The BEST episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher season 13

Every episode of Real Time with Bill Maher season 13, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher season 13!

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.

Last Updated: 4/22/2025Network: HBOStatus: Continuing
Episode 344
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#1 - Episode 344

Season 13 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2015

Director Rob Reiner, singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc, Bill Nye "The Science Guy", writer Fran Lebowitz and Washington Post's Elahe Izadi.

Directors: Paul G. Casey
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Episode 346
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27 votes

#2 - Episode 346

Season 13 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/13/2015

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.

Directors: Paul G. Casey
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Episode 348
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27 votes

#3 - Episode 348

Season 13 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/27/2015

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.

Directors: Paul G. Casey
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Episode 352
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27 votes

#4 - Episode 352

Season 13 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/1/2015

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.

Directors: Paul G. Casey
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Episode 353
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27 votes

#5 - Episode 353

Season 13 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/8/2015

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.

Directors: Paul G. Casey
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Episode 354
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27 votes

#6 - Episode 354

Season 13 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/15/2015

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.

Directors: Paul G. Casey
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Episode 355
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27 votes

#7 - Episode 355

Season 13 - Episode 18 - Aired 6/5/2015

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.

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Episode 358
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27 votes

#8 - Episode 358

Season 13 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/26/2015

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.

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Episode 364
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54 votes

#9 - Episode 364

Season 13 - Episode 27 - Aired 9/18/2015

Chris Matthews, Governor George Pataki, Mark Cuban and Jorge Ramos.

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Episode 340
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27 votes

#10 - Episode 340

Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2015

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.

Directors: Paul G. Casey
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Episode 359
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7.50
54 votes

#11 - Episode 359

Season 13 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/7/2015

The Interview: Michael Mann. The Panel: Mary Matalin, Steve Schmidt, Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA). Mid-Show Guest: Caitlin Flanagan.

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7.50
54 votes

#12 - Episode 370

Season 13 - Episode 33 - Aired 11/6/2015

Bill's guests include Quentin Tarantino, Keith Olbermann, Anthony Weiner, David Frum, and Jillian Melchior.

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7.00
54 votes

#13 - Episode 372

Season 13 - Episode 35 - Aired 11/20/2015

Bill's guests include Angus King, Chrystia Freeland, Gavin Newsom, Andy Cohen, and Ben Domenech.

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7.00
54 votes

#14 - Episode 371

Season 13 - Episode 34 - Aired 11/13/2015

Bill's guests include Jay Leno, Michael Steele, Dylan Ratigan, Asra Nomani, and Paul Reiser.

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7.00
27 votes

#15 - Episode 368

Season 13 - Episode 31 - Aired 10/16/2015

Bernie Sanders, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Lawrence Lessig, Johann Hari, and John Feehery.

Episode 363
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7.00
27 votes

#16 - Episode 363

Season 13 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/11/2015

Author Salman Rushdie, cable legend Keith Olbermann, Daily Beast columnist Michael Moynihan, political columnist Linda Chavez and actor Wendell Pierce.

Episode 360
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7.00
27 votes

#17 - Episode 360

Season 13 - Episode 23 - Aired 8/14/2015

The Interview: Sister Helen Prejean. The Panel: Jennifer Granholm, Doug Heye, Lawrence Wilkerson. Mid-Show Guest: Talib Kweli.

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81 votes

#18 - Episode 366

Season 13 - Episode 29 - Aired 10/2/2015

Neil Degrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Adam Gopnik, Matt Welch, and Angela Rye.

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#19 - Episode 369

Season 13 - Episode 32 - Aired 10/30/2015

David Spade, Maxine Waters, Grover Norquist, Tulsi Gabbard, and Roger Stone.

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#20 - Episode 367

Season 13 - Episode 30 - Aired 10/9/2015

Ernest Moniz, Rob Thomas, Andrew Sullivan, Anne-Marie Slaughter and Patrick J. Kennedy.

Episode 365
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#21 - Episode 365

Season 13 - Episode 28 - Aired 9/25/2015

Jane Goodall, John Cleese, S.E. Cupp, and Ron Reagan.

Episode 362
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#22 - Episode 362

Season 13 - Episode 25 - Aired 8/28/2015

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.

Episode 361
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#23 - Episode 361

Season 13 - Episode 24 - Aired 8/21/2015

"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.

Episode 357
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#24 - Episode 357

Season 13 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/19/2015

Bill's guests include Democratic President hopeful, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Representative Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL), "¡Adios America!" author Ann Coulter, MSNBC contributor Joy Reid and Daily Caller's senior contributor Matt Lewis.

Episode 356
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#25 - Episode 356

Season 13 - Episode 19 - Aired 6/12/2015

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.