The BEST episodes written by Brian Jacobsmeyer

April 10, 2009
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10.00
27 votes

#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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March 13, 2009
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9.00
2 votes

#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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March 20, 2009
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9.00
2 votes

#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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Episode 341
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8.10
20 votes

#4 - Episode 341

Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 13 - Episode 4

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.

February 20, 2009
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8.07
28 votes

#5 - 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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April 25, 2003
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8.00
2 votes

#6 - April 25, 2003

Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 1 - Episode 10

Guests: Author Ann Coulter, author Clive Barker, actor D. L. Hughley, economist Stephen Moore, musical guests The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show Topics: Santorum controversy, Iraq, rights of the unborn child

February 27, 2009
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8.00
27 votes

#7 - 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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Episode 340
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7.93
43 votes

#8 - Episode 340

Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 13 - Episode 3

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.

Episode 348
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7.80
83 votes

#9 - Episode 348

Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 13 - Episode 11

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.

Episode 346
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7.69
88 votes

#10 - Episode 346

Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 13 - Episode 9

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.

Episode 342
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7.69
16 votes

#11 - Episode 342

Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 13 - Episode 5

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.

Episode 349
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7.62
45 votes

#12 - Episode 349

Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 13 - Episode 12

"A Fighting Chance" author Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), "Live Right and Find Happiness" author Dave Barry, "In Defense of Liberal Education" author Fareed Zakaria, "Bad Religion" author Ross Douthat and Roll Call editor-in-chief Christina Bellantoni.

Episode 345
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7.60
43 votes

#13 - Episode 345

Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 13 - Episode 8

Bill's guests include Ex-Obama guru & "Believer" author David Axelrod, "Going Clear" author Lawrence Wright, "American Crime" creator John Ridley, Heritage Foundation's daily signal Genevieve Wood, and author and journalist Matt Taibbi.

Episode 347
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7.38
45 votes

#14 - Episode 347

Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 13 - Episode 10

Interview: NBC and MLB sportscasting legend Bob Costas. Panel: ex-US Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), ex-NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, GOP Strategist Mercedes Schlapp. Panel Guest: "God's Bankers" author Gerald Posner.

October 17, 2008
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7.00
27 votes

#15 - 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

March 12, 2010
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6.27
30 votes

#16 - 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

March 27, 2009
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5.43
30 votes

#17 - 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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March 06, 2009
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5.00
27 votes

#18 - 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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May 08, 2009
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5.00
27 votes

#19 - 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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April 03, 2009
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27 votes

#20 - 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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May 15, 2009
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4.00
27 votes

#21 - 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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February 17, 2006
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#22 - 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

October 27, 2006
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#23 - 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

August 29, 2008
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#24 - 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

September 05, 2008
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#25 - 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

September 12, 2008
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#26 - 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

September 19, 2008
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#27 - 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.

September 26, 2008
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#28 - 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

October 10, 2008
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#29 - 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

October 31, 2008
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#30 - 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

April 24, 2009
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#31 - 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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May 01, 2009
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#32 - 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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May 22, 2009
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#33 - 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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May 29, 2009
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#34 - 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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