Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
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.
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12x01 January 17, 2014
18 January, 2014 6:00 am
Interviewee: Glenn Greenwald
Panelists: Steve Schmidt, Jennifer Granholm, James Carville
Panel Guest: (a very stoned) Mary Matalin
Topics: 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.
12x02 January 24, 2014
25 January, 2014 6:00 am
Interviewee: Erin Brockovich
Panelists: Josh Barro, Howard Dean, Carly Fiorina
Panel Guest: Willie Nelson
Topics: 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.
12x03 January 31, 2014
01 February, 2014 6:00 am
Interviewee: John Ridley ("12 Years a Slave" screenwriter)
Panelists: Chrystia Freeland (Canadian Member of Parliament), Ronan Farrow (MSNBC host), Darrell Issa (R-CA)
Panel Guest: Stephen Merchant (writer/actor "Hello Ladies")
Topics: 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.
12x04 February 7, 2014
08 February, 2014 6:00 am
Interviewee: Charlie Crist
Panelists: Tom Colicchio, Alicia Menendez, S. E. Cupp
Panel Guest: P. J. O'Rourke
Topics: 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.
12x05 February 14, 2014
15 February, 2014 6:00 am
Interviewee: Jeremy Scahill ("Dirty Wars" Docu-maker)
Panelists: Andrew Sullivan ("Daily Dish" blogger), Mayim Bialik ("Big Bang Theory" star and vegan author), Eric Klinenberg ("Going Solo" author)
Panel Guest: Bill Nye
Topics: Creationism vs. science, Comcast–Time 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.
12x06 February 21, 2014
22 February, 2014 6:00 am
Interviewee: Michelle Alexander
Panelists: Charles Cooke, Jane Harman, Rachel Maddow
Panel Guest: Steve Coogan
Topics: 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.
12x07 February 28, 2014
01 March, 2014 6:00 am
Interviewee: Christopher Leonard (author "The Meat Racket")
Panelists: Austan Goolsbee, Margaret Hoover, William Kristol
Panel Guest: Bruce Dern
Topics: 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.
12x08 March 14, 2014
15 March, 2014 5:00 am
Interviewee: Alan Weisman (author of "Countdown")
Panelists: Andrew Sullivan, Salman Rushdie, Amy Chua
Panel Guest: Seth MacFarlane
Topics: 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.
12x09 March 21, 2014
22 March, 2014 5:00 am
Interviewee: Errol Morris (author of "The Unknown Known")
Panelists: Keith Ellison, Sheila Bair, Simon Schama
Panel Guest: Shane Smith (host of Vice)
Topics: 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.
12x10 March 28, 2014
29 March, 2014 5:00 am
Interviewee: Jimmy Carter (former U.S. President)
Panelists: W. Kamau Bell, Neera Tanden, Rick Lazio
Panel Guest: Josh Gad
Topics: 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, Erdoğan banning Twitter and YouTube, Frozen & gay conspiracy theory, Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby, marine pollution.
12x11 April 4, 2014
05 April, 2014 6:00 am
Interviewees: Paul Watson (Captain)
Panelists: Alex Wagner (MSNBC host), Tom Davis (R-VA), and Carrie Sheffield (Forbes columnist)
Panel Guest: Nas (Hip Hop icon)
Topics: 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.
12x12 April 11, 2014
12 April, 2014 6:00 am
Interviewees: Maria Alyokhina & Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (members of Pussy Riot)
Panelists: Rob Lowe, Duncan D. Hunter, Ana Marie Cox
Panel Guest: Matt Taibbi
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12x13 April 25, 2014
26 April, 2014 6:00 am
Interviewee: Tom Steyer (Hedge Fund Manager & Philanthropist)
Panelists: John Avlon ("Daily Beast" Editor), Charles Murray ("Curmudgeon" author), and Christine Quinn (Ex-NYC Councilwoman)
Panel Guest: Annabelle Gurwitch (Comedian)
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12x14 May 2, 2014
03 May, 2014 6:00 am
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.
12x15 May 9, 2014
10 May, 2014 6:00 am
Interviewee: Sister Simone Campbell ("Nun on a Bus")
Panelists: Matt Welch ("Reason" magazine Editor-in-Chief), Baratunde Thurston (Author and Comic), Ariana Huffington ("Thrive" Scribe and HuffPost Founder)
Panel Guest: Dinesh D'Souza (Conservative Film-maker)
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12x16 May 16, 2014
17 May, 2014 6:00 am
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.
12x17 May 23, 2014
24 May, 2014 6:00 am
Jose Antonio Vargas, Anna Deavere Smith, Michael Smerconish, David Frum and Sarah Silverman.
12x18 June 6, 2014
07 June, 2014 6:00 am
John Waters, Anthony Weiner, Ralph E. Reed, Jr., Nicolle Wallace and Jim Geraghty
12x19 June 13, 2014
14 June, 2014 6:00 am
EPA Head Gina McCarthy, MSNBC Co-Host Krystal Ball, Novelist Richard Clarke, Comedian Carol Leifer and Conservative Blogger Tom Rogan.
12x20 June 20, 2014
21 June, 2014 6:00 am
"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.
12x21 June 27, 2014
28 June, 2014 6:00 am
MSNBC's Joy Reid, Journalist Bobby Ghosh, Radio Host Andy Dean, "Missing Microbes" Author Dr. Martin Blaser, and Graphic Novelist Max Brooks.
12x22 July 11, 2014
12 July, 2014 6:00 am
Author Sandra Tsing-Loh, Pulitzer prize-winner Ron Suskind, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), National Review's Reihan Salam, and Jason Box.
12x23 July 18, 2014
19 July, 2014 6:00 am
Ex-Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), From "Star Trek" George Takei, ESPN's Five Thirty Eight Statistician Nate Silver, Dialy Caller Senior Editor Jamie Weinstein and Rev. Dr. William Barber II.
12x24 July 25, 2014
26 July, 2014 6:00 am
"Cosmos" star Neil deGrasse Tyson, Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, Freedomworks' Matt Kibbe, GOP Strategist Hogan Gidley, economist Richard Wolff.
12x25 August 1, 2014
02 August, 2014 6:00 am
Ralph Nader, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Doug Heye, Reza Aslan and Chris Hardwick.
12x26 September 12, 2014
13 September, 2014 6:00 am
Live from Washington D.C.
Guests include comedy legend Jerry Seinfeld, Ex-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) followed by a live stand-up special.
12x27 September 19, 2014
20 September, 2014 6:00 am
Ex-Secretary of State and General Colin Powell, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), The Nation's Editor-in-Chief Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Matthew Segal and actor Wendell Pierce.
12x28 September 26, 2014
27 September, 2014 6:00 am
General Anthony Zinni, Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, "This Changes Everything" author Naomi Klein, New York Times columnist Charles Blow, and Conservative John Feehry.
12x29 October 3, 2014
04 October, 2014 6:00 am
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.
12x30 October 17, 2014
18 October, 2014 6:00 am
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.
12x31 October 24, 2014
25 October, 2014 6:00 am
"Black Prophetic Fire" Author Dr. Cornel West, Conservative Commentator Mary Matalin, "Daily Beast" Editor-In-Chief John Avlon, Chloe Maxmin and James Risen.
12x32 October 31, 2014
01 November, 2014 5:00 am
Actress and "Food Chain" EP Eva Longoria, Author and General (Ret.) Wesley Clark, Senator Angus King (I-ME), Pain-in-the-ass Rula Jebreal, and Actor Kal Penn.
12x33 November 7, 2014
08 November, 2014 6:00 am
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), "Comeback" star Lisa Kudrow, Washington Post's Robert Costa, Daily Beast's Kristen Soltis Anderson.
12x34 November 14, 2014
15 November, 2014 6:00 am
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.
12x35 November 21, 2014
22 November, 2014 6:00 am
Season Finale.
"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.
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