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Real Time with Bill Maher Season 20 Episodes
Season 20 Episode Guide
35 Episodes 2022 - 2022
Episode 1
Timothy Snyder/Ritchie Torres/Bari Weiss
Fri, Jan 21, 202260 mins
Guests: Timothy Snyder is a professor of history at Yale University and author of On Tyranny Graphic Edition - Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. His newsletter, Thinking about - is available on Substack.; Rep. Ritchie Torres is the Democratic Congressman representing New York's 15th district who, at 25 years old, became NYC's youngest elected official and the first Afro-Latino LGBTQ member of Congress. He is currently supporting the city's efforts to aid victims of the tragic Bronx apartment fire; Bari Weiss is the Editor of the Substack newsletter Common Sense and host of the podcast Honestly with Bari Weiss.
Episode 2
Ira Glasser/Fiona Hill/Matt Welch
Fri, Jan 28, 202260 mins
Guests: Ira Glasser is the former Executive Director of the ACLU and was recently featured in the documentary, Mighty Ira: A Civil Liberties Story; Fiona Hill is the former Senior Director at the U.S. National Security Council, specializing in Russian and European affairs. She is the author of There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 20th Century and recently penned a New York Times op-ed titled, Putin Has the U.S. Right Where He Wants It; Matt Welch is the host of The Reason Roundtable podcast and co-host of The Fifth Column podcast.
Episode 3
Ro Khanna/Johann Hari/Katherine Mangu-Ward
Fri, Feb 4, 202260 mins
Guests: Rep. Ro Khanna is the U.S. Congressman representing California's 17th district (Silicon Valley) and author of the new book, Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us; Johann Hari is the author of Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention - And How To Think Deeply Again; Katherine Mangu-Ward is the Editor-in-Chief of Reason Magazine and co-host of The Reason Roundtable podcast.
Episode 4
Ricky Williams/Vivek Ramaswamy/Marianne Williamson
Fri, Feb 11, 202260 mins
Guests: Ricky Williams is a former NFL running back and entrepreneur who recently founded the sports-themed weed brand Highsman; Vivek Ramaswamy is a biotech entrepreneur and author of the NYT bestseller, Woke Inc: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam; Marianne Williamson is a political activist, blogger for Substack's TRANSFORM with Marianne Williamson, and host of The Marianne Williamson Podcast.
Episode 5
Brooke Jenkins/John Avlon/Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fri, Feb 18, 202260 mins
Guests: Brooke Jenkins is a former San Francisco Assistant District Attorney; John Avlon is a senior Political Analyst and anchor for CNN and author of the new book, Lincoln and the Fight for Peace; Katrina Vanden Heuvel is the publisher of The Nation and a columnist for The Washington Post, where she recently wrote that President Biden should consider an agreement with Russia that offers a path out of the Ukraine crisis.
Episode 6
Ruben Gallego/Chloé Valdary/Bret Stephens
Fri, Feb 25, 202260 mins
Guests: Rep. Ruben Gallego is a Democratic Congressman from Arizona and author of They Called Us Lucky: The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War's Hardest Hit Unit; Chloé Valdary is the Founder of Theory of Enchantment and host of the podcast The Heart Speaks with Chloé Valdary; Bret Stephens is a columnist for The New York Times, where he recently wrote that the Russia-Ukraine conflict should serve as a tutorial on what a post-Pax Americana world would look like.
Episode 7
Kenneth Branagh/Frank Bruni/Batya Ungar-Sargon
Fri, Mar 11, 202260 mins
Guests: Kenneth Branagh is a writer, director, and producer of the semi-biographical film Belfast, nominated for seven Academy Awards; Frank Bruni is a Professor of Public Policy at Duke University and author of The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found; Batya Ungar-Sargon is Deputy Opinion Editor of Newsweek and author of Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy.
Episode 8
Ernest Moniz/Kristen Soltis Anderson/Max Brooks
Fri, Mar 18, 202260 mins
Guests: Ernest Moniz served as the U.S. Secretary of Energy from 2013-2017 and is currently CEO of Energy Futures Initiative and the Nuclear Threat Initiative; Kristen Soltis Anderson is a pollster and founding partner at Echelon Insights. She is the author of The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are Leading America (And How Republicans Can Keep Up) and currently writes the newsletter Codebook; Max Brooks is a 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. His latest book is Devolution.
Episode 9
Julia Ioffe/Jon Tester/John Heilemann
Fri, Mar 25, 202260 mins
Guests: Julia Ioffe is a journalist, Russia expert and founding partner and Washington correspondent for the news site Puck. Her forthcoming book is called Russia Girl: Memoirs of a Russian Soul; Sen. Jon Tester is the senior Democratic Senator from Montanaand serves as Chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee; John Heilemann is the Executive Editor of The Recount, where he hosts the Hell and High Water podcast. He is also the creator, host and executive producer of Showtime's The Circus.
Episode 10
Nicole Perlroth/Laura Coates/Andrew Yang
Fri, Apr 1, 202260 mins
Guests: Nicole Perlroth is the former lead cybersecurity and digital espionage reporter for The New York Times and author of This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race; Laura Coates is a CNN Senior Legal Analyst, author of the New York Times best-selling book, Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness, and host of The Laura Coates Show on SiriusXM; Andrew Yang is the founder of the new political third party, Forward, and author of Forward: Notes on the Future of our Democracy.
Episode 11
David Mamet/Nancy MacLean/David Leonhardt
Fri, Apr 8, 202260 mins
Guests: David Mamet is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author of Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch; Nancy MacLean is a historian at Duke University and author of the New York Timesbestselling book Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America; David Leonhardt is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author of the New York Timesdaily newsletter, The Morning.
Episode 12
Bob Odenkirk/Mary Katharine Ham/Caitlin Flanagan
Fri, Apr 22, 202260 mins
Guests: Bob Odenkirk is a comedian, actor, producer and author of the new memoir, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama. He stars in the final season of Better Call Saul, which premiered this week on AMC; Mary Katharine Ham is a CNN Commentator, senior writer of The Federalist, and co-host of the twice-weekly Getting Hammered Podcast, with Vic Matus; Caitlin Flanagan is a staff writer at The Atlantic.
Episode 13
Fran Lebowitz/Ali Velshi/Doug Jones
Fri, Apr 29, 202260 mins
Guests: Fran Lebowitz is an author and social commentator who is currently touring for An Evening with Fran Lebowitz, where she'll be performing next at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica on from April 28-May 1 and at the Balboa Theatre in San Diego on May 2; Ali Velshi is the host of MSNBC's morning show, Velshi; Doug Jones is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and former Democratic Senator from Alabama. He is the author of Bending Toward Justice The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights.
Episode 14
Chloe Maxmin/Paul Begala/Michele Tafoya
Fri, May 6, 202260 mins
Guests: Chloe Maxmin is a 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; Paul Begala is a Democratic strategist, author, and CNN Political Contributor; Michele Tafoya is a former NBC Sports reporter, blogger for Substack's Michele Tafoya: Let's Get Sane, and guest co-host for The View.
Episode 15
Rod Stewart/Ian Bremmer/Jane Harman
Fri, May 13, 202260 mins
Guests: Sir Rod Stewart is a legendary, two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He returns to his residency this Friday at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and then kicks off his North American summer tour in June; Ian Bremmer is the President of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media and author of the new book The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats - And Our Response - Will Change The World; Jane Harman served nine terms in the U.S. House Of Representatives (D-CA) and is now a Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita of The Wilson Center. She is the author of Insanity Defense: Why Our Failure to Confront Hard National Security Problems Makes Us Less Safe.
Episode 16
Mark Esper/Donna Brazile/Adam Carolla
Fri, May 20, 202260 mins
Guests: Dr. Mark T. Esper is the former Secretary of Defense under President Trump and author of A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times; Donna Brazile is a veteran Democratic political strategist, author, professor, ABC News contributor and Op-Ed Columnist for USA Today. Her latest book is Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House; Adam Carolla is a comedian and host of the podcast The Adam Carolla Show and New York Times bestselling author of the forthcoming book Everything Reminds Me of Something: Advice, Answers... But No Apologies.
Episode 17
Eric Holder/Michael Shellenberger/Douglas Murray
Fri, Jun 3, 202260 mins
Guests: Eric Holder is the former US Attorney General who is now Chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and co-author of Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote - A History, A Crisis, A Plan; Michael Shellenberger is a California gubernatorial candidate, co-founder of California Peace Coalition, and author of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities; Douglas Murray is a columnist for the New York Post and The Sun, and author of the New York Times bestselling book The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason.
Episode 18
Cornel West/Kellyanne Conway/Josh Barro
Fri, Jun 10, 202260 mins
Dr. Cornel West is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and a contributor to The Guardian, where he recently wrote that White supremacy is as American as apple pie, in response to the racist killing of 10 people in Buffalo, NY; Kellyanne Conway is the former Senior Counselor to President Trump and author of the New York Times bestselling book, Here's the Deal: A Memoir; Josh Barro is the host of the weekly podcast Very Serious and blogger for Very Serious on Substack.
Episode 19
Danny Strong/Krystal Ball/James Kirchick
Fri, Jun 17, 202260 mins
Guests: Danny Strong is an Emmy Award-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; Krystal Ball is the co-host of the podcasts Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar and Krystal, Kyle and Friends; James Kirchick is a columnist for Tablet, writer-at-large for Airmail, and author of the New York Times bestselling book Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington.
Episode 20
Christine Emba/Andrew Sullivan/Katie Herzog
Fri, Jun 24, 202260 mins
Guests: Christine Emba is a columnist for The Washington Post and author of Rethinking Sex: A Provocation; Andrew Sullivan is the blogger of The Weekly Dish on Substack and author of Out On a Limb: Selected Writing, 1989 - 2021; Katie Herzog is the co-host of the podcast Blocked and Reported.
Episode 21
Chris Cuomo/John McWhorter/Sam Stein
Fri, Jul 29, 202260 mins
This week features a one-on-one interview with Chris Cuomo, host of new podcast "The Chris Cuomo Project.
Episode 22
David Duchovny.Matt Taibbi/Lis Smith
Fri, Aug 5, 202260 mins
This week features a one-on-one interview with award-winning actor, director, musician,.
Episode 23
Ross Douthat/Piers Morgan/Ricki Schlott
Fri, Aug 12, 202260 mins
This week features a one-on-one interview with Ross Douthat, New York Times columnist and author of "The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery.
Episode 24
B.J. Novak/Catherine Rampell/Noah Rothman
Fri, Aug 19, 202260 mins
This week features a one-on-one interview with BJ Novak, actor, writer, and director of new film "Vengeance.
Episode 25
John Waters/Amy Klobuchar/Rob Reiner
Fri, Aug 26, 202260 mins
Guests: John Waters is a filmmaker, writer, and true American treasure. He is the author of the new novel, Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance; Amy Klobuchar is the senior Democratic Senator from Minnesota; Rob Reiner is a filmmaker, actor, and activist.
Episode 26
Wynton Marsalis/Matt Welch/Scott Galloway
Fri, Sep 9, 202260 mins
This week features a one-on-one interview with Wynton Marsalis, Managing Artistic Director and co-founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Episode 27
Trace Adkins/Jon Meacham/Julia Ioffe
Fri, Sep 16, 202260 mins
This week features a one-on-one interview with multi-platinum-selling country music singer and songwriter who stars in Fox's new series "Monarch.
Episode 28
Michael Moore/Jonathan Lemire/Vivek Ramaswamy
Fri, Sep 23, 202260 mins
This week features a one-on-one interview with Academy Award®-winning filmmaker and host of podcast "Rumble" with Michael Moore.
Episode 29
Masih Alinejad/Van Jones/Caitlin Flanagan
Fri, Sep 30, 202260 mins
This week features a one-on-one interview with journalist, activist and author of "The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran.
Episode 30
Chris Wallace/Katty Kay/Chris Christie
Fri, Oct 7, 202260 mins
Guests: Chris Wallace is a CNN anchor and host of Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? on HBO Max; Chris Christie is the former Republican Governor of New Jersey and a political and legal contributor for ABC News; Katty Kay is a Special Correspondent for BBC News and host of the new documentary, Trump: The Comeback?
Episode 31
Benjamin Netanyahu/Neil DeGrasse Tyson/Michael Smerconish
Fri, Oct 14, 202260 mins
This week features a one-on-one interview with former Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Episode 32
Quentin Tarantino/Gillian Tett/Yuval Noah Harari
Fri, Oct 28, 202260 mins
This week features a one-on-one interview with filmmaker, screenwriter and author.
Episode 33
Richard V. Reeves/Fareed Zakaria/Maggie Haberman
Fri, Nov 4, 202260 mins
This week features a one-on-one interview with Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution and author of book "OfBoys and Men: Why Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It.
Episode 34
Jared Polis/Robert Costa/Ro Khanna
Fri, Nov 11, 202260 mins
Guests: Jared Polis is the Democratic Governor of Colorado since January 2019 and just won reelection to a second term; Robert Costa is the Chief Election and Campaign Correspondent for CBS News and co-author of Peril; Ro Khanna is the Democratic Congressman representing California's 17th district since 2017 and author of Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work For All Of Us.
Episode 35
Matthew Perry/Laura Coates/Jonathan Haidt
Fri, Nov 18, 202260 mins
The season finale features a one-on-one interview with is an actor, comedian and author of New York Times best-selling memoir.