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: 4/22/2024Network: HBOStatus: Continuing
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Episode 338
star
8.25
20 votes

#1 - Episode 338

Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2015

Comedy legend Jay Leno, literary icon Salman Rushdie, Ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina, Chris Hardwick and Paul Begala.

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Episode 357
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8.15
47 votes

#2 - 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.

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Episode 355
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8.14
77 votes

#3 - 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 341
star
8.10
20 votes

#4 - Episode 341

Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/2015

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.

Directors: Paul G. Casey
Episode 351
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8.05
37 votes

#5 - Episode 351

Season 13 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/24/2015

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.

Episode 358
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8.03
63 votes

#6 - 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.

Episode 340
star
7.98
44 votes

#7 - 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
Episode 364
star
7.93
122 votes

#8 - Episode 364

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

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

Episode 344
star
7.92
48 votes

#9 - 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
Episode 353
star
7.86
65 votes

#10 - 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
Episode 348
star
7.80
83 votes

#11 - 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
Episode 362
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7.78
65 votes

#12 - 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 339
star
7.76
17 votes

#13 - Episode 339

Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2015

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.

Episode 356
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7.75
44 votes

#14 - 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.

Episode 354
star
7.75
71 votes

#15 - 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
Episode 363
star
7.74
98 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 370
star
7.74
129 votes

#17 - 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.

Episode 346
star
7.69
88 votes

#18 - 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
Episode 342
star
7.69
16 votes

#19 - Episode 342

Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/2015

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.

Directors: Paul G. Casey
Episode 369
star
7.68
59 votes

#20 - Episode 369

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

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

Episode 368
star
7.68
93 votes

#21 - Episode 368

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

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

Episode 361
star
7.66
62 votes

#22 - 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 350
star
7.66
50 votes

#23 - Episode 350

Season 13 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/17/2015

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.

Directors: Paul G. Casey
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Episode 352
star
7.65
68 votes

#24 - 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
Episode 365
star
7.64
64 votes

#25 - Episode 365

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

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