Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 20
Run Time: 60 mins
Air Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022
Average Rating: ⭐ 6.002 (217 votes)
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January 21, 2022: Timothy Snyder, Bari Weiss, Rep. Ritchie Torres
Season 20 - Episode 1
Kicking off the new season, Bill interviews Yale University history professor Timothy Snyder about the repercussions of The Big Lie and the ...
January 28, 2022: Ira Glasser, Fiona Hill, Matt Welch
Season 20 - Episode 2
Bill opens the show this week by interviewing former Executive Director of the ACLU, Ira Glasser. For the panel, he's joined by former Senio...
February 4, 2022: Rep. Ro Khanna, Johann Hari, Katherine Mangu-Ward
Season 20 - Episode 3
This week, Bill interviews Rep. Ro Khanna, the U.S. Congressman representing California's 17th district. On the panel, he is joined by Briti...
February 11, 2022: Ricky Williams, Vivek Ramaswamy, Marianne Williamson
Season 20 - Episode 4
Bill starts this week's show by interviewing Ricky Williams, a former NFL star and cannabis entrepreneur. On the panel, he is joined by Vive...
February 18, 2022: Brooke Jenkins, John Avlon, Katrina Vanden Heuvel
Season 20 - Episode 5
This week, Bill interviews Brooke Jenkins, a former San Francisco Assistant District Attorney. For the panel discussion, he is joined by Joh...
February 25, 2022: Ruben Gallego, Bret Stephens, Chloé Valdary
Season 20 - Episode 6
Bill opens the show by interviewing Rep. Ruben Gallego, Democratic Congressman from Arizona. Joining him on the panel are entrepreneur Chloé...
March 11, 2022: Kenneth Branagh, Frank Bruni, Batya Ungar-Sargon
Season 20 - Episode 7
Bill opens this week's show by interviewing award-winning actor and director, Kenneth Branagh. On the panel, he is joined by Frank Bruni, a ...
March 18, 2022: Ernest Moniz, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Max Brooks
Season 20 - Episode 8
This week, Bill interviews Ernest Moniz, who served as the U.S. Secretary of Energy from 2013-2017. On the panel, he is joined by pollster K...
March 25, 2022: Julia Ioffe, John Heilemann, Sen. Jon Tester
Season 20 - Episode 9
Bill kicks off this week's episode by interviewing journalist and Russian expert, Julia Ioffe. On the panel, he is joined by Sen. Jon Tester...
April 1, 2022: Nicole Perlroth, Laura Coates, Andrew Yang
Season 20 - Episode 10
Kicking off this week's episode, Bill interviews Nicole Perlroth, former lead cybersecurity and digital espionage reporter for The New York ...
April 8, 2022: David Mamet, Nancy MacLean, David Leonhardt
Season 20 - Episode 11
Bill interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author, David Mamet and is joined on the panel by historian Nancy MacLean and columnis...
April 22, 2022: Bob Odenkirk, Mary Katharine Ham, Caitlin Flanagan
Season 20 - Episode 12
Bill returns this week by interviewing comedian Bob Odenkirk and is joined for the panel discussion by CNN Commentator Mary Katharine Ham an...
April 29, 2022: Fran Lebowitz, Ali Velshi, Doug Jones
Season 20 - Episode 13
Opening the show this week, Bill interviews author Fran Lebowitz. On the panel, he is joined by MSNBC journalist Ali Velshi and former Demo...
May 6, 2022: Chloe Maxmin, Paul Begala, Michele Tafoya
Season 20 - Episode 14
This week, Maine State Senator Chloe Maxmin is Bill's first guest and for the panel discussion he is joined by Democratic strategist Paul Be...
May 13, 2022: Rod Stewart, Ian Bremmer, Jane Harman
Season 20 - Episode 15
Legendary musician Sir Rod Stewart is Bill's interviewee this week. On the panel, he is joined by political scientist Ian Bremmer and former...
May 20, 2022: Mark Esper, Donna Brazile, Adam Carolla
Season 20 - Episode 16
This week, Bill opens the show by interviewing Dr. Mark T. Esper, the former Secretary of Defense under President Trump. On the panel, he is...
June 3, 2022: Eric Holder, Michael Shellenberger, Douglas Murray
Season 20 - Episode 17
Eric Holder, former US Attorney General, is this week's opening interviewee. On the panel, Bill is joined by California gubernatorial candid...
June 10, 2022: Dr. Cornel West, Kellyanne Conway, Josh Barro
Season 20 - Episode 18
Dr. Cornel West, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary and contributor to The Gua...
June 17, 2022: Danny Strong, Krystal Ball, James Kirchick
Season 20 - Episode 19
Bill interviews actor and director Danny Strong at the top of the show. For the panel, he is joined by political commentator Krystal Ball an...
June 24, 2022: Christine Emba, Andrew Sullivan, Katie Herzog
Season 20 - Episode 20
Bill begins this week's show by interviewing author and Washington Post columnist Christine Emba. On the panel, he is joined by political co...
July 29, 2022: Chris Cuomo, John McWhorter, Sam Stein
Season 20 - Episode 21
Returning from his Summer break, Bill opens the show by interviewing journalist Chris Cuomo. On the panel he is joined by John McWhorter, as...
August 5, 2022: David Duchovny, Matt Taibbi, Lis Smith
Season 20 - Episode 22
Bill opens this week's episode interviewing award-winning actor David Duchovny about his new book. For the panel, he is joined by author Mat...
August 12, 2022: Ross Douthat, Rikki Schlott, Piers Morgan
Season 20 - Episode 23
This week, Bill interviews columnist Ross Douthat about his recent experience with Lyme disease. For the panel he's joined by journalist Pie...
August 19, 2022: B.J. Novak, Catherine Rampell, Noah Rothman
Season 20 - Episode 24
Bill opens this week's show by interviewing actor and director B.J. Novak about his new film, Vengeance. On the panel, he is joined by CNN p...
August 26, 2022: John Waters, Amy Klobuchar, Rob Reiner
Season 20 - Episode 25
This week, Bill interviews filmmaker John Waters and is joined on the panel by senior Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar and filmmaker Rob Rei...
September 9, 2022: Wynton Marsalis, Scott Galloway, Matt Welch
Season 20 - Episode 26
Bill opens this week's show by interviewing jazz musician Wynton Marsalis. For the panel, he is joined by author and business professor Scot...
September 16, 2022: Trace Adkins, Julia Ioffe, Jon Meacham
Season 20 - Episode 27
Country singer Trace Adkins is Bill's interviewee this week, while on the panel he is joined by Julia Ioffe, founding partner and Washington...
September 23, 2022: Michael Moore, Jonathan Lemire, Vivek Ramaswamy
Season 20 - Episode 28
Bill opens this week's episode by interviewing award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore. For the panel discussion, he is joined by journalist J...
September 30, 2022: Masih Alinejad, Van Jones, Caitlin Flanagan
Season 20 - Episode 29
This week, Bill begins the show by interviewing Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad. For the panel, he is joined by political commentator Van ...
October 7, 2022: Chris Wallace, Katty Kay, Chris Christie
Season 20 - Episode 30
Bill opens this week's show by interviewing CNN anchor Chris Wallace. On the panel, he is joined by former Republican Governor of New Jersey...
October 14, 2022: Netanyahu, Smerconish, Degrasse Tyson
Season 20 - Episode 31
This week, Bill opens the show by interviewing Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Prime Minister of Israel. For the panel, he is joined by colum...
October 28, 2022: Quentin Tarantino, Gillian Tett, Yuval Noah Harari
Season 20 - Episode 32
Acclaimed movie director Quentin Tarantino is Bill's interviewee to open the show, while on the panel he is joined by Gillian Tett, Editor-a...
November 4, 2022: Richard Reeves, Maggie Haberman, Fareed Zakaria
Season 20 - Episode 33
This week, Bill begins the show by interviewing Richard Reeves, author and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. On the panel, he is j...
November 11, 2022: Jared Polis, Robert Costa, Ro Khanna
Season 20 - Episode 34
Democratic Governor for Colorado, Jared Polis is Bill's interviewee to open the show. On the panel, he is joined by Robert Costa, Chief Elec...
November 18, 2022: Matthew Perry, Laura Coates, Jonathan Haidt
Season 20 - Episode 35
For the last show of the season, Bill interviews actor Matthew Perry about his new book. On the panel, he is joined by CNN anchor Laura Coat...