The BEST episodes written by Bill Maher
#1 - April 10, 2009
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 7 - Episode 8
Guests: Filmmaker Ron Howard and novelist Gore Vidal Topics: Bill conducts one-on-one interviews
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#2 - March 13, 2009
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 7 - Episode 4
Guests: Comedian Sarah Silverman, professor Michael Eric Dyson, author Andrew Breitbart, columnist Steven Pearlstein Topics: State of the Rep. party, racism in America, the Teachers' Union, stem cell research
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#3 - March 20, 2009
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 7 - Episode 5
Guests: Fmr. Sec. of State Madeleine Albright, television host Keith Olbermann, actress Kerry Washington, senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin Topics: AIG bonuses, the crisis, Teenage pregnancy in America, Glenn Beck, right-wing power
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#4 - February 20, 2009
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 7 - Episode 1
Guests: Financial Times editor Chrystia Freeland, journalist Tina Brown, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA); via satellite, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), journalist Brigitte Gabriel Topics: The economy, President Obama's first month in office
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#5 - February 27, 2009
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 7 - Episode 2
Guests: Actor Alan Cumming, political satirist and journalist P. J. O'Rourke, Mayor Gavin Newsom (D-San Francisco); via satellite, political correspondent George Stephanopoulos, author Robin Wright Topics: Obama's speech, Bobby Jindal, marijuana, home ownership, Iraq, Afghanistan and troops, future of the Rep. party, Vatican and indulgences
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#6 - October 17, 2008
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 6 - Episode 23
Guests: Actor Ben Affleck; actor, comedian Martin Short; pollster Frank Luntz; Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-VT); via satellite, journalist Thomas Friedman Topics: Joe the Plumber, ongoing election, third presidential debate
#7 - March 12, 2010
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 8 - Episode 4
Guests: Senator Michael Bennet, actor Hill Harper, former Governor Gary Johnson, Amy Holmes, journalist John Heilemann Topics: Health care, deficit spending and the national debt, climate change, marijuana legalization, race relations, Mitt Romney, No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, Eric Massa, Game Change, Liz Cheney, education, Jihad Jane
#8 - March 27, 2009
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 7 - Episode 6
Guests: Senator Bill Bradley, author Christopher Hitchens, rapper Mos Def, author Salman Rushdie Topics: Banking crisis, Legalization of marijuana, Nuclear proliferation
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#9 - March 06, 2009
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 7 - Episode 3
Guests: Businessman T. Boone Pickens; Mayor Cory Booker (D-Newark); news anchor Erin Burnett; author Peter Singer Topics: The economy, green energy, charity and philanthropy, socialism
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#10 - May 08, 2009
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 7 - Episode 11
Guests: Democratic consultant James Carville, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, author Naomi Klein, journalist Matt Taibbi, author Reza Aslan Topics: Tax evasion by big companies, torture, Pakistan & Taliban, US military handing out bibles, gay marriage
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#11 - April 03, 2009
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 7 - Episode 7
Guests: Joe the Plumber, Journalist David Frum, comedian Carol Leifer, writer Reihan Salam, reporter Sam Donaldson Topics: 2009 G-20 London summit, tax cut, health care, Carbon tax, nuclear energy
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#12 - May 15, 2009
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 7 - Episode 12
Guests: Creator of The Wire David Simon, economist Elizabeth Warren, conservative commentator Amy Holmes, National Review's Richard Brookhiser, columnist Dan Savage Topics: Torture, climate change, gay marriage, War on Drugs
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#13 - February 17, 2006
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 4 - Episode 1
Guests: Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), commentator Fred Barnes, actor Eddie Griffin, reporter Helen Thomas, Iraq advisor Dan Senor Topics: Cheney shooting, on the Patriot Act, Bush, Mohammad cartoons
#14 - October 27, 2006
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 4 - Episode 21
Guests: Journalist Andrew Sullivan, politician Christine Todd Whitman, singer Harry Belafonte; via satellite, Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. and Arianna Huffington Topics: Campaign tactics, gay marriage, toxic chemicals, character of politicians
#15 - February 16, 2007
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 5 - Episode 1
Guests: Fmr Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, fmr Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, TV host Craig Ferguson; via satellite, fmr Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) and basketball player John Amaechi Topics: Developments in North Korea, Iran, and Iraq; global warming; Mitt Romney and Mormonism; Al Franken Senate campaign
#16 - August 29, 2008
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 6 - Episode 16
Guests: Gov. Jon Corzine (D-NJ), TV host Craig Ferguson, journalist Michel Martin, Matt Taibbi (election correspondent); via satellite, Gov. Tim Kaine (D-VA) Topics: The 2008 election, 2008 Democratic National Convention, McCain's VP pick Sarah Palin
#17 - September 05, 2008
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 6 - Episode 17
Guests: Actress Kerry Washington, fmr. White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, fmr. Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, journalist Jeffrey Toobin, and Real Time correspondent Dan Savage Topics: 2008 Republican National Convention
#18 - September 12, 2008
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 6 - Episode 18
Guests: Actress Janeane Garofalo, Author Salman Rushdie, Roseanne Barr, political consultant Paul Begala, and journalist John Fund Topics: 7th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks
#19 - September 19, 2008
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 6 - Episode 19
Guests: Musician will.i.am, journalist Naomi Klein, political blogger Andrew Sullivan; via satellite, economist Paul Krugman Topics: Candidacy of Sarah Palin and responsibility for the subprime mortgage crisis.
#20 - September 26, 2008
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 6 - Episode 20
Guests: Politician Ralph Nader, actor Tim Daly, National Review Online contributor Lisa Schiffren; via satellite, journalist Ron Suskind, comedian Chris Rock Topics: The first presidential debate, subprime mortgage crisis, economic stimulus package, Sarah Palin
#21 - October 10, 2008
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 6 - Episode 22
Guests: Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), economist Stephen Moore, and comedian Dana Gould; via satellite, director Oliver Stone, former Comptroller General of the United States David Walker Topics: Economic situation, Palin's rhetoric, ongoing election, voting fraud, US military budget
#22 - October 31, 2008
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 6 - Episode 25
Guests: Singer/Songwriter John Legend, columnist Connie Schultz, commentator Amy Holmes, Prof Cornel West; via satellite, activist Michael Moore Topics: Sarah Palin, Patriotism, Joe the Plumber, Taxes
#23 - April 24, 2009
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 7 - Episode 9
Guests: Ex-gov. Howard Dean (D-VT), comedian Dana Gould, writer Randy Cohen, author Bethany McLean, ex-CIA agent Robert Baer Topics: Obama's first 100 days, torture memos, economy, gun control, environment and global warming, children's health
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#24 - May 01, 2009
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 7 - Episode 10
Guests: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), journalist Fareed Zakaria, NBC News foreign correspondent Richard Engel, former FDA chief David Kessler Topics: 2009 swine flu outbreak, state of the Republican Party, terrorism, Souter's resignation, Arlen Specter's party switch, Israel
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#25 - May 22, 2009
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 7 - Episode 13
Guests: Nobel Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus, Pulitzer Prize-winner and Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, M.I.T. economist Simon Johnson, and rapper M.I.A. Topics: Global economic crisis, the progress of the Obama administration, Dick Cheney, religion in the United States
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#26 - May 29, 2009
Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 7 - Episode 14
Guests: Actor Hill Harper, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, former House Representative Heather Wilson, documentarian Michael Pollan Topics: State of the Republican Party, torture and Guantanamo Bay, North Korea's nuclear weapons threat, nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, and California Supreme Court's decision regarding California's Proposition 8
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