Real Time With Bill Maher

Guests: Interview: Timothy Snyder - Professor of History at Yale University and author of On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, Panel: Bari Weiss - Editor of the newsletter Common Sense on Substack and host of the podcast Honestly, Rep. Ritchie Torres - Democratic Congressman representing New York's 15th district who at 25 years old, became NYC's youngest elected o

Guests: Interview: Ira Glasser, former Executive Director of the ACLU who was recently featured in the documentary, "Mighty Ira: A Civil Liberties Story," Panel: Former Senior Director at the U.S. National Security Council specializing in Russian and European affairs and author of "There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 20th Century," Fiona Hill; and host of "The Reason Roundtab

Interview: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) - Congressman representing CA's 17th district and author of the new book Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us, Panel: Katherine Mangu-Ward - Editor-in-Chief of Reason Magazine and co-host of "The Reason Roundtable" podcast, Johann Hari - Author of Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention - And How To Think Deeply Again

Guests: Ricky Williams - Former NFL running back and entrepreneur; Vivek Ramaswamy - Biotech entrepreneur and author; Marianne Williamson - Political activist and host of The Marianne Williamson Podcast.

Interview: Brooke Jenkins - Former San Francisco Assistant District Attorney, Panel: John Avlon - Senior Political Analyst and anchor for CNN and author of the new book, Lincoln and the Fight for Peace, Katrina Vanden Heuvel - Publisher of The Nation and Columnist for the Washington Post.

Interview: Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) - Democratic Congressman from Arizona and author of They Called Us "Lucky": The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War's Hardest Hit Unit, Panel: Bret Stephens - New York Times Columnist, Chloe Valdary - Founder of Theory of Enchantment and host of the podcast The Heart Speaks with Chloe Valdary.

Interview: Kenneth Branagh - Writer, director, and producer of the semi-biographical film Belfast, nominated for seven academy awards, Panel: Frank Bruni - Professor of Public Policy at Duke University and author of The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found, Batya Ungar-Sargon - Deputy Opinion Editor of Newsweek and author of Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy.

Interview: Ernest Moniz - Former U.S. Secretary of Energy and CEO of Energy Futures Initiative, Panel: Kristen Soltis Anderson - Pollster and Founding Partner at Echelon Insights, Max Brooks - Senior Resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a nonresident Fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, and host of Max Brooks Breaks Down on YouTube.

Interview: Julia Ioffe - Russia expert and a Founding Partner & Washington Correspondent for the news site Puck, Panel: John Heilemann - Executive Editor of The Recount and Host & Executive Producers of Showtime's "The Circus," Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) - Democratic Senator from Montana.

He's irrepressible, opinionated, and of course, politically incorrect. Comedian and satirist Bill Maher hosts this long-running, Emmy-nominated talk show, covering the week’s news and featuring a panel of guests, including actors, activists, politicians, musicians, comedians and more.

David Mamet - Playwright and author of Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch, Panel: Nancy MacLean - Historian at Duke University and author of the New York Times bestselling book Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America, David Leonhardt - Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author of the New York Times daily newsletter, Th

Bob Odenkirk - Comedian and Producer who stars in the final season of Better Call Saul which premiered this week on AMC, and author of the new memoir, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama, Panel: Mary Katharine Ham - CNN Commentator, Senior Writer of The Federalist, and co-host of the twice-weekly podcast, Getting Hammered Podcast, with Vic Matus, Caitlin Flanagan - Staff writer at The Atlantic.

Interview: Fran Lebowitz - Author and social commentator who is currently touring for "An Evening with Fran Lebowitz," Panel: Ali Valshi - Host of MSNBC's morning show, Velshi, Doug Jones (D-AL) - Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and former Democratic Senator from Alabama.

Interview: Chloe Maxmin - Maine State Senator for District 13 and Co-Author of Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why Our Future Depends On It, Panel: Paul Begala - Democratic Strategist and CNN Political Contributor, Michele Tafoya - Former NBC Sports Reporter, blogger for Subtack's Michele Tafoya: Let's Get Sane, and guest co-host for The View.

Rod Stewart - Legendary, two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who will be launching his North American Summer Tour, "The Hits," this Friday, 5/13 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Panel: Ian Bremmer - President of Eurasia Group and author of the new book The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats - And Our Response - Will Change The World, Jane Harman - Served for six terms in the U.S. House of Represen

Mark Esper - Fmr. Defense Secretary and author; Donna Brazile - Democratic political strategist, ABC News contributor and author; Adam Carolla - Comedian and author.

Eric Holder - Fmr. US Attorney General and author; Michael Shellenberger - California gubernatorial candidate and author; Douglas Murray - Columnist for the New York Post and The Sun and author

Interview: Dr. Cornel West – Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary and contributor to The Guardian, Panel: Kellyanne Conway - Former Senior Counselor to President Trump and author of the memoir, Here's the Deal, Josh Barro - Host of the weekly podcast Very Serious and blogger for Very Serious on Substack

Interview: Danny Strong - Emmy-winning writer and producer of the films Recount and Game Change, whose latest project is Dopesick, a Hulu limited series about the opioid epidemic, starring Michael Keaton, Panel: Krystal Ball - Co-host of the podcasts Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar and Krystal, Kyle & Friend, James Kirchick - Columnist for Tablet, writer-at-large for Airmail, and author of

Christine Emba - Columnist for The Washington Post and author; Andrew Sullivan - Blogger of The Weekly Dish on Substack and author; Katie Herzog - Co-host of the podcast Blocked and Reported.

Chris Cuomo – Host of the new podcast “The Chris Cuomo Project,” Panel: John McWhorter – Associate professor at Columbia University, New York Times newsletter opinion writer, and host of the podcast “Lexicon Valley,” Sam Stein – White House editor for Politico and MSNBC contributor.

David Duchovny – Award-winning actor, director, musician, and bestselling author of The Reservoir: A Novella, Panel: Matt Taibbi – Author of “TK News” on Substack and host of the podcast, “Useful Idiots with Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper,” Lis Smith – Political strategist and author of the new book, Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story

Bill discusses the latest news and events with guests Ross Douthat, Piers Morgan and Rikki Schlott.

B.J. Novak – Actor, writer, and director of the new film “Vengeance”, Panel: Catherine Rampell – Op-ed columnist at the Washington Post and political and economic commentator for CNN, Noah Rothman – Associate editor for Commentary Magazine and author of The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives War on Fun.

John Waters – Filmmaker, writer, and author of the new novel Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance, Panel: Amy Klobuchar – Senior Democratic Senator from Minnesota, Rob Reiner – Filmmaker, actor, and activist.