Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 19

Host Bill Maher offers his unique perspective on contemporary issues.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with former FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence and author of "The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau's Code of Excellence," Frank Figliuzzi. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include host of Snapchat's "Good Luck America" and contributing writer for Vanity Fair, Peter Hamby; and co-host of "The Fifth Column" podcast, Kmele Foster.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with evolutionary biologists, co-hosts of "The Dark Horse" podcast, and co-authors of the forthcoming book "A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century," Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include CNN political commentator and CEO of REFORM Alliance, Van Jones; and journalist and contributing editor at Harper's Magazine, James Pogue.

One-on-one interview with Jimmy Kimmel; in-studio panel discussion with Charlotte Alter, author of "The Ones We've Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America," and "The Reason Roundtable" podcast host Matt Welch.

This week features a one-on-one interview with Republican congressman from Illinois and founder of the Country First PAC, Rep. Adam Kinzinger. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include founder and publisher of "The Daily Kos" and co-host of "The Brief" podcast, Markos Moulitsas; and MSNBC political analyst and founder of the political action committee, The Lincoln Project, Steve Schmidt.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with journalist and host of "The Megyn Kelly Show" podcast, Megyn Kelly. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include New York Times opinion columnist and host of "The Ezra Klein Show" podcast, Ezra Klein; and Democratic senator from Montana and author of "Grounded: A Senator's Lessons on Winning Back Rural America," Sen. Jon Tester.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with co-host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and author of "Saving Freedom; Truman, The Cold War and the Fight for Western Civilization," Joe Scarborough. 

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with New York Times bestselling author and host of the new podcast, "Tiny Victories," Annabelle Gurwitch. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include NYU Stern marketing professor and author of "Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity," Scott Galloway; and co-creator of HBO's "Insecure" and executive producer of the Netflix docuseries "Amend: The Fight For America," Larry Wilmore.

One-on-one, in-studio interview with Open Labs' head of data science, David Shor; in-studio panel discussion with host of "The Reason Interview" podcast, Nick Gillespie and former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.).

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with former U.S. Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and founding partner at Krebs Stamos Group, Christopher Krebs. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include staff writer at The Atlantic and author of the April cover story, "Private Schools Are Indefensible: The Gulf Between How Rich Kids and Poor Kids Are Educated In America is Obscene," Caitlin Flanagan; and New York Times columnist and an MSNBC contributor, Bret Stephens.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with Senator Alex Padilla, former Secretary of State of California who now serves as a Democratic Senator from California. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include author of the New York Times bestseller "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together," Heather McGhee; and President of The Manhattan Institute and contributing writer at The Atlantic, Reihan Salam.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with television personality and former host on CBS' "The Talk," Sharon Osbourne.This week's in-studio panel discussion will include Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media and host of PBS' "GZERO World"; and Georgetown University law professor and author of the new book "Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City," Rosa Brooks.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with former Vanity Fair contributing editor and star of Netflix's "Pretend It's a City," Fran Lebowitz. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include nationally syndicated columnist, CNN contributor and host of CNN's "S.E. Cupp: Unfiltered," S.E. Cupp; and author of "At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White" and DC Bureau Chief and White House correspondent for TheGrio.com, April Ryan.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with founder of OMG WTF and author of "OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say?," Ben Sheehan. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include author of "The People, NO: A Brief History of Anti-Populism," Thomas Frank; and Duke University historian and author of "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America," Nancy MacLean.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with Columbia University professor of linguistics, contributing editor at The Atlantic and author of "Nine Nasty Words, English in the Gutter - Then, Now, and Forever," John McWhorter. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include filmmaker and activist Rob Reiner and Democratic Congresswoman representing Michigan's 8th district, Elissa Slotkin.

A one-on-one, in-studio interview with 29-time Emmy®-winning sportscaster whose new show, "Back on the Record With Bob Costas" premieres this summer on HBO and HBO Max, Bob Costas. Next week's in-studio panel discussion will include Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at the New York Times and co-author of "Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope," Nicholas Kristof; and Democratic strategist and co-host of the weekly podcast "Politics War Room with James Carville and Al Hunt," James Carville.

Guests: Rep. Ritchie Torres, democratic Congressman representing New York's 15th district who at 25 years old, became NYC's youngest elected official and the first Afro-Latino, LGBTQ Member of Congress;  John Kasich, former Governor of Ohio who is now a senior commentator for CNN; Chris Matthews, former host of MSNBC's Hardball.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural History, host of the Webby-Nominated podcast "StarTalk," and author of the new book "Cosmic Queries." This week's in-studio panel discussion will include political scientist and co-founder of Strike PAC, Rachel Bitecofer; and filmmaker and activist Rob Reiner.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with Nikki Glaser, comedian, host of The Nikki Glaser Podcast and host of HBO Max's forthcoming reality series FBoy Island. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include Paul Begala, Democratic strategist and CNN political commentator and Jane Coaston, host of The New York Times' podcast The Argument.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with filmmaker, screenwriter, and author, Quentin Tarantino. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include senior resident fellow at the Atlantic Council and a nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, Max Brooks; and host of the podcast "Dan Carlin's Hardcore History" and author of the New York Times bestseller "The End is Always Near," Dan Carlin.

This week features a one-on-one, satellite interview with Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President and Democratic nominee for New York City Mayor and author of "Healthy at Last: A Plant-Based Approach to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses." This week's in-studio panel discussion will include Senior National Correspondent at Bloomberg Businessweek, Joshua Green; and Democratic Congresswoman representing the U.S. Virgin Islands, Rep. Stacey Plaskett.

This week features a one-on-one, satellite interview with Donna de Varona, two-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming and founding member of Women's Sports Policy Working Group, and an in-studio panel discussion that includes Malcolm Nance, a career U.S. Counterterrorism Intelligence Officer, MSNBC contributor and bestselling author whose latest book is The Plot to Betray America: How Team Trump Embraced Our Enemies, Compromised Our Security, and How We Can Fix It, and Ben Shapiro, host of the daily podcast The Ben Shapiro Show and bestselling author of The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions Against Dissent.

This week features an in-studio interview with actors, comedians, and co-stars of the new series "Only Murders in the Building," Martin Short and Steve Martin. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include USA Today columnist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile;and National Correspondent for Vice News Tonight and co-host of "The Fith Column" podcast, Michael Moynihan.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with blogger of Substack's "The Weekly Dish" and author of "Out on a Limb: Selected Writing, 1989 – 2021," Andrew Sullivan. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include Washington columnist for the Los Angeles Times and author of "Dissent: The Radicalization of the Republican Party and Its Capture of the Court," Jackie Calmes; and former Democratic congressman who represented New York's 11th district and the former Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Defense for COVID-19, Max Rose.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with Washington Post investigative journalist and author of "The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War," Craig Whitlock. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include Washington editor of Ozy Media, Katty Kay; and Founder and Chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, Ralph Reed.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with Rep. Barbara Lee, Democratic Congresswoman who represents California's 13th district. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include Director of the Media Center at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and Contributing Editor of The 19th News, Christina Bellantoni and Washington Post columnist and author of the new book out on September 14th, "American Happiness and Discontents: The Unruly Torrent, 2008-2020," George F. Will.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with staff writer at The Atlantic, fellow at SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, and author of "Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism," Anne Applebaum. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include chair of the editorial board and U.S. Editor-at-Large of The Financial Times and author of "Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life," Gillian Tett; and columnist for Savage Love and author of "Savage Love from A to Z: Advice on Sex and Relationships, Dating and Mating, Exes and Extras," Dan Savage.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with co-founder of The Center for Humane Technology and co-host of the podcast "Your Undivided Attention," Tristan Harris. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include Washington Post opinion columnist, MSNBC contributor, and author of the new book "Resistance: How Women Saved Democracy from Donald Trump," Jennifer Rubin; and national spokesperson for No Dem Left Behind and host of the daily webcast "Ojeda Live," Richard Ojeda.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with musician, actor, activist and author of "Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir," Steven Van Zandt.This week's in-studio panel discussion will include Editor-in-Chief of Reason and co-host of "The Reason Roundtable" podcast, Katherine Mangu-Ward; and editor of TK News on Substack and co-host of the podcast "Useful Idiots with Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper," Matt Taibbi.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with professor of psychology at Harvard and author of the book "Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters," Steven Pinker. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include Washington Post reporter and co-author of the new book, "PERIL," Robert Costa; and Michael Render ("Killer Mike"), activist and musician who's one half of the group, Run The Jewels.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with Director of UC Berkeley's Food Labor Research Center, President of One Fair Wage, and author of "One Fair Wage: Ending Subminimum Pay in America," Saru Jayaraman. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include founder of the Forward Party and author of "Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy," Andrew Yang; and New York Times newsletter opinion writer and author of" Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America," John McWhorter.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with former Press Secretary to President Trump and author of "Radical Nation: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's Dangerous Plan for America," Sean Spicer. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Caitlin Flanagan; and Democratic Senator from Delaware and the Founder and Co-Chair of the Senate Climate Solutions Caucus, Sen. Chris Coons.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with Senior Senator from Minnesota and author of "Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age," Sen. Amy Klobuchar. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include professor of economics at Brown University who hosts "The Glenn Show," Glenn Loury; and professor at Vanderbilt University and author of "Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America," Michael Eric Dyson.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with venture capitalist, founder of O'Leary Fine Wines, and co-host of ABC's "Shark Tank," Kevin O'Leary. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include mid-morning host of KBLA TALK 1580, Tavis Smiley; and Democratic Congressman from California and author of the new book "Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could," Rep. Adam Schiff.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with author of "Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World" whose new special "China's Iron Fist" debuts November 21 on CNN and CNN International, Fareed Zakaria. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include former governor of New Jersey and author of the new book, "Republican Rescue: Saving the Party from Truth Deniers, Conspiracy Theorists, and the Dangerous Policies of Joe Biden," Chris Christie; and retired police officer, current Brooklyn Borough President, and Mayor-Elect of New York City, Eric Adams.