branson of Virgin Group\n\nTopics: North Korean nuclear test, civilian casualties in Iraq, global warming, immigration and culture wars"
2006-10-20
"Guests: Gov. Bill Richardson, Rep. Barney Frank, actor Jason Alexander, Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal; via satellite, author David Kuo\n\nTopics: North Korea policy, Congressional scandals, gay marriage, Military Commissions Act"
2006-10-27
"Guests: Journalist Andrew Sullivan, politician Christine Todd Whitman, singer Harry Belafonte; via satellite, Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. and Arianna Huffington\n\nTopics: Campaign tactics, gay marriage, toxic chemicals, character of politicians"
2006-11-03
"Guests: Actor Alec Baldwin, Rep. Jack Kingston, The Hill associate editor A.B. Stoddard; via satellite, filmmaker Robert Greenwald and comedienne Roseanne Barr\n\nTopics: Cost of Iraq War, Republican fiscal policy, John Kerry remark controversy, energy alternatives, teaching of abstinence, political advertisements"
2006-11-10
"Guests: CNN's Candy Crowley, actor Rainn Wilson, author Salman Rushdie; via satellite, Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Jeff Flake\n\nTopics: 2006 elections, plan for Iraq, Congressional earmarks, resignation of Donald Rumsfeld"
2006-11-17
"Guests: Guitarist Tom Morello of Audioslave, journalist Dana Priest, actor Richard Dreyfuss; via satellite, journalist Dan Rather and television's Norman Lear\n\nTopics: Journalistic roles\/ethics, strategy for Iraq, incoming Democratic Congress, O.J. Simpson book, future of democracy"
Season 5 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2007-02-16
"Guests: Fmr Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, fmr Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, TV host Craig Ferguson; via satellite, fmr Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) and basketball player John Amaechi\n\nTopics: Developments in North Korea, Iran, and Iraq; global warming; Mitt Romney and Mormonism; Al Franken Senate campaign"
2007-02-23
"Guests: Rep. Darrell Issa, author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, actor Steven Weber; via satellite, Sen. Joe Biden and filmmaker David Mamet\n\nTopics: Guantanamo Bay detention camp, clash of civilizations, developments in Iraq, David Geffen political comments, cameras in courtrooms"
2007-03-02
"Guests: Author\/commentator John Ridley, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, Rep. Barney Frank; via satellite, journalist Seymour Hersh and actress Mia Farrow\n\nTopics: Middle East dynamics, war criticism from Congress and John McCain, attempt on Dick Cheney, latest on Darfur conflict, James Cameron's Jesus documentary"
2007-03-09
"Guests: Author David Kuo, Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank, comedienne Roseanne Barr, author Deepak Chopra; via satellite, Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton (ret.)\n\nTopics: Walter Reed controversy, Scooter Libby verdict, Rudy Giuliani campaign, Ann Coulter comments, afterlife and spirituality"
2007-03-16
"Guests: Actor Jason Alexander, Martha Raddatz of ABC News, journalist Dan Rather; via satellite, comedian Chris Rock and fmr Gov. Mike Huckabee\n\nTopics: Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy, war on drugs, gays in the military, evolution of news business"
2007-03-28
"Guests: Fmr Bush speechwriter David Frum, Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin, musician John Legend; via satellite, fmr Natl Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski and Sen. Bernie Sanders\n\nTopics: Iraq War anniversary, more on U.S. attorney firings, energy independence, campaign finance, \"purity balls\""
2007-03-30
"Guests: Radio host Michael Smerconish, comedian D. L. Hughley, Court TV's Catherine Crier; via satellite, Fmr Sec'y of State Madeleine Albright and Rep. Ron Paul\n\nTopics: Funding of Iraq War, Clinton vs. Obama, privatization of government, still more on U.S. attorney firings, death of Pat Tillman"
2007-04-13
"Guests: Fmr Sen Bill Bradley, comedian Dana Carvey, Fmr White House Press Sec'y Scott McClellan; via satellite, Rev. Al Sharpton, activist Laurie David, musician Sheryl Crow\n\nTopics: Don Imus controversy and firing, extension of military deployments, global warming, performance of Democratic Congress"
2007-04-20
"Guests: Author John O'Sullivan, commentator Amy Holmes, Gov. Brian Schweitzer (Mont.); via satellite, journalist Bill Moyers\n\nTopics: Virginia Tech shooting, gun control, Alberto Gonzalez testimony to Congress, Supreme Court ruling on abortion, Earth Day"
2007-04-27
"Guests: Actor Richard Belzer, NPR correspondent Jamie Tarabay, commentator Lisa Schiffren, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, fmr US Attorney David Iglesias\n\nTopics: Pat Tillman controversy, U.S. attorney firings, privacy in America, Alec Baldwin, future of Iraq"
2007-05-04
"Guests: Fmr Rep Harold Ford, Jr., actor\/activist Sean Penn, comedian Garry Shandling; via satellite, fmr Gov Tommy Thompson and CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta\n\nTopics: Republican presidential debate, State Dept terror statistics, anniversary of \"Mission Accomplished\" speech, \"D.C. Madam\" scandal, food safety, Hurricane Katrina aid"
2007-05-11
"Guests: Columnist Arianna Huffington, comic Paula Poundstone, pollster Frank Luntz; via satellite, NBC News correspondent Richard Engel and columnist Christopher Hitchens\n\nTopics: Iraq troop surge, language of politics, how Democrats can win, Kansas tornadoes"
2007-05-18
"Guests: Actor Bradley Whitford, Rep Loretta Sanchez (Calif.), columnist John Fund, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons; via satellite, Sen Christopher Dodd (Conn.)\n\nTopics: Congressional resolution on Iraq, economic effect of immigration, voter fraud, second Republican debate"
2007-05-25
"Guests: Humorist P. J. O'Rourke, actor Ben Affleck, Rep Ron Paul (Texas); via satellite, filmmaker Michael Moore\n\nTopics: Health-care crisis, world opinion of the United States, Iraq troop surge and funding, Republican presidential race"
2007-08-24
"Guests: Actor Tim Robbins, journalist Michel Martin, writer Stephen Hayes; via satellite, Fmr Gov Mike Huckabee (Ark.) and New York Times correspondent Damien Cave\n\nTopics: Status of Iraq troop surge, Michael Vick dogfighting investigation, Utah mine collapse and response"
2007-08-31
"Guests: Fmr Sen Mike Gravel (Alaska), diplomat Barbara Bodine, musician John Mellencamp; via satellite, entertainer Harry Shearer and PETA president Ingrid Newkirk\n\nTopics: Hurricane Katrina anniversary, Larry Craig arrest and resignation, Alberto Gonzales resignation, environmentalism and energy needs"
2007-09-07
"Guests: Prof Cornel West, rapper\/actor Mos Def; via satellite, Army Col Larry Wilkerson (ret.) and consumer advocate Ralph Nader\n\nTopics: Iraq troop surge and upcoming Petraeus report, defining terrorism, roots of Islamic fundamentalism, black vote and political involvement, Jena Six"
2007-09-14
"Guests: Journalist Carl Bernstein, Rep Jan Schakowsky (Ill.), comedian Drew Carey; via satellite, Sen Chuck Hagel (Neb.) and author Robert Draper\n\nTopics: Petraeus report and Middle East policy, 9\/11 anniversary and relationship to Iraq, Hillary Clinton campaign"
2007-09-21
"Guests: Musician Rob Thomas, comedian\/actress Janeane Garofalo, author Salman Rushdie; via satellite, fmr CIA agent Michael Scheuer and author Bj\u00f8rn Lomborg\n\nTopics: Israel and Middle East policy, MoveOn.org ad controversy, Ahmadinejad visit to U.S., global warming, Blackwater USA and use of private contractors in Iraq"
2007-09-28
"Guests: Rep Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), Prof Michael Eric Dyson, writer Pete Hamill; via satellite, filmmaker Ken Burns and CNBC's Maria Bartiromo\n\nTopics: Ahmadinejad's visit and U.S.\/Iran relations, funding for Iraq War, global economy, Bill O'Reilly racial controversy, hate crimes legislation"
2007-10-12
"Guests: Columnist Paul Krugman, MSNBC host Tucker Carlson, The View co-host Joy Behar; via satellite, fmr Pres Vicente Fox (Mexico) and author\/activist Naomi Klein\n\nTopics: U.S.\/Mexico relations and immigration, Republican presidential debates, State Children's Health Insurance Program and Bush's veto, Middle East policy, more on Blackwater USA incident"
2007-10-19
"Guests: Fmr Sen John Edwards (N.C.), journalist Joel Stein, Rep Sheila Jackson-Lee (Texas), MSNBC host Chris Matthews; via satellite, chess master Garry Kasparov\n\nTopics: Environment, biofuels, drug-resistant viruses, bringing U.S. troops home, Russian politics, Mukasey confirmation hearings, Ellen DeGeneres dog controversy."
2007-10-26
"Guests: Commentator Andrew Sullivan, tennis pro Martina Navratilova, Gen Wesley Clark (ret.); via satellite, Sen Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas) and author Sir David Frost\n\nTopics: California wildfires and global warming, immigration, reaching out to Iran, Bush's abuse of power"
2007-11-02
"Guests: Fmr CIA operative Valerie Plame and her husband, fmr Amb Joe Wilson; political blogger Markos Moulitsas; NPR host Alison Stewart (radio); actor\/comedian Martin Short ; via satellite, author Jeremy Scahill\n\nTopics: CIA leak scandal, Hillary Clinton's debate performance and Democrats' campaign issues, Blackwater USA, Mukasey confirmation"
Season 6 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2008-01-11
"Guests: Entrepreneur Mark Cuban, former TV anchor Catherine Crier, former press secretary Tony Snow, Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi (election correspondent), humorist P.J. O'Rourke\n\nTopics: New Hampshire primary, electronic voting machines, Iraq troop surge, subprime lending and prospects for economic recession. Maher refrained from a large-scale discussion of the ongoing writers' strike, offering only a brief opinion in the closing moments of the show."
2008-01-18
"Guests: Comedian D. L. Hughley, Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund, country singer Trace Adkins, author\/sex columnist Dan Savage (election correspondent), journalist Fareed Zakaria\n\nTopics: South Carolina primary and influence of religion, militant violence in Pakistan, U.S. relations with Iran, impact of economy on the election, defining victory in Iraq, thoughts on Confederate flag"
2008-01-25
"Guests: Actor\/comedian Richard Belzer, musician Herbie Hancock, reporter Martha Raddatz, political strategist Amy Holmes (election correspondent), country singer Merle Haggard\n\nTopics: Bill Clinton's role in campaign, Democratic campaign issues and oversight of Iraq War, Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan, race and gender in the election, Rudy Giuliani's campaign strategy"
2008-02-01
"Guests: Columnist Clarence Page, feminist Kim Gandy, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), pollster\/author Frank Luntz, Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi (election correspondent)\n\nTopics: State of the Union address, Clinton\/Obama debate and Republican strategy, withdrawals of Giuliani and Edwards, Middle East policy"
2008-02-08
"Guests: Author\/columnist Jonah Goldberg, political strategist Matthew Dowd, sportscaster Bob Costas, political humorist P.J. O'Rourke (election correspondent), CNN analyst Amy Holmes\n\nTopics: Super Tuesday results, suspension of Mitt Romney's campaign, McCain vs. conservatives, U.S. role as superpower, Roger Clemens steroid controversy and overdependence on prescription drugs, death of Maharishi"
2008-02-15
"Guests: Commentator Andrew Sullivan, veterans' activist Paul Rieckhoff, Nina Hachigian of the Center for American Progress, pollster Frank Luntz (election correspondent), Sen Claire McCaskill (D-MO)\n\nTopics: Clinton vs. Obama, candidates' policies toward Middle East, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act renewal and changes, John McCain vs. Democrats, Roger Clemens congressional hearing"
2008-02-22
"Guests: Former Bush speechwriter David Frum, The Hotline editor Amy Walter, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi (election correspondent), journalist Tom Brokaw\n\nTopics: Clinton\/Obama debate, John McCain lobbyist controversy, Americans' love of country and Michelle Obama remarks, candidates' positions on war, resignation of Fidel Castro, beef recall"
2008-02-29
"Guests: Columnist Christopher Hitchens, author Shashi Tharoor, comedian Harry Shearer, author\/sex columnist Dan Savage (election correspondent); via satellite, Gov Ed Rendell (PA)\n\nTopics: Pennsylvania primary, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, appeal of Barack Obama, religion in politics"
2008-03-07
"Guests: MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, actor\/director Adam Goldberg, NPR host Farai Chideya, journalist Jeremy Scahill (election correspondent); via satellite, fmr DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe\n\nTopics: Hillary wins primaries in Texas and Ohio, McCain clinches Republican nomination, media coverage of candidates, economic news and impact of Iraq War, strategies for Iraq withdrawal, elections in Russia"
2008-03-21
"Guests: Rep Barney Frank (D-MA), actor Jon Hamm, professor\/author Melissa Harris Lacewell, humorist\/author P.J. O'Rourke (election correspondent); via satellite, CNN correspondent Michael Ware\n\nTopics: Fifth anniversary of Iraq War, Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy, economic class warfare, Eliot Spitzer resignation and scandal, legalization of marijuana"
2008-03-28
"Guests: Talk show host Tavis Smiley, journalist Robin Wright, comedian Robert Klein, author\/sex columnist Dan Savage (election correspondent); via satellite, actor John Cusack\n\nTopics: Violence in Iraq, Clinton statements on Bosnia trip, use of contractors in Iraq, definition of patriotism, more on Jeremiah Wright and race relations, use of Patriot Act in Eliot Spitzer case"
2008-04-04
"Guests: Actor Esai Morales, fmr Labor Sec Robert Reich, Rep Barbara Lee (D-CA), CNN analyst Amy Holmes (election correspondent); via satellite, Sen Arlen Specter (PA)\n\nTopics: 40th anniversary of the King assassination, education in inner cities, Bush tax rebate and U.S. budget priorities, U.S. defense budget, abstinence education, investment in biofuels, bailout of Bear Stearns"
2008-04-11
"Guests: Counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke, journalist Dana Priest, actor Jason Alexander; via satellite, Rep Joe Sestak (D-PA), scientist\/author Richard Dawkins\n\nTopics: Iraq War hearings and Bush speech, Bill Clinton's effect on Hillary's campaign, rationalizing religion, environment and global warming, airline cancellations and wiring inspections"
2008-04-18
"Guests: Prof Cornel West, blogger Markos Moulitsas Z\u00faniga, writer\/activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, journalist Jeremy Scahill (election correspondent); via satellite, MSNBC host Chris Matthews\n\nTopics: Pennsylvania primary and Democratic debate, Pope's visit to U.S., oil prices and worldwide food shortages, polygamy and raid on Texas compound"
2008-04-25
"Topics: TV host Phil Donahue, columnist Arianna Huffington, comedian Garry Shandling, Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi (election correspondent); via satellite, economist Jeffrey Sachs\n\nGuests: Earth Day and demand for resources, Pennsylvania primary results, tax rebate checks, extension of veterans' benefits, Democratic campaign tactics"
2008-08-29
"Guests: Gov. Jon Corzine (D-NJ), TV host Craig Ferguson, journalist Michel Martin, Matt Taibbi (election correspondent); via satellite, Gov. Tim Kaine (D-VA)\n\nTopics: The 2008 election, 2008 Democratic National Convention, McCain's VP pick Sarah Palin"
2008-09-05
"Guests: Actress Kerry Washington, fmr. White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, fmr. Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, journalist Jeffrey Toobin, and Real Time correspondent Dan Savage\n\nTopics: 2008 Republican National Convention"
2008-09-12
"Guests: Actress Janeane Garofalo, Author Salman Rushdie, Roseanne Barr, political consultant Paul Begala, and journalist John Fund\n\nTopics: 7th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks"
2008-09-19
"Guests: Musician will.i.am, journalist Naomi Klein, political blogger Andrew Sullivan; via satellite, economist Paul Krugman\n\nTopics: Candidacy of Sarah Palin and responsibility for the subprime mortgage crisis."
2008-09-26
"Guests: Politician Ralph Nader, actor Tim Daly, National Review Online contributor Lisa Schiffren; via satellite, journalist Ron Suskind, comedian Chris Rock\n\nTopics: The first presidential debate, subprime mortgage crisis, economic stimulus package, Sarah Palin"
2008-10-03
"Guests: Actor Alec Baldwin, reporter Christiane Amanpour, and comedian Garry Shandling; via satellite, journalist Bob Woodward\n\nTopics: Bush's legacy, VP debate, Palin's performance, bailout bill, future of the country"
2008-10-10
"Guests: Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), economist Stephen Moore, and comedian Dana Gould; via satellite, director Oliver Stone, former Comptroller General of the United States David Walker\n\nTopics: Economic situation, Palin's rhetoric, ongoing election, voting fraud, US military budget"
2008-10-17
"Guests: Actor Ben Affleck; actor, comedian Martin Short; pollster Frank Luntz; Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-VT); via satellite, journalist Thomas Friedman\n\nTopics: Joe the Plumber, ongoing election, third presidential debate"
2008-10-24
"Guests: Actor Tim Robbins, comedian Carol Leifer, political consultant Matt Dowd, economist Arthur Laffer; via satellite, ex-GOP operative Allen Raymond\n\nTopics: Electoral fraud, voting, the election, Joe the Plumber, economy, Barack Obama, future of the Republican Party"
2008-10-31
"Guests: Singer\/Songwriter John Legend, columnist Connie Schultz, commentator Amy Holmes, Prof Cornel West; via satellite, activist Michael Moore\n\nTopics: Sarah Palin, Patriotism, Joe the Plumber, Taxes"
2008-11-07
"Guests: Comedian Howie Mandel, humorist Joe Queenan, NPR commentator Farai Chideya, political advisor Paul Begala; via satellite, Mayor Cory Booker (D-Newark)\n\nTopics: 2008 election results, racism, John McCain, Barack Obama"
2008-11-14
"Guests: Author and Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, actor Ashton Kutcher, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL); via satellite, musician Sean Combs, columnist Dan Savage\n\nTopics: Detroit auto-industry bailout, increase in gun sales since the election, California Proposition 8 (2008), marijuana decriminalization, Hillary for Secretary of State, voting"
Season 7 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2009-02-20
"Guests: Financial Times editor Chrystia Freeland, journalist Tina Brown, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA); via satellite, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), journalist Brigitte Gabriel\n\nTopics: The economy, President Obama's first month in office"
2009-02-27
"Guests: Actor Alan Cumming, political satirist and journalist P. J. O'Rourke, Mayor Gavin Newsom (D-San Francisco); via satellite, political correspondent George Stephanopoulos, author Robin Wright\n\nTopics: Obama's speech, Bobby Jindal, marijuana, home ownership, Iraq, Afghanistan and troops, future of the Rep. party, Vatican and indulgences"
2009-03-06
"Guests: Businessman T. Boone Pickens; Mayor Cory Booker (D-Newark); news anchor Erin Burnett; author Peter Singer\n\nTopics: The economy, green energy, charity and philanthropy, socialism"
2009-03-13
"Guests: Comedian Sarah Silverman, professor Michael Eric Dyson, author Andrew Breitbart, columnist Steven Pearlstein\n\nTopics: State of the Rep. party, racism in America, the Teachers' Union, stem cell research"
2009-03-20
"Guests: Fmr. Sec. of State Madeleine Albright, television host Keith Olbermann, actress Kerry Washington, senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin\n\nTopics: AIG bonuses, the crisis, Teenage pregnancy in America, Glenn Beck, right-wing power"
2009-03-27
"Guests: Senator Bill Bradley, author Christopher Hitchens, rapper Mos Def, author Salman Rushdie\n\nTopics: Banking crisis, Legalization of marijuana, Nuclear proliferation"
2009-04-03
"Guests: Joe the Plumber, Journalist David Frum, comedian Carol Leifer, writer Reihan Salam, reporter Sam Donaldson\n\nTopics: 2009 G-20 London summit, tax cut, health care, Carbon tax, nuclear energy"
2009-04-10
"Guests: Filmmaker Ron Howard and novelist Gore Vidal\n\nTopics: Bill conducts one-on-one interviews"
2009-04-24
"Guests: Ex-gov. Howard Dean (D-VT), comedian Dana Gould, writer Randy Cohen, author Bethany McLean, ex-CIA agent Robert Baer\n\nTopics: Obama's first 100 days, torture memos, economy, gun control, environment and global warming, children's health"
2009-05-01
"Guests: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), journalist Fareed Zakaria, NBC News foreign correspondent Richard Engel, former FDA chief David Kessler\n\nTopics: 2009 swine flu outbreak, state of the Republican Party, terrorism, Souter's resignation, Arlen Specter's party switch, Israel"
2009-05-08
"Guests: Democratic consultant James Carville, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, author Naomi Klein, journalist Matt Taibbi, author Reza Aslan\n\nTopics: Tax evasion by big companies, torture, Pakistan & Taliban, US military handing out bibles, gay marriage"
2009-05-15
"Guests: Creator of The Wire David Simon, economist Elizabeth Warren, conservative commentator Amy Holmes, National Review's Richard Brookhiser, columnist Dan Savage\n\nTopics: Torture, climate change, gay marriage, War on Drugs"
2009-05-22
"Guests: Nobel Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus, Pulitzer Prize-winner and Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, M.I.T. economist Simon Johnson, and rapper M.I.A.\n\nTopics: Global economic crisis, the progress of the Obama administration, Dick Cheney, religion in the United States"
2009-05-29
"Guests: Actor Hill Harper, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, former House Representative Heather Wilson, documentarian Michael Pollan\n\nTopics: State of the Republican Party, torture and Guantanamo Bay, North Korea's nuclear weapons threat, nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, and California Supreme Court's decision regarding California's Proposition 8"
2009-06-05
"Guests: Actor and comedian D. L. Hughley, Council of Foreign Relations president Richard Haass, novelist Paula Froelich, journalist Jeremy Scahill, Fortune editor Matt Miller\n\nTopics: Obama's visit to the Middle East, terrorism, abortion debate and the murder of Dr. George Tiller, gay marriage, health care reform in the United States"
2009-06-12
"Guests: CNN host Larry King, MSNBC host Chris Matthews, former White House Homeland Security advisor Frances Townsend, NAACP President Ben Jealous, humorist P. J. O'Rourke\n\nTopics: 2009 digital television transition, Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting, racism, affirmative action, nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, terrorism, car culture in the United States, socialism"
2009-06-19
"Guests: Commentator Paul Begala, BBC reporter Katty Kay, blogger Meghan McCain, columnist Joel Stein, writer Hooman Maj\n\nTopics: Iranian presidential election, 2009, health care reform, David Letterman joke controversy, sexuality and infidelity in politics, 2009 imprisonment of US journalists by North Korea"
2009-06-26
"Guests: Actress Cameron Diaz, director Oliver Stone, actor Billy Bob Thornton\n\nTopics: Bill conducts one-on-one interviews"
2009-07-17
"Guests: Joe Scarborough, actor Jason Alexander, actress\/playwright Anna Deavere Smith, Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-MT), Markos Moulitsas. \n\nTopics: Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings, racism and the Republican Party, clean coal electricity debate, health care reform in the United States, recent sex scandals involving politicians, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, death of Michael Jackson, drug use in the United States, death of Walter Cronkite (news broke shortly before tonight's show began), 40th anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing"
2009-07-24
"Guests: Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano (via satellite), Iraq War veteran and California congressional candidate Anthony Woods, Susan Eisenhower, journalist John Heilemann, writer Matt Taibbi\n\nTopics: 2009 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. arrest by Cambridge police, racism and the Republican Party, Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories, health care reform, military-industrial complex"
2009-07-31
"Guests: Journalist Jeff Sharlet, CNN foreign correspondent Michael Ware, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, economist Niall Ferguson, humorist Joe Queenan\n\nTopics: 2009 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. arrest by Cambridge police, health care reform, current economic crisis, resignation of Sarah Palin as Governor of Alaska"
2009-08-07
"Guests: Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, Georgia congressman Jack Kingston, California congressman Darrell Issa, Dr. David Scheiner, President Obama's doctor in Chicago\n\nTopics: Health care, town hall mobs, Sarah Palin's 'death panel' comments, confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor, prescription drugs, children's health, bailouts, criticism of Bill Clinton's role in freeing American journalists."
2009-08-14
"Guests: Actor Ashton Kutcher, fmr. Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command Gen. Anthony Zinni (ret.), journalist and blogger Ross Douthat, comedian Dana Gould (also reporter), actor Brad Pitt\n\nTopics: 'Death panel' claims, healthcare, income inequality, the current state of the Republican party, John Brennan 'ending' the war on terror, town hall discussions, mobs comparing Obama with Hitler, climate change."
2009-08-21
"Guests: TV host Jay Leno, journalist Chuck Todd, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), author Sam Harris, journalist Jeremy Scahill\n\nTopics: Health care reform, protesters bringing guns to town halls, lack of information and explanation of issues by the media, controversy over private military contractors like Blackwater, politicization of the terror alert level system in the 2004 presidential election, lack of employers offering vacation and sick leave pays in the United States"
2009-08-28
"Guests: Rapper Jay-Z, journalist Bill Moyers\n\nTopics: Bill conducts one-on-one interviews"
2009-09-11
"Guests: New York representative Anthony Weiner, comedian Kathy Griffin, author and veterans advocate Paul Rieckhoff, journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran, former counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke\n\nTopics: Healthcare reform, eighth anniversary of 9\/11, response to terrorism, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, race and criticism of Barack Obama, the media, global warming skepticism"
2009-09-18
"Guests: Actor and comedian David Cross, law professor Annette Gordon-Reed, journalist Jeffrey Toobin, journalist Matthew Continetti, fmr. health insurance executive Wendell Potter\n\nTopics: Health care reform, racism"
2009-09-25
"Guests: Filmmaker Michael Moore, fmr. New York governor Eliot Spitzer, economist Paul Krugman, director John Waters\n\nTopics: Capitalism, the economy, the housing market, gay marriage, marijuana reform, terrorism"
2009-10-02
"Guests: Columnist Thomas Friedman, EPA Chief Lisa Jackson, actress Janeane Garofalo, Ohio congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, author Richard Dawkins\n\nTopics: Criticism of Barack Obama, health care reform, the senate, Iran's nuclear capabilities, religion in America, terrorism, Hollywood defending Roman Polanski"
2009-10-09
"Guests: Former senator Bill Frist, actor Richard Belzer, professor Cornel West, former senator Lincoln Chafee, comedian Sarah Silverman\n\nTopics: Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Iran, peace, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, the economy and the job market, income inequality."
2009-10-16
"Guests: Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) , Actor Alec Baldwin, comedian and actor Garry Shandling, Hardball host Chris Matthews, Maryland governor Martin O'Malley\n\nTopics: Balloon Boy incident, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, health care reform, H1N1 vaccination concerns, ongoing efforts to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, sexual harassment in the military, Rush Limbaugh's failed bid to buy the St. Louis Rams, steroid use in professional sports"
Season 8 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2010-02-19
"Guests: Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel Elizabeth Warren, comedienne Wanda Sykes, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane , former Governor Eliot Spitzer, and Norah O'Donnell\n\nTopics: Lack of action by government, bipartisanship, the filibuster, Obama's handling of terrorism, torture, controversy over Family Guy's Down's Syndrome episode, race and criticism of Obama, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Kevin Smith's airplane incident, obesity, Bill's tweet criticizing media coverage of Haiti"
2010-02-26
"Guests: President of the Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass, journalist Chrystia Freeland, political writer Reihan Salam, actress Olivia Wilde, comedian Adam Carolla, comedian Chris Rock\n\nTopics: Iran, health care, Obama Republicans summit, Congress majority, guns, defense budget, caged animals"
2010-03-05
"Guests: Actor Sean Penn, journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin, co-founder of the Huffington Post Arianna Huffington, director Michael Moore\n\nTopics: Earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, Hugo Ch\u00e1vez, Economic activism, Health Care, the economy regulation of the financial industry, labor relations, the Oscars, Republican fundraising tactics, the Media"
2010-03-12
"Guests: Senator Michael Bennet, actor Hill Harper, former Governor Gary Johnson, Amy Holmes, journalist John Heilemann\n\nTopics: Health care, deficit spending and the national debt, climate change, marijuana legalization, race relations, Mitt Romney, No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, Eric Massa, Game Change, Liz Cheney, education, Jihad Jane"
2010-03-19
"Guests: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D), economist Stephen Moore, PoliticsDaily.com editor-in-chief Melinda Henneberger and actor Emile Hirsch\n\nTopics: Health care, the economy, regulation of banking and insurance industries, the Congo, blood diamonds, \"blood minerals\" from the Congo (tantalum, tungsten, and tin), Oxfam, access to clean water in developing countries, campaign finance reform"
2010-03-26
"Guests: Journalist and author Christopher Hitchens, journalist Jonathan Capehart, musician Rob Thomas, President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten and comedian Jeff Garlin\n\nTopics: Health care, Catholic sex abuse cases, war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Tea Party movement, Birthers, John McCain, the National Debt, Education Reform, Jesse James sex scandal, Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act, altering of curriculum and guidelines for textbooks by conservatives on the Texas State Board of Education, Intelligent design, Internet flames, Celebrity political activism, Political correctness"
2010-04-09
"Guests: Musician Billie Joe Armstrong, chef Alice Waters, and comedian Chris Rock\n\nTopics: Bill conducts one-on-one interviews"
2010-04-16
"Guests: Journalist David Remnick, economist Simon Johnson, journalist Laura Flanders, fmr. governor Jesse Ventura, film producer Lawrence Bender\n\nTopics: Tea Party movement, taxation, Goldman Sachs scandal, nuclear weapons, Supreme Court"
2010-04-23
"Guests: Rep. Alan Grayson, author Susan Eisenhower, journalist Matthew Continetti, author Richard A. Clarke and via satellite Dr. Jack Kevorkian\n\nTopics: Arizona immigration law, racism in America, Army recruitment standards, technology, cyber war, South Park controversy, moderate Republicans, Sarah Palin"
2010-04-30
"Guests: Rep. Anthony Weiner, political commentator Chris Matthews, economist Laura Tyson, author Ross Douthat, politician John Bolton\n\nTopics: Gulf of Mexico oil spill, oil dependency, High-speed rail technology, Goldman Sachs Senate hearings, Arizona immigration law, Charlie Crist, 2010 midterm elections"
2010-05-07
"Guests: Comedian and author Sarah Silverman, novelist Salman Rushdie, business news anchor Alexis Glick, journalist David Frum, historian Alan Brinkley\n\nTopics: 2010 Times Square car bomb attempt, Muslim Americans, immigration, Gulf of Mexico oil spill, climate change denial, Big Business"
2010-05-14
"Guests: Journalist Sebastian Junger, Mayor Cory Booker, columnist John Avlon, author S. E. Cupp, Rep. Darrell Issa\n\nTopics: Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination, religion, MMS and oil drilling regulation, Miranda rights, tasering"
2010-05-21
"Guests: Economist Nouriel Roubini, author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, radio host Michael Eric Dyson, columnist John Fund, comedian Patton Oswalt\n\nTopics: Libertarianism, Rand Paul, Robert Bork, oil spill containment, Richard Blumenthal, Anwar al-Awlaki"
2010-05-28
"Guests: CEO of EarthEcho International Philippe Cousteau, Jr., senior editor for Newsweek Jonathan Alter, Republican political strategist Patrick Ruffini, philosopher and civil rights activist Dr. Cornel West, author Scott Turow\n\nTopics: Oil spill, Obama's reaction to the spill, black\/white net worth gap, Supreme Court"
2010-06-04
"Guests: Political strategist Paul Begala, journalist Andrew Sullivan, The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel, environmental advocate Van Jones, filmmaker Judd Apatow\n\nTopics: Oil spill, Gaza flotilla raid, Joe McGinniss, Al Gore, marriage and divorce, Climate change Denial"
2010-06-11
"Guests: Queen Noor of Jordan, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, ex-Senate Maj. Leader Bill Frist, director Oliver Stone\n\nTopics: Oil spill, Republican filibustering, Dan Duncan and inheritance tax, \"running government like a business\", Nikki Haley, Military budget of the United States, Helen Thomas' Israel comments"
2010-09-17
"Guests: Filmmaker Michael Moore, economist Robert Reich, actor Jon Hamm, journalist Martha Raddatz, Republican strategist Mark McKinnon\n\nTopics: The Tea Party movement, Newt Gingrich describing Obama as having a 'Kenyan world view', Islamophobia in America, Christine O'Donnell's appearance on Politically Incorrect, the Democratic Party's new logo, tax cuts, Afghanistan, Republicans threatening to repeal health care reform, Republicans as the 'party of no', moderate Republicans"
2010-09-24
"Guests: Pat Tillman's brother Richard Tillman, conservative activist Andrew Breitbart, CNN analyst Amy Holmes, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, author and scientist Ann Druyan\n\nTopics: Pat Tillman, Pledge to America, healthcare repeal, Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal, Christine O'Donnell, evolution, science, climate change, Obama's Wars"
2010-10-01
"Guests: Author Bob Woodward, TIME magazine columnist Joe Klein, philosopher and civil rights activist Dr. Cornel West, co-founder of Huffington Post Ariana Huffington, actor and comedian David Cross\n\nTopics: Hamid Karzai, 2010 Elections, Carl Paladino, Meg Whitman, the economy, personal responsibility, Bishop Eddie Long, homophobia, social network services"
2010-10-08
"Guests: Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin, conservative commentator S. E. Cupp, comedian P. J. O'Rourke, journalist Joshua Green\n\nTopics: Gene Cranick, zero-sum economic theory, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Christine O'Donnell, Rich Iott, climate change, religion"
2010-10-15
"Guests: Activist Al Sharpton, columnist Markos Moulitsas, musician John Legend, Dana Loesch, columnist Dan Neil\n\nTopics: Bill O'Reilly, Tea Party movement, 2010 Craziest Candidate Countdown, electric cars, education, Brett Favre"
2010-10-22
"Guests: Actor George Clooney, film director Rob Reiner, journalist Jake Tapper, political commentator Nicolle Wallace, Levi Johnston\n\nTopics: Crisis in Sudan, Clarence Thomas\/Anita Hill, Campaign financing, 1st Amendment\/ O'Donnell, Tea Party, 2010 elections, Sarah Palin, 'Don't ask, don't tell'"
2010-10-29
"Guests: Former US President Jimmy Carter, comedian Zach Galifianakis, political analyst Lawrence O'Donnell, political strategist Margaret Hoover, journalist Reihan Salam\n\nTopics: White House Diary, 2010 midterm elections, violence and the Tea Party, 2010 Craziest Candidate Countdown, Prop 19, separation of church and state"
2010-11-05
"Guests: Commentator Bill O'Reilly, Rep. Darrell Issa, journalist Fareed Zakaria, comedian Dana Gould, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty\n\nTopics: 2010 midterm election results, Obama's response to election results, Republican plan, balancing the budget and cuts, social justice, education, military budget, prison population, Rep. and Dem. cooperation"
2010-11-12
"Guests: Commentator Mike Huckabee, filmmaker Michael Moore, author Nora Ephron, reporter Jessica Yellin, Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA)\n\nTopics: Bush, Obama, midterm elections, Iraq, veterans, health care, deficit"
Season 9 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2011-01-14
"Guests: Assistant to the President Elizabeth Warren, actor Martin Short, political analyst James Carville, political consultant Mike Murphy, Editor-at-large of Reuters Chrystia Freeland\n\nTopics: Consumer protection, Tucson shooting, gun control, right wing rhetoric, health care"
2011-01-21
"Guests: Journalist Michael Hastings, politician\/businessman David Stockman, political commentator Rachel Maddow, economist Stephen Moore, entrepreneur Russell Simmons\n\nTopics: Keith Olbermann, Tunisian protests, health care, Ronald Reagan's legacy, gun control, Tucson shooting"
2011-01-28
"Guests: Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele, NRO host Will Cain, former Canadian PM Kim Campbell, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), comedian D. L. Hughley\n\nTopics: 2011 State of the Union Address, deficit, education, 2011 Egyptian protests, 2011 Domodedovo International Airport bombing, climate change, evolution"
2011-02-04
"Guests: Journalist Mona Eltahawy, director Charles H. Ferguson, conservative columnist John Fund, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson\n\nTopics: Egyptian protests, financial meltdown, RNC in debt, Kepler (spacecraft), NASA going to Mars, Clarence & Ginny Thomas, Civil War celebrations in the south, GOProud at CPAC"
2011-02-11
"Guests: Syndicated columnist Arianna Huffington, philosopher Cornel West, journalist Hooman Majd, MSNBC host Norah O'Donnell, actor Matthew Perry\n\nTopics: AOL-HuffPo merger, Egypt after Mubarak and US reaction, Chris Lee, alcoholism, O'Reilly's interview of Obama, CPAC and homophobia, re-writing Mark Twain"
2011-02-18
"Guests: PBS host Tavis Smiley, director Kevin Smith, journalist John Heilemann, CNBC host Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, journalist Matt Taibbi\n\nTopics: Griftopia, budget cuts, Obama as a bad negotiator, trade unions for government employees, Tea Party Review magazine, Red State, treatment of women in Arab world, Natalie Munroe, Civil War reenactments"
2011-03-04
"Guests: Novelist T. Coraghessan Boyle, feminist icon Gloria Steinem, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Washington Post reporter Ezra Klein, actress and comedianne Tracey Ullman\n\nTopics: Overpopulation, road quality in the US, Planned Parenthood, Wisconsin Governor, Equal Pay"
2011-03-11
"Guests: Rep. Keith Maurice Ellison (D-MN), director Bill T. Jones, Democratic strategist Paul Begala, co-founder of the St. Louis Tea Party Dana Loesch, former congressman Thomas M. Davis (R-VA)\n\nTopics: Peter King's radicalization hearings, Islamophobia, labor dispute in Wisconsin, sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Philadelphia, NPR, 2012 GOP presidential candidates, no-fly zone in Libya"
2011-03-18
"Guests: Actor Richard Belzer, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren, columnist Dan Neil, author Annabelle Gurwitch, activist Erica Williams\n\nTopics: democracy in Arab countries, nuclear power, the economy's social impact, the environment, disaster porn, Charlie Sheen, Bradley Manning"
2011-03-25
"Guests: Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill, Actress Ellen Page, columnist David Brooks, former Governor Ed Rendell (D-PA), Newsweek Editor-in-Chief Tina Brown\n\nTopics: Libya, youth bulge, Republican Birthers and racism, Labor Unions, bee colony collapse disorder, America's growing Hispanic population, General Electric's tax bill"
2011-04-01
"Guests: Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver, director Julian Schnabel, radio host Randy Cohen, commentator Doug Heye\n\nTopics: government shutdown, budget cuts, public vs. private labor, corporate taxes, Birthers, Miral, Pastor Terry Jones, War Powers Resolution, American exceptionalism, Iowa Caucuses, gay marriage"
2011-04-08
"Guests: Pilot Chesley Sullenberger, CNN host Eliot Spitzer, BBC anchor Katty Kay, Daily Beast blogger Andrew Sullivan, comedian Colin Quinn\n\nTopics: Government shutdown, Planned Parenthood, US Budget, Objectivism, Libya, reaction to Pastor Terry Jones, Donald Trump, Class conflict"
2011-04-15
"Guests: Theoretical Physicist Michio Kaku, MSNBC Ed Show host Ed Schultz, ex-RNC Head Michael Steele, ABC News Political Director Amy Walter, author Irshad Manji\n\nTopics: US Budget, trickle-down economics, Iraq War, military-industrial complex, France's ban on Muslim clothing, gender inequality in Muslim culture, Jon Kyl, health care in Paul Ryan's budget plan, racism in the Tea Party, National Endowment for the Arts"
2011-04-29
"Guests: Governor Deval Patrick (D-MA), journalist Laura Flanders, blogger Andrew Breitbart, author Mark McKinnon, director John Waters\n\nTopics: Birther and schooler conspiracy theories, labor union bill in Massachusetts, Romneycare, racism in the GOP, Donald Trump, gas prices, windfall profits tax, censorship on TV, Victory Day in Afghanistan, monarchy in the UK"
2011-05-06
"Guests: Journalist Peter Bergen, author Michael Eric Dyson, investigative journalist and author Jeremy Scahill, ex-Bush speechwriter David Frum, author Irshad Manji\n\nTopics: Death of Osama bin Laden, potential OBL successors, Bush doctrine, Bin Laden's decline of popularity in the Moslem world, celebrations of OBL's death, OBL's goal to bankrupt the US, David Petraeus as CIA director nominee"
2011-05-13
"Guests: Counter-terrorism expert Richard A. Clarke, author Andrew Ross Sorkin, columnist Reihan Salam, MSNBC analyst Michelle Bernard, actor Harry Shearer\n\nTopics: Osama Bin Laden's life in the compound, Pakistan as ally, Newt Gingrich, job gains\/losses in the private and public sectors, US Army Corps of Engineers, FEMA, education, green energy, John Ensign scandal, pediatricians and gun safety"
2011-05-20
"Guests: Actor Zach Galifianakis, MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan, journalist Gillian Tett, journalist Reza Aslan, author Amy Chua\n\nTopics: Republican 2010 Presidential nominees, health care, socialism, Israel, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Catholic priest abuse scandal report"
2011-06-03
"Guests: U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, professor Melissa Harris-Perry, former New York Rep. Rick Lazio, journalist Larry King, writer\/director Adam McKay\n\nTopics: Mitt Romney's Presidential campaign, Republican hyperbolic rhetoric about Obama, Sarah Palin's bus tour, Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal, Lee Atwater, John Edwards scandal, the US budget deficit, link between cell phones and cancer, businessmen as politicians"
2011-06-10
"Guests: Former Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA), comedienne Janeane Garofalo, columnist Joshua Green, journalist Sharon Waxman, actress Jane Lynch\n\nTopics: Tax cuts for the wealthy, climate change, Rick Santorum, Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal, Sarah Palin's gubernatorial record, the Republican field for 2012, cybersex"
2011-06-17
"Guests: Ray Kurzweil, columnist Ross Douthat, Public Notice executive director Gretchen Hamel, pundit Chris Matthews, comedian Kevin Nealon\n\nTopics: Mitt Romney, FEMA, Tim Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann, Republicans rooting for America to fail, Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal, Tracy Morgan, hunting, freedom vs. entitlement, Rick Perry's spiritual solutions to national problems"
2011-06-24
"Guests: Chief Foreign Correspondent for NBC News Richard Engel, columnist David Carr, columnist Michael Smerconish, Republican strategist Susan del Percio, filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi\n\nTopics: Obama's non-Democratic policies, Republican candidate Jon Huntsman, Jr., Mormonism, Barack Obama impersonator Reggie Brown, Wal-Mart, the state of the news media, role of family in conservative politics & overbreeding"
2011-07-08
"Guests: Executive Director of Drug Policy Alliance Ethan Nadelmann, Ann Coulter, The Nation editor and MSNBC host Christopher Hayes, historian Amanda Foreman, Chaz Bono\n\nTopics: U.S. debt ceiling, jobs, Michele Bachmann, Keith Ablow on Bill Maher, News of the World phone hacking scandal, Casey Anthony trial, favorable laws for the wealthy"
2011-07-15
"Guests: Sex columnist Dan Savage, Global Editor-at-Large of Reuters Chrystia Freeland, Dallas Mavericks owner and entrepreneur Mark Cuban, comedian Marc Maron\n\nTopics: American greed, the economy, the environment, Marcus Bachmann's gay therapy, marriage vow pledge, tax pledge, Rupert Murdoch's media empire, Carmageddon on Interstate 405, liberal vs. Christian sexism"
2011-07-22
"Guests: John Fetterman, DNC Vice-Chair Donna Brazile, Reason.com editor Nick Gillespie, actor John Turturro\n\nTopics: Republican strategy of no, the US budget, financial services industry, Marcus Bachmann, personal sacrifice in the US, independent voters, Michele Bachmann's migraines, political pledges"
2011-07-29
"Guests: Financial-fraud investigator Harry Markopolos, former New York governor Eliot Spitzer; political strategist Margaret Hoover; FreedomWorks president and CEO Matt Kibbe; and emmy-award winning actor Bryan Cranston.\n\nTopics: Debt ceiling deal, deficit reduction, tea-party rise, washington and Obama's failure to negotiate, 'The Town' clip to inspire Republicans, drugs in America, Norway massacre, America's secret love of socialism"
2011-08-05
"Guests: Ex-Obama economy adviser Christina Romer, Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Salon editor-at-large Joan Walsh, Palin biography filmmaker Stephen K Bannon and chef Anthony Bourdain.\n\nTopics: US credit downgrade, debt ceiling deal, failure of the stimulus package, inability of Democrats to negotiate, 'job creators', defunding of science in America, Rick Perry's prayer festival, escaping poverty, would Hillary Clinton have been better, need for a left-wing tea party equivalent."
2011-09-16
"Guests: Host of Current TV\u2019s \u201cCountdown with Keith Olbermann\u201d Keith Olbermann, Republican strategist Rich Galen, Fellow at the Eisenhower Institute Jennifer Donahue, author of \"The Forever War\" Dexter Filkins, actor\/comedian Louis C.K.\n\nTopics: Exit strategy from Afghanistan, War on terror, Republican presidential debates, Vaccination controversy, President Obama's jobs plan, manhood, Sarah Palin book, Jackie Kennedy, New York congressional special election, Palestinian statehood petition to UN, Al Gore's climate reality project."
2011-09-23
"Guests: Journalist Ron Suskind, musician and activist Tom Morello, co-editor of Deadline Artists: America\u2019s Greatest Newspaper Columns John Avlon, former Representative and Director, President, and CEO of The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Jane Harman (D-CA), filmmaker Michael Moore\n\nTopics: Obama's first term in office, Ricky Perry's campaign, unemployment, Bill O'Reilly threat to quote, wealthy people unwilling to accept higher taxes, Tony Bennett remarks, artist censorship, occupation of Wall Street, poor people voting against their economic interests"
2011-09-30
"Guests: Reporter Dana Priest, environmental advocate Van Jones, former Governer Jennifer Granholm (D-MI), Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, Author Salman Rushdie\n\nTopics: Anwar al-Awlaki assassination, possibility of Chris Christie running for president, Obama returning to progressive values, heckler calling Obama the antichrist and religion in republicanism, occupy wall street, Solendria going bankrupt, Obama's comments to black voters, opening of the Ground Zero mosque, tax breaks for American job creation, Jesus Christ as a republican candidate."
2011-10-07
"Guests: Labor leader Richard Trumka, humorist P.J. O'Rourke, author Jonathan Franzen, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), political commentator Nicolle Wallace.\n\nTopics: Chris Christie and Sarah Palin's decisions not to run for President, Romney's Mormonism, Hank Williams, Jr., voter registration rules, Occupy Wall Street, Republican denial of racism."
2011-10-14
"Guests: Pastor and Romney critic Dr Robert Jeffress, Magician Penn Jillette, Progressive talk radio host Thom Hartmann, CNBC host Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, American Spectator senior editor John Fund.\n\nTopics: The catholic church, faith vs good work, occupy wall street, Herman Cain's '999' plan, agnostics and atheism, morality without fear or reward, Obama's jobs plan, the fillibuster, attempts to dismantle the EPA, attack's on Mitt Romney's mormon faith."
2011-10-21
"Guests: EPA Chief Lisa Jackson, novelist Tour\u00e9, columnist Thomas Friedman, journalist Joshua Green, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow\n\nTopics: Attempts to dismantle the EPA, America falling behind on environmental issues, republican pettiness about Obama, drone warfare, death of Ghadafi, immigration, Herman Cain's campaign, need for a third party, occupy wall street, student debt and right wing reaction."
2011-10-28
"Guests: Tax reform lobbyist Grover Norquist, journalist Michelle Goldberg, CNN foreign correspondent Michael Ware, philosopher Cornel West, Republican strategist Ron Christie.\n\nTopics: Herman Cain's creepy ad, Fallout from the Status of Forces Agreement, brutality of treatment of Gaddafi's corpse, Iran, Occupy Wall Street, Newt Gingrich as a big thinker, class warfare, recreational drugs vs. prescription drugs"
2011-11-04
"Guests: Delaware Atty. Gen. Beau Biden, former N.Y. gov. David Paterson, journalist Alex Wagner, Rep. Darrell Issa, comedian Bill Engvall.\n\nTopics: Herman Cain's popularity, the United States national motto, why does Middle America vote for Republicans, climate change, legalizing marijuana, Occupy Wall Street, gay marriage, the Second Amendment, Republicans trusting Jesus over government."
2011-11-11
"Guests: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), commentator Andrew Sullivan, artist Common.\n\nTopics: The Dodd-Frank financial reform, defeat of pro-life legislation, defeat of anti-union legislation, John Hunstman, Rick Perry's debate gaffe, education, Penn State child abuse scandal, Herman Cain's sexual harassment, legacy of John F Kennedy, Republican party as Ebenezer Scrooge."
Season 10 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2012-01-13
"Guests: Filmmaker Rob Reiner, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Ex GOP Presidential Candidate Herman Cain, Daily Beast Blogger David Frum, Documentarian Alexandra Pelosi.\n\nTopics: Herman Cain's presidential campaign, attacks on Mitt Romney's 'vulture capitalism', US marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters, assassination of Iranian scientists, Romney's electability and the Republican primaries, Super PACs and campaign finance, holiday recap."
2012-01-20
"Guests: Journalism legend Bill Moyers, journalist Matt Lewis, Former Governor Charles \"Buddy\" Roemer, Former Governor Jennifer Granholm, Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind-VT).\n\nTopics: The Republican presidential primaries, Keystone oil pipeline and popular support for important legislation, Newt Gingrich's rise and possible racism, electoral disdain for Mitt Romney, SOPA and PIPA, Republicans' fictionalising president Obama, overcoming partisanship, Citizens United and corporate money in politics, venture capitalism."
2012-01-27
"Guests: Former Rep. Mark Foley, celebrity chef Mario Batali, journalist Martin Bashir, political satirist Kennedy, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)\n\nTopics: Elections needing a bogeyman, state of the Union speech, Gov. Jan Brewer chastising Obama, food being politicised, Republicans turning on Newt Gingrich, Republicans creating a fake opponent to run against within the bubble, Saul Alinsky"
2012-02-03
"Guests: Author Suze Orman, Ex Rep Rick Lazio (R-NY), host Wes Moore, monologist Mike Daisey, author Michael Hastings.\n\nTopics: Chinese sweatshops making electronics, Obama running on his record, job growth report, solving the housing crisis, \"the haves and the soon to haves\", US withdrawal from Afghanistan, decline of the occupy movement, correlation between intelligence and prejudice, education system, atheism not being a religion."
2012-02-10
"Guests: Rev. Al Sharpton, CBS News correspondent Mo Rocca, journalist Zanny Minton Beddoes, commentator Reihan Salam, Ex ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith.\n\nTopics: Uprising in Syria, Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, the Republican primaries, Rick Santorum becoming front-runner, anti-contraception legislation, valentines day, gay marriage and proposition 8 in california, Clint Eastwood Superbowl advert, Republican dividing America."
2012-02-17
"Guests: Ex-Gov. Elliott Spitzer (D-NY), Dr. Drew Pinsky, author Alexandra Wentworth, economist Steve Moore, journalist Erin McPike.\n\nTopics: American reliance on prescription drugs, death of Whitney Houston, Mitt Romney's failing campaign numbers, recovery of the economy, contraception, Republicans alienation of women voters, 'small government' republicans use of medicare, supreme court conservatism, alternative energy sources, disrespect of the office of President."
2012-03-02
"Guests: Former Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), former Vice Chairman of General Motors Bob Lutz, Democratic strategist James Carville, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, journalist John Heilemann.\n\nTopics: Rush Limbaugh's 'slut' comments, campaign finance and Super PACs, Rick Santorum self destructing, 'Blunt' healthcare amendment, the highjacking of the Republican establishment, the auto bailout, climate change, the space program, the importance of scientific advancement, the liberal bubble and the 'joke candidate'."
2012-03-09
"Guests: Israeli ambassador Michael Oren, Ex SEIU head Andrew Stern, author Catherine Crier, Ex, RNC chair Michael Steele, \"Mad Men\" star Jon Hamm.\n\nTopics: Iran's nuclear program, Israel's conservative government, Super Tuesday results, a third political party in America, the price of freedom of speech, contraception and abortion, prejudice and voting against economic interest, home schooling."
2012-03-16
"Guests: Documentarian Alexandra Pelosi, actor Ed Helms, author and MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan, journalist Amy Holmes, Mayor Mark Cornett (Oklahoma City-R)\n\nTopics: entitlement culture, democrats losing their base, gas prices and Obama's ratings, stupidest states, 'The Lorax' and liberal brainwashing, the south, Afghanistan, Goldman Sachs, Kony 2012 and youthful advice."
2012-03-23
"Guests: Journalist Charles M. Blow, comedian Fred Armisen, author Glenn Greenwald, political scientist Wendy Schiller, political commentator Andrew Sullivan\n\nTopics: Hate crimes, Trayvon Martin murder and racism in America, 'stand your ground' law, stupidest states, assassination of American citizens, Jason Russell meltdown, catholicism in America, Romney's inevitability and the need to curb fake outrage."
2012-03-30
"Guests: Dr Ezekiel Emanuel, author Van Jones, columnist Rich Galen, blogger Elise Jordan, \"Mad Men\" creator Matthew Weiner.\n\nTopics: Healthcare reform and the Supreme Court, Trayvon Martin shooting, historical and contemporary America, green energy initiatives, gun control in America."
2012-04-13
"Guests: News personality Tavis Smiley, author Eric Klinenberg, former Prime Minister of Canada Kim Campbell, former Rep. David Stockman (R-MI), author Matthew Continetti\n\nTopics: Trayvon Martin case, racism and gun control, poverty, abortion rights, tax laws, decline of marriage, women voters, the war on drugs, antiquated Cuba policy."
2012-04-20
"Guests: Environmentalist Lynn Henning, columnist Ross Douthat, author Thomas Frank, author Todd Buchholz, Reuters editor Chrysta Freeland\n\nTopics: Earth day and environmentalism, media exaggeration of Trayvon Martin case, the war on women, secret service sex scandal, the decline of religion in America, the defeat of the Buffett rule, pink slime and Republican obstructionism."
2012-04-27
"Guests: Author Charles Murray, Founder and Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Paul Rieckhoff, Democratic strategist Paul Begala, columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin, columnist S.E. Cupp\n\nTopics: class division in America, college education prices, Obama as celebrity, American definition of successful, farewell to Republican nominees, veteran healthcare and suicide prevention, need for a draft, media obsession with sex scandals and non-stories."
2012-05-04
"Guests: Comedian Arsenio Hall, comedian Bobcat Goldthwait, Republican strategist Susan del Percio, host of MSNBC's \"The Ed Show\" Ed Schultz, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell Lawrence Wilkerson\n\nTopics: Anniversary of Rodney King\/LA riots, Obama being painted as the most left president ever, the future of NATO, Anniversary of Bin Laden's death, republican vice presidential nominee, war on women, success in America, charitable giving"
2012-05-11
"Guests: Former White House advisor Richard Clarke, actress Eva Longoria, CNN political contributor Margaret Hoover, Reuters columnist David Cay Johnston, Founder Americans for Tax Reform Grover Norquist\n\nTopics: Obama's War on Terror, Obama versus Romney on gay rights, Romney and the hard right, Obama's economic recovery, the latino vote and immigration policy, is Romney insensitive to weak and vulnerable people?, obesity"
2012-05-18
"Guests: Journalist Dan Rather, former senator Bill Bradley (D-N.J.); business reporter Michelle Caruso-Cabrera; journalist Jeremy Scahill, columnist Joel Stein.\n\nTopics: the trivialisation of the mainstream news, citizens united and unions, the debt under Obama, masculinity in America, minority babies, economic growth, Obama as a socialist, religious Universities."
2012-05-25
"Guests: Journalist Jeffrey Gettleman, actor Kevin Nealon, journalist Michelle Bernard, economist Paul Krugman, economist Arthur Laffer\n\nTopics: The economy, the fillibuster, venture capitalism, resurgence of the birther movement, vice-president vetting, Romney's faith influencing his decisions, Facebook's IPO, fake narrative of Obama being a radical."
2012-06-08
"Guests: Lawyer Susan Burke, journalist E.J. Dionne, politics editor at \"Business Insider\" Michael Brendan Dougherty, film maker John Waters, economist Dambisa Moyo\n\nTopics: rape in the military, Wisconsin Governor recall election, soda tax in New York, unpatriotic to cause economic downturn, Catholic church's reprimand of nun's, farm subsidies and the impact on Africa, next move for occupy wall street"
2012-06-15
"Guests: Economist Joseph Stiglitz, actor Alan Thicke, political consultant Karen Finney, journalist David Frum, pollster Kristen Soltis.\n\nTopics: Economic inequality, 'euro-zone' crisis, Obama's immigration reform, fake Obama, Canadian institutions, American's sense of entitlement, Racism, Vacation time in America."
2012-06-22
"Guests: Actors Kirk Douglas and Mark Ruffalo are the interview guests. Panelists: editor Nick Gillespie; MSNBC's Rachel Maddow; publisher Mort Zuckerman. \n\nTopics: Fast & Furious scandal, Independents vs partisans, Sandusky trial verdict, War Powers Resolution, Obama courting minority votes, fracking, teenage conservatism."
2012-06-29
"Guests: Journalist Amy Goodman, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA), journalist Fareed Zakaria, former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, comedian Lizz Winstead.\n\nTopics: Affordable Care Act, Justices John Roberts and Antonin Scalia, reproductive health, Egypt election, Rep. Allen West, Mitt Romney's plan for China and health care, Romney's VP candidates."
2012-08-17
"Documentary film maker Peter Byck, talk show host Chelsea Handler, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks' Mark Cuban, columnist Reihan Salam, journalist Alex Wagner"
2012-08-24
"Our top-of show interview will be with Arianna Huffington, President & Editor-In-Chief, Huffington Post Media Group.\n\nMid-show will be D.L. Hughley who has a new book, I Want You to Shut the F*ck Up.\n\nPanel:\n\nKatty Kay \u2013 Anchor of the BBC's \"WorldNews America\"\n\nRep. Jack Kingston \u2013 Republican (GA)\n\nAvik Roy \u2013 Romney Advisor and The Apothecary blogger for Forbes.com"
2012-08-31
"Political commentator Dinesh D'Souza and author Walter Kirn are the interview guests. Panelists: actor Jason Alexander; political strategist Ron Christie; news anchor Soledad O'Brien."
2012-09-07
"Guests: Steve Schmidt, Jim Vandehei, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Christine O'Donnell, & David Simon."
2012-09-14
"Columnist John Feehery, political commentator Chris Hayes, economist Zanny Minton Beddoes, musician John Legend, sportscaster Bob Costas"
2012-09-21
"Top-of-show will be documentarian Eugene Jarecki who's latest film, \"The House I Live In,\" will be out in theatres on October 5th.\n\nMid-show will be literary icon Salman Rushdie who's latest book is Joseph Anton: A Memoir.\n\nPanel:\n\nRana Foroohar \u2013 Assistant Managing Editor and Economic Columnist at Time Magazine.\n\nRoger Hedgecock \u2013 Radio Talk Show Host and former Mayor of San Diego.\n\nChris Matthews \u2013 Host of MSNBC's \"Hardball\" and author of Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero."
2012-10-05
"Journalist Will Cain; Former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla) ; Actress Kerry Washington; Political consultant Frank Luntz; Environmentalist Bill McKibbe."
2012-10-12
"Actor Ben Affleck; Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA); Gov. Brian Schweitzer; former FDIC chair Sheila Bair; commentator Ann Coulter."
2012-10-19
"Political strategist Boris Epshteyn; Journalist John Fund; Author Goldie Taylor; Stonyfield Farm chairman Gary Hirshberg; Journalist Matt Taibbi."
2012-10-26
"Editor Chystia Freeland; former Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D-NY); political analyst Michael Steele; Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass); election forecaster Nate Silver."
2012-11-02
"Political commentator Margaret Hoover, former Congressman Rick Lazio (R-NY), actor\/director Rob Reiner, co-founder and president of Our Time, Matthew Segal, photographer James Balog"
2012-11-09
"Political strategist James Carville; author S. E. Cupp; author Andrew Sullivan; actor Samuel L. Jackson; Mason Tvert."
2012-11-16
"Political strategist David Axelrod; journalist David Frum; filmmaker Michael Moore; political strategist Ana Navarro; comic Eric Idle."
Season 11 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2013-01-18
"Guests: Comedian Martin Short, former Governor & Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE), journalist Rula Jebreal, reporter Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, and former Rep. Steve LaTourette. Topics: The future of the Republicans, gun control, Israeli elections, revolution in Syria, torture, Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax, the media, neither party cares about privacy"
2013-01-25
"GOPAC president David Avella; former Vt. Gov. Howard Dean; political strategist Kristen Soltis; House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi; Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont)."
2013-02-01
"Interview Guests: Alex Gibney, Sam Harris Panelists: Cory Booker, Jackie Kucinich, Eva Longoria Alex Gibney is an American documentary filmmaker. His latest documentary \"Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God\" apparently debuts Feb 4, 2013 on HBO. Sam Harris is a philosopher whose latest book is \"Free Will\". He blogs at samharris.org and has recently written on the gun control issue. Cory Booker is the mayor of Newark, New Jersey and is a high-profile Democrat. Jackie Kucinich is a reporter covering politics for USA Today and is a frequent guest commentator on MSNBC. Eva Longoria is an American television and film actress, best known for her roles on \"The Young and the Restless\" and \"Desperate Housewives\"."
2013-02-08
"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange; editor Tina Brown; journalist Josh Barro; jouralist Martin Bashir; theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss."
2013-02-15
"Robert Zimmerman; actor Joel McHale; political strategist Donna Brazile; author Jon Meacham; editor Jamie Weinstein."
2013-03-01
"Cybersecurity expert James Lyne; musician Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Dogg); finance expert Monica Mehta; Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA); political strategist Steve Schmidt."
2013-03-08
"Journalist Charlies LeDuff; author Arianna Huffington; health care expert Avik Roy; former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele; actor\/comic David Cross."
2013-03-15
"Education reformer Michelle Rhee, chef Tom Colicchio, economist Jared Bernstein, former Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA), and TV host Rachel Maddow."
2013-03-22
"Economist Austan Goolsbee; music-business executive Clive Davis; journalist John Feehery; voter registration advocate Maria Teresa Kumar; former Gov. Jim McGreevey (D-NJ)."
2013-04-05
"Interview Guest: Sebastian Junger Panelists: Abby Huntsman, Stephen Moore, Bernie Sanders Panel Guest: Zack Kopplin Sebastian Junger is an award-winning Afghanistan war correspondent and filmmaker. His latest project is a film for HBO titled \"Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington\". Abby Huntsman is a political commentator and host of HuffPost Live. Stephen Moore is an economist, conservative commentator and the author of \"Who\u2019s The Fairest of Them All: The Truth About Opportunity, Taxes, and Wealth in America\". Bernie Sanders is the independent senator from Vermont. Zack Kopplin is a science education activist."
2013-04-12
"Gun control advocate Colin Goddard; sportscaster Bob Costas; political strategist Stephanie Cutter; economist David Stockman; activist Saru Jayaraman."
2013-04-19
"Tonight's guests are director Brian Levin, gun control advocate Colin Goddard, TV anchor Amy Holmes, columnist & author Nicholas Kristof and author Salman Rushdie."
2013-04-26
"Guests: Donald Borelli, Jimmy Kimmel, John Avlon, Anna Deavere Smith, Robert Traynham."
2013-05-03
"Guests: Jeremy Scahill, Lawrence O'Donnell, Pete Hegseth, Mattie Duppler, Marc Maron."
2013-05-10
"Guests: From \"Star Trek: Into Darkness\", actor Zachary Quinto; NYT Food & Opinion journalist Mark Bittman; Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald; MSNBC analyst Joy Reid; National Review journalist Charles Cooke."
2013-05-17
"Guests: Oscar winning director Michael Moore; from \"The Hangover Part III\", actor\/comedian Zach Galifianakis; from \"The Cycle\", co-host S.E. Cupp; from \"Foreign Policy Begins at Home\", author Richard Haas; NYT Finance columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin."
2013-05-31
"Guests: Actress and screenwriter Brit Marling; humorist Raul Rudnick; from the Center for American Progress, Neera Tanden; Journalist Michael Isikoff; from \"HuffPost Live\", producer James Poulos."
2013-06-07
"Guests: Filmmaker & author Tom Shadyac; journalist & author George Packer; GOP strategist Ana Navarro; comedian Dana Gould; author Kevin Williamson."
2013-06-14
"Guests: Ex U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI); \"The Center Holds\" author Jonathan Alter; \"Gasland Part II\" director Josh Fox; \"Great Degeneration\" author and Harvard professor Niall Ferguson; conservative pollster Kellyanne Conway."
2013-06-21
"Guests: Ex New York Times Op-Eder & Demos Fellow Bob Herbert; first female Saudi filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour; \"Cooked\" author Michael Pollan; \"Queen of the Turtle Derby\" author Julia Reed; Bloomberg Businessweek journalist Josh Green."
2013-06-28
"The Interview:\n\nAnthony Leiserowitz is the Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, which \"investigates the psychological, cultural, political, and geographic factors that drive public environmental perception and behavior.\"\n\nTwitter: @ecotone2\n\nThe Panel:\n\nKristen Soltis has been described as \"the Republican Party's leading millennial pollster\" and serves as the Vice President of DC-based opinion research and political communications firm The Winston Group.\n\nTwitter: @KSoltisAnderson\n\nDan Neil is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of The Wall Street Journal's \"Rumble Seat\" column, where he reviews everything from the Aston Martin Rapide S to John Deer's latest Gator.\n\nTwitter: @Danneilwsj\n\nHorace Cooper is a writer and legal commentator who serves at the Co-Chairman of the National Advisory Board for Project 21: \"an initiative of The National Center for Public Policy Research to promote the views of African-Americans whose entrepreneurial spirit, dedication to family and commitment to individual responsibility has not traditionally been echoed by the nation's civil rights establishment.\" He is also a partner at Monument Communications.\n\nAdrian Grenier will join the panel mid-show. He is an actor, filmmaker and entrepreneur who recently produced 'How to Make Money Selling Drugs,' a film exploring the failure of American's drug war. It opens in New York on June 26th and Los Angeles on June 28th and is currently available on demand. Adrian recently penned an editorial for The Huffington Post, calling for the \"return a sense of rationality and proportion to a justice system that has spun wildly out of control.\""
2013-07-12
"Guests: \"Hope on a Tightrope\" author Dr. Cornel West; \"Dirty Jobs\" host Mike Rowe; GOP strategist Liz Mair; Daily Caller blogger Matt Lewis."
2013-10-25
"Interviewee: Maajid Nawaz (ex Islamic radical)\n\nPanelists: Rev. Al Sharpton (MSNBC host & author of \"Rejected Stone\"), Michael Moore (filmmaker), Valerie Plame (co-author of \"Blowback\")\n\nPanel Guest: Richard Dawkins (author of \"Appetite for Wonder\")\n\nTopics: Obamacare's dysfunctional website, perceived strengths of each party, NSA spying on other countries, new evolution finding, Pope Francis, is Islam more dangerous than Christianity?, the minimum wage."
2013-11-01
"Interviewee: Ann Coulter (author)\n\nPanelists: Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Rep. D-FL), Neil deGrasse Tyson (scientist), Rob Reiner (filmmaker)\n\nPanel Guest: Rob Lowe (actor, \"Killing Kennedy\")\n\nTopics: Obama's lie about current health care plans, Ted Cruz, Sr., women in politics, Rob Lowe as JFK, US embargo against Cuba, Kessler Syndrome, NSA spying, Republicans should appeal to stoners."
2013-11-08
"Interviewee: Billy Binney (NSA whistleblower)\n\nPanelists: John Heilemann (\"Double Down\" co-author), Dr. Victoria DeFrancesco Soto (University of Texas fellow), David Avella (GOPAC President)\n\nPanel Guest: Anthony Weiner (Ex-Rep. D-NY)\n\nTopics: NSA spying, 2013 elections, Chris Christie as a 2016 Republican presidential nominee, Republican constituents, Tea Party vs. GOP establishment, Anthony Weiner scandal and media coverage of the scandal, Obamacare, Bill de Blasio's victory, commemorating tragedies, self-importance of political authors, hypocrisy of the religious right."
2013-11-15
"Guests: Casey Affleck (actor), Ezra Klein (Washington Post journalist), Reihan Salam (National Review Online blogger), Mattie Duppler (Americans for Tax Reform), Radley Balko (Washington Post journalist)."
2013-11-22
"Guests: Wendell Pierce (\"Treme\", actor), Bob Ehrlich (Ex-Gov. R-MD), Paul Begala (CNN analyst), Katty Kay (BBC America anchor), ..."
Season 12 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2014-01-17
"Interviewee: Glenn Greenwald\n\nPanelists: Steve Schmidt, Jennifer Granholm, James Carville\n\nPanel Guest: (a very stoned) Mary Matalin\n\nTopics: Obama's speech on NSA reform, Chris Christie's Fort Lee lane closure scandal, Benghazi, Independents' self-identification rising, 2014 Elk River chemical spill, marriage between a Democrat and a Republican, global warming affecting animals, Republicans' war against the poor, unemployment benefits, minimum wage, women in US politics."
2014-01-24
"Interviewee: Erin Brockovich\n\nPanelists: Josh Barro, Howard Dean, Carly Fiorina\n\nPanel Guest: Willie Nelson\n\nTopics: 2014 Elk River chemical spill and coal mining, Republicans and women issues, Obamacare, Richard Sherman's outburst after game against the San Francisco 49ers, Obama's inconsistent policies about marijuana, poverty and income inequality, 2014 Winter Olympics and Vladimir Putin's comments on LGBT people."
2014-01-31
"Interviewee: John Ridley (\"12 Years a Slave\" screenwriter)\n\nPanelists: Chrystia Freeland (Canadian Member of Parliament), Ronan Farrow (MSNBC host), Darrell Issa (R-CA)\n\nPanel Guest: Stephen Merchant (writer\/actor\u00a0\"Hello Ladies\")\n\nTopics: Solomon Northup and slavery, 2014 State of the Union Address, minimum wage in the United States, income inequality, demographics of the top 1%, Gerrymandering, differences between UK and US politics, stand-your-ground laws and African Americans, gun politics, Michael Grimm threatening a reporter, Flip a District, puritanism."
2014-02-07
"Interviewee: Charlie Crist\n\nPanelists: Tom Colicchio, Alicia Menendez, S. E. Cupp\n\nPanel Guest: P. J. O'Rourke\n\nTopics: Independents in US politics, Cuban embargo, immigration reform, executive orders, Congressional Budget Office's report on Obamacare's effect on jobs, lowest abortion rates in 30 years, Russia and communism, heroin and prescription drugs, United States Department of State's report on the Keystone Pipeline, federal spending for children vs. for senior citizens."
2014-02-14
"Interviewee: Jeremy Scahill (\"Dirty Wars\" Docu-maker)\n\nPanelists: Andrew Sullivan (\"Daily Dish\" blogger), Mayim Bialik (\"Big Bang Theory\" star and vegan author), Eric Klinenberg (\"Going Solo\" author)\n\nPanel Guest: Bill Nye\n\nTopics: Creationism vs. science, Comcast\u2013Time Warner Cable merger, net neutrality, drop in infrastructure spending, targeted killings of US citizens who plot against other Americans, veganism, attachment parenting, World Health Organization's warning about cancer, Philip Seymour Hoffman's published diaries, Edward Snowden praising Russia."
2014-02-21
"Interviewee: Michelle Alexander\n\nPanelists: Charles Cooke, Jane Harman, Rachel Maddow \n\nPanel Guest: Steve Coogan\n\nTopics: The New Jim Crow, incarceration in the US, human rights in North Korea, MSNBC's overcoverage of the Chris Christie scandal, BYU's anti-masturbation campaign, Philomena, forced adoptions in the Catholic Church, Pat McCrory blocking lawsuits against Duke Energy, drought in California and regulations, John Kerry's statement about climate change."
2014-02-28
"Interviewee: Christopher Leonard (author \"The Meat Racket\")\n\nPanelists: Austan Goolsbee, Margaret Hoover, William Kristol\n\nPanel Guest: Bruce Dern\n\nTopics: The Meat industry's secretiveness, Obama's failed efforts to reform corporate agribusiness, azodicarbonamide in Subway bread, Tea Party movement and bailouts, military budget of the United States, intervention vs. diplomacy, poverty in the Midwest, WhatsApp acquired by Facebook, homophobia in the bible, victim playing by the 1 percent."
2014-03-14
"Interviewee: Alan Weisman (author of \"Countdown\")\n\nPanelists: Andrew Sullivan, Salman Rushdie, Amy Chua\n\nPanel Guest: Seth MacFarlane\n\nTopics: Environmentalism and overpopulation, family planning in Iran, 2014 Crimean crisis, Rand Paul winning the 2014 CPAC straw poll, paid time off in the United States and Europe, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Rush Limbaugh's comment on 12 Years a Slave winning the Academy Award for Best Picture, SAT changes for 2016, random religious rules."
2014-03-21
"Interviewee: Errol Morris (author of \"The Unknown Known\")\n\nPanelists: Keith Ellison, Sheila Bair, Simon Schama\n\nPanel Guest: Shane Smith (host of Vice)\n\nTopics: The Unknown Known, Donald Rumsfeld & the Iraq War, 2014 midterm elections, Democrats & gun politics, Flip a District candidates: Michael Grimm & Blake Farenthold, Greenland & climate change in the Arctic, CNN & quality of journalism in the 24-hour news cycle, 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine, relationship between Pakistan & bin Laden."
2014-03-28
"Interviewee: Jimmy Carter (former U.S. President)\n\nPanelists: W. Kamau Bell, Neera Tanden, Rick Lazio\n\nPanel Guest: Josh Gad\n\nTopics: A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power, treatment of women in various countries, militarized police force, GM's recall of vehicles & corporations' liability, Paul Ryan's statements about inner cities compared to Michelle Obama's, Erdo\u011fan banning Twitter and YouTube, Frozen & gay conspiracy theory, Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby, marine pollution."
2014-04-04
"Interviewees: Paul Watson (Captain)\n\nPanelists: Alex Wagner (MSNBC host), Tom Davis (R-VA), and Carrie Sheffield (Forbes columnist)\n\nPanel Guest: Nas (Hip Hop icon)\n\nTopics: Marine pollution, Obamacare reaching its target number of enrollees, Flip a District candidates: Kerry Bentivolio & Scott Garrett, gerrymandering, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission & unlimited campaign contributions, 2014 Fort Hood shooting & PTSD, United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's report on torture."
2014-04-11
"Interviewees: Maria Alyokhina & Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (members of Pussy Riot)\n\nPanelists: Rob Lowe, Duncan D. Hunter, Ana Marie Cox\n\nPanel Guest: Matt Taibbi\n\nTopics:"
2014-04-25
"Interviewee: Tom Steyer (Hedge Fund Manager & Philanthropist)\n\nPanelists: John Avlon (\"Daily Beast\" Editor), Charles Murray (\"Curmudgeon\" author), and Christine Quinn (Ex-NYC Councilwoman)\n\nPanel Guest: Annabelle Gurwitch (Comedian)\n\nTopics:"
2014-05-02
"Musician Ziggy Marley, Ex-NBA Player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA), \"Blood Will Out\" Author Walter Kirn, and Financial Consultant Monica Mehta."
2014-05-09
"Interviewee: Sister Simone Campbell (\"Nun on a Bus\")\n\nPanelists: Matt Welch (\"Reason\" magazine Editor-in-Chief), Baratunde Thurston (Author and Comic), Ariana Huffington (\"Thrive\" Scribe and HuffPost Founder)\n\nPanel Guest: Dinesh D'Souza (Conservative Film-maker)\n\nTopics:"
2014-05-16
"Comedian and Actor Kevin Nealon, Ex-Governor Brian Schweitzer (D-MN), from \"Fed Up\" Dr. Robert Lustig, GOP Pollster Kellyanne Conway and Author of \"Every Nation for Itself\" Ian Bremmer."
2014-05-23
"Jose Antonio Vargas, Anna Deavere Smith, Michael Smerconish, David Frum and Sarah Silverman."
2014-06-06
"John Waters, Anthony Weiner, Ralph E. Reed, Jr., Nicolle Wallace and Jim Geraghty"
2014-06-13
"EPA Head Gina McCarthy, MSNBC Co-Host Krystal Ball, Novelist Richard Clarke, Comedian Carol Leifer and Conservative Blogger Tom Rogan."
2014-06-20
"\"No Place to Hide\" Author Glenn Greenwald, Linkin Park's Michael Shinoda, Atlantic Journalist Ta-Nehisa Coates, I.A.V.A. Founder Paul Rieckhoff, and Conservative Pollster Kristen Soltis."
2014-07-11
"Author Sandra Tsing-Loh, Pulitzer prize-winner Ron Suskind, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), and National Review's Reihan Salam."
2014-07-18
"Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of North Carolina NAACP; actor George Takei; former Rep. Jane Harman (D- Calif.); statistician Nate Silver; editor Jamie Weinstein."
2014-07-25
"\"Cosmos\" star Neil deGrasse Tyson, Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, Freedomworks' Matt Kibbe, GOP Strategist Hogan Gidley."
2014-08-01
"Political activist Ralph Nader; author Douglas Brinkley; deputy chief of staff to the House Majority Leader, Doug Heye; Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)."
2014-09-12
"Live from Washington D.C.\n\nGuests include comedy legend Jerry Seinfeld, Ex-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) followed by a live stand-up special."
2014-09-19
"Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell; political activist Matthew Segal; Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.); editor Katrina vanden Heuvel; actor Wendell Pierce."
2014-09-26
"Social activist Naomi Klein; filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi; journalist Charles M. Blow; journalist John Feehery; Gen. Anthony Zinni."
2014-10-03
"This weeks guests include Oscar winner Ben Affleck, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), New York Times Op-Editor Nicholas Kristoff, Ex-RNC Chair Michael Steele, and \"Waking Up\" author Sam Harris."
2014-10-17
"This weeks guests include Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ex-British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, and \"Atlantic\" Senior Editor David Frum."
2014-10-24
"\"Black Prophetic Fire\" Author Cornel West, Conservative Commentator Mary Matalin, \"Daily Beast\" Editor-In-Chief John Avlon."
2014-10-31
"Actress and \"Food Chain\" EP Eva Longoria, Author and General (Ret.) Wesley Clark, Senator Angus King (I-ME), and Journalist Rula Jebreal."
2014-11-07
"Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), \"Comeback\" star Lisa Kudrow, Washington Post's Robert Costa, Daily Beast's Kristen Soltis Anderson."
2014-11-14
"Rep. Rand Paul (R-KY), Comedy Legend Martin Short, Founding Editor of \"The Dish\" Andrew Sullivan, CNN Political Contributor Margaret Hoover, and Investigative Journalist Jeremy Scahill."
2014-11-21
"Season Finale.\n\n\"The Interview\" star Seth Rogen, MSNBC \"Hardball\" host Chris Matthews, Monty Python Alum & \"So Anyway...\" author John Cleese, Canadian MP Chrystia Freeland and \"News One Now\" host Roland Martin."
Season 13 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2015-01-09
"Comedy legend Jay Leno, literary icon Salman Rushdie, Ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina, Chris Hardwick and Paul Begala."
2015-01-16
"Bill's guests include Oscar winning director Kathryn Bigelow, \"Wedding Ringer\" actor Josh Gad, \"Being Mortal\" author Atul Gawande, New York Times \"Upshot\" correspondent Josh Barro, \"The Work: My Search For a Life That Matters\" author Wes Moore."
2015-01-23
"Ex-Governor Howard Dean (D-VT), comedian and \"Black and White\" actor Bill Burr, \"America in Retreat\" author Bret Stephens, Washington Post's Nia-Malika Henderson, and The Atlantic's James Fallows."
2015-01-30
"This weeks guests include comedy legend Mel Brooks, Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX), \"Citizenfour\" director Laura Poitras, BBC World News anchor Kitty Kay, and \"The Entrepreneurial Instinct\" author Monica Mehta."
2015-02-06
"This weeks guests include \"Course in Miracles\" author Marianne Williamson, \"Blaze\" anchor Amy Holmes, \"Weekly Standard\" writer John McCormack, \"Redefining Realness\" author Janet Mock, and British writer and journalist Johann Hari."
2015-02-13
"This weeks guests include director of \"Merchants of Doubt\" Robert Kenner, former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives Tom Davis, Editor-in-Chief for the Economist magazine Zanny Minton Beddoes, co-founder of the black political blog Jack and Jill Politics and CEO of Cultivated Wit Baratunde Thurston, and actor and author of \"Holy Cow\" David Duchovny."
2015-02-20
"Director Rob Reiner, singer\/songwriter Aloe Blacc, Bill Nye \"The Science Guy\", writer Fran Lebowitz and Washington Post's Elahe Izadi."
2015-03-06
"Bill's guests include Ex-Obama guru & \"Believer\" author David Axelrod, \"Going Clear\" author Lawrence Wright, \"American Crime\" creator John Ridley, Heritage Foundation's daily signal Genevieve Wood, and author and journalist Matt Taibbi."
2015-03-13
"Huffington Post's Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington, \"Stonewalled\" author Sharyl Attkisson, The National Review's Tom Rogan, The Hunting Ground's Annie Clark & Andrea Pino and actor Sean Penn."
2015-03-20
"Interview: NBC and MLB sportscasting legend Bob Costas. Panel: ex-US Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), ex-NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, GOP Strategist Mercedes Schlapp. Panel Guest: \"God's Bankers\" author Gerald Posner."
2015-03-27
"Interview: \"God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy\" author Mike Huckabee. Panel: \"The Slap\" star Zachary Quinto, \"Frank\" author and ex-Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), and CNN commentator S.E. Cupp. Panel Guest: NASA JPL Senior Water Scientist Professor Jay Famiglietti."
2015-04-10
"\"A Fighting Chance\" author Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), \"Live Right and Find Happiness\" author Dave Barry, \"In Defense of Liberal Education\" author Fareed Zakaria, \"Bad Religion\" author Ross Douthat and Roll Call editor-in-chief Christina Bellantoni."
2015-04-17
"Esquire TV's \"The Runner-Up\" star Clay Aiken, \"The Story\" author Judith Miller, \"Thomas Jefforson\" author Jon Meacham, CNBC chief international correspondent Michele Caruso Cabrera, Center for American Progress president Neera Tanden."
2015-04-24
"Celebrity chef & \"Fresh Off the Boat\" author Eddie Huang, activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Daily Beast contributor Ana Marie Cox, Weekly Standard senior editor Christopher Caldwell, and G.O.P. consultant Liz Mair."
2015-05-01
"Bill's guests include \"The Great Divide\" author Joseph Stiglitz, Human Rights Foundation chairman Garry Kasparov, Wilson Center President and Ex-Representative Jane Harman (D-CA), New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik and Foreign Policy Initiative co-founder Dan Senor."
2015-05-08
"Bill's guests include comedy legend Billy Crystal, MSNBC \"Now\" host Alex Wagner, Ex-Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, consumer advocate Erin Brockovich, and ESPN commentator Will Cain."
2015-05-15
"Bill's guests include film-maker & \"Carsick\" author John Waters, \"Heretic\" author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Democratic president Heather McGhee, and \"By the People\" author Charles Murray."
2015-06-05
"Bill's guests include \"Inside Out\" actor Lewis Black, ex-representative Rick Lazio (R-NY), ex-senior CIA and FBI official Philip Mudd, ex-Ohio state senator Nina Turner (D-OH), and \"Superpower\" author Ian Bremmer."
2015-06-12
"Bill's guests include \"Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals\" comic Jeff Ross, actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr., Daily Beast columnist Ron Christie, The Other 98% director Alexis Goldstein, and Slate's \"The Gist\" host Mike Pesca."
2015-06-19
"Bill's guests include Democratic President hopeful, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Representative Luis Guti\u00e9rrez (D-IL), \"\u00a1Adios America!\" author Ann Coulter, MSNBC contributor Joy Reid and Daily Caller's senior contributor Matt Lewis."
2015-06-26
"EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson, \"The Selfie Vote\" author Kristen Soltis Anderson, \"End of Discussion\" co-writer Mary Katherine Ham, and \"Trainwreck\" director & \"Sick in the Head\" author Judd Apatow."
2015-08-07
"The Interview: Michael Mann.\nThe Panel: Mary Matalin, Steve Schmidt, Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA).\nMid-Show Guest: Caitlin Flanagan."
2015-08-14
"The Interview: Sister Helen Prejean.\nThe Panel: Jennifer Granholm, Doug Heye, Lawrence Wilkerson.\nMid-Show Guest: Talib Kweli."
2015-08-21
"\"Pretty Ladylike\" author Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), WTF's Marc Maron, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), \"Conservatarian Manifesto\" author Charles Cooke, \"The Blue Zones Solution\" author Dan Buettner."
2015-08-28
"GOP Presidential candidate & Ex-Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ex-State Senator Wendy Davis (D-TX), Washington Post national reporter Robert Costa and Senior Editor for The Daily Beast Michael Weiss."
2015-09-11
"Author Salman Rushdie, cable legend Keith Olbermann, Daily Beast columnist Michael Moynihan, political columnist Linda Chavez and actor Wendell Pierce."
2015-10-02
"Neil Degrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Adam Gopnik, Matt Welch, and Angela Rye."
2015-10-09
"Ernest Moniz, Rob Thomas, Andrew Sullivan, Anne-Marie Slaughter and Patrick J. Kennedy."
2015-10-16
"Bernie Sanders, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Lawrence Lessig, Johann Hari, and John Feehery."
2015-10-30
"David Spade, Maxine Waters, Grover Norquist, Tulsi Gabbard, and Roger Stone."
2015-11-06
"Bill's guests include Quientin Tarantino, Keith Olbermann, Anthony Weiner, David Frum, and Jillian Melchior."
2015-11-13
"Bill's guests include Jay Leno, Michael Steele, Dylan Ratigan, Asra Nomani, and Paul Reiser."
2015-11-20
"Bill's guests include Angus King, Chrystia Freeland, Gavin Newsom, Andy Cohen, and Ben Domenech."
Season 14 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2016-01-15
"Bill's guests include former Vice President Al Gore, Professor and activist Dr. Cornel West, former Bush communications director Nicolle Wallace, Ralph Reed and John Krasinski."
2016-01-22
"Bill's guests include \"No One Ever Tells You\" singer Seth Macfarlane, \"Destiny and Power\" author Joe Meacham, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) and anti-Trump GOP strategist Liz Mair."
2016-01-29
"Bill's guests include Ex-Rep. Trey Radel (R-FL), syndicated radio host Thom Hartmann, Washington Examiner columnist Kristen Soltis Anderson, medical maverick Dr. Sam Chachoua and \"The Big Short\" director Adam McKay."
2016-02-05
"Bill's guests include consumer advocate Erin Brockovich, \"My Life on the Road\" author Gloria Steinem, radio host Armstrong Williams, MSNBC analyst Alex Wagner, and \"Thrown Under the Omnibus\" author P.J. O'Rourke."
2016-02-12
"Musician and activist Michael \"Killer Mike\" Render, \"And then all Hell Broke Loose\" author Richard Engel, actress and comedian Margaret Cho, GOP strategist Ana Navarro, and Bloomberg Business national correspondent Josh Green."
2016-02-26
"Bill's guests include Oscar nominated \"Spotlight\" actor Mark Ruffalo, Ex-N.S.A. Advisor of Homeland Security Michael Hayden, \"The Black Presidency\" author Michael Eric Dyson, Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles and author Fran Lebeowitz."
2016-03-04
"Bill's guests include actress and comedian Sarah Silverman, Muslim activist Raheel Raza, N.P.R. \"All Things Considered\" host Ari Shapiro, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), and \"Too Dumb to Fail\" author Matt Lewis."
2016-03-11
"Bill's guests include financial expert Monica Mehta, The Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, \"Dark Money\" author Jane Mayer, Huffington Post senior politics editor Sam Stein and \"Confidence Game\" author Maria Konnikova."
2016-03-18
"Bill's guests include Grammy award-winning musician Esperanza Spalding, Ex-US Rep. & \"Frank\" author Barney Frank, \"Only the Dead\" writer\/director Michael Ware, \"Nun on a Bus\" author Sister Simone Campbell, and GOP strategist Rick Wilson."
2016-03-25
"Bill's guests include \"United\" author Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), \"The Carmichael Show\" star Jerrod Carmichael, Ex-Governor Jennifer Granholm (D-MI), \"Superpower\" author Ian Bremmer, and National Review executive editor Reihan Salam."
2016-04-08
"Bill's guests include Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, author Max Brooks, radio talk show host & Trump supporter Andy Dean, Demos President Heather McGhee and comedian Kathy Griffin."
2016-04-15
"Bill's guests include Oscar winner & \"Meddler\" star Susan Sarandon, \"Sleep Revolution\" author Arianna Huffington, Democracy Now! host and executive producer Amy Goodman, MSNBC analyst & Ex-Cruz spokesperson Rick Tyler, and CNN contributor Mary Katharine Ham."
2016-04-22
"Bill's guests include \"Silicon Valley\" star Thomas Middleditch, \"60 Minutes\" icon & author Lesley Stahl, CNN contributor Van Jones, Pulitzer prize-winning New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright, and \"The Conservative Manifesto\" author Charles Cooke."
2016-04-29
"Bill's guests tonight include director Rob Reiner, New York Times national correspondent Mark Leibovich, The Polling Company president\/CEO Kellyanne Conway, \"Listen, Liberal\" author Thomas Frank, and Humane Society president\/CEO Wayne Pacelle."
2016-05-06
"Bill's guests tonight include Oscar-nominated actor Bryan Cranston, \"Savage Love\" columnist Dan Savage, \"\u00a1Adios, America!\" author and she-witch Ann Coulter, Reason.com editor-in-chief Nick Gillespie, and Cliffside Malibu's Richard Taite."
2016-05-13
"Bill's guests tonight include \"Where to Invade Next\" director Michael Moore, Ex-US Senator Bob Graham (D-FL), BBC WorldNews anchor Katty Kay, \"The Assassination Complex\" author Jeremy Scahill, and radio host Jack Hunter."
2016-05-27
"Bill's guests include Democratic President Nominee Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), elle.com editor-at-large Melissa Harris-Perry, entrepreneur and Trump supporter Wayne Allen Root, Daily Beast columnist Michael Moynihan and \"Dilbert\" comic strip creator Scott Adams."
2016-06-03
"Bill's guests include Hayden Planetarium director Neil Degrasse Tyson, \"Double Cup Love\" author Eddie Huang, Daily Beast editor-in-chief John Avlon, venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, and Reason magazine's Matt Welch."
2016-06-10
"Bill's guests include \"Art of Tough\" author Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), musician Tom Morello, New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin, MTV news correspondent Ana Marie Cox, and GOP strategist Katie Packer."
2016-06-17
"Bill's guest tonight include \"Meet the Patels\" writer\/director Ravi Patel, Ex Colin Powell chief-of-staff Lawrence Wilkerson, \"All the Single Ladies\" author Rebecca Traister, \"Business Insider\" senior editor Josh Barro, and \"One America\" senior political correspondent Emily Miller."
2016-06-24
"Bill and his roundtable guests - Xiuhtezcatl Tonatiuh, Betsy Woodruff, Paul Begala, Michael Steele & Larry Wilmore."
2016-07-01
"Bill's guests include an interview with Gary Johnson, the panel with Barbara Lee, Ari Melber and mid-show interview with Jim Gaffigan."
2016-07-15
"The Interview: Frank Luntz.\nThe Panel: Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D), S.E. Cupp, Jelani Cobb.\nThe Mid-Show Intervew: Viggo Mortensen"
2016-07-20
"Bill Maher and his guests \u2013 Academy Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore, LGBT activist and author Dan Savage, MSNBC's Joy-Ann Reid, and \"Art of the Deal\" ghostwriter Tony Schwartz \u2013 discuss the 2016 Republican National Convention during this special edition of Real Time."
2016-07-21
"Bill Maher and his guests: California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, Democratic activist Heather McGhee and UC-Berkeley professor Robert Reich - discuss the 2016 Republican National Convention during this special edition of Real Time."
2016-07-22
"Bill's interview guests are Trump advisor Lt. General Michael T Flynn and Actress America Ferrera. His panel is: Ana Marie Cox from the NY Times Magazine, Political Scientist Ian Bremmer and Former Georgia Congressman Jack Kingston."
2016-07-27
"Bill Maher and his guests: comedian D.L. Hughley, author Charles Cooke and former New York congressman Anthony Weiner - discuss the 2016 Democratic National Convention during this special edition of Real Time."
2016-07-28
"Bill Maher and his guests: author Salman Rushdie, \"Vice\" magazine editor Michael Moynihan and political analyst Amy Holmes - discuss the 2016 Democratic National Convention during this special edition of Real Time."
2016-07-29
"Senator Bernie Sanders and former congressman Barney Frank are the interview guests. Bill's roundtable consists of: the Atlantic's Alex Wagner, Matt Welch from Reason and academic scholar Dr Cornel West."
2016-08-05
"Bill's guests include Julian Assange, Rob Reiner, Angela Rye, Rick Santorum, and Jeff Ross."
2016-09-16
"Bill does a satellite interview with new Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway. This week's panelists are New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik, CNN political contributor Margaret Hoover, and GOP strategist Ralph Reed. Special guest actress\/activist Kerry Washington is welcomed into the discussion later in the program."
2016-09-23
"Bill interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd. The panelists this week for Real Time are writer Max Brooks, ex-Romney policy director Lanhee Chen, and Hillary Clinton's former policy director Neera Tanden. Bill's special guest is musician\/activist Michael Franti."
2016-09-30
"A heated discussion on 2016 election politics erupts among Bill and his panel guests, political journalist Peter Hamby, CNN political analyst Angela Rye, Trump economic advisor Steve Moore, and special guest actress\/comedian Sarah Silverman. Bill also interviews Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn."
2016-10-07
"Senator Al Franken sits down with Bill for the first interview. This week's panel is British journalist Johann Hari, entrepreneur Mark Cuban, and democratic strategist James Carville. Special guest Pitbull joins the panel later in the show."
2016-11-04
"Guests: President Barack Obama, David Frum, Jennifer Granholm, Martin Short."
2016-11-11
"Guests: Eric Holder, Trae Crowder, John Legend, David Axelrod, Ana Marie Cox, Thomas Friedman."
Season 15 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2017-01-20
"Season 15 opens on inauguration day with actress Jane Fonda and GQ special correspondent Keith Olbermann as the interview guests. The roundtable includes: Demos president Heather McGhee, author and presidential historian Jon Meacham and former Secretary of Labor and DNC chair candidate Thomas Perez."
2017-01-27
"Richard Haass, president of the Council of Foreign Relations and John Avlon, editor-in-chief of the Daily Beast are the interview guests. Bill's roundtable panel includes: actress Eva Longoria, Ohio's Democratic congressman Tim Ryan and the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist."
2017-02-03
"Bill's interview guests are African American academic Michael Eric Dyson and actress Leah Remini. Bill's roundtable includes: Missouri's Secretary of State and US veteran Jason Kander, conservative political commentator for 'The Blaze', Tomi Lahren and Republican strategist and Daily Beast contributor Rick Wilson."
2017-02-10
"Bill's interview guests are Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken and filmmaker John Waters. Bill's roundtable includes: Mail Online editor-at-large Piers Morgan, comic and writer Jim Jeffries and Karine Jean-Pierre from MoveOn.org."
2017-02-17
"Bill's interview guests are Milo Yiannopoulos, senior editor of Breitbart News and actress Leah Remini. Bill's roundtable panel includes: comedian and political commentator Larry Wilmore, media commentator and terrorism\/intelligence expert Malcolm Nance and former US congressman from Georgia, Jack Kingston."
2017-02-24
"Bill's interview guests are: California Republican congressman Darrell Issa, and author Fran Lebowitz. Bill's roundtable includes: actor\/producer Seth McFarlane, activist Asra Nomani, and Maine's US Senator Angus King."
2017-03-03
"Bill's interview guests are: Environmentalist and founder of 350.org, Bill McKibben and Charlie Sykes from Indivisible. Bill's roundtable include: CNN political commentator Jeffrey Lord, the MSNBC's Joy Reid and author and former Pentagon policy advisor Rosa Brooks."
2017-03-17
"Bill's roundtable guests include: Democratic US Senator from Rhode Island Sheldon Whitehouse, former Democratic US Congressman from Massachusetts Barney Frank, CNN anchor and host of \"The Lead\" Jake Tapper and conservative blogger and contributing editor of New York magazine Andrew Sullivan."
2017-03-24
"Bill's interview guests are: Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union and historian Timothy Snyder. Bill's roundtable guests are: MSNBC commentator Chris Hayes, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) and British commentator and former member of Parliament, Louise Mensch."
2017-03-31
"Bill's interview guests are: Republican Political Consultant and Trump Confidant, Roger Stone and the Former Director of the National Security Agency, General Michael Hayden. Bill's roundtable guests are: Former Republican US Senator and Presidential Candidate from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, President for the Center for American Progress, Neera Tanden and the Founder and CEO of Define America and EmergingUS, Jose Antonio Vargas."
2017-04-07
"Bill's interview guests are: former Presidential Candidate and CIA Operative Evan McMullin and Actress\/Comedian Chelsea Handler. Bill's roundtable guests are: Democratic Congressman from California, Ted Lieu, Republican Strategist and CNN Commentator Ana Navarro and the New Yorker's Lelani Cobb."
2017-04-21
"Bill's interview guest is Arwa Damon. Arwa Damon is an Emmy-winning journalist and CNN\u2019s Senior International Correspondent. Her documentary, \u201cReturn to Mosul,\u201d about going back to the city she spent 28 hours hiding in while it was under siege by ISIS, aired last month on CNN. She is co-founder of INARA, a non-profit that helps war wounded children find medical care. Bill's roundtable guests include the President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, David Miliband, conservative political commentator S.E. Cupp, writer and author Hanna Rosin and the Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, Seth Moulton."
2017-04-28
"Bill's interview guest is Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, author of the book, \"This Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class.\" Bill's roundtable guests are: venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, film director Rob Reiner, CNN political commentator and editor of \"Voices\", Tara Setmayer and former Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz."
2017-05-05
"Bill's interview guest is Ohio's Republican Governor and former Presidential Candidate, John Kasich. The Governor's new book is \"Two Paths: America Divided or United.\" Bill's roundtable guests are Civil Rights Activist Maya Wiley, Novelist and Journalist George Packer, Ex-Deputy Director of the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center Phillip Mudd and the National Affairs Editor of New York Magazine, Gabriel Sherman."
2017-05-12
"Bill's interview guest is the Democratic U.S. Representative for California\u2019s 28th district and the Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff. Bill's roundtable includes: rapper, actor and activist Michael Render (aka Killer Mike), blogger and libertarian political pundit Matt Welch, political commentator and the former Director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama Jon Favreau, and actress\/comedian Annabelle Gurwitch."
2017-05-19
"Bill's interview guest is former special assistant to President Donald Trump, Boris Epshteyn. Bill's roundtable include: Princeton professor and social justice activist Cornell West, former Obama advisor and senior editor of the Atlantic, David Frum and astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson."
2017-06-02
"Bill's interview guest is the Republican United States Senator from Nebraska, Ben Sasse. Bill's roundtable panel includes: former NY State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer, writer-at-large for New York Magazine, Rebecca Traister, the CEO and Co-Founder of Axios, Jim VandeHei and ex-design ethicist for Google, Tristan Harris."
2017-06-09
"Bill's interview guest is Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University, and the author of \"Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America.\" Dyson regularly writes about race and politics in America as a columnist for The New York Times. Bill's roundtable panel includes: CNN political commentator and former 'Meet The Press' moderator David Gregory, the former Republican Congressman from Florida, David Jolly, rapper and actor Ice Cube and the former national press secretary for the Bernie Sanders campaign, Symone Sanders."
2017-06-16
"Bill's interview guest is Alex Marlow, who was the first employee of Breitbart News and has been the site's editor-in-chief since 2013. In 2015, Marlow was named to Forbes \"30 Under 30\" list. Bill's roundtable panel includes MSNBC's chief analyst for terrorism, torture and cyber intelligence, Malcolm Nance, Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer and actor and comic Eddie Izzard."
2017-06-23
"Bill's interview guest is Maajid Nawaz. He is the founder of the world\u2019s first counter-extremism think tank, Quilliam. He is co-author with Sam Harris of Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue. Bill's roundtable panel includes: conservative political commentator and prominent 'Never-Trump' member Charlie Sykes, Bianna Golodryga from Yahoo News, the former White House ethics lawyer from the Bush (2) administration, Richard Painter and actor\/political activist Bradley Whitford."
2017-06-30
"Bill's interview guest is writer Dan Savage. Dan is the writer of the nationally syndicated column, \u201cSavage Love,\u201d and host of the \u201cSavage Lovecast\u201d podcast. Bill's roundtable panel includes the former Republican National Committee chair and MSNBC contributor Michael Steele, BBC America Newsnight anchor Katty Kay, former National Security advisor Richard Clarke and Mediate founder and ABC News chief legal analyst Dan Abrams."
2017-08-04
"Bill's interview guest is former Vice President Al Gore. The Oscar\u00ae winning filmmaker will discuss his latest project, \"An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.\" Bill's roundtable panel includes political commentator and pollster Kristen Soltis-Anderson, NYT columnist and best selling author of \"The Devil's Bargain\", Joshua Green, author of \"ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror\", Michael Weiss and the chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition and author of \"Awakening\", Ralph Reed."
2017-08-11
"Bill's interview guest is English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author of the new book, 'Science in the Soul', Richard Dawkins. Bill's roundtable panel includes Washington Post columnist and CNN commentator Fareed Zakaria, Pulitizer Prize winning author and presidential historian Jon Meacham and four-time Emmy winning actor Jim Parsons."
2017-08-18
"Bill's roundtable panel includes the Democratic U.S. senator from Minnesota, Al Franken, the Democratic Lieutenant Governor from California, Gavin Newsome, political analyst for the Rasmussen Reports, Amy Holmes and comedian\/magician Penn Gillette."
2017-08-25
"Bill's interview guest is the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Bill's roundtable panel includes Democratic strategist and CNN political contributor Paul Begala, former White House and State Department advisor Nayyera Haq, Editor-At-Large for Reason Magazine Matt Welch and New York Times columnist Frank Bruni."
2017-09-08
"Software company executive Ken Bone and environmental activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez are the interview guests. The panelists are political commentator S.E. Cupp and writer Adam Gopnik."
2017-09-15
"Columnist Bret Stephens and fashion guru Tim Gunn are the interview guests. The panelists are authors Fran Lebowitz and Salman Rushdie."
2017-09-22
"Former representative Barney Frank and sportscaster Bob Costas are the interview guests. The panelists are columnist Catherine Rampell, actor Martin Short and Republican strategist Rick Wilson."
2017-10-06
"Actors Billy Crystal and Russell Brand are the interview guests. The panelists are former representative Harold Ford Jr., journalist Olivia Nuzzi and Republican strategist Steve Schmidt."
2017-10-20
"Musician-activist Daryl Davis is an interview guest. The panelists are political strategist James Carville, conservative blogger Erick Erickson and commentator Margaret Hoover."
2017-10-27
"Editor Janice Min and musician-activist Daryl Davis are the interview guests. The panelists are political strategist James Carville, conservative blogger Erick Erickson and commentator Margaret Hoover."
2017-11-10
"Political strategist Donna Brazile; comedian Sarah Silverman. The roundtable guests are political commentator Chris Matthews and documentary filmmaker Michael Moore."
Season 16 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2018-04-13
"Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and TV host Andy Cohen are the interview guests. The panelists are columnist Jonathan Chait, Let America Vote founder Jason Kander and civil rights activist Maya Wiley."
2018-06-01
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2018-06-15
"Columnist George Will and comedian Billy Eichner are the interview guests. The panelists are Rep. Karen Bass (D-Cal.), commentator Margaret Hoover and journalist Michael Weiss."
2018-06-29
"Political commentator Ben Shapiro is the top-of-show interview guest. Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are journalist Jennifer Rubin, actor Bradley Whitford and retired U.S. Army Col. Lawrence Wilkerson."
2018-08-03
"Counterterrorism expert Malcolm Nance is an interview guest. The panelists are political analyst Kristen Soltis Anderson, columnist Charles Blow and political analyst Steve Schmidt."
2018-08-10
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2018-08-24
"Former CIA director John Brennan; journalist Kara Swisher; journalist David Corn; activist Saru Jayaraman; political strategist Rick Wilson."
2018-09-07
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2018-09-28
"Political strategist Steve Bannon; astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson; author Max Brooks; national security analyst Evelyn Farkas; reporter April Ryan."
2018-10-05
"Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin; actor Jeff Bridges; former Fla. Rep. David Jolly; journalist Soledad O'Brien; author Andrew Sullivan."
2018-10-12
"Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman and journalist Steve Kornacki are interviewed. The panelists are Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr., political commentator Reihan Salam and author Rebecca Traister."
2018-11-16
"Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.); former world chess champion Garry Kasparov; political commentator Van Jones; historian Nancy MacLean; political analyst Steve Schmidt."
Season 17 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2019-01-18
"Guests: John Kasich, Marshawn Lynch, Erick Erickson, Barney Frank, Catherine Rampell."
2019-01-25
"Guests: Ann Coulter, Michael McFaul, Joshua Green, Dan Savage, Heather McGhee."
2019-02-01
"Guests: Will Hurd, Bill de Blasio, Peter Hamby, Jon Meacham, Jennifer Rubin."
2019-02-08
"Guests: Chris Christie, Eric Idle, Natasha Bertrand, Jack Kingston, Malcolm Nance."
2019-02-15
"Guests: Mayor Rahm Emanuel, John Legend, Paul Begala, David Frum & Maya Wiley."
2019-02-22
"Guests: Congressman Adam Schiff, Bernard-Henri L\u00e9vy, Donna Brazile, Claire McCaskill & Rick Wilson."
2019-03-08
"Guests: Matt Schlapp, Noah Rothman, Jonathan Alter, Mary Katharine Ham, Michael Steele."
2019-03-15
"Guests: Andrew McCabe, Andrew Gillum, John Heilemann, Jon Tester, Jessica Yellin."
2019-03-22
"Guests: Irshad Manji, Larry Charles, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Evelyn Farkas, Rep. Eric Swalwell."
2019-03-29
"Guests: Pete Buttigieg, Preet Bharara, S.E. Cupp, Elissa Slotkin, Andrew Sullivan."
2019-04-05
"Guests: Julian Castro, Chelsea Handler, Danielle Pletka, Gideon Rose, Salman Rushdie."
2019-04-12
"Guests: Seth Abramson, Dave Barry, Cornell Belcher, Wendy R. Sherman, Matt Welch."
2019-04-26
"Guests: Adam Schiff, Bob Costas, John Avlon, Zerlina Maxwell, Grover Norquist."
2019-05-03
"Guests: Jay Inslee, Moby, Bakari Sellers, Bret Stephens, Kara Swisher."
2019-05-17
"Guests: Fran Lebowitz, Jonathan Metzl, James Kirchick, George Packer, Neera Tanden."
2019-05-31
"Guests: William Weld, John Waters, Kirsten Powers, Jonathan Swan, Lawrence Wilkerson."
2019-06-07
"Guests: Andrew Yang, Bret Easton Ellis, Charles Blow, Katie Porter, Clint Watts."
2019-06-14
"Guests: George Will, Martin Short, Eliot Spitzer, Charlie Sykes, Bari Weiss."
2019-06-21
"Guests: Allan Lichtman, Dr. Debra Soh, Thom Hartmann, Liz Mair, Dan Savage."
2019-06-28
"Guests: Tulsi Gabbard, Seth MacFarlane, Max Brooks, Adam Gopnik, Joy Reid."
2019-08-02
"Guests: New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, journalist Josh Barro, former Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm, radio host Buck Sexton."
2019-08-09
"Guests: Former Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, author Tom Nichols, columnist Catherine Rampell, former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci."
2019-09-27
"Guests: Gina McCarthy, Linette Lopez, Noah Rothman, Salman Rushdie & Barney Frank"
2019-10-11
"Guests: Howard Stern, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Ben Domenech, Shawna Thomas & John Heilemann"
2019-10-18
"Guests: Susan Rice, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sam Stein, Danielle Pletka & Thomas Chatterton Williams"
2019-10-25
"Guests: Zach Galifianakis, Chris Cuomo, Rep. Elissa Slotkin, Dan Carlin, Donny Deutsch."
Season 18 - Real Time with Bill Maher
Season 19 - Real Time with Bill Maher
13 Aug 2021
"Martin Short - actor and comedian; Steve Martin - actors and comedian; Donna Brazile - USA Today columnist, ABC News contributor and author; Michael Moynihan - Vice News Tonight National Correspondent."
27 Aug 2021
"Guests: Craig Whitlock - Journalist and author; Katty Kay - Journalist, broadcaster and author; Ralph Reed - Conservative political consultant and lobbyist."
24 Sep 2021
"Guests: Tristan Harris - co-founder of The Center for Humane Technology; Jennifer Rubin - Washington Post columnist, MSNBC contributor, and author; Richard Ojeda - host of the daily webcast Ojeda Live."
01 Oct 2021
"Guests: Stevie Van Zandt - musician, actor, activist and author; Matt Taibbi - Editor of TK News on Substack; Katherine Mangu-Ward - Editor-in-Chief of Reason;"
Season 20 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2022-10-28
"Acclaimed movie director Quentin Tarantino is Bill's interviewee to open the show, while on the panel he is joined by Gillian Tett, Editor-at-Large of the Financial Times, and Yuval Harari, Professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem."
Season 21 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2023-12-01
"Guests: An interview with David Mamet, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director who wrote and illustrated his newest book, \"Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic,and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood.\" This week's panel discussion includes James Carville, American political consultant and author; and Dave Rubin, American conservative political commentator and host of The Rubin Report.\""
2023-12-08
"Guests: An interview with Greg Lukianoff, President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and co-author of \"The Canceling of the American Mind.\" This week's panel discussion includes Jane Ferguson, award-winning special correspondent for PBS NewsHour, contributor to The New Yorker, and author of the book \"No Ordinary Assignment\"; and John Avlon, senior political analyst and anchor at CNN and the former editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast."
Season 22 - Real Time with Bill Maher
2024-06-28
"Guests: An interview with Ray Kurzweil, inventor, futurist, and author of the New York Times bestseller \"The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI.\" This week's panel discussion includes Chris Matthews, longtime broadcaster, journalist, and author of \"This Country: My Life in Politics and History;\" and Tulsi Gabbard, four-term Hawaii congresswoman, 2020 presidential candidate, and author of \"For Love Of Country: Leave the Democratic Party Behind.\""
2024-07-12
"Guests: An interview with Kevin McCarthy, 55th Speaker of the House and former Republican congressman who represented California's 20th district. This week's panel discussion includes Bakari Sellers, former South Carolina state representative, podcast host, and author of \"The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn't and How We All Can Move Forward Now\"; and Ben Shapiro, The Daily Wire co-founder, editor emeritus, and host of the syndicated radio show and daily podcast \"The Ben Shapiro Show.\""
2024-07-19
"Guests: An interview with Pete Buttigieg, Democratic candidate in the 2020 presidential election and former lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve. This week's panel discussion includes Larry Wilmore, producer, comedian, writer, and host of the podcast \"Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air\"; and Rep. Byron Donalds, a two-term Republican congressman who represents Florida's 19th district."
2024-10-11
"Guests: An interview with Tim Alberta, writer at The Atlantic and author of \"The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism.\" This week's panel discussion includes Buck Sexton, former CIA analyst and co-host of the nationally syndicated radio program \"The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show;\" and Laura Coates, anchor of \"Laura Coates Live\" and chief legal analyst at CNN."
2024-10-18
"Guests: An interview with David Hogg, co-founder and board member of the student-led organization March for Our Lives and co-founder of Leaders We Deserve. This week's panel discussion includes Joe Scarborough, political commentator, former Florida Congressman, and co-host of \"Morning Joe\" on MSNBC; and Mark Cuban, co-founder of Cost-Plus Drugs, founder of the Mark Cuban Foundation, and \"shark\/investor\" on the ABC reality series \"Shark Tank.\""
2024-10-25
"Guests: An interview with Megyn Kelly, journalist and host of \"The Megyn Kelly Show.\" This week's panel discussion includes Van Jones, bestselling author, CNN contributor, and writer of his self-titled Substack newsletter \"Van Jones\"; and Gov. Jared Polis, Democratic governor of Colorado."
2024-11-01
"Guests: An interview with Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democratic congressman representing Maryland's 8th district. This week's panel discussion includes Michael Moynihan, co-host of the weekly podcast \"The Fifth Column\" with Kmele Foster and Matt Welch; and Tim Miller, GOP communications director, MSNBC political analyst, and host of the podcast \"The Bulwark.\""
2024-11-15
"Guests: An interview with Dr. Casey Means, co-founder of Levels metabolic health company and co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book \"Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health.\" This week's panel discussion includes Chris Cuomo, award-winning broadcast journalist and host of the podcasts \"CUOMO\" and \"The Chris Cuomo Project\"; and Mary Katharine Ham, Fox News contributor and host of the podcast \"Getting Hammered.\""
2024-11-22
"Guests: An interview with Neil Degrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist, host of the \"StartTalk\" podcast, and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller \"Merlin's Tour of the Universe: A Traveler's Guide to Blue Moons, Black Holes, Mars, Stars, and Everything Far.\" This week's panel discussion includes Donna Brazile, Democratic political strategist and ABC News contributor; and Andrew Sullivan, writer of \"The Weekly Dish\" newsletter on Substack and author of the essay collection \"Out On a Limb: Selected Writing.\""