Season 11

Season 11

Real Time with Bill Maher

2013 Episodes
8.2

Episodes

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January 18, 2013
EP 1
60m

January 18, 2013

1/18/2013
8.0

Guests: Comedian Martin Short, former Governor & Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE), journalist Rula Jebreal, reporter Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, and former Rep. Steve LaTourette. Topics: The future of the Republicans, gun control, Israeli elections, revolution in Syria, torture, Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax, the media, neither party cares about privacy

Guest Stars

Michelle Caruso-CabreraMartin ShortBob Kerrey
January 25, 2013
EP 2
60m

January 25, 2013

1/25/2013
9.0

GOPAC president David Avella; former Vt. Gov. Howard Dean; political strategist Kristen Soltis; House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi; Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont).

Guest Stars

Howard DeanNancy PelosiJon Tester
February 1, 2013
EP 3
60m

February 1, 2013

2/1/2013
8.0

Interview Guests: Alex Gibney, Sam Harris Panelists: Cory Booker, Jackie Kucinich, Eva Longoria Alex Gibney is an American documentary filmmaker. His latest documentary "Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God" apparently debuts Feb 4, 2013 on HBO. Sam Harris is a philosopher whose latest book is "Free Will". He blogs at samharris.org and has recently written on the gun control issue. Cory Booker is the mayor of Newark, New Jersey and is a high-profile Democrat. Jackie Kucinich is a reporter covering politics for USA Today and is a frequent guest commentator on MSNBC. Eva Longoria is an American television and film actress, best known for her roles on "The Young and the Restless" and "Desperate Housewives".

Guest Stars

Eva LongoriaSam HarrisJackie KucinichAlex GibneyCory Booker
February 8, 2013
EP 4
60m

February 8, 2013

2/8/2013
8.0

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange; editor Tina Brown; journalist Josh Barro; jouralist Martin Bashir; theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss.

Guest Stars

Julian AssangeMartin BashirLawrence Krauss
February 15, 2013
EP 5
60m

February 15, 2013

2/15/2013
8.0

Robert Zimmerman; actor Joel McHale; political strategist Donna Brazile; author Jon Meacham; editor Jamie Weinstein.

Guest Stars

Joel McHaleJon MeachamDonna Brazile
March 1, 2013
EP 6
60m

March 1, 2013

3/1/2013
9.0

Cybersecurity expert James Lyne; musician Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Dogg); finance expert Monica Mehta; Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA); political strategist Steve Schmidt.

Guest Stars

Snoop DoggGavin NewsomSteve Schmidt
March 8, 2013
EP 7
60m

March 8, 2013

3/8/2013
8.0

Journalist Charlies LeDuff; author Arianna Huffington; health care expert Avik Roy; former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele; actor/comic David Cross.

Guest Stars

Arianna HuffingtonDavid CrossMichael Steele
March 15, 2013
EP 8
60m

March 15, 2013

3/15/2013
8.0

Education reformer Michelle Rhee, chef Tom Colicchio, economist Jared Bernstein, former Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA), and TV host Rachel Maddow.

Guest Stars

Rachel MaddowTom Davis
March 22, 2013
EP 9
60m

March 22, 2013

3/22/2013
7.0

Economist Austan Goolsbee; music-business executive Clive Davis; journalist John Feehery; voter registration advocate Maria Teresa Kumar; former Gov. Jim McGreevey (D-NJ).

April 5, 2013
EP 10
60m

April 5, 2013

4/5/2013
9.0

Interview Guest: Sebastian Junger Panelists: Abby Huntsman, Stephen Moore, Bernie Sanders Panel Guest: Zack Kopplin Sebastian Junger is an award-winning Afghanistan war correspondent and filmmaker. His latest project is a film for HBO titled "Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington". Abby Huntsman is a political commentator and host of HuffPost Live. Stephen Moore is an economist, conservative commentator and the author of "Who’s The Fairest of Them All: The Truth About Opportunity, Taxes, and Wealth in America". Bernie Sanders is the independent senator from Vermont. Zack Kopplin is a science education activist.

Guest Stars

Abby HuntsmanBernie Sanders
April 12, 2013
EP 11
60m

April 12, 2013

4/12/2013
9.0

Gun control advocate Colin Goddard; sportscaster Bob Costas; political strategist Stephanie Cutter; economist David Stockman; activist Saru Jayaraman.

Guest Stars

Bob Costas
April 19, 2013
EP 12
60m

April 19, 2013

4/19/2013
7.0

Tonight's guests are director Brian Levin, gun control advocate Colin Goddard, TV anchor Amy Holmes, columnist & author Nicholas Kristof and author Salman Rushdie.

Guest Stars

Salman RushdieAmy HolmesNicholas Kristof
April 26, 2013
EP 13
60m

April 26, 2013

4/26/2013
8.0

Guests: Donald Borelli, Jimmy Kimmel, John Avlon, Anna Deavere Smith, Robert Traynham.

Guest Stars

Anna Deavere SmithJimmy Kimmel
May 3, 2013
EP 14
60m

May 3, 2013

5/3/2013
7.0

Guests: Jeremy Scahill, Lawrence O'Donnell, Pete Hegseth, Mattie Duppler, Marc Maron.

Guest Stars

Lawrence O'DonnellMarc MaronJeremy ScahillMattie Duppler
May 10, 2013
EP 15
60m

May 10, 2013

5/10/2013
8.0

Guests: From "Star Trek: Into Darkness", actor Zachary Quinto; NYT Food & Opinion journalist Mark Bittman; Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald; MSNBC analyst Joy Reid; National Review journalist Charles Cooke.

Guest Stars

Zachary QuintoGlenn GreenwaldJoy Reid
May 17, 2013
EP 16
60m

May 17, 2013

5/17/2013
9.0

Guests: Oscar winning director Michael Moore; from "The Hangover Part III", actor/comedian Zach Galifianakis; from "The Cycle", co-host S.E. Cupp; from "Foreign Policy Begins at Home", author Richard Haas; NYT Finance columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin.

Guest Stars

Zach GalifianakisAndrew Ross SorkinMichael MooreS.E. Cupp
May 31, 2013
EP 17
60m

May 31, 2013

5/31/2013
8.0

Guests: Actress and screenwriter Brit Marling; humorist Raul Rudnick; from the Center for American Progress, Neera Tanden; Journalist Michael Isikoff; from "HuffPost Live", producer James Poulos.

Guest Stars

Brit MarlingPaul RudnickJames PoulosMichael IsikoffNeera Tanden
June 7, 2013
EP 18
60m

June 7, 2013

6/7/2013
7.5

Guests: Filmmaker & author Tom Shadyac; journalist & author George Packer; GOP strategist Ana Navarro; comedian Dana Gould; author Kevin Williamson.

Guest Stars

Ana NavarroDana Gould
June 14, 2013
EP 19
60m

June 14, 2013

6/14/2013
7.5

Guests: Ex U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI); "The Center Holds" author Jonathan Alter; "Gasland Part II" director Josh Fox; "Great Degeneration" author and Harvard professor Niall Ferguson; conservative pollster Kellyanne Conway.

Guest Stars

Kellyanne Conway
June 21, 2013
EP 20
60m

June 21, 2013

6/21/2013
7.0

Guests: Ex New York Times Op-Eder & Demos Fellow Bob Herbert; first female Saudi filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour; "Cooked" author Michael Pollan; "Queen of the Turtle Derby" author Julia Reed; Bloomberg Businessweek journalist Josh Green.

Guest Stars

Joshua Green
June 28, 2013
EP 21
60m

June 28, 2013

6/28/2013
8.0

The Interview: Anthony Leiserowitz is the Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, which "investigates the psychological, cultural, political, and geographic factors that drive public environmental perception and behavior." Twitter: @ecotone2 The Panel: Kristen Soltis has been described as "the Republican Party's leading millennial pollster" and serves as the Vice President of DC-based opinion research and political communications firm The Winston Group. Twitter: @KSoltisAnderson Dan Neil is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of The Wall Street Journal's "Rumble Seat" column, where he reviews everything from the Aston Martin Rapide S to John Deer's latest Gator. Twitter: @Danneilwsj Horace Cooper is a writer and legal commentator who serves at the Co-Chairman of the National Advisory Board for Project 21: "an initiative of The National Center for Public Policy Research to promote the views of African-Americans whose entrepreneurial spirit, dedication to family and commitment to individual responsibility has not traditionally been echoed by the nation's civil rights establishment." He is also a partner at Monument Communications. Adrian Grenier will join the panel mid-show. He is an actor, filmmaker and entrepreneur who recently produced 'How to Make Money Selling Drugs,' a film exploring the failure of American's drug war. It opens in New York on June 26th and Los Angeles on June 28th and is currently available on demand. Adrian recently penned an editorial for The Huffington Post, calling for the "return a sense of rationality and proportion to a justice system that has spun wildly out of control."

July 12, 2013
EP 22
60m

July 12, 2013

7/12/2013
9.0

Guests: "Hope on a Tightrope" author Dr. Cornel West; "Dirty Jobs" host Mike Rowe; GOP strategist Liz Mair; Daily Caller blogger Matt Lewis.

Guest Stars

Cornel West
July 19, 2013
EP 23
60m

July 19, 2013

7/19/2013
7.5

Guests: tba

July 26, 2013
EP 24
60m

July 26, 2013

7/26/2013
8.0

Guests: tba

August 2, 2013
EP 25
60m

August 2, 2013

8/2/2013
7.5

Guests: tba

September 13, 2013
EP 26
60m

September 13, 2013

9/13/2013
8.0

Panellists: Zanny Minton Beddoes, Edwin Lyman, Bill Nye, Michael Steele, Matt Taibbi.

Guest Stars

Bill NyeEdwin LymanZanny Minton BeddoesMichael SteeleMatt Taibbi
September 20, 2013
EP 27
60m

September 20, 2013

9/20/2013

Bill's guests are Joy Behar, Billy Crystal, David Frum, Chris Hayes, and Jeremy Seifert.

Guest Stars

Billy CrystalJoy BeharDavid FrumChris Hayes
September 27, 2013
EP 28
60m

September 27, 2013

9/27/2013

Guests: Carl Hart, Monica Mehta, Jeff Rechner, Robert Reich, Tim Robbins, and Matt Welch.

Guest Stars

Tim RobbinsRobert ReichJeff RechnerCarl HartMonica Becerril Mehta+1 more
EP 29
60m

October 4, 2013

10/4/2013
9.0
EP 30
60m

October 11, 2013

10/11/2013
9.0
October 25, 2013
EP 31
60m

October 25, 2013

10/25/2013
8.0

Interviewee: Maajid Nawaz (ex Islamic radical) Panelists: Rev. Al Sharpton (MSNBC host & author of "Rejected Stone"), Michael Moore (filmmaker), Valerie Plame (co-author of "Blowback") Panel Guest: Richard Dawkins (author of "Appetite for Wonder") Topics: Obamacare's dysfunctional website, perceived strengths of each party, NSA spying on other countries, new evolution finding, Pope Francis, is Islam more dangerous than Christianity?, the minimum wage.

Guest Stars

Al SharptonMaajid NawazRichard DawkinsMichael Moore
EP 32
60m

November 1, 2013

11/1/2013
8.0

Interviewee: Ann Coulter (author) Panelists: Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Rep. D-FL), Neil deGrasse Tyson (scientist), Rob Reiner (filmmaker) Panel Guest: Rob Lowe (actor, "Killing Kennedy") Topics: Obama's lie about current health care plans, Ted Cruz, Sr., women in politics, Rob Lowe as JFK, US embargo against Cuba, Kessler Syndrome, NSA spying, Republicans should appeal to stoners.

Guest Stars

Ann CoulterRob LoweNeil deGrasse TysonRob Reiner
EP 33
60m

November 8, 2013

11/8/2013
9.0

Interviewee: Billy Binney (NSA whistleblower) Panelists: John Heilemann ("Double Down" co-author), Dr. Victoria DeFrancesco Soto (University of Texas fellow), David Avella (GOPAC President) Panel Guest: Anthony Weiner (Ex-Rep. D-NY) Topics: NSA spying, 2013 elections, Chris Christie as a 2016 Republican presidential nominee, Republican constituents, Tea Party vs. GOP establishment, Anthony Weiner scandal and media coverage of the scandal, Obamacare, Bill de Blasio's victory, commemorating tragedies, self-importance of political authors, hypocrisy of the religious right.

Guest Stars

Anthony Weiner
EP 34
60m

November 15, 2013

11/15/2013
8.0

Guests: Casey Affleck (actor), Ezra Klein (Washington Post journalist), Reihan Salam (National Review Online blogger), Mattie Duppler (Americans for Tax Reform), Radley Balko (Washington Post journalist).

Guest Stars

Casey AffleckRadley BalkoMattie DupplerEzra KleinReihan Salam
EP 35
60m

November 22, 2013

11/22/2013
10.0

Guests: Wendell Pierce ("Treme", actor), Bob Ehrlich (Ex-Gov. R-MD), Paul Begala (CNN analyst), Katty Kay (BBC America anchor), ...

Guest Stars

Wendell PierceBob EhrlichKatty KayPaul Begala