Real Time with Bill Maher

1. February 21, 2003

Air Date: 2003-02-21

Guests: Author Ann Coulter, actor Larry Miller, author Michael Eric Dyson, comedian Sarah Silverman, comedian Chris Rock Topics: The United Nations, Affirmative Action

2. February 28, 2003

Air Date: 2003-02-28

Guests: Actor Larry Miller, conservative commentator Monica Crowley, comedian Eric Idle, musician Dave Matthews, author David Horowitz, columnist Ted Rall Topics: Possibility of war with Iraq, selection of the new World Trade Center designs

3. March 07, 2003

Air Date: 2003-03-07

Guests: Michael Graham, Danielle Pletka, cartoonist Ted Rall, actor D. L. Hughley, comedian Arj Barker, Doug Benson, actor Woody Harrelson Topics: President Bush's press conference, reality TV and terrorism

4. March 14, 2003

Air Date: 2003-03-14

Guests: Monica Crowley, Arianna Huffington, comedian Dennis Miller, comedian Nick Swardson, Rev. Jesse Jackson Topics: The coming Iraq war, the stock market

5. March 21, 2003

Air Date: 2003-03-21

Guests: Actor Larry Miller, Constance L. Rice, Tim Robbins, musician Grant-Lee Phillips, Jon Brion, US war veterans Ward Tayne, Delphine Metcalf-Foster, Shad Meshad Topics: Iraq war, veterans rights and whether or not support for the troops means supporting the war, the Oscars

6. March 28, 2003

Air Date: 2003-03-28

Guests: Actor Larry Miller, Michael Graham (II), Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk, Michael Moore Topics: Iraq war, southern states, Dixie Chicks controversy

7. April 04, 2003

Air Date: 2003-04-04

Guests: Arianna Huffington, radio host Michael Graham, Aaron McGruder, Jeffrey Ross, Joe Scarborough Topics: Iraq war, SARS, Peter Arnett, Geraldo Rivera, Affirmative Action

8. April 11, 2003

Air Date: 2003-04-11

Guests: Author and columnist Arianna Huffington, writer, radio host and professor Michael Eric Dyson, radio host Doug McIntyre, musician Jerry Minor (L. Witherspoon), professor of political science As'ad AbuKhalil Topics: Developments in the Iraq war, the Supreme Court, Augusta National Golf Club membership controversy

9. April 18, 2003

Air Date: 2003-04-18

Guests: Author Ann Coulter, author Michael Eric Dyson, comedian Dennis Miller, journalist Fareed Zakaria, Earthquake Topics: Iraq, New York smoking ban

10. April 25, 2003

Air Date: 2003-04-25

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

11. July 25, 2003

Air Date: 2003-07-25

Guests: Actor D. L. Hughley, cartoonist Aaron McGruder, former US treasurer Bay Buchanan, Rev. Al Sharpton, senator (presidential candidate) Bob Graham Topics: Congressional report on 9/11, Liberia, Kobe Bryant, banning ephedra

12. August 01, 2003

Air Date: 2003-08-01

Guests: Columnist Christopher Hitchens, conservative commentator Tara Setmayer, actor Alec Baldwin, former Boston mayor Raymond Flynn, Rep. Barney Frank, Texas State Senator Leticia Van de Putte Topics: Gay marriage, terrorism, California recall vote, runaway Texas State Senate members

13. August 08, 2003

Air Date: 2003-08-08

Guests: Actress Janeane Garofalo, Rep. David Dreier, political strategist Donna Brazile, Gov. Gray Davis Topics: California recall vote, Arnold Schwarzenegger, airport security, Homeland Security budget, Kobe Bryant

14. August 15, 2003

Air Date: 2003-08-15

Guests: Author Ann Coulter, Arianna Huffington, Dana Rohrabacher, Orlando Jones, Jesse Ventura Topics: California recall election, airline security, George Bush action figure

15. August 22, 2003

Air Date: 2003-08-22

Guests: Comedian Margaret Cho, Rep. Harold E. Ford, Jr., Willie Brown, Bob Barr, James Woolsey Topics: Ten Commandments issue, religion, gay rights, California recall

16. August 29, 2003

Air Date: 2003-08-29

Guests: Actor Larry Miller, Tom McClintock, Bay Buchanan, comedian Dennis Miller, Senator Joe Biden Topics: Iraq and North Korea, Republican Party's convention, influence of MTV and rap music

17. September 05, 2003

Air Date: 2003-09-05

Guests: Comedian D. L. Hughley, Al Franken, William Kristol, Wolf Blitzer, Wesley Clark Topics: John Kerry, Osama Bin Laden, news media behaviour

18. September 12, 2003

Air Date: 2003-09-12

Guests: Betsy Hart, Paul Krugman, Jesse Ventura, musician Liz Phair, Terry McAuliffe Topics: Saddam Hussein and the 9/11 attack, anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Governor of Alabama, music piracy

19. September 19, 2003

Air Date: 2003-09-19

Guests: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Heather Wilson, Christine Todd Whitman, Tim Robbins, Dana Carvey Topics: The environment, women and politics, the Iraq War

20. September 26, 2003

Air Date: 2003-09-26

Guests: Darrell Issa, filmmaker Michael Moore, basketball player Charles Barkley, Sen. John Edwards, Aaron McGruder, John Mellencamp, John Hansen (II) Topics: Terrorism, agricultural subsidies, R. Kelly

1. January 16, 2004

Air Date: 2004-01-16

Guests: Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark, musician Moby, Rev. Al Sharpton, actor Ron Silver, congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) Topics: American values, Iraq, MoveOn.org, environment

2. January 23, 2004

Air Date: 2004-01-23

Guests: Actor Richard Belzer, novelist Farai Chideya, senator John Edwards, David Frum, Ralph Nader Topics: Iowa caucus, The Apprentice, Olivia Goldsmith, sexuality in islamic countries

3. January 30, 2004

Air Date: 2004-01-30

Guests: Actor Larry Miller, actor Sean Astin, former Bush-Cheney 2000 press secretary Mindy Tucker-Fletcher; on satellite Max Cleland and Michael Moore Topics: Democratic presidential candidates, gay marriage, Israel

4. February 06, 2004

Air Date: 2004-02-06

Guests: Author Andrew Sullivan, journalist Ron Suskind, actor Rob Schneider, politician Carol Moseley Braun, politician Jennifer Granholm Topics: Janet Jackson's Super Bowl stunt, Martha Stewart, special interests' power over politicians

5. February 13, 2004

Air Date: 2004-02-13

Guests: Actor Jason Alexander, writer Deborah Simmons, actor William Baldwin, Bill Burkett (II), James Moore[ (II), Heather Wilson Topics: Bush military service, The Passion of the Christ, pornography

6. February 20, 2004

Air Date: 2004-02-20

Guests: Comedian D. L. Hughley, writer Debra Dickerson, actor Jon Favreau, George Allen, Rep. Dennis Kucinich Topics: John Kerry, John Edwards, outsourcing, black culture

7. February 27, 2004

Air Date: 2004-02-27

Guests: Actor Ian McKellen, politician Christine Todd Whitman, Sandy Rios, Kwame Kilpatrick, Ralph Nader Topics: The Passion of the Christ, gay marriage, environment

8. March 05, 2004

Air Date: 2004-03-05

Guests: Comedian Martin Short, talk show host Tavis Smiley, economist Stephen Moore, Sen. Barbara Boxer, sportscaster Bob Costas Topics: Bush's new ads, Kerry, Haiti, steroid scandal in baseball, Super Size Me and fast food, Martha Stewart found guilty

9. March 12, 2004

Air Date: 2004-03-12

Guests: Author John McWhorter, comedian George Carlin, former Canadian PM Kim Campbell, HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson, NPR radio host Sandra Tsing Loh Topics: Religion, indecency in media, Madrid bombings

10. March 19, 2004

Air Date: 2004-03-19

Guests: Journalist David Frum, comedian Eddie Izzard, author Gore Vidal, former governor of Vermont Howard Dean, businessman Russell Simmons Topics: Madrid bombings, renewal of the Patriot Act, young voters, voting machines

11. July 30, 2004

Air Date: 2004-07-30

Guests: Rep. David Dreier, former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell, filmmaker Michael Moore, musician Andre 3000, Gov. Bill Owens, Ralph Nader Topics: Iraq, 7 minutes of silence, Nader's candidacy

12. August 06, 2004

Air Date: 2004-08-06

Guests: Comedian Steve Harvey, Rep. Kay Granger, former Rep. Bob Barr, and reporter Cokie Roberts Topics: Terrorism, Kerry's war record, corn farming, Ricky Williams, gay marriage

13. August 13, 2004

Air Date: 2004-08-13

Guests: Comedian D. L. Hughley, former Sen. Gary Hart, writer Michelle Malkin, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, and columnist Maureen Dowd Topics: Muhammad Khan, president Bush, racial profiling, Jim McGreevey

14. August 27, 2004

Air Date: 2004-08-27

Guests: Author Michael Eric Dyson, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, reporter Ashleigh Banfield, author and Vietnam veteran John E. O'Neill, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, talk show host Chris Matthews Topics: McCain–Feingold Act, Iraq, environment

15. September 03, 2004

Air Date: 2004-09-03

Guests: Actor Jason Alexander, Andrew Sullivan, Arianna Huffington, Howard Dean and Pat Buchanan Topics: Republican National Convention, Iraq

16. September 17, 2004

Air Date: 2004-09-17

Guests: Author P.J. O'Rourke, philosopher Cornel West, actress Julie Delpy, journalist Kitty Kelley, correspondent Christiane Amanpour Topics: Bush family, assault weapons ban lifted, antidepressant drugs

17. September 24, 2004

Air Date: 2004-09-24

Guests: Screenwriter Larry Gelbart, columnist Maureen Dowd, comic strip artist Aaron McGruder, Rep. Charles Rangel, actress Drew Barrymore Topics: Dan Rather, Kerry campaign, tobacco lawsuit settlements

18. October 01, 2004

Air Date: 2004-10-01

Guests: Comedian George Carlin, correspondent Katty Kay, economist Stephen Moore, The Dixie Chicks, talk show host Tucker Carlson Topics: Presidential election debates, religion

19. October 08, 2004

Air Date: 2004-10-08

Guests: Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, comedian David Cross, commentator Tony Snow, filmmaker Michael Moore, columnist Frank Rich Topics: Presidential election debates, terrorism, religion in politics

20. October 15, 2004

Air Date: 2004-10-15

Guests: Singer Alanis Morissette, former Rep. Jim Rogan, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Dr. Howard Dean, radio show host Garrison Keillor Topics: Election debates, media in politics, Iraq

21. October 22, 2004

Air Date: 2004-10-22

Guests: Former CIA director James Woolsey, former Asst. Sec. of State James Rubin, actor Bradley Whitford, environmentalist Robert Kennedy, Jr. and White House advisor Dr. Bernadine Healy Topics: Iraq, flu vaccinations, Bill O'Reilly lawsuit

22. October 29, 2004

Air Date: 2004-10-29

Guests: Actor Richard Belzer, General Wesley Clark, actor Kevin Costner, columnist Thomas Friedman, commentator Ann Coulter Topics: Osama bin Laden, missing ammunition in Iraq, elections

23. November 05, 2004

Air Date: 2004-11-05

Guests: Former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson, actress Susan Sarandon, linguist and political analyst Noam Chomsky, comedian D. L. Hughley, columnist Andrew Sullivan, and former U.S. Representative Pat Schroeder Topics: Presidential elections

1. February 18, 2005

Air Date: 2005-02-18

Guests: Correspondent Lesley Stahl, actor Robin Williams, former HHS Sec. Tommy Thompson, Sen. Joe Biden, actor Don Cheadle Topics: On protecting sources, Jeff Gannon, on interrogating prisoners, Iraq elections, Darfur

2. February 25, 2005

Air Date: 2005-02-25

Guests: Former baseball slugger José Canseco, actor Tim Robbins, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, talk show host Tucker Carlson, Gov. Mike Huckabee Topics: On steroids, on Iran and Iraq, on religious belief, Ward Churchill, President Bush, on Covenant Marriage, Million Dollar Baby

3. March 04, 2005

Air Date: 2005-03-04

Guests: Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, former NIH administrator Bernadine Healy, actor Dave Foley, Ward Churchill and Michael Faughnan, and comic Whoopi Goldberg via satellite. Topics: BTK killer, on the Ten Commandments, torture, on raising children

4. March 11, 2005

Air Date: 2005-03-11

Guests: Rep. Barney Frank, comedian Richard Belzer, writer Andrew Breitbart, writer Irshad Manji, and writer Camille Pagila. Topics: Gay marriage, women of Iraq, war, teachers sleeping with students, Michael Jackson

5. March 18, 2005

Air Date: 2005-03-18

Guests: Gov. Frank Murkowski, actor Jason Alexander, Gov. Christie Whitman, Rep. Ileana Ross-Lehtinen, and author Thomas Frank. Topics: ANWR, steroids, Republican Party, environment

6. April 01, 2005

Air Date: 2005-04-01

Guests: TV host Bill O'Reilly, academic Cornel West, actor Alec Baldwin, actor/comedienne Whoopi Goldberg, and Rev. Jesse Jackson. Topics: Pope, Terri Schiavo, Republican majority

7. April 08, 2005

Air Date: 2005-04-08

Guests: former Gov. Mario Cuomo, actor Ian McShane, writer Arianna Huffington, TV host Rev. Joe Watkins, and conservative Richard Perle. Topics: Tom DeLay, Iraq, immigration

8. April 15, 2005

Air Date: 2005-04-15

Guests: Columnist Thomas Friedman, writer David Frum, singer Natalie Mames, Gen. Wesley Clark and Sen. Barbara Boxer. Topics: Middle East, Darfur, gays in the military, guns, immigration

9. April 22, 2005

Air Date: 2005-04-22

Guests: Actress Jane Fonda, talk show host Joe Scarborough, columnist Maureen Dowd, former Sen. Alan Simpson, environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Topics: Religion, Pope, airport security, environment, John Bolton

10. April 29, 2005

Air Date: 2005-04-29

Guests: Senator Charles Schumer (D) New York, Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R) Maryland, Farai Chideya, Martin Short, and Jeff Gannon. Topics: Voter issues, US budget, on the Presidential press conference

11. May 06, 2005

Air Date: 2005-05-06

Guests: Former Sec. of State Madeleine Albright, blogger Andrew Sullivan, former Canadian PM Kim Campbell, actor Michael McKean, and Rep. Bernie Sanders. Topics: Kim Jong Il, Pat Robertson, Pope, censorship, activist judges

12. May 13, 2005

Air Date: 2005-05-13

Guests: Sen. Norm Coleman, talk radio's Al Franken, reporter Liz Marlantes, author Gore Vidal, and basketball's Charles Barkley. Topics: Terror alerts, Voting irregularities, Iraq, Darfur, gay Republicans

13. August 19, 2005

Air Date: 2005-08-19

Guests: Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly; Iraq war veteran, Paul Hackett; former Homeland Security Under Secretary Asa Hutchinson; political consultant Kellyanne Conway; actor/comic Chris Rock. Topics: Cindy Sheehan, Iraq, John Kerry, racial profiling, activist judges

14. August 26, 2005

Air Date: 2005-08-26

Guests: Activist Cindy Sheehan, Gov. Mike Huckabee, journalist Dan Savage, feminist activist Eve Ensler, novelist Kinky Friedman Topics: Camp Casey, gay marriage, health, Bush's vacation

15. September 02, 2005

Air Date: 2005-09-02

Guests: Television journalist Anderson Cooper, Stephen Schneider, Michael Eric Dyson, actor Bradley Whitford, professor Mary Frances Berry, journalist Fareed Zakaria Topics: Hurricane Katrina, poverty, Iraq

16. September 09, 2005

Air Date: 2005-09-09

Guests: Walter Maestri, Joe Scarborough, comedian George Carlin, Cynthia Tucker, conservative editorialist James K. Glassman, writer Kurt Vonnegut Topics: Michael D. Brown, US political system, on race, on the Administration

17. September 16, 2005

Air Date: 2005-09-16

Guests: Sen. Charles Schumer, PJ O'Rourke, Joy Behar, Willie Brown, Dan Senor Topics: John Roberts, Bush taking responsibility, poverty, Iraq

18. September 23, 2005

Air Date: 2005-09-23

Guests: Singer Willie Nelson, Rep. David Dreier, author/journalist Christopher Hitchens, BBC News correspondent Katty Kay, British politician George Galloway, journalist Andrea Mitchell Topics: Hurricane Rita, Vice President Cheney, Jet Blue emergency landing, foreign oil dependency, Margaret Thatcher, critiquing the U.S.

19. October 07, 2005

Air Date: 2005-10-07

Guests: Conservative columnist Ann Coulter, journalist Andrew Sullivan, actor Ben Affleck, writer Salman Rushdie, soldier/author Kayla Williams Topics: Harriet Miers, religion, torture

20. October 14, 2005

Air Date: 2005-10-14

Guests: Former Sen. Max Cleland, columnist Tina Brown, actor/comedian Larry Miller, author Tom Wolfe, police chief Richard Pennington, former Sen. John Edwards Topics: President's approval rating, poverty, police beatings, Iraq, Harriet Miers

21. October 21, 2005

Air Date: 2005-10-21

Guests: Arianna Huffington, Tucker Carlson, Michel Martin, Spike Lee, Chris Webber Topics: Valerie Plame, New York Times, health care, NBA dress code, governments response to Katrina, conspiracy in New Orleans

22. October 28, 2005

Air Date: 2005-10-28

Guests: Richard A. Clarke, reporter Helen Thomas, actor Billy Connolly, TV host Tony Snow, writer Nadira Hira Topics: Press Corps, Scooter Libby

23. November 04, 2005

Air Date: 2005-11-04

Guests: fmr Pres. Mary Robinson of Ireland, Joe Scarborough, John Waters, fmr. Sen. Tom Daschle, Dr. Sanjay Gupta Topics: Rosa Parks' funeral, national security leak

1. February 17, 2006

Air Date: 2006-02-17

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

2. February 24, 2006

Air Date: 2006-02-24

Guests: actor Danny Glover, fmr. Sen. Gary Hart, author Irshad Manji, Rep. Heather Wilson, and columnist Nicholas Kristof Topics: Dubai ports, the extreme Left, Iraq, religious use of hallucinogenic tea

3. March 03, 2006

Air Date: 2006-03-03

Guests: Comedian D. L. Hughley, editor/journalist Graydon Carter, correspondent Dana Priest, fmr. Dir. of FEMA Michael Brown, fmr. CIA case officer/author Bob Baer, actor Harry Anderson Topics: Oscars, rebuilding New Orleans, Iraq

4. March 10, 2006

Air Date: 2006-03-10

Guests: Feminist Gloria Steinem, actor Larry Miller, editor Ramesh Ponnuru, baseball's Pete Rose, reporter John Burns Topics: Port security, baseball, Bush, Iraq

5. March 17, 2006

Air Date: 2006-03-17

Guests: R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, actor/comedian Richard Belzer, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), writer Michele Mitchell, television anchor Lou Dobbs Topics: Troops and Iraq, corporate America, Chile's new President

6. March 24, 2006

Air Date: 2006-03-24

Guests: Actor Jason Alexander, author/theologian Reza Aslan, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), reporter Michael Ware, talk show host Tavis Smiley Topics: Religion, torture, Katrina

7. March 31, 2006

Air Date: 2006-03-31

Guests: Actor Robert Wuhl, actor Seth Green, author Erica Jong, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, anchorman Jorge Ramos Topics: Immigration, Bush, telling history

8. April 07, 2006

Air Date: 2006-04-07

Guests: Actor Ben Affleck, Sen. Joe Biden, correspondent Bill Sammon, author/former Republican strategist Kevin Phillips, Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) Topics: Tom DeLay, on Bush's war, faith, Intelligent Design, Iraq exit strategy

9. April 21, 2006

Air Date: 2006-04-21

Guests: Commentator Heather Higgins, Gen. Anthony Zinni, editor/publisher Mortimer Zuckerman, sports commentator Stephen A. Smith, Rep. Rahm Emanuel Topics: Iran, Iraq media bias, Barry Bonds, Duke University and Jesse Jackson, Bush & Hu

10. April 28, 2006

Air Date: 2006-04-28

Guests: Actor/director George Clooney, actor Ian McKellen, Rep. Barney Frank, correspondent Michel Martin, and historian Victor Davis Hanson Topics: Darfur, gas prices, immigration, The Da Vinci Code controversy

11. May 05, 2006

Air Date: 2006-05-05

Guests: Actor Bradley Whitford, Fmr. PM of Canada Kim Campbell, fmr. Gov. Jim Gilmore, Gen. Wesley Clark, and Sen. Mel Martinez Topics: Democrats, terrorism, Federal Emergency Management Agency, immigration

12. May 12, 2006

Air Date: 2006-05-12

Guests: Fmr. Sec. of State Madeleine Albright, singer/songwriter John Legend, national security expert Richard Clarke, academic Cornel West and Fox News show host John Gibson Topics: NSA, conspiracy theories, 2006 elections, homophobia, Iran

13. August 25, 2006

Air Date: 2006-08-25

Guests: Filmmaker Spike Lee, music legend Elvis Costello, blogger Markos Moulitsas, fmr. Sen. Max Cleland, author/scholar Vali Nasr, and columnist Christopher Hitchens Topics: Katrina, war on terror

14. September 01, 2006

Air Date: 2006-09-01

Guests: Magician Penn Jillette, Rep. Darrell Issa, scholar Mary Frances Berry; via satellite, intellectual Fouad Ajami and actor Harry Anderson Topics: Katrina, poverty, church and state, Lebanon

15. September 08, 2006

Air Date: 2006-09-08

Guests: Author P. J. O'Rourke, Salon.com editor Joan Walsh, singer Rob Thomas; via satellite, former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and NBC News correspondent David Gregory Topics: 9/11 anniversary

16. September 15, 2006

Air Date: 2006-09-15

Guests: Feminist icon Gloria Steinem, homeland security expert Clark Ervin, actor Michael McKean; via satellite, Pat Buchanan and CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour Topics: Immigration, torture by military, Muslim extremists, airport security, hunt for Osama bin Laden, free speech in media

17. September 22, 2006

Air Date: 2006-09-22

Guests: Actor Bradley Whitford, Fox News contributor Sandy Rios, author Reza Aslan; via satellite, New York Times columnist Frank Rich and filmmaker C.C. Goldwater Topics: Iraq War, anti-American dictators, torture legislation, religion

18. October 06, 2006

Air Date: 2006-10-06

Guests: From Washington, D.C.: Sens. John Kerry and Lincoln Chafee; Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke, comedian/actor Robin Williams, journalist Chris Matthews Topics: Mark Foley scandal, 2004 and 2006 elections, Iraq War, international relations

19. October 13, 2006

Air Date: 2006-10-13

Guests: Journalist Lou Dobbs, Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute, actor Ben Affleck; via satellite, fmr. Sen. John Danforth and Richard Branson of Virgin Group Topics: North Korean nuclear test, civilian casualties in Iraq, global warming, immigration and culture wars

20. October 20, 2006

Air Date: 2006-10-20

Guests: Gov. Bill Richardson, Rep. Barney Frank, actor Jason Alexander, Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal; via satellite, author David Kuo Topics: North Korea policy, Congressional scandals, gay marriage, Military Commissions Act

21. October 27, 2006

Air Date: 2006-10-27

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

22. November 03, 2006

Air Date: 2006-11-03

Guests: Actor Alec Baldwin, Rep. Jack Kingston, The Hill associate editor A.B. Stoddard; via satellite, filmmaker Robert Greenwald and comedienne Roseanne Barr Topics: Cost of Iraq War, Republican fiscal policy, John Kerry remark controversy, energy alternatives, teaching of abstinence, political advertisements

23. November 10, 2006

Air Date: 2006-11-10

Guests: CNN's Candy Crowley, actor Rainn Wilson, author Salman Rushdie; via satellite, Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Jeff Flake Topics: 2006 elections, plan for Iraq, Congressional earmarks, resignation of Donald Rumsfeld

24. November 17, 2006

Air Date: 2006-11-17

Guests: Guitarist Tom Morello of Audioslave, journalist Dana Priest, actor Richard Dreyfuss; via satellite, journalist Dan Rather and television's Norman Lear Topics: Journalistic roles/ethics, strategy for Iraq, incoming Democratic Congress, O.J. Simpson book, future of democracy

1. February 16, 2007

Air Date: 2007-02-16

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

2. February 23, 2007

Air Date: 2007-02-23

Guests: Rep. Darrell Issa, author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, actor Steven Weber; via satellite, Sen. Joe Biden and filmmaker David Mamet Topics: Guantanamo Bay detention camp, clash of civilizations, developments in Iraq, David Geffen political comments, cameras in courtrooms

3. March 02, 2007

Air Date: 2007-03-02

Guests: Author/commentator John Ridley, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, Rep. Barney Frank; via satellite, journalist Seymour Hersh and actress Mia Farrow Topics: Middle East dynamics, war criticism from Congress and John McCain, attempt on Dick Cheney, latest on Darfur conflict, James Cameron's Jesus documentary

4. March 09, 2007

Air Date: 2007-03-09

Guests: Author David Kuo, Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank, comedienne Roseanne Barr, author Deepak Chopra; via satellite, Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton (ret.) Topics: Walter Reed controversy, Scooter Libby verdict, Rudy Giuliani campaign, Ann Coulter comments, afterlife and spirituality

5. March 16, 2007

Air Date: 2007-03-16

Guests: Actor Jason Alexander, Martha Raddatz of ABC News, journalist Dan Rather; via satellite, comedian Chris Rock and fmr Gov. Mike Huckabee Topics: Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy, war on drugs, gays in the military, evolution of news business

6. March 23, 2007

Air Date: 2007-03-28

Guests: Fmr Bush speechwriter David Frum, Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin, musician John Legend; via satellite, fmr Natl Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski and Sen. Bernie Sanders Topics: Iraq War anniversary, more on U.S. attorney firings, energy independence, campaign finance, "purity balls"

7. March 30, 2007

Air Date: 2007-03-30

Guests: Radio host Michael Smerconish, comedian D. L. Hughley, Court TV's Catherine Crier; via satellite, Fmr Sec'y of State Madeleine Albright and Rep. Ron Paul Topics: Funding of Iraq War, Clinton vs. Obama, privatization of government, still more on U.S. attorney firings, death of Pat Tillman

8. April 13, 2007

Air Date: 2007-04-13

Guests: Fmr Sen Bill Bradley, comedian Dana Carvey, Fmr White House Press Sec'y Scott McClellan; via satellite, Rev. Al Sharpton, activist Laurie David, musician Sheryl Crow Topics: Don Imus controversy and firing, extension of military deployments, global warming, performance of Democratic Congress

9. April 20, 2007

Air Date: 2007-04-20

Guests: Author John O'Sullivan, commentator Amy Holmes, Gov. Brian Schweitzer (Mont.); via satellite, journalist Bill Moyers Topics: Virginia Tech shooting, gun control, Alberto Gonzalez testimony to Congress, Supreme Court ruling on abortion, Earth Day

10. April 27, 2007

Air Date: 2007-04-27

Guests: Actor Richard Belzer, NPR correspondent Jamie Tarabay, commentator Lisa Schiffren, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, fmr US Attorney David Iglesias Topics: Pat Tillman controversy, U.S. attorney firings, privacy in America, Alec Baldwin, future of Iraq

11. May 04, 2007

Air Date: 2007-05-04

Guests: Fmr Rep Harold Ford, Jr., actor/activist Sean Penn, comedian Garry Shandling; via satellite, fmr Gov Tommy Thompson and CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta Topics: Republican presidential debate, State Dept terror statistics, anniversary of "Mission Accomplished" speech, "D.C. Madam" scandal, food safety, Hurricane Katrina aid

12. May 11, 2007

Air Date: 2007-05-11

Guests: Columnist Arianna Huffington, comic Paula Poundstone, pollster Frank Luntz; via satellite, NBC News correspondent Richard Engel and columnist Christopher Hitchens Topics: Iraq troop surge, language of politics, how Democrats can win, Kansas tornadoes

13. May 18, 2007

Air Date: 2007-05-18

Guests: Actor Bradley Whitford, Rep Loretta Sanchez (Calif.), columnist John Fund, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons; via satellite, Sen Christopher Dodd (Conn.) Topics: Congressional resolution on Iraq, economic effect of immigration, voter fraud, second Republican debate

14. May 25, 2007

Air Date: 2007-05-25

Guests: Humorist P. J. O'Rourke, actor Ben Affleck, Rep Ron Paul (Texas); via satellite, filmmaker Michael Moore Topics: Health-care crisis, world opinion of the United States, Iraq troop surge and funding, Republican presidential race

15. August 24, 2007

Air Date: 2007-08-24

Guests: Actor Tim Robbins, journalist Michel Martin, writer Stephen Hayes; via satellite, Fmr Gov Mike Huckabee (Ark.) and New York Times correspondent Damien Cave Topics: Status of Iraq troop surge, Michael Vick dogfighting investigation, Utah mine collapse and response

16. August 31, 2007

Air Date: 2007-08-31

Guests: Fmr Sen Mike Gravel (Alaska), diplomat Barbara Bodine, musician John Mellencamp; via satellite, entertainer Harry Shearer and PETA president Ingrid Newkirk Topics: Hurricane Katrina anniversary, Larry Craig arrest and resignation, Alberto Gonzales resignation, environmentalism and energy needs

17. September 07, 2007

Air Date: 2007-09-07

Guests: Prof Cornel West, rapper/actor Mos Def; via satellite, Army Col Larry Wilkerson (ret.) and consumer advocate Ralph Nader Topics: Iraq troop surge and upcoming Petraeus report, defining terrorism, roots of Islamic fundamentalism, black vote and political involvement, Jena Six

18. September 14, 2007

Air Date: 2007-09-14

Guests: Journalist Carl Bernstein, Rep Jan Schakowsky (Ill.), comedian Drew Carey; via satellite, Sen Chuck Hagel (Neb.) and author Robert Draper Topics: Petraeus report and Middle East policy, 9/11 anniversary and relationship to Iraq, Hillary Clinton campaign

19. September 21, 2007

Air Date: 2007-09-21

Guests: Musician Rob Thomas, comedian/actress Janeane Garofalo, author Salman Rushdie; via satellite, fmr CIA agent Michael Scheuer and author Bjørn Lomborg Topics: Israel and Middle East policy, MoveOn.org ad controversy, Ahmadinejad visit to U.S., global warming, Blackwater USA and use of private contractors in Iraq

20. September 28, 2007

Air Date: 2007-09-28

Guests: Rep Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), Prof Michael Eric Dyson, writer Pete Hamill; via satellite, filmmaker Ken Burns and CNBC's Maria Bartiromo Topics: Ahmadinejad's visit and U.S./Iran relations, funding for Iraq War, global economy, Bill O'Reilly racial controversy, hate crimes legislation

21. October 12, 2007

Air Date: 2007-10-12

Guests: Columnist Paul Krugman, MSNBC host Tucker Carlson, The View co-host Joy Behar; via satellite, fmr Pres Vicente Fox (Mexico) and author/activist Naomi Klein Topics: U.S./Mexico relations and immigration, Republican presidential debates, State Children's Health Insurance Program and Bush's veto, Middle East policy, more on Blackwater USA incident

22. October 19, 2007

Air Date: 2007-10-19

Guests: Fmr Sen John Edwards (N.C.), journalist Joel Stein, Rep Sheila Jackson-Lee (Texas), MSNBC host Chris Matthews; via satellite, chess master Garry Kasparov Topics: Environment, biofuels, drug-resistant viruses, bringing U.S. troops home, Russian politics, Mukasey confirmation hearings, Ellen DeGeneres dog controversy.

23. October 26, 2007

Air Date: 2007-10-26

Guests: Commentator Andrew Sullivan, tennis pro Martina Navratilova, Gen Wesley Clark (ret.); via satellite, Sen Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas) and author Sir David Frost Topics: California wildfires and global warming, immigration, reaching out to Iran, Bush's abuse of power

24. November 02, 2007

Air Date: 2007-11-02

Guests: Fmr CIA operative Valerie Plame and her husband, fmr Amb Joe Wilson; political blogger Markos Moulitsas; NPR host Alison Stewart (radio); actor/comedian Martin Short ; via satellite, author Jeremy Scahill Topics: CIA leak scandal, Hillary Clinton's debate performance and Democrats' campaign issues, Blackwater USA, Mukasey confirmation

1. January 11, 2008

Air Date: 2008-01-11

Guests: Entrepreneur Mark Cuban, former TV anchor Catherine Crier, former press secretary Tony Snow, Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi (election correspondent), humorist P.J. O'Rourke Topics: New Hampshire primary, electronic voting machines, Iraq troop surge, subprime lending and prospects for economic recession. Maher refrained from a large-scale discussion of the ongoing writers' strike, offering only a brief opinion in the closing moments of the show.

2. January 18, 2008

Air Date: 2008-01-18

Guests: Comedian D. L. Hughley, Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund, country singer Trace Adkins, author/sex columnist Dan Savage (election correspondent), journalist Fareed Zakaria Topics: South Carolina primary and influence of religion, militant violence in Pakistan, U.S. relations with Iran, impact of economy on the election, defining victory in Iraq, thoughts on Confederate flag

3. January 25, 2008

Air Date: 2008-01-25

Guests: Actor/comedian Richard Belzer, musician Herbie Hancock, reporter Martha Raddatz, political strategist Amy Holmes (election correspondent), country singer Merle Haggard Topics: Bill Clinton's role in campaign, Democratic campaign issues and oversight of Iraq War, Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan, race and gender in the election, Rudy Giuliani's campaign strategy

4. February 01, 2008

Air Date: 2008-02-01

Guests: Columnist Clarence Page, feminist Kim Gandy, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), pollster/author Frank Luntz, Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi (election correspondent) Topics: State of the Union address, Clinton/Obama debate and Republican strategy, withdrawals of Giuliani and Edwards, Middle East policy

5. February 08, 2008

Air Date: 2008-02-08

Guests: Author/columnist Jonah Goldberg, political strategist Matthew Dowd, sportscaster Bob Costas, political humorist P.J. O'Rourke (election correspondent), CNN analyst Amy Holmes Topics: Super Tuesday results, suspension of Mitt Romney's campaign, McCain vs. conservatives, U.S. role as superpower, Roger Clemens steroid controversy and overdependence on prescription drugs, death of Maharishi

6. February 15, 2008

Air Date: 2008-02-15

Guests: Commentator Andrew Sullivan, veterans' activist Paul Rieckhoff, Nina Hachigian of the Center for American Progress, pollster Frank Luntz (election correspondent), Sen Claire McCaskill (D-MO) Topics: Clinton vs. Obama, candidates' policies toward Middle East, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act renewal and changes, John McCain vs. Democrats, Roger Clemens congressional hearing

7. February 22, 2008

Air Date: 2008-02-22

Guests: Former Bush speechwriter David Frum, The Hotline editor Amy Walter, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi (election correspondent), journalist Tom Brokaw Topics: Clinton/Obama debate, John McCain lobbyist controversy, Americans' love of country and Michelle Obama remarks, candidates' positions on war, resignation of Fidel Castro, beef recall

8. February 29, 2008

Air Date: 2008-02-29

Guests: Columnist Christopher Hitchens, author Shashi Tharoor, comedian Harry Shearer, author/sex columnist Dan Savage (election correspondent); via satellite, Gov Ed Rendell (PA) Topics: Pennsylvania primary, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, appeal of Barack Obama, religion in politics

9. March 07, 2008

Air Date: 2008-03-07

Guests: MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, actor/director Adam Goldberg, NPR host Farai Chideya, journalist Jeremy Scahill (election correspondent); via satellite, fmr DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe Topics: Hillary wins primaries in Texas and Ohio, McCain clinches Republican nomination, media coverage of candidates, economic news and impact of Iraq War, strategies for Iraq withdrawal, elections in Russia

10. March 21, 2008

Air Date: 2008-03-21

Guests: Rep Barney Frank (D-MA), actor Jon Hamm, professor/author Melissa Harris Lacewell, humorist/author P.J. O'Rourke (election correspondent); via satellite, CNN correspondent Michael Ware Topics: Fifth anniversary of Iraq War, Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy, economic class warfare, Eliot Spitzer resignation and scandal, legalization of marijuana

11. March 28, 2008

Air Date: 2008-03-28

Guests: Talk show host Tavis Smiley, journalist Robin Wright, comedian Robert Klein, author/sex columnist Dan Savage (election correspondent); via satellite, actor John Cusack Topics: Violence in Iraq, Clinton statements on Bosnia trip, use of contractors in Iraq, definition of patriotism, more on Jeremiah Wright and race relations, use of Patriot Act in Eliot Spitzer case

12. April 04, 2008

Air Date: 2008-04-04

Guests: Actor Esai Morales, fmr Labor Sec Robert Reich, Rep Barbara Lee (D-CA), CNN analyst Amy Holmes (election correspondent); via satellite, Sen Arlen Specter (PA) Topics: 40th anniversary of the King assassination, education in inner cities, Bush tax rebate and U.S. budget priorities, U.S. defense budget, abstinence education, investment in biofuels, bailout of Bear Stearns

13. April 11, 2008

Air Date: 2008-04-11

Guests: Counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke, journalist Dana Priest, actor Jason Alexander; via satellite, Rep Joe Sestak (D-PA), scientist/author Richard Dawkins Topics: Iraq War hearings and Bush speech, Bill Clinton's effect on Hillary's campaign, rationalizing religion, environment and global warming, airline cancellations and wiring inspections

14. April 18, 2008

Air Date: 2008-04-18

Guests: Prof Cornel West, blogger Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, writer/activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, journalist Jeremy Scahill (election correspondent); via satellite, MSNBC host Chris Matthews Topics: Pennsylvania primary and Democratic debate, Pope's visit to U.S., oil prices and worldwide food shortages, polygamy and raid on Texas compound

15. April 25, 2008

Air Date: 2008-04-25

Topics: TV host Phil Donahue, columnist Arianna Huffington, comedian Garry Shandling, Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi (election correspondent); via satellite, economist Jeffrey Sachs Guests: Earth Day and demand for resources, Pennsylvania primary results, tax rebate checks, extension of veterans' benefits, Democratic campaign tactics

16. August 29, 2008

Air Date: 2008-08-29

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

Air Date: 2008-09-05

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

Air Date: 2008-09-12

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

Air Date: 2008-09-19

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

Air Date: 2008-09-26

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 03, 2008

Air Date: 2008-10-03

Guests: Actor Alec Baldwin, reporter Christiane Amanpour, and comedian Garry Shandling; via satellite, journalist Bob Woodward Topics: Bush's legacy, VP debate, Palin's performance, bailout bill, future of the country

22. October 10, 2008

Air Date: 2008-10-10

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

23. October 17, 2008

Air Date: 2008-10-17

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

24. October 24, 2008

Air Date: 2008-10-24

Guests: Actor Tim Robbins, comedian Carol Leifer, political consultant Matt Dowd, economist Arthur Laffer; via satellite, ex-GOP operative Allen Raymond Topics: Electoral fraud, voting, the election, Joe the Plumber, economy, Barack Obama, future of the Republican Party

25. October 31, 2008

Air Date: 2008-10-31

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

26. November 07, 2008

Air Date: 2008-11-07

Guests: Comedian Howie Mandel, humorist Joe Queenan, NPR commentator Farai Chideya, political advisor Paul Begala; via satellite, Mayor Cory Booker (D-Newark) Topics: 2008 election results, racism, John McCain, Barack Obama

27. November 14, 2008

Air Date: 2008-11-14

Guests: Author and Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, actor Ashton Kutcher, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL); via satellite, musician Sean Combs, columnist Dan Savage Topics: Detroit auto-industry bailout, increase in gun sales since the election, California Proposition 8 (2008), marijuana decriminalization, Hillary for Secretary of State, voting

1. February 20, 2009

Air Date: 2009-02-20

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

2. February 27, 2009

Air Date: 2009-02-27

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

3. March 06, 2009

Air Date: 2009-03-06

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

4. March 13, 2009

Air Date: 2009-03-13

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

5. March 20, 2009

Air Date: 2009-03-20

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

6. March 27, 2009

Air Date: 2009-03-27

Guests: Senator Bill Bradley, author Christopher Hitchens, rapper Mos Def, author Salman Rushdie Topics: Banking crisis, Legalization of marijuana, Nuclear proliferation

7. April 03, 2009

Air Date: 2009-04-03

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

8. April 10, 2009

Air Date: 2009-04-10

Guests: Filmmaker Ron Howard and novelist Gore Vidal Topics: Bill conducts one-on-one interviews

9. April 24, 2009

Air Date: 2009-04-24

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

10. May 01, 2009

Air Date: 2009-05-01

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

11. May 08, 2009

Air Date: 2009-05-08

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

12. May 15, 2009

Air Date: 2009-05-15

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

13. May 22, 2009

Air Date: 2009-05-22

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

14. May 29, 2009

Air Date: 2009-05-29

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

15. June 05, 2009

Air Date: 2009-06-05

Guests: Actor and comedian D. L. Hughley, Council of Foreign Relations president Richard Haass, novelist Paula Froelich, journalist Jeremy Scahill, Fortune editor Matt Miller Topics: Obama's visit to the Middle East, terrorism, abortion debate and the murder of Dr. George Tiller, gay marriage, health care reform in the United States

16. June 12, 2009

Air Date: 2009-06-12

Guests: CNN host Larry King, MSNBC host Chris Matthews, former White House Homeland Security advisor Frances Townsend, NAACP President Ben Jealous, humorist P. J. O'Rourke Topics: 2009 digital television transition, Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting, racism, affirmative action, nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, terrorism, car culture in the United States, socialism

17. June 19, 2009

Air Date: 2009-06-19

Guests: Commentator Paul Begala, BBC reporter Katty Kay, blogger Meghan McCain, columnist Joel Stein, writer Hooman Maj Topics: Iranian presidential election, 2009, health care reform, David Letterman joke controversy, sexuality and infidelity in politics, 2009 imprisonment of US journalists by North Korea

18. June 26, 2009

Air Date: 2009-06-26

Guests: Actress Cameron Diaz, director Oliver Stone, actor Billy Bob Thornton Topics: Bill conducts one-on-one interviews

19. July 17, 2009

Air Date: 2009-07-17

Guests: Joe Scarborough, actor Jason Alexander, actress/playwright Anna Deavere Smith, Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-MT), Markos Moulitsas. Topics: Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings, racism and the Republican Party, clean coal electricity debate, health care reform in the United States, recent sex scandals involving politicians, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, death of Michael Jackson, drug use in the United States, death of Walter Cronkite (news broke shortly before tonight's show began), 40th anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing

20. July 24, 2009

Air Date: 2009-07-24

Guests: Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano (via satellite), Iraq War veteran and California congressional candidate Anthony Woods, Susan Eisenhower, journalist John Heilemann, writer Matt Taibbi Topics: 2009 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. arrest by Cambridge police, racism and the Republican Party, Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories, health care reform, military-industrial complex

21. July 31, 2009

Air Date: 2009-07-31

Guests: Journalist Jeff Sharlet, CNN foreign correspondent Michael Ware, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, economist Niall Ferguson, humorist Joe Queenan Topics: 2009 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. arrest by Cambridge police, health care reform, current economic crisis, resignation of Sarah Palin as Governor of Alaska

22. August 07, 2009

Air Date: 2009-08-07

Guests: Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, Georgia congressman Jack Kingston, California congressman Darrell Issa, Dr. David Scheiner, President Obama's doctor in Chicago Topics: Health care, town hall mobs, Sarah Palin's 'death panel' comments, confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor, prescription drugs, children's health, bailouts, criticism of Bill Clinton's role in freeing American journalists.

23. August 14, 2009

Air Date: 2009-08-14

Guests: Actor Ashton Kutcher, fmr. Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command Gen. Anthony Zinni (ret.), journalist and blogger Ross Douthat, comedian Dana Gould (also reporter), actor Brad Pitt Topics: 'Death panel' claims, healthcare, income inequality, the current state of the Republican party, John Brennan 'ending' the war on terror, town hall discussions, mobs comparing Obama with Hitler, climate change.

24. August 21, 2009

Air Date: 2009-08-21

Guests: TV host Jay Leno, journalist Chuck Todd, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), author Sam Harris, journalist Jeremy Scahill Topics: Health care reform, protesters bringing guns to town halls, lack of information and explanation of issues by the media, controversy over private military contractors like Blackwater, politicization of the terror alert level system in the 2004 presidential election, lack of employers offering vacation and sick leave pays in the United States

25. August 28, 2009

Air Date: 2009-08-28

Guests: Rapper Jay-Z, journalist Bill Moyers Topics: Bill conducts one-on-one interviews

26. September 11, 2009

Air Date: 2009-09-11

Guests: New York representative Anthony Weiner, comedian Kathy Griffin, author and veterans advocate Paul Rieckhoff, journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran, former counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke Topics: Healthcare reform, eighth anniversary of 9/11, response to terrorism, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, race and criticism of Barack Obama, the media, global warming skepticism

27. September 18, 2009

Air Date: 2009-09-18

Guests: Actor and comedian David Cross, law professor Annette Gordon-Reed, journalist Jeffrey Toobin, journalist Matthew Continetti, fmr. health insurance executive Wendell Potter Topics: Health care reform, racism

28. September 25, 2009

Air Date: 2009-09-25

Guests: Filmmaker Michael Moore, fmr. New York governor Eliot Spitzer, economist Paul Krugman, director John Waters Topics: Capitalism, the economy, the housing market, gay marriage, marijuana reform, terrorism

29. October 02, 2009

Air Date: 2009-10-02

Guests: Columnist Thomas Friedman, EPA Chief Lisa Jackson, actress Janeane Garofalo, Ohio congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, author Richard Dawkins Topics: Criticism of Barack Obama, health care reform, the senate, Iran's nuclear capabilities, religion in America, terrorism, Hollywood defending Roman Polanski

30. October 09, 2009

Air Date: 2009-10-09

Guests: Former senator Bill Frist, actor Richard Belzer, professor Cornel West, former senator Lincoln Chafee, comedian Sarah Silverman Topics: Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Iran, peace, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, the economy and the job market, income inequality.

31. October 16, 2009

Air Date: 2009-10-16

Guests: Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) , Actor Alec Baldwin, comedian and actor Garry Shandling, Hardball host Chris Matthews, Maryland governor Martin O'Malley Topics: Balloon Boy incident, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, health care reform, H1N1 vaccination concerns, ongoing efforts to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, sexual harassment in the military, Rush Limbaugh's failed bid to buy the St. Louis Rams, steroid use in professional sports

1. February 19, 2010

Air Date: 2010-02-19

Guests: Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel Elizabeth Warren, comedienne Wanda Sykes, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane , former Governor Eliot Spitzer, and Norah O'Donnell Topics: Lack of action by government, bipartisanship, the filibuster, Obama's handling of terrorism, torture, controversy over Family Guy's Down's Syndrome episode, race and criticism of Obama, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Kevin Smith's airplane incident, obesity, Bill's tweet criticizing media coverage of Haiti

2. February 26, 2010

Air Date: 2010-02-26

Guests: President of the Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass, journalist Chrystia Freeland, political writer Reihan Salam, actress Olivia Wilde, comedian Adam Carolla, comedian Chris Rock Topics: Iran, health care, Obama Republicans summit, Congress majority, guns, defense budget, caged animals

3. March 05, 2010

Air Date: 2010-03-05

Guests: Actor Sean Penn, journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin, co-founder of the Huffington Post Arianna Huffington, director Michael Moore Topics: Earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, Hugo Chávez, Economic activism, Health Care, the economy regulation of the financial industry, labor relations, the Oscars, Republican fundraising tactics, the Media

4. March 12, 2010

Air Date: 2010-03-12

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

5. March 19, 2010

Air Date: 2010-03-19

Guests: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D), economist Stephen Moore, PoliticsDaily.com editor-in-chief Melinda Henneberger and actor Emile Hirsch Topics: Health care, the economy, regulation of banking and insurance industries, the Congo, blood diamonds, "blood minerals" from the Congo (tantalum, tungsten, and tin), Oxfam, access to clean water in developing countries, campaign finance reform

6. March 26, 2010

Air Date: 2010-03-26

Guests: Journalist and author Christopher Hitchens, journalist Jonathan Capehart, musician Rob Thomas, President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten and comedian Jeff Garlin Topics: Health care, Catholic sex abuse cases, war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Tea Party movement, Birthers, John McCain, the National Debt, Education Reform, Jesse James sex scandal, Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act, altering of curriculum and guidelines for textbooks by conservatives on the Texas State Board of Education, Intelligent design, Internet flames, Celebrity political activism, Political correctness

7. April 09, 2010

Air Date: 2010-04-09

Guests: Musician Billie Joe Armstrong, chef Alice Waters, and comedian Chris Rock Topics: Bill conducts one-on-one interviews

8. April 16, 2010

Air Date: 2010-04-16

Guests: Journalist David Remnick, economist Simon Johnson, journalist Laura Flanders, fmr. governor Jesse Ventura, film producer Lawrence Bender Topics: Tea Party movement, taxation, Goldman Sachs scandal, nuclear weapons, Supreme Court

9. April 23, 2010

Air Date: 2010-04-23

Guests: Rep. Alan Grayson, author Susan Eisenhower, journalist Matthew Continetti, author Richard A. Clarke and via satellite Dr. Jack Kevorkian Topics: Arizona immigration law, racism in America, Army recruitment standards, technology, cyber war, South Park controversy, moderate Republicans, Sarah Palin

10. April 30, 2010

Air Date: 2010-04-30

Guests: Rep. Anthony Weiner, political commentator Chris Matthews, economist Laura Tyson, author Ross Douthat, politician John Bolton Topics: Gulf of Mexico oil spill, oil dependency, High-speed rail technology, Goldman Sachs Senate hearings, Arizona immigration law, Charlie Crist, 2010 midterm elections

11. May 07, 2010

Air Date: 2010-05-07

Guests: Comedian and author Sarah Silverman, novelist Salman Rushdie, business news anchor Alexis Glick, journalist David Frum, historian Alan Brinkley Topics: 2010 Times Square car bomb attempt, Muslim Americans, immigration, Gulf of Mexico oil spill, climate change denial, Big Business

12. May 14, 2010

Air Date: 2010-05-14

Guests: Journalist Sebastian Junger, Mayor Cory Booker, columnist John Avlon, author S. E. Cupp, Rep. Darrell Issa Topics: Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination, religion, MMS and oil drilling regulation, Miranda rights, tasering

13. May 21, 2010

Air Date: 2010-05-21

Guests: Economist Nouriel Roubini, author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, radio host Michael Eric Dyson, columnist John Fund, comedian Patton Oswalt Topics: Libertarianism, Rand Paul, Robert Bork, oil spill containment, Richard Blumenthal, Anwar al-Awlaki

14. May 28, 2010

Air Date: 2010-05-28

Guests: CEO of EarthEcho International Philippe Cousteau, Jr., senior editor for Newsweek Jonathan Alter, Republican political strategist Patrick Ruffini, philosopher and civil rights activist Dr. Cornel West, author Scott Turow Topics: Oil spill, Obama's reaction to the spill, black/white net worth gap, Supreme Court

15. June 04, 2010

Air Date: 2010-06-04

Guests: Political strategist Paul Begala, journalist Andrew Sullivan, The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel, environmental advocate Van Jones, filmmaker Judd Apatow Topics: Oil spill, Gaza flotilla raid, Joe McGinniss, Al Gore, marriage and divorce, Climate change Denial

16. June 11, 2010

Air Date: 2010-06-11

Guests: Queen Noor of Jordan, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, ex-Senate Maj. Leader Bill Frist, director Oliver Stone Topics: Oil spill, Republican filibustering, Dan Duncan and inheritance tax, "running government like a business", Nikki Haley, Military budget of the United States, Helen Thomas' Israel comments

17. September 17, 2010

Air Date: 2010-09-17

Guests: Filmmaker Michael Moore, economist Robert Reich, actor Jon Hamm, journalist Martha Raddatz, Republican strategist Mark McKinnon Topics: The Tea Party movement, Newt Gingrich describing Obama as having a 'Kenyan world view', Islamophobia in America, Christine O'Donnell's appearance on Politically Incorrect, the Democratic Party's new logo, tax cuts, Afghanistan, Republicans threatening to repeal health care reform, Republicans as the 'party of no', moderate Republicans

18. September 24, 2010

Air Date: 2010-09-24

Guests: Pat Tillman's brother Richard Tillman, conservative activist Andrew Breitbart, CNN analyst Amy Holmes, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, author and scientist Ann Druyan Topics: Pat Tillman, Pledge to America, healthcare repeal, Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal, Christine O'Donnell, evolution, science, climate change, Obama's Wars

19. October 01, 2010

Air Date: 2010-10-01

Guests: Author Bob Woodward, TIME magazine columnist Joe Klein, philosopher and civil rights activist Dr. Cornel West, co-founder of Huffington Post Ariana Huffington, actor and comedian David Cross Topics: Hamid Karzai, 2010 Elections, Carl Paladino, Meg Whitman, the economy, personal responsibility, Bishop Eddie Long, homophobia, social network services

20. October 08, 2010

Air Date: 2010-10-08

Guests: Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin, conservative commentator S. E. Cupp, comedian P. J. O'Rourke, journalist Joshua Green Topics: Gene Cranick, zero-sum economic theory, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Christine O'Donnell, Rich Iott, climate change, religion

21. October 15, 2010

Air Date: 2010-10-15

Guests: Activist Al Sharpton, columnist Markos Moulitsas, musician John Legend, Dana Loesch, columnist Dan Neil Topics: Bill O'Reilly, Tea Party movement, 2010 Craziest Candidate Countdown, electric cars, education, Brett Favre

22. October 22, 2010

Air Date: 2010-10-22

Guests: Actor George Clooney, film director Rob Reiner, journalist Jake Tapper, political commentator Nicolle Wallace, Levi Johnston Topics: Crisis in Sudan, Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill, Campaign financing, 1st Amendment/ O'Donnell, Tea Party, 2010 elections, Sarah Palin, 'Don't ask, don't tell'

23. October 29, 2010

Air Date: 2010-10-29

Guests: Former US President Jimmy Carter, comedian Zach Galifianakis, political analyst Lawrence O'Donnell, political strategist Margaret Hoover, journalist Reihan Salam Topics: White House Diary, 2010 midterm elections, violence and the Tea Party, 2010 Craziest Candidate Countdown, Prop 19, separation of church and state

24. November 05, 2010

Air Date: 2010-11-05

Guests: Commentator Bill O'Reilly, Rep. Darrell Issa, journalist Fareed Zakaria, comedian Dana Gould, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty Topics: 2010 midterm election results, Obama's response to election results, Republican plan, balancing the budget and cuts, social justice, education, military budget, prison population, Rep. and Dem. cooperation

25. November 12, 2010

Air Date: 2010-11-12

Guests: Commentator Mike Huckabee, filmmaker Michael Moore, author Nora Ephron, reporter Jessica Yellin, Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) Topics: Bush, Obama, midterm elections, Iraq, veterans, health care, deficit

1. January 14, 2011

Air Date: 2011-01-14

Guests: Assistant to the President Elizabeth Warren, actor Martin Short, political analyst James Carville, political consultant Mike Murphy, Editor-at-large of Reuters Chrystia Freeland Topics: Consumer protection, Tucson shooting, gun control, right wing rhetoric, health care

2. January 21, 2011

Air Date: 2011-01-21

Guests: Journalist Michael Hastings, politician/businessman David Stockman, political commentator Rachel Maddow, economist Stephen Moore, entrepreneur Russell Simmons Topics: Keith Olbermann, Tunisian protests, health care, Ronald Reagan's legacy, gun control, Tucson shooting

3. January 28, 2011

Air Date: 2011-01-28

Guests: Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele, NRO host Will Cain, former Canadian PM Kim Campbell, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), comedian D. L. Hughley Topics: 2011 State of the Union Address, deficit, education, 2011 Egyptian protests, 2011 Domodedovo International Airport bombing, climate change, evolution

4. February 04, 2011

Air Date: 2011-02-04

Guests: Journalist Mona Eltahawy, director Charles H. Ferguson, conservative columnist John Fund, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Topics: Egyptian protests, financial meltdown, RNC in debt, Kepler (spacecraft), NASA going to Mars, Clarence & Ginny Thomas, Civil War celebrations in the south, GOProud at CPAC

5. February 11, 2011

Air Date: 2011-02-11

Guests: Syndicated columnist Arianna Huffington, philosopher Cornel West, journalist Hooman Majd, MSNBC host Norah O'Donnell, actor Matthew Perry Topics: AOL-HuffPo merger, Egypt after Mubarak and US reaction, Chris Lee, alcoholism, O'Reilly's interview of Obama, CPAC and homophobia, re-writing Mark Twain

6. February 18, 2011

Air Date: 2011-02-18

Guests: PBS host Tavis Smiley, director Kevin Smith, journalist John Heilemann, CNBC host Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, journalist Matt Taibbi Topics: Griftopia, budget cuts, Obama as a bad negotiator, trade unions for government employees, Tea Party Review magazine, Red State, treatment of women in Arab world, Natalie Munroe, Civil War reenactments

7. March 04, 2011

Air Date: 2011-03-04

Guests: Novelist T. Coraghessan Boyle, feminist icon Gloria Steinem, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Washington Post reporter Ezra Klein, actress and comedianne Tracey Ullman Topics: Overpopulation, road quality in the US, Planned Parenthood, Wisconsin Governor, Equal Pay

8. March 11, 2011

Air Date: 2011-03-11

Guests: Rep. Keith Maurice Ellison (D-MN), director Bill T. Jones, Democratic strategist Paul Begala, co-founder of the St. Louis Tea Party Dana Loesch, former congressman Thomas M. Davis (R-VA) Topics: Peter King's radicalization hearings, Islamophobia, labor dispute in Wisconsin, sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Philadelphia, NPR, 2012 GOP presidential candidates, no-fly zone in Libya

9. March 18, 2011

Air Date: 2011-03-18

Guests: Actor Richard Belzer, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren, columnist Dan Neil, author Annabelle Gurwitch, activist Erica Williams Topics: democracy in Arab countries, nuclear power, the economy's social impact, the environment, disaster porn, Charlie Sheen, Bradley Manning

10. March 25,2011

Air Date: 2011-03-25

Guests: Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill, Actress Ellen Page, columnist David Brooks, former Governor Ed Rendell (D-PA), Newsweek Editor-in-Chief Tina Brown Topics: Libya, youth bulge, Republican Birthers and racism, Labor Unions, bee colony collapse disorder, America's growing Hispanic population, General Electric's tax bill

11. April 01, 2011

Air Date: 2011-04-01

Guests: Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver, director Julian Schnabel, radio host Randy Cohen, commentator Doug Heye Topics: government shutdown, budget cuts, public vs. private labor, corporate taxes, Birthers, Miral, Pastor Terry Jones, War Powers Resolution, American exceptionalism, Iowa Caucuses, gay marriage

12. April 08, 2011

Air Date: 2011-04-08

Guests: Pilot Chesley Sullenberger, CNN host Eliot Spitzer, BBC anchor Katty Kay, Daily Beast blogger Andrew Sullivan, comedian Colin Quinn Topics: Government shutdown, Planned Parenthood, US Budget, Objectivism, Libya, reaction to Pastor Terry Jones, Donald Trump, Class conflict

13. April 15, 2011

Air Date: 2011-04-15

Guests: Theoretical Physicist Michio Kaku, MSNBC Ed Show host Ed Schultz, ex-RNC Head Michael Steele, ABC News Political Director Amy Walter, author Irshad Manji Topics: US Budget, trickle-down economics, Iraq War, military-industrial complex, France's ban on Muslim clothing, gender inequality in Muslim culture, Jon Kyl, health care in Paul Ryan's budget plan, racism in the Tea Party, National Endowment for the Arts

14. April 29, 2011

Air Date: 2011-04-29

Guests: Governor Deval Patrick (D-MA), journalist Laura Flanders, blogger Andrew Breitbart, author Mark McKinnon, director John Waters Topics: Birther and schooler conspiracy theories, labor union bill in Massachusetts, Romneycare, racism in the GOP, Donald Trump, gas prices, windfall profits tax, censorship on TV, Victory Day in Afghanistan, monarchy in the UK

15. May 06, 2011

Air Date: 2011-05-06

Guests: Journalist Peter Bergen, author Michael Eric Dyson, investigative journalist and author Jeremy Scahill, ex-Bush speechwriter David Frum, author Irshad Manji Topics: Death of Osama bin Laden, potential OBL successors, Bush doctrine, Bin Laden's decline of popularity in the Moslem world, celebrations of OBL's death, OBL's goal to bankrupt the US, David Petraeus as CIA director nominee

16. May 13, 2011

Air Date: 2011-05-13

Guests: Counter-terrorism expert Richard A. Clarke, author Andrew Ross Sorkin, columnist Reihan Salam, MSNBC analyst Michelle Bernard, actor Harry Shearer Topics: Osama Bin Laden's life in the compound, Pakistan as ally, Newt Gingrich, job gains/losses in the private and public sectors, US Army Corps of Engineers, FEMA, education, green energy, John Ensign scandal, pediatricians and gun safety

17. May 20, 2011

Air Date: 2011-05-20

Guests: Actor Zach Galifianakis, MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan, journalist Gillian Tett, journalist Reza Aslan, author Amy Chua Topics: Republican 2010 Presidential nominees, health care, socialism, Israel, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Catholic priest abuse scandal report

18. June 03, 2011

Air Date: 2011-06-03

Guests: U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, professor Melissa Harris-Perry, former New York Rep. Rick Lazio, journalist Larry King, writer/director Adam McKay Topics: Mitt Romney's Presidential campaign, Republican hyperbolic rhetoric about Obama, Sarah Palin's bus tour, Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal, Lee Atwater, John Edwards scandal, the US budget deficit, link between cell phones and cancer, businessmen as politicians

19. June 10, 2011

Air Date: 2011-06-10

Guests: Former Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA), comedienne Janeane Garofalo, columnist Joshua Green, journalist Sharon Waxman, actress Jane Lynch Topics: Tax cuts for the wealthy, climate change, Rick Santorum, Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal, Sarah Palin's gubernatorial record, the Republican field for 2012, cybersex

20. June 17, 2011

Air Date: 2011-06-17

Guests: Ray Kurzweil, columnist Ross Douthat, Public Notice executive director Gretchen Hamel, pundit Chris Matthews, comedian Kevin Nealon Topics: Mitt Romney, FEMA, Tim Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann, Republicans rooting for America to fail, Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal, Tracy Morgan, hunting, freedom vs. entitlement, Rick Perry's spiritual solutions to national problems

21. June 24, 2011

Air Date: 2011-06-24

Guests: Chief Foreign Correspondent for NBC News Richard Engel, columnist David Carr, columnist Michael Smerconish, Republican strategist Susan del Percio, filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi Topics: Obama's non-Democratic policies, Republican candidate Jon Huntsman, Jr., Mormonism, Barack Obama impersonator Reggie Brown, Wal-Mart, the state of the news media, role of family in conservative politics & overbreeding

22. July 08, 2011

Air Date: 2011-07-08

Guests: Executive Director of Drug Policy Alliance Ethan Nadelmann, Ann Coulter, The Nation editor and MSNBC host Christopher Hayes, historian Amanda Foreman, Chaz Bono Topics: U.S. debt ceiling, jobs, Michele Bachmann, Keith Ablow on Bill Maher, News of the World phone hacking scandal, Casey Anthony trial, favorable laws for the wealthy

23. July 15, 2011

Air Date: 2011-07-15

Guests: Sex columnist Dan Savage, Global Editor-at-Large of Reuters Chrystia Freeland, Dallas Mavericks owner and entrepreneur Mark Cuban, comedian Marc Maron Topics: American greed, the economy, the environment, Marcus Bachmann's gay therapy, marriage vow pledge, tax pledge, Rupert Murdoch's media empire, Carmageddon on Interstate 405, liberal vs. Christian sexism

24. July 22, 2011

Air Date: 2011-07-22

Guests: John Fetterman, DNC Vice-Chair Donna Brazile, Reason.com editor Nick Gillespie, actor John Turturro Topics: Republican strategy of no, the US budget, financial services industry, Marcus Bachmann, personal sacrifice in the US, independent voters, Michele Bachmann's migraines, political pledges

25. July 29, 2011

Air Date: 2011-07-29

Guests: Financial-fraud investigator Harry Markopolos, former New York governor Eliot Spitzer; political strategist Margaret Hoover; FreedomWorks president and CEO Matt Kibbe; and emmy-award winning actor Bryan Cranston. Topics: Debt ceiling deal, deficit reduction, tea-party rise, washington and Obama's failure to negotiate, 'The Town' clip to inspire Republicans, drugs in America, Norway massacre, America's secret love of socialism

26. August 05, 2011

Air Date: 2011-08-05

Guests: Ex-Obama economy adviser Christina Romer, Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Salon editor-at-large Joan Walsh, Palin biography filmmaker Stephen K Bannon and chef Anthony Bourdain. Topics: US credit downgrade, debt ceiling deal, failure of the stimulus package, inability of Democrats to negotiate, 'job creators', defunding of science in America, Rick Perry's prayer festival, escaping poverty, would Hillary Clinton have been better, need for a left-wing tea party equivalent.

27. September 16, 2011

Air Date: 2011-09-16

Guests: Host of Current TV’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” Keith Olbermann, Republican strategist Rich Galen, Fellow at the Eisenhower Institute Jennifer Donahue, author of "The Forever War" Dexter Filkins, actor/comedian Louis C.K. Topics: Exit strategy from Afghanistan, War on terror, Republican presidential debates, Vaccination controversy, President Obama's jobs plan, manhood, Sarah Palin book, Jackie Kennedy, New York congressional special election, Palestinian statehood petition to UN, Al Gore's climate reality project.

28. September 23, 2011

Air Date: 2011-09-23

Guests: Journalist Ron Suskind, musician and activist Tom Morello, co-editor of Deadline Artists: America’s Greatest Newspaper Columns John Avlon, former Representative and Director, President, and CEO of The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Jane Harman (D-CA), filmmaker Michael Moore Topics: Obama's first term in office, Ricky Perry's campaign, unemployment, Bill O'Reilly threat to quote, wealthy people unwilling to accept higher taxes, Tony Bennett remarks, artist censorship, occupation of Wall Street, poor people voting against their economic interests

29. September 30, 2011

Air Date: 2011-09-30

Guests: Reporter Dana Priest, environmental advocate Van Jones, former Governer Jennifer Granholm (D-MI), Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, Author Salman Rushdie Topics: Anwar al-Awlaki assassination, possibility of Chris Christie running for president, Obama returning to progressive values, heckler calling Obama the antichrist and religion in republicanism, occupy wall street, Solendria going bankrupt, Obama's comments to black voters, opening of the Ground Zero mosque, tax breaks for American job creation, Jesus Christ as a republican candidate.

30. October 07, 2011

Air Date: 2011-10-07

Guests: Labor leader Richard Trumka, humorist P.J. O'Rourke, author Jonathan Franzen, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), political commentator Nicolle Wallace. Topics: Chris Christie and Sarah Palin's decisions not to run for President, Romney's Mormonism, Hank Williams, Jr., voter registration rules, Occupy Wall Street, Republican denial of racism.

31. October 14, 2011

Air Date: 2011-10-14

Guests: Pastor and Romney critic Dr Robert Jeffress, Magician Penn Jillette, Progressive talk radio host Thom Hartmann, CNBC host Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, American Spectator senior editor John Fund. Topics: The catholic church, faith vs good work, occupy wall street, Herman Cain's '999' plan, agnostics and atheism, morality without fear or reward, Obama's jobs plan, the fillibuster, attempts to dismantle the EPA, attack's on Mitt Romney's mormon faith.

32. October 21, 2011

Air Date: 2011-10-21

Guests: EPA Chief Lisa Jackson, novelist Touré, columnist Thomas Friedman, journalist Joshua Green, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow Topics: Attempts to dismantle the EPA, America falling behind on environmental issues, republican pettiness about Obama, drone warfare, death of Ghadafi, immigration, Herman Cain's campaign, need for a third party, occupy wall street, student debt and right wing reaction.

33. October 28, 2011

Air Date: 2011-10-28

Guests: Tax reform lobbyist Grover Norquist, journalist Michelle Goldberg, CNN foreign correspondent Michael Ware, philosopher Cornel West, Republican strategist Ron Christie. Topics: Herman Cain's creepy ad, Fallout from the Status of Forces Agreement, brutality of treatment of Gaddafi's corpse, Iran, Occupy Wall Street, Newt Gingrich as a big thinker, class warfare, recreational drugs vs. prescription drugs

34. November 04, 2011

Air Date: 2011-11-04

Guests: Delaware Atty. Gen. Beau Biden, former N.Y. gov. David Paterson, journalist Alex Wagner, Rep. Darrell Issa, comedian Bill Engvall. Topics: Herman Cain's popularity, the United States national motto, why does Middle America vote for Republicans, climate change, legalizing marijuana, Occupy Wall Street, gay marriage, the Second Amendment, Republicans trusting Jesus over government.

35. November 11, 2011

Air Date: 2011-11-11

Guests: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), commentator Andrew Sullivan, artist Common. Topics: The Dodd-Frank financial reform, defeat of pro-life legislation, defeat of anti-union legislation, John Hunstman, Rick Perry's debate gaffe, education, Penn State child abuse scandal, Herman Cain's sexual harassment, legacy of John F Kennedy, Republican party as Ebenezer Scrooge.

1. January 13, 2012

Air Date: 2012-01-13

Guests: Filmmaker Rob Reiner, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Ex GOP Presidential Candidate Herman Cain, Daily Beast Blogger David Frum, Documentarian Alexandra Pelosi. Topics: Herman Cain's presidential campaign, attacks on Mitt Romney's 'vulture capitalism', US marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters, assassination of Iranian scientists, Romney's electability and the Republican primaries, Super PACs and campaign finance, holiday recap.

2. January 20, 2012

Air Date: 2012-01-20

Guests: Journalism legend Bill Moyers, journalist Matt Lewis, Former Governor Charles "Buddy" Roemer, Former Governor Jennifer Granholm, Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind-VT). Topics: The Republican presidential primaries, Keystone oil pipeline and popular support for important legislation, Newt Gingrich's rise and possible racism, electoral disdain for Mitt Romney, SOPA and PIPA, Republicans' fictionalising president Obama, overcoming partisanship, Citizens United and corporate money in politics, venture capitalism.

3. January 27, 2012

Air Date: 2012-01-27

Guests: Former Rep. Mark Foley, celebrity chef Mario Batali, journalist Martin Bashir, political satirist Kennedy, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) Topics: Elections needing a bogeyman, state of the Union speech, Gov. Jan Brewer chastising Obama, food being politicised, Republicans turning on Newt Gingrich, Republicans creating a fake opponent to run against within the bubble, Saul Alinsky

4. February 03, 2012

Air Date: 2012-02-03

Guests: Author Suze Orman, Ex Rep Rick Lazio (R-NY), host Wes Moore, monologist Mike Daisey, author Michael Hastings. Topics: Chinese sweatshops making electronics, Obama running on his record, job growth report, solving the housing crisis, "the haves and the soon to haves", US withdrawal from Afghanistan, decline of the occupy movement, correlation between intelligence and prejudice, education system, atheism not being a religion.

5. February 10, 2012

Air Date: 2012-02-10

Guests: Rev. Al Sharpton, CBS News correspondent Mo Rocca, journalist Zanny Minton Beddoes, commentator Reihan Salam, Ex ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith. Topics: Uprising in Syria, Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, the Republican primaries, Rick Santorum becoming front-runner, anti-contraception legislation, valentines day, gay marriage and proposition 8 in california, Clint Eastwood Superbowl advert, Republican dividing America.

6. February 17, 2012

Air Date: 2012-02-17

Guests: Ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D-NY), Dr. Drew Pinsky, author Alexandra Wentworth, economist Steve Moore, journalist Erin McPike. Topics: American reliance on prescription drugs, death of Whitney Houston, Mitt Romney's failing campaign numbers, recovery of the economy, contraception, Republicans alienation of women voters, 'small government' republicans use of medicare, supreme court conservatism, alternative energy sources, disrespect of the office of President.

7. March 02, 2012

Air Date: 2012-03-02

Guests: Former Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), former Vice Chairman of General Motors Bob Lutz, Democratic strategist James Carville, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, journalist John Heilemann. Topics: Rush Limbaugh's 'slut' comments, campaign finance and Super PACs, Rick Santorum self destructing, 'Blunt' healthcare amendment, the highjacking of the Republican establishment, the auto bailout, climate change, the space program, the importance of scientific advancement, the liberal bubble and the 'joke candidate'.

8. March 09, 2012

Air Date: 2012-03-09

Guests: Israeli ambassador Michael Oren, Ex SEIU head Andrew Stern, author Catherine Crier, Ex, RNC chair Michael Steele, "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm. Topics: Iran's nuclear program, Israel's conservative government, Super Tuesday results, a third political party in America, the price of freedom of speech, contraception and abortion, prejudice and voting against economic interest, home schooling.

9. March 16, 2012

Air Date: 2012-03-16

Guests: Documentarian Alexandra Pelosi, actor Ed Helms, author and MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan, journalist Amy Holmes, Mayor Mark Cornett (Oklahoma City-R) Topics: entitlement culture, democrats losing their base, gas prices and Obama's ratings, stupidest states, 'The Lorax' and liberal brainwashing, the south, Afghanistan, Goldman Sachs, Kony 2012 and youthful advice.

10. March 23, 2012

Air Date: 2012-03-23

Guests: Journalist Charles M. Blow, comedian Fred Armisen, author Glenn Greenwald, political scientist Wendy Schiller, political commentator Andrew Sullivan Topics: Hate crimes, Trayvon Martin murder and racism in America, 'stand your ground' law, stupidest states, assassination of American citizens, Jason Russell meltdown, catholicism in America, Romney's inevitability and the need to curb fake outrage.

11. March 30, 2012

Air Date: 2012-03-30

Guests: Dr Ezekiel Emanuel, author Van Jones, columnist Rich Galen, blogger Elise Jordan, "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner. Topics: Healthcare reform and the Supreme Court, Trayvon Martin shooting, historical and contemporary America, green energy initiatives, gun control in America.

12. April 13, 2012

Air Date: 2012-04-13

Guests: News personality Tavis Smiley, author Eric Klinenberg, former Prime Minister of Canada Kim Campbell, former Rep. David Stockman (R-MI), author Matthew Continetti Topics: Trayvon Martin case, racism and gun control, poverty, abortion rights, tax laws, decline of marriage, women voters, the war on drugs, antiquated Cuba policy.

13. April 20, 2012

Air Date: 2012-04-20

Guests: Environmentalist Lynn Henning, columnist Ross Douthat, author Thomas Frank, author Todd Buchholz, Reuters editor Chrystia Freeland Topics: Earth day and environmentalism, media exaggeration of Trayvon Martin case, the war on women, secret service sex scandal, the decline of religion in America, the defeat of the Buffett rule, pink slime and Republican obstructionism.

14. April 27, 2012

Air Date: 2012-04-27

Guests: Author Charles Murray, Founder and Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Paul Rieckhoff, Democratic strategist Paul Begala, columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin, columnist S.E. Cupp Topics: class division in America, college education prices, Obama as celebrity, American definition of successful, farewell to Republican nominees, veteran healthcare and suicide prevention, need for a draft, media obsession with sex scandals and non-stories.

15. May 4, 2012

Air Date: 2012-05-04

Guests: Comedian Arsenio Hall, comedian Bobcat Goldthwait, Republican strategist Susan del Percio, host of MSNBC's "The Ed Show" Ed Schultz, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell Lawrence Wilkerson Topics: Anniversary of Rodney King/LA riots, Obama being painted as the most left president ever, the future of NATO, Anniversary of Bin Laden's death, republican vice presidential nominee, war on women, success in America, charitable giving

16. May 11, 2012

Air Date: 2012-05-11

Guests: Former White House advisor Richard Clarke, actress Eva Longoria, CNN political contributor Margaret Hoover, Reuters columnist David Cay Johnston, Founder Americans for Tax Reform Grover Norquist Topics: Obama's War on Terror, Obama versus Romney on gay rights, Romney and the hard right, Obama's economic recovery, the latino vote and immigration policy, is Romney insensitive to weak and vulnerable people?, obesity

17. May 18, 2012

Air Date: 2012-05-18

Guests: Journalist Dan Rather, former senator Bill Bradley (D-N.J.); business reporter Michelle Caruso-Cabrera; journalist Jeremy Scahill, columnist Joel Stein. Topics: the trivialisation of the mainstream news, citizens united and unions, the debt under Obama, masculinity in America, minority babies, economic growth, Obama as a socialist, religious Universities.

18. May 25, 2012

Air Date: 2012-05-25

Guests: Journalist Jeffrey Gettleman, actor Kevin Nealon, journalist Michelle Bernard, economist Paul Krugman, economist Arthur Laffer Topics: The economy, the fillibuster, venture capitalism, resurgence of the birther movement, vice-president vetting, Romney's faith influencing his decisions, Facebook's IPO, fake narrative of Obama being a radical.

19. June 08, 2012

Air Date: 2012-06-08

Guests: Lawyer Susan Burke, journalist E.J. Dionne, politics editor at "Business Insider" Michael Brendan Dougherty, film maker John Waters, economist Dambisa Moyo. Topics: rape in the military, Wisconsin Governor recall election, soda tax in New York, unpatriotic to cause economic downturn, Catholic church's reprimand of nun's, farm subsidies and the impact on Africa, next move for occupy wall street

20. June 15, 2012

Air Date: 2012-06-15

Guests: Economist Joseph Stiglitz, actor Alan Thicke, political consultant Karen Finney, journalist David Frum, pollster Kristen Soltis. Topics: Economic inequality, 'euro-zone' crisis, Obama's immigration reform, fake Obama, Canadian institutions, American's sense of entitlement, Racism, Vacation time in America.

21. June 22, 2012

Air Date: 2012-06-22

Guests: Actors Kirk Douglas and Mark Ruffalo are the interview guests. Panelists: editor Nick Gillespie; MSNBC's Rachel Maddow; publisher Mort Zuckerman. Topics: Fast & Furious scandal, Independents vs partisans, Sandusky trial verdict, War Powers Resolution, Obama courting minority votes, fracking, teenage conservatism.

22. June 29, 2012

Air Date: 2012-06-29

Guests: Journalist Amy Goodman, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA), journalist Fareed Zakaria, former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, comedian Lizz Winstead. Topics: Affordable Care Act, Justices John Roberts and Antonin Scalia, reproductive health, Egypt election, Rep. Allen West, Mitt Romney's plan for China and health care, Romney's VP candidates.

23. August 17, 2012

Air Date: 2012-08-17

Documentary film maker Peter Byck, talk show host Chelsea Handler, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks' Mark Cuban, columnist Reihan Salam, journalist Alex Wagner

24. August 24, 2012

Air Date: 2012-08-24

Our top-of show interview will be with Arianna Huffington, President & Editor-In-Chief, Huffington Post Media Group. Mid-show will be D.L. Hughley who has a new book, I Want You to Shut the F*ck Up. Panel: Katty Kay – Anchor of the BBC's "WorldNews America" Rep. Jack Kingston – Republican (GA) Avik Roy – Romney Advisor and The Apothecary blogger for Forbes.com

25. August 31, 2012

Air Date: 2012-08-31

Political commentator Dinesh D'Souza and author Walter Kirn are the interview guests. Panelists: actor Jason Alexander; political strategist Ron Christie; news anchor Soledad O'Brien.

26. September 7, 2012

Air Date: 2012-09-07

Guests: Steve Schmidt, Jim Vandehei, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Christine O'Donnell, & David Simon.

27. September 14, 2012

Air Date: 2012-09-14

Columnist John Feehery, political commentator Chris Hayes, economist Zanny Minton Beddoes, musician John Legend, sportscaster Bob Costas

28. September 21, 2012

Air Date: 2012-09-21

Top-of-show will be documentarian Eugene Jarecki who's latest film, "The House I Live In," will be out in theatres on October 5th. Mid-show will be literary icon Salman Rushdie who's latest book is Joseph Anton: A Memoir. Panel: Rana Foroohar – Assistant Managing Editor and Economic Columnist at Time Magazine. Roger Hedgecock – Radio Talk Show Host and former Mayor of San Diego. Chris Matthews – Host of MSNBC's "Hardball" and author of Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero.

29. October 05, 2012

Air Date: 2012-10-05

Journalist Will Cain; Former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla) ; Actress Kerry Washington; Political consultant Frank Luntz; Environmentalist Bill McKibbe.

30. October 12, 2012

Air Date: 2012-10-12

Actor Ben Affleck; Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA); Gov. Brian Schweitzer; former FDIC chair Sheila Bair; commentator Ann Coulter.

31. October 19, 2012

Air Date: 2012-10-19

Political strategist Boris Epshteyn; Journalist John Fund; Author Goldie Taylor; Stonyfield Farm chairman Gary Hirshberg; Journalist Matt Taibbi.

32. October 26, 2012

Air Date: 2012-10-26

Editor Chrystia Freeland; former Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D-NY); political analyst Michael Steele; Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass); election forecaster Nate Silver.

33. November 2, 2012

Air Date: 2012-11-02

Political commentator Margaret Hoover, former Congressman Rick Lazio (R-NY), actor/director Rob Reiner, co-founder and president of Our Time, Matthew Segal, photographer James Balog

34. November 9, 2012

Air Date: 2012-11-09

Political strategist James Carville; author S. E. Cupp; author Andrew Sullivan; actor Samuel L. Jackson; Mason Tvert.

35. November 16, 2012

Air Date: 2012-11-16

Political strategist David Axelrod; journalist David Frum; filmmaker Michael Moore; political strategist Ana Navarro; comic Eric Idle.

1. January 18, 2013

Air Date: 2013-01-18

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

2. January 25, 2013

Air Date: 2013-01-25

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

3. February 1, 2013

Air Date: 2013-02-01

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".

4. February 8, 2013

Air Date: 2013-02-08

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

5. February 15, 2013

Air Date: 2013-02-15

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

6. March 1, 2013

Air Date: 2013-03-01

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

7. March 8, 2013

Air Date: 2013-03-08

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

8. March 15, 2013

Air Date: 2013-03-15

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

9. March 22, 2013

Air Date: 2013-03-22

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

10. April 5, 2013

Air Date: 2013-04-05

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.

11. April 12, 2013

Air Date: 2013-04-12

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

12. April 19, 2013

Air Date: 2013-04-19

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

13. April 26, 2013

Air Date: 2013-04-26

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

14. May 3, 2013

Air Date: 2013-05-03

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

15. May 10, 2013

Air Date: 2013-05-10

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.

16. May 17, 2013

Air Date: 2013-05-17

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.

17. May 31, 2013

Air Date: 2013-05-31

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.

18. June 7, 2013

Air Date: 2013-06-07

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

19. June 14, 2013

Air Date: 2013-06-14

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.

20. June 21, 2013

Air Date: 2013-06-21

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.

21. June 28, 2013

Air Date: 2013-06-28

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."

22. July 12, 2013

Air Date: 2013-07-12

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

23. July 19, 2013

Air Date: 2013-07-19

Guests: tba

24. July 26, 2013

Air Date: 2013-07-26

Guests: tba

25. August 2, 2013

Air Date: 2013-08-02

Guests: tba

26. September 13, 2013

Air Date: 2013-09-13

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

27. September 20, 2013

Air Date: 2013-09-20

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

28. September 27, 2013

Air Date: 2013-09-27

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

29. October 4, 2013

Air Date: 2013-10-04

30. October 11, 2013

Air Date: 2013-10-11

31. October 25, 2013

Air Date: 2013-10-25

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.

32. November 1, 2013

Air Date: 2013-11-01

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.

33. November 8, 2013

Air Date: 2013-11-08

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.

34. November 15, 2013

Air Date: 2013-11-15

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).

35. November 22, 2013

Air Date: 2013-11-22

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

1. January 17, 2014

Air Date: 2014-01-17

Interviewee: Glenn Greenwald Panelists: Steve Schmidt, Jennifer Granholm, James Carville Panel Guest: (a very stoned) Mary Matalin Topics: Obama's speech on NSA reform, Chris Christie's Fort Lee lane closure scandal, Benghazi, Independents' self-identification rising, 2014 Elk River chemical spill, marriage between a Democrat and a Republican, global warming affecting animals, Republicans' war against the poor, unemployment benefits, minimum wage, women in US politics.

2. January 24, 2014

Air Date: 2014-01-24

Interviewee: Erin Brockovich Panelists: Josh Barro, Howard Dean, Carly Fiorina Panel Guest: Willie Nelson Topics: 2014 Elk River chemical spill and coal mining, Republicans and women issues, Obamacare, Richard Sherman's outburst after game against the San Francisco 49ers, Obama's inconsistent policies about marijuana, poverty and income inequality, 2014 Winter Olympics and Vladimir Putin's comments on LGBT people.

3. January 31, 2014

Air Date: 2014-01-31

Interviewee: John Ridley ("12 Years a Slave" screenwriter) Panelists: Chrystia Freeland (Canadian Member of Parliament), Ronan Farrow (MSNBC host), Darrell Issa (R-CA) Panel Guest: Stephen Merchant (writer/actor "Hello Ladies") Topics: Solomon Northup and slavery, 2014 State of the Union Address, minimum wage in the United States, income inequality, demographics of the top 1%, Gerrymandering, differences between UK and US politics, stand-your-ground laws and African Americans, gun politics, Michael Grimm threatening a reporter, Flip a District, puritanism.

4. February 7, 2014

Air Date: 2014-02-07

Interviewee: Charlie Crist Panelists: Tom Colicchio, Alicia Menendez, S. E. Cupp Panel Guest: P. J. O'Rourke Topics: Independents in US politics, Cuban embargo, immigration reform, executive orders, Congressional Budget Office's report on Obamacare's effect on jobs, lowest abortion rates in 30 years, Russia and communism, heroin and prescription drugs, United States Department of State's report on the Keystone Pipeline, federal spending for children vs. for senior citizens.

5. February 14, 2014

Air Date: 2014-02-14

Interviewee: Jeremy Scahill ("Dirty Wars" Docu-maker) Panelists: Andrew Sullivan ("Daily Dish" blogger), Mayim Bialik ("Big Bang Theory" star and vegan author), Eric Klinenberg ("Going Solo" author) Panel Guest: Bill Nye Topics: Creationism vs. science, Comcast–Time Warner Cable merger, net neutrality, drop in infrastructure spending, targeted killings of US citizens who plot against other Americans, veganism, attachment parenting, World Health Organization's warning about cancer, Philip Seymour Hoffman's published diaries, Edward Snowden praising Russia.

6. February 21, 2014

Air Date: 2014-02-21

Interviewee: Michelle Alexander Panelists: Charles Cooke, Jane Harman, Rachel Maddow Panel Guest: Steve Coogan Topics: The New Jim Crow, incarceration in the US, human rights in North Korea, MSNBC's overcoverage of the Chris Christie scandal, BYU's anti-masturbation campaign, Philomena, forced adoptions in the Catholic Church, Pat McCrory blocking lawsuits against Duke Energy, drought in California and regulations, John Kerry's statement about climate change.

7. February 28, 2014

Air Date: 2014-02-28

Interviewee: Christopher Leonard (author "The Meat Racket") Panelists: Austan Goolsbee, Margaret Hoover, William Kristol Panel Guest: Bruce Dern Topics: The Meat industry's secretiveness, Obama's failed efforts to reform corporate agribusiness, azodicarbonamide in Subway bread, Tea Party movement and bailouts, military budget of the United States, intervention vs. diplomacy, poverty in the Midwest, WhatsApp acquired by Facebook, homophobia in the bible, victim playing by the 1 percent.

8. March 14, 2014

Air Date: 2014-03-14

Interviewee: Alan Weisman (author of "Countdown") Panelists: Andrew Sullivan, Salman Rushdie, Amy Chua Panel Guest: Seth MacFarlane Topics: Environmentalism and overpopulation, family planning in Iran, 2014 Crimean crisis, Rand Paul winning the 2014 CPAC straw poll, paid time off in the United States and Europe, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Rush Limbaugh's comment on 12 Years a Slave winning the Academy Award for Best Picture, SAT changes for 2016, random religious rules.

9. March 21, 2014

Air Date: 2014-03-21

Interviewee: Errol Morris (author of "The Unknown Known") Panelists: Keith Ellison, Sheila Bair, Simon Schama Panel Guest: Shane Smith (host of Vice) Topics: The Unknown Known, Donald Rumsfeld & the Iraq War, 2014 midterm elections, Democrats & gun politics, Flip a District candidates: Michael Grimm & Blake Farenthold, Greenland & climate change in the Arctic, CNN & quality of journalism in the 24-hour news cycle, 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine, relationship between Pakistan & bin Laden.

10. March 28, 2014

Air Date: 2014-03-28

Interviewee: Jimmy Carter (former U.S. President) Panelists: W. Kamau Bell, Neera Tanden, Rick Lazio Panel Guest: Josh Gad Topics: A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power, treatment of women in various countries, militarized police force, GM's recall of vehicles & corporations' liability, Paul Ryan's statements about inner cities compared to Michelle Obama's, Erdoğan banning Twitter and YouTube, Frozen & gay conspiracy theory, Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby, marine pollution.

11. April 4, 2014

Air Date: 2014-04-04

Interviewees: Paul Watson (Captain) Panelists: Alex Wagner (MSNBC host), Tom Davis (R-VA), and Carrie Sheffield (Forbes columnist) Panel Guest: Nas (Hip Hop icon) Topics: Marine pollution, Obamacare reaching its target number of enrollees, Flip a District candidates: Kerry Bentivolio & Scott Garrett, gerrymandering, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission & unlimited campaign contributions, 2014 Fort Hood shooting & PTSD, United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's report on torture.

12. April 11, 2014

Air Date: 2014-04-11

Interviewees: Maria Alyokhina & Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (members of Pussy Riot) Panelists: Rob Lowe, Duncan D. Hunter, Ana Marie Cox Panel Guest: Matt Taibbi Topics:

13. April 25, 2014

Air Date: 2014-04-25

Interviewee: Tom Steyer (Hedge Fund Manager & Philanthropist) Panelists: John Avlon ("Daily Beast" Editor), Charles Murray ("Curmudgeon" author), and Christine Quinn (Ex-NYC Councilwoman) Panel Guest: Annabelle Gurwitch (Comedian) Topics:

14. May 2, 2014

Air Date: 2014-05-02

Musician Ziggy Marley, Ex-NBA Player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA), "Blood Will Out" Author Walter Kirn, and Financial Consultant Monica Mehta.

15. May 9, 2014

Air Date: 2014-05-09

Interviewee: Sister Simone Campbell ("Nun on a Bus") Panelists: Matt Welch ("Reason" magazine Editor-in-Chief), Baratunde Thurston (Author and Comic), Arianna Huffington ("Thrive" Scribe and HuffPost Founder) Panel Guest: Dinesh D'Souza (Conservative Film-maker) Topics:

16. May 16, 2014

Air Date: 2014-05-16

Comedian and Actor Kevin Nealon, Ex-Governor Brian Schweitzer (D-MN), from "Fed Up" Dr. Robert Lustig, GOP Pollster Kellyanne Conway and Author of "Every Nation for Itself" Ian Bremmer.

17. May 23, 2014

Air Date: 2014-05-23

Jose Antonio Vargas, Anna Deavere Smith, Michael Smerconish, David Frum and Sarah Silverman.

18. June 6, 2014

Air Date: 2014-06-06

John Waters, Anthony Weiner, Ralph E. Reed, Jr., Nicolle Wallace and Jim Geraghty

19. June 13, 2014

Air Date: 2014-06-13

EPA Head Gina McCarthy, MSNBC Co-Host Krystal Ball, Novelist Richard Clarke, Comedian Carol Leifer and Conservative Blogger Tom Rogan.

20. June 20, 2014

Air Date: 2014-06-20

"No Place to Hide" Author Glenn Greenwald, Linkin Park's Michael Shinoda, Atlantic Journalist Ta-Nehisa Coates, I.A.V.A. Founder Paul Rieckhoff, and Conservative Pollster Kristen Soltis.

21. June 27, 2014

Air Date: 2014-06-27

Bill's guests are: Martin Blaser, Max Brooks, Bobby Ghosh, Andy Litinsky, and Joy-Ann Reid.

22. July 11, 2014

Air Date: 2014-07-11

Author Sandra Tsing-Loh, Pulitzer prize-winner Ron Suskind, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), and National Review's Reihan Salam.

23. July 18, 2014

Air Date: 2014-07-18

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of North Carolina NAACP; actor George Takei; former Rep. Jane Harman (D- Calif.); statistician Nate Silver; editor Jamie Weinstein.

24. July 25, 2014

Air Date: 2014-07-25

"Cosmos" star Neil deGrasse Tyson, Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, Freedomworks' Matt Kibbe, GOP Strategist Hogan Gidley.

25. August 1, 2014

Air Date: 2014-08-01

Political activist Ralph Nader; author Douglas Brinkley; deputy chief of staff to the House Majority Leader, Doug Heye; Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.).

26. September 12, 2014

Air Date: 2014-09-12

Live from Washington D.C. Guests include comedy legend Jerry Seinfeld, Ex-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) followed by a live stand-up special.

27. September 19, 2014

Air Date: 2014-09-19

Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell; political activist Matthew Segal; Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.); editor Katrina vanden Heuvel; actor Wendell Pierce.

28. September 26, 2014

Air Date: 2014-09-26

Social activist Naomi Klein; filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi; journalist Charles M. Blow; journalist John Feehery; Gen. Anthony Zinni.

29. October 3, 2014

Air Date: 2014-10-03

This weeks guests include Oscar winner Ben Affleck, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), New York Times Op-Editor Nicholas Kristoff, Ex-RNC Chair Michael Steele, and "Waking Up" author Sam Harris.

30. October 17, 2014

Air Date: 2014-10-17

This weeks guests include Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ex-British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, and "Atlantic" Senior Editor David Frum.

31. October 24, 2014

Air Date: 2014-10-24

"Black Prophetic Fire" Author Cornel West, Conservative Commentator Mary Matalin, "Daily Beast" Editor-In-Chief John Avlon.

32. October 31, 2014

Air Date: 2014-10-31

Actress and "Food Chain" EP Eva Longoria, Author and General (Ret.) Wesley Clark, Senator Angus King (I-ME), and Journalist Rula Jebreal.

33. November 7, 2014

Air Date: 2014-11-07

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), "Comeback" star Lisa Kudrow, Washington Post's Robert Costa, Daily Beast's Kristen Soltis Anderson.

34. November 14, 2014

Air Date: 2014-11-14

Rep. Rand Paul (R-KY), Comedy Legend Martin Short, Founding Editor of "The Dish" Andrew Sullivan, CNN Political Contributor Margaret Hoover, and Investigative Journalist Jeremy Scahill.

35. November 21, 2014

Air Date: 2014-11-21

Season Finale. "The Interview" star Seth Rogen, MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews, Monty Python Alum & "So Anyway..." author John Cleese, Canadian MP Chrystia Freeland and "News One Now" host Roland Martin.

1. Episode 338

Air Date: 2015-01-09

Comedy legend Jay Leno, literary icon Salman Rushdie, Ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina, Chris Hardwick and Paul Begala.

2. Episode 339

Air Date: 2015-01-16

Bill's guests include Oscar winning director Kathryn Bigelow, "Wedding Ringer" actor Josh Gad, "Being Mortal" author Atul Gawande, New York Times "Upshot" correspondent Josh Barro, "The Work: My Search For a Life That Matters" author Wes Moore.

3. Episode 340

Air Date: 2015-01-23

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.

4. Episode 341

Air Date: 2015-01-30

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.

5. Episode 342

Air Date: 2015-02-06

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.

6. Episode 343

Air Date: 2015-02-13

This weeks guests include director of "Merchants of Doubt" Robert Kenner, former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives Tom Davis, Editor-in-Chief for the Economist magazine Zanny Minton Beddoes, co-founder of the black political blog Jack and Jill Politics and CEO of Cultivated Wit Baratunde Thurston, and actor and author of "Holy Cow" David Duchovny.

7. Episode 344

Air Date: 2015-02-20

Director Rob Reiner, singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc, Bill Nye "The Science Guy", writer Fran Lebowitz and Washington Post's Elahe Izadi.

8. Episode 345

Air Date: 2015-03-06

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.

9. Episode 346

Air Date: 2015-03-13

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.

10. Episode 347

Air Date: 2015-03-20

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.

11. Episode 348

Air Date: 2015-03-27

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.

12. Episode 349

Air Date: 2015-04-10

"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.

13. Episode 350

Air Date: 2015-04-17

Esquire TV's "The Runner-Up" star Clay Aiken, "The Story" author Judith Miller, "Thomas Jefforson" author Jon Meacham, CNBC chief international correspondent Michele Caruso Cabrera, Center for American Progress president Neera Tanden.

14. Episode 351

Air Date: 2015-04-24

Celebrity chef & "Fresh Off the Boat" author Eddie Huang, activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Daily Beast contributor Ana Marie Cox, Weekly Standard senior editor Christopher Caldwell, and G.O.P. consultant Liz Mair.

15. Episode 352

Air Date: 2015-05-01

Bill's guests include "The Great Divide" author Joseph Stiglitz, Human Rights Foundation chairman Garry Kasparov, Wilson Center President and Ex-Representative Jane Harman (D-CA), New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik and Foreign Policy Initiative co-founder Dan Senor.

16. Episode 353

Air Date: 2015-05-08

Bill's guests include comedy legend Billy Crystal, MSNBC "Now" host Alex Wagner, Ex-Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, consumer advocate Erin Brockovich, and ESPN commentator Will Cain.

17. Episode 354

Air Date: 2015-05-15

Bill's guests include film-maker & "Carsick" author John Waters, "Heretic" author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Democratic president Heather McGhee, and "By the People" author Charles Murray.

18. Episode 355

Air Date: 2015-06-05

Bill's guests include "Inside Out" actor Lewis Black, ex-representative Rick Lazio (R-NY), ex-senior CIA and FBI official Philip Mudd, ex-Ohio state senator Nina Turner (D-OH), and "Superpower" author Ian Bremmer.

19. Episode 356

Air Date: 2015-06-12

Bill's guests include "Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals" comic Jeff Ross, actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr., Daily Beast columnist Ron Christie, The Other 98% director Alexis Goldstein, and Slate's "The Gist" host Mike Pesca.

20. Episode 357

Air Date: 2015-06-19

Bill's guests include Democratic President hopeful, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Representative Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL), "¡Adios America!" author Ann Coulter, MSNBC contributor Joy Reid and Daily Caller's senior contributor Matt Lewis.

21. Episode 358

Air Date: 2015-06-26

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson, "The Selfie Vote" author Kristen Soltis Anderson, "End of Discussion" co-writer Mary Katherine Ham, and "Trainwreck" director & "Sick in the Head" author Judd Apatow.

22. Episode 359

Air Date: 2015-08-07

The Interview: Michael Mann. The Panel: Mary Matalin, Steve Schmidt, Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA). Mid-Show Guest: Caitlin Flanagan.

23. Episode 360

Air Date: 2015-08-14

The Interview: Sister Helen Prejean. The Panel: Jennifer Granholm, Doug Heye, Lawrence Wilkerson. Mid-Show Guest: Talib Kweli.

24. Episode 361

Air Date: 2015-08-21

"Pretty Ladylike" author Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), WTF's Marc Maron, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), "Conservatarian Manifesto" author Charles Cooke, "The Blue Zones Solution" author Dan Buettner.

25. Episode 362

Air Date: 2015-08-28

GOP Presidential candidate & Ex-Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ex-State Senator Wendy Davis (D-TX), Washington Post national reporter Robert Costa and Senior Editor for The Daily Beast Michael Weiss.

26. Episode 363

Air Date: 2015-09-11

Author Salman Rushdie, cable legend Keith Olbermann, Daily Beast columnist Michael Moynihan, political columnist Linda Chavez and actor Wendell Pierce.

27. Episode 364

Air Date: 2015-09-18

Chris Matthews, Governor George Pataki, Mark Cuban and Jorge Ramos.

28. Episode 365

Air Date: 2015-09-25

Jane Goodall, John Cleese, S.E. Cupp, and Ron Reagan.

29. Episode 366

Air Date: 2015-10-02

Neil Degrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Adam Gopnik, Matt Welch, and Angela Rye.

30. Episode 367

Air Date: 2015-10-09

Ernest Moniz, Rob Thomas, Andrew Sullivan, Anne-Marie Slaughter and Patrick J. Kennedy.

31. Episode 368

Air Date: 2015-10-16

Bernie Sanders, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Lawrence Lessig, Johann Hari, and John Feehery.

32. Episode 369

Air Date: 2015-10-30

David Spade, Maxine Waters, Grover Norquist, Tulsi Gabbard, and Roger Stone.

33. Episode 370

Air Date: 2015-11-06

Bill's guests include Quentin Tarantino, Keith Olbermann, Anthony Weiner, David Frum, and Jillian Melchior.

34. Episode 371

Air Date: 2015-11-13

Bill's guests include Jay Leno, Michael Steele, Dylan Ratigan, Asra Nomani, and Paul Reiser.

35. Episode 372

Air Date: 2015-11-20

Bill's guests include Angus King, Chrystia Freeland, Gavin Newsom, Andy Cohen, and Ben Domenech.

1. Episode 373

Air Date: 2016-01-15

Bill's guests include former Vice President Al Gore, Professor and activist Dr. Cornel West, former Bush communications director Nicolle Wallace, Ralph Reed and John Krasinski.

2. Episode 374

Air Date: 2016-01-22

Bill's guests include "No One Ever Tells You" singer Seth Macfarlane, "Destiny and Power" author Jon Meacham, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) and anti-Trump GOP strategist Liz Mair.

3. Episode 375

Air Date: 2016-01-29

Bill's guests include Ex-Rep. Trey Radel (R-FL), syndicated radio host Thom Hartmann, Washington Examiner columnist Kristen Soltis Anderson, medical maverick Dr. Sam Chachoua and "The Big Short" director Adam McKay.

4. Episode 376

Air Date: 2016-02-05

Bill's guests include consumer advocate Erin Brockovich, "My Life on the Road" author Gloria Steinem, radio host Armstrong Williams, MSNBC analyst Alex Wagner, and "Thrown Under the Omnibus" author P.J. O'Rourke.

5. Episode 377

Air Date: 2016-02-12

Musician and activist Michael "Killer Mike" Render, "And then all Hell Broke Loose" author Richard Engel, actress and comedian Margaret Cho, GOP strategist Ana Navarro, and Bloomberg Business national correspondent Josh Green.

6. Episode 378

Air Date: 2016-02-26

Bill's guests include Oscar nominated "Spotlight" actor Mark Ruffalo, Ex-N.S.A. Advisor of Homeland Security Michael Hayden, "The Black Presidency" author Michael Eric Dyson, Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles and author Fran Lebeowitz.

7. Episode 379

Air Date: 2016-03-04

Bill's guests include actress and comedian Sarah Silverman, Muslim activist Raheel Raza, N.P.R. "All Things Considered" host Ari Shapiro, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), and "Too Dumb to Fail" author Matt Lewis.

8. Episode 380

Air Date: 2016-03-11

Bill's guests include financial expert Monica Mehta, The Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, "Dark Money" author Jane Mayer, Huffington Post senior politics editor Sam Stein and "Confidence Game" author Maria Konnikova.

9. Episode 381

Air Date: 2016-03-18

Bill's guests include Grammy award-winning musician Esperanza Spalding, Ex-US Rep. & "Frank" author Barney Frank, "Only the Dead" writer/director Michael Ware, "Nun on a Bus" author Sister Simone Campbell, and GOP strategist Rick Wilson.

10. Episode 382

Air Date: 2016-03-25

Bill's guests include "United" author Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), "The Carmichael Show" star Jerrod Carmichael, Ex-Governor Jennifer Granholm (D-MI), "Superpower" author Ian Bremmer, and National Review executive editor Reihan Salam.

11. Episode 383

Air Date: 2016-04-08

Bill's guests include Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, author Max Brooks, radio talk show host & Trump supporter Andy Dean, Demos President Heather McGhee and comedian Kathy Griffin.

12. Episode 384

Air Date: 2016-04-15

Bill's guests include Oscar winner & "Meddler" star Susan Sarandon, "Sleep Revolution" author Arianna Huffington, Democracy Now! host and executive producer Amy Goodman, MSNBC analyst & Ex-Cruz spokesperson Rick Tyler, and CNN contributor Mary Katharine Ham.

13. Episode 385

Air Date: 2016-04-22

Bill's guests include "Silicon Valley" star Thomas Middleditch, "60 Minutes" icon & author Lesley Stahl, CNN contributor Van Jones, Pulitzer prize-winning New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright, and "The Conservative Manifesto" author Charles Cooke.

14. Episode 386

Air Date: 2016-04-29

Bill's guests tonight include director Rob Reiner, New York Times national correspondent Mark Leibovich, The Polling Company president/CEO Kellyanne Conway, "Listen, Liberal" author Thomas Frank, and Humane Society president/CEO Wayne Pacelle.

15. Episode 387

Air Date: 2016-05-06

Bill's guests tonight include Oscar-nominated actor Bryan Cranston, "Savage Love" columnist Dan Savage, "¡Adios, America!" author and she-witch Ann Coulter, Reason.com editor-in-chief Nick Gillespie, and Cliffside Malibu's Richard Taite.

16. Episode 388

Air Date: 2016-05-13

Bill's guests tonight include "Where to Invade Next" director Michael Moore, Ex-US Senator Bob Graham (D-FL), BBC WorldNews anchor Katty Kay, "The Assassination Complex" author Jeremy Scahill, and radio host Jack Hunter.

17. Episode 389

Air Date: 2016-05-27

Bill's guests include Democratic President Nominee Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), elle.com editor-at-large Melissa Harris-Perry, entrepreneur and Trump supporter Wayne Allen Root, Daily Beast columnist Michael Moynihan and "Dilbert" comic strip creator Scott Adams.

18. Episode 390

Air Date: 2016-06-03

Bill's guests include Hayden Planetarium director Neil Degrasse Tyson, "Double Cup Love" author Eddie Huang, Daily Beast editor-in-chief John Avlon, venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, and Reason magazine's Matt Welch.

19. Episode 391

Air Date: 2016-06-10

Bill's guests include "Art of Tough" author Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), musician Tom Morello, New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin, MTV news correspondent Ana Marie Cox, and GOP strategist Katie Packer.

20. Episode 392

Air Date: 2016-06-17

Bill's guest tonight include "Meet the Patels" writer/director Ravi Patel, Ex Colin Powell chief-of-staff Lawrence Wilkerson, "All the Single Ladies" author Rebecca Traister, "Business Insider" senior editor Josh Barro, and "One America" senior political correspondent Emily Miller.

21. Episode 393

Air Date: 2016-06-24

Bill and his roundtable guests - Xiuhtezcatl Tonatiuh, Betsy Woodruff, Paul Begala, Michael Steele & Larry Wilmore.

22. Episode 394

Air Date: 2016-07-01

Bill's guests include an interview with Gary Johnson, the panel with Barbara Lee, Ari Melber and mid-show interview with Jim Gaffigan.

23. Episode 395

Air Date: 2016-07-15

The Interview: Frank Luntz. The Panel: Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D), S.E. Cupp, Jelani Cobb. The Mid-Show Intervew: Viggo Mortensen

24. Episode 396: Convention Edition #1

Air Date: 2016-07-20

Bill Maher and his guests – Academy Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore, LGBT activist and author Dan Savage, MSNBC's Joy-Ann Reid, and "Art of the Deal" ghostwriter Tony Schwartz – discuss the 2016 Republican National Convention during this special edition of Real Time.

25. Episode 397: Convention Edition #2

Air Date: 2016-07-21

Bill Maher and his guests: California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, Democratic activist Heather McGhee and UC-Berkeley professor Robert Reich - discuss the 2016 Republican National Convention during this special edition of Real Time.

26. Episode 398

Air Date: 2016-07-22

Bill's interview guests are Trump advisor Lt. General Michael T Flynn and Actress America Ferrera. His panel is: Ana Marie Cox from the NY Times Magazine, Political Scientist Ian Bremmer and Former Georgia Congressman Jack Kingston.

27. Episode 399: Convention Edition #3

Air Date: 2016-07-27

Bill Maher and his guests: comedian D.L. Hughley, author Charles Cooke and former New York congressman Anthony Weiner - discuss the 2016 Democratic National Convention during this special edition of Real Time.

28. Episode 400: Convention Edition #4

Air Date: 2016-07-28

Bill Maher and his guests: author Salman Rushdie, "Vice" magazine editor Michael Moynihan and political analyst Amy Holmes - discuss the 2016 Democratic National Convention during this special edition of Real Time.

29. Episode 401

Air Date: 2016-07-29

Senator Bernie Sanders and former congressman Barney Frank are the interview guests. Bill's roundtable consists of: the Atlantic's Alex Wagner, Matt Welch from Reason and academic scholar Dr Cornel West.

30. Episode 402

Air Date: 2016-08-05

Bill's guests include Julian Assange, Rob Reiner, Angela Rye, Rick Santorum, and Jeff Ross.

31. Episode 403

Air Date: 2016-09-16

Bill does a satellite interview with new Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway. This week's panelists are New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik, CNN political contributor Margaret Hoover, and GOP strategist Ralph Reed. Special guest actress/activist Kerry Washington is welcomed into the discussion later in the program.

32. Episode 404

Air Date: 2016-09-23

Bill interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd. The panelists this week for Real Time are writer Max Brooks, ex-Romney policy director Lanhee Chen, and Hillary Clinton's former policy director Neera Tanden. Bill's special guest is musician/activist Michael Franti.

33. Episode 405

Air Date: 2016-09-30

A heated discussion on 2016 election politics erupts among Bill and his panel guests, political journalist Peter Hamby, CNN political analyst Angela Rye, Trump economic advisor Steve Moore, and special guest actress/comedian Sarah Silverman. Bill also interviews Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn.

34. Episode 406

Air Date: 2016-10-07

Senator Al Franken sits down with Bill for the first interview. This week's panel is British journalist Johann Hari, entrepreneur Mark Cuban, and democratic strategist James Carville. Special guest Pitbull joins the panel later in the show.

35. Episode 407

Air Date: 2016-10-14

36. Episode 408

Air Date: 2016-10-28

37. Episode 409

Air Date: 2016-11-04

Guests: President Barack Obama, David Frum, Jennifer Granholm, Martin Short.

38. Episode 410

Air Date: 2016-11-11

Guests: Eric Holder, Trae Crowder, John Legend, David Axelrod, Ana Marie Cox, Thomas Friedman.

1. Jane Fonda; Keith Olbermann; Heather McGhee; Jon Meacham; Thomas Perez

Air Date: 2017-01-20

Season 15 opens on inauguration day with actress Jane Fonda and GQ special correspondent Keith Olbermann as the interview guests. The roundtable includes: Demos president Heather McGhee, author and presidential historian Jon Meacham and former Secretary of Labor and DNC chair candidate Thomas Perez.

2. Richard Haass; John Avlon; Eva Longoria; Grover Norquist; Tim Ryan

Air Date: 2017-01-27

Richard Haass, president of the Council of Foreign Relations and John Avlon, editor-in-chief of the Daily Beast are the interview guests. Bill's roundtable panel includes: actress Eva Longoria, Ohio's Democratic congressman Tim Ryan and the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist.

3. Michael Eric Dyson; Jason Kander, Tomi Lahren and Rick Wilson; Leah Remini

Air Date: 2017-02-03

Bill's interview guests are African American academic Michael Eric Dyson and actress Leah Remini. Bill's roundtable includes: Missouri's Secretary of State and US veteran Jason Kander, conservative political commentator for 'The Blaze', Tomi Lahren and Republican strategist and Daily Beast contributor Rick Wilson.

4. Sen. Al Franken; Piers Morgan, Karine Jean-Pierre and John Waters; Jim Jefferies

Air Date: 2017-02-10

Bill's interview guests are Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken and filmmaker John Waters. Bill's roundtable includes: Mail Online editor-at-large Piers Morgan, comic and writer Jim Jeffries and Karine Jean-Pierre from MoveOn.org.

5. Milo Yiannopoulos; Rep. Jack Kingston, Jeremy Scahill and Larry Wilmore; Leah Remini

Air Date: 2017-02-17

Bill's interview guests are Milo Yiannopoulos, senior editor of Breitbart News and actress Leah Remini. Bill's roundtable panel includes: comedian and political commentator Larry Wilmore, media commentator and terrorism/intelligence expert Malcolm Nance and former US congressman from Georgia, Jack Kingston.

6. Rep. Darrell Issa; Sen. Angus King, Asra Nomani and Seth MacFarlane; Fran Lebowitz

Air Date: 2017-02-24

Bill's interview guests are: California Republican congressman Darrell Issa, and author Fran Lebowitz. Bill's roundtable includes: actor/producer Seth McFarlane, activist Asra Nomani, and Maine's US Senator Angus King.

7. Rosa Brooks; Jeffrey Lord, Joy Reid and Charlie Sykes; Bill McKibben

Air Date: 2017-03-03

Bill's interview guests are: Environmentalist and founder of 350.org, Bill McKibben and Charlie Sykes from Indivisible. Bill's roundtable include: CNN political commentator Jeffrey Lord, the MSNBC's Joy Reid and author and former Pentagon policy advisor Rosa Brooks.

8. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse; Barney Frank and Andrew Sullivan; Jake Tapper

Air Date: 2017-03-17

Bill's roundtable guests include: Democratic US Senator from Rhode Island Sheldon Whitehouse, former Democratic US Congressman from Massachusetts Barney Frank, CNN anchor and host of "The Lead" Jake Tapper and conservative blogger and contributing editor of New York magazine Andrew Sullivan.

9. Matt Schlapp; Chris Hayes, Louise Mensch, and Max Brooks; Timothy Snyder

Air Date: 2017-03-24

Bill's interview guests are: Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union and historian Timothy Snyder. Bill's roundtable guests are: MSNBC commentator Chris Hayes, author Max Brooks, and British commentator and former member of Parliament, Louise Mensch.

10. Roger Stone; Jose Antonio Vargas; Michael Hayden; Rick Santorum; Neera Tanden

Air Date: 2017-03-31

Bill's interview guests are: Republican Political Consultant and Trump Confidant, Roger Stone and the Former Director of the National Security Agency, General Michael Hayden. Bill's roundtable guests are: Former Republican US Senator and Presidential Candidate from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, President for the Center for American Progress, Neera Tanden and the Founder and CEO of Define America and EmergingUS, Jose Antonio Vargas.

11. Chelsea Handler; Ted Lieu; Evan McMullin; Ana Navarro

Air Date: 2017-04-07

Bill's interview guests are: former Presidential Candidate and CIA Operative Evan McMullin and Actress/Comedian Chelsea Handler. Bill's roundtable guests are: Democratic Congressman from California, Ted Lieu, Republican Strategist and CNN Commentator Ana Navarro and the New Yorker's Lelani Cobb.

12. Arwa Damon; S.E. Cupp, David Miliband, Rep. Seth Moulton; Hanna Rosin

Air Date: 2017-04-21

Bill's interview guest is Arwa Damon. Arwa Damon is an Emmy-winning journalist and CNN’s Senior International Correspondent. Her documentary, “Return to Mosul,” about going back to the city she spent 28 hours hiding in while it was under siege by ISIS, aired last month on CNN. She is co-founder of INARA, a non-profit that helps war wounded children find medical care. Bill's roundtable guests include the President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, David Miliband, conservative political commentator S.E. Cupp, writer and author Hanna Rosin and the Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, Seth Moulton.

13. Elizabeth Warren; Ernest Moniz; Nick Hanauer; Rob Reiner; Tara Setmayer

Air Date: 2017-04-28

Bill's interview guest is Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, author of the book, "This Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class." Bill's roundtable guests are: venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, film director Rob Reiner, CNN political commentator and editor of "Voices", Tara Setmayer and former Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz.

14. John Kasich; Gabriel Sherman; Philip Mudd; George Packer; Maya Wiley

Air Date: 2017-05-05

Bill's interview guest is Ohio's Republican Governor and former Presidential Candidate, John Kasich. The Governor's new book is "Two Paths: America Divided or United." Bill's roundtable guests are Civil Rights Activist Maya Wiley, Novelist and Journalist George Packer, Ex-Deputy Director of the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center Phillip Mudd and the National Affairs Editor of New York Magazine, Gabriel Sherman.

15. Adam Schiff; Annabelle Gurwitch; Jon Favreau; Killer Mike; Matt Welch

Air Date: 2017-05-12

Bill's interview guest is the Democratic U.S. Representative for California’s 28th district and the Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff. Bill's roundtable includes: rapper, actor and activist Michael Render (aka Killer Mike), blogger and libertarian political pundit Matt Welch, political commentator and the former Director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama Jon Favreau, and actress/comedian Annabelle Gurwitch.

16. Boris Epshteyn; Neil deGrasse Tyson; David Frum; Cornel West

Air Date: 2017-05-19

Bill's interview guest is former special assistant to President Donald Trump, Boris Epshteyn. Bill's roundtable include: Princeton professor and social justice activist Cornell West, former Obama advisor and senior editor of the Atlantic, David Frum and astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

17. Ben Sasse; Tristan Harris; Eliot Spitzer; Rebecca Traister; Jim VandeHei

Air Date: 2017-06-02

Bill's interview guest is the Republican United States Senator from Nebraska, Ben Sasse. Bill's roundtable panel includes: former NY State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer, writer-at-large for New York Magazine, Rebecca Traister, the CEO and Co-Founder of Axios, Jim VandeHei and ex-design ethicist for Google, Tristan Harris.

18. Michael Eric Dyson; Ice Cube; David Gregory; David Jolly; Symone Sanders

Air Date: 2017-06-09

Bill's interview guest is Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University, and the author of "Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America." Dyson regularly writes about race and politics in America as a columnist for The New York Times. Bill's roundtable panel includes: CNN political commentator and former 'Meet The Press' moderator David Gregory, the former Republican Congressman from Florida, David Jolly, rapper and actor Ice Cube and the former national press secretary for the Bernie Sanders campaign, Symone Sanders.

19. Alex Marlow; Eddie Izzard; Ian Bremmer; Malcolm Nance

Air Date: 2017-06-16

Bill's interview guest is Alex Marlow, who was the first employee of Breitbart News and has been the site's editor-in-chief since 2013. In 2015, Marlow was named to Forbes "30 Under 30" list. Bill's roundtable panel includes MSNBC's chief analyst for terrorism, torture and cyber intelligence, Malcolm Nance, Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer and actor and comic Eddie Izzard.

20. Maajid Nawaz; Richard Painter; Bianna Golodryga; Charlie Sykes; Bradley Whitford

Air Date: 2017-06-23

Bill's interview guest is Maajid Nawaz. He is the founder of the world’s first counter-extremism think tank, Quilliam. He is co-author with Sam Harris of Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue. Bill's roundtable panel includes: conservative political commentator and prominent 'Never-Trump' member Charlie Sykes, Bianna Golodryga from Yahoo News, the former White House ethics lawyer from the Bush (2) administration, Richard Painter and actor/political activist Bradley Whitford.

21. Dan Savage; Dan Abrams, Katty Kay and Michael Steele; Richard A. Clarke

Air Date: 2017-06-30

Bill's interview guest is writer Dan Savage. Dan is the writer of the nationally syndicated column, “Savage Love,” and host of the “Savage Lovecast” podcast. Bill's roundtable panel includes the former Republican National Committee chair and MSNBC contributor Michael Steele, BBC America Newsnight anchor Katty Kay, former National Security advisor Richard Clarke and Mediate founder and ABC News chief legal analyst Dan Abrams.

22. Al Gore; Ralph Reed, Jr.; Kristen Soltis Anderson; Joshua Green; Michael Weiss

Air Date: 2017-08-04

Bill's interview guest is former Vice President Al Gore. The Oscar® winning filmmaker will discuss his latest project, "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power." Bill's roundtable panel includes political commentator and pollster Kristen Soltis-Anderson, NYT columnist and best selling author of "The Devil's Bargain", Joshua Green, author of "ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror", Michael Weiss and the chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition and author of "Awakening", Ralph Reed.

23. Richard Dawkins; Jon Meacham and Fareed Zakaria; Jim Parsons

Air Date: 2017-08-11

Bill's interview guest is English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author of the new book, 'Science in the Soul', Richard Dawkins. Bill's roundtable panel includes Washington Post columnist and CNN commentator Fareed Zakaria, Pulitizer Prize winning author and presidential historian Jon Meacham and four-time Emmy winning actor Jim Parsons.

24. Al Franken; Penn Jillette; Amy Holmes; Gavin Newsom

Air Date: 2017-08-18

Bill's roundtable panel includes the Democratic U.S. senator from Minnesota, Al Franken, the Democratic Lieutenant Governor from California, Gavin Newsome, political analyst for the Rasmussen Reports, Amy Holmes and comedian/magician Penn Gillette.

25. Jesse Jackson; Frank Bruni; Paul Begala; Nayyera Haq; Matt Welch

Air Date: 2017-08-25

Bill's interview guest is the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Bill's roundtable panel includes Democratic strategist and CNN political contributor Paul Begala, former White House and State Department advisor Nayyera Haq, Editor-At-Large for Reason Magazine Matt Welch and New York Times columnist Frank Bruni.

26. Episode 436

Air Date: 2017-09-08

Software company executive Ken Bone and environmental activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez are the interview guests. The panelists are political commentator S.E. Cupp and writer Adam Gopnik.

27. Bret Stephens; Tim Gunn; Fran Lebowitz; Salman Rushdie

Air Date: 2017-09-15

Columnist Bret Stephens and fashion guru Tim Gunn are the interview guests. The panelists are authors Fran Lebowitz and Salman Rushdie.

28. Barney Frank; Bob Costas; Catherine Rampell; Martin Short; Rick Wilson

Air Date: 2017-09-22

Former representative Barney Frank and sportscaster Bob Costas are the interview guests. The panelists are columnist Catherine Rampell, actor Martin Short and Republican strategist Rick Wilson.

29. Paul Hawken; Kurt Andersen; John Heilemann; April Ryan; Tom Morello

Air Date: 2017-09-29

30. Billy Crystal; Russell Brand; Harold Ford Jr.; Olivia Nuzzi; Steve Schmidt

Air Date: 2017-10-06

Actors Billy Crystal and Russell Brand are the interview guests. The panelists are former representative Harold Ford Jr., journalist Olivia Nuzzi and Republican strategist Steve Schmidt.

31. Janice Min; Daryl Davis; James Carville; Erick Erickson; Margaret Hoover

Air Date: 2017-10-20

Musician-activist Daryl Davis is an interview guest. The panelists are political strategist James Carville, conservative blogger Erick Erickson and commentator Margaret Hoover.

32. Woody Harrelson, David French, Betsy Woodruff, Van Jones, Joy Behar

Air Date: 2017-10-27

Editor Janice Min and musician-activist Daryl Davis are the interview guests. The panelists are political strategist James Carville, conservative blogger Erick Erickson and commentator Margaret Hoover.

33. Jack Jacobs; Graeme Wood; Christina Bellantoni; Jeffrey Lord; Rob Reiner

Air Date: 2017-11-03

34. Donna Brazile; Sarah Silverman; Chris Matthews; Michael Moore

Air Date: 2017-11-10

Political strategist Donna Brazile; comedian Sarah Silverman. The roundtable guests are political commentator Chris Matthews and documentary filmmaker Michael Moore.

35. Bill McKibben, Chelsea Handler, Carl Bernstein, Max Brooks, Rebecca Traister

Air Date: 2017-11-17

1. Episode 446

Air Date: 2018-01-19

Guests: Michael Wolff, Saru Jayaraman, Andrew Sullivan, & Larry Wilmore

2. Episode 447

Air Date: 2018-01-26

Guests: Roger McNamee, Zooey Deschanel, Michelle Goldberg, Rep. Ro Khanna, & Rick Wilson

3. Episode 448

Air Date: 2018-02-02

Guests: Richard Haass, Anthony Scaramucci, David Frum, & Donna Brazile

4. Episode 449

Air Date: 2018-02-09

Guests: Rep. Adam Schiff, April Ryan, Johann Hari, Richard Painter & Bari Weiss

5. Episode 450

Air Date: 2018-02-16

Guests: Anna Deavere Smith, Fran Lebowitz, Salman Rushdie & Vicente Fox

6. Episode 451

Air Date: 2018-03-02

Guests: David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, Amy Chua, Eric Holder & Jon Meacham

7. Episode 452

Air Date: 2018-03-09

Guests: Kathy Griffin, Erick Erickson, Ana Navarro, Trae Crowder & Bari Weiss

8. Episode 453

Air Date: 2018-03-16

Guests: Congressman Beto O'Rourke, Billy Bush, Pete Dominick, Nayyera Haq & Andrew Ross Sorkin

9. Episode 454

Air Date: 2018-03-23

Guests: Mitch Landrieu, Gina McCarthy, Mona Charen, Chris Hayes & Malcolm Nance

10. Episode 455

Air Date: 2018-04-06

Guests: Geraldo Rivera, Heather McGhee, Max Boot, Eliot Spitzer & Louie Anderson

11. Episode 456

Air Date: 2018-04-13

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and TV host Andy Cohen are the interview guests. The panelists are columnist Jonathan Chait, Let America Vote founder Jason Kander and civil rights activist Maya Wiley.

12. Episode 457

Air Date: 2018-04-20

Guests: Michael Avenatti, Jordan Peterson, Frank Bruni, Gov. Jay Inslee & Alex Wagner

13. Episode 458

Air Date: 2018-04-27

Guests: Ronan Farrow, Ross Douthat, Ian Bremmer, Ana Marie Cox & John Podhoretz

14. Episode 459

Air Date: 2018-05-04

Guests: Jon Meacham, Mayor Michael Tubbs, Michael Hayden, Sally Kohn & Matt Welch

15. Episode 460

Air Date: 2018-05-11

Guests: Rep. Duncan Hunter, Robert Reich, Michael Render & Ethan Hawke

16. Episode 461

Air Date: 2018-05-18

Guests: Clint Watts, Dambisa Moyo, Evan McMullin, Dan Savage & Bari Weiss

17. Episode 462

Air Date: 2018-06-01

Guests: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Paul Begala, Natasha Bertrand, Bret Stephens & Charlamagne Tha God

18. Episode 463

Air Date: 2018-06-08

Guests: Michael Eric Dyson, Fareed Zakaria, Linda Chavez, John Heilemann & Shermichael Singleton

19. Episode 464

Air Date: 2018-06-15

Columnist George Will and comedian Billy Eichner are the interview guests. The panelists are Rep. Karen Bass (D-Cal.), commentator Margaret Hoover and journalist Michael Weiss.

20. Episode 465

Air Date: 2018-06-22

Guests: Colion Noir, Michael Pollan, Josh Barro, Michael Smerconish & Neera Tanden

21. Episode 466

Air Date: 2018-06-29

Political commentator Ben Shapiro is the top-of-show interview guest. Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are journalist Jennifer Rubin, actor Bradley Whitford and retired U.S. Army Col. Lawrence Wilkerson.

22. Episode 467

Air Date: 2018-08-03

Counterterrorism expert Malcolm Nance is an interview guest. The panelists are political analyst Kristen Soltis Anderson, columnist Charles Blow, author Nancy MacLean, and political analyst Steve Schmidt.

23. Episode 468

Air Date: 2018-08-10

Guests: Lawrence O'Donnell, Rep. Seth Moulton, D.L. Hughley, Christina Bellantoni & Steven Pinker

24. Episode 469

Air Date: 2018-08-17

Guests: Preet Bharara, Adam Conover, Jennifer Granholm, Charlie Sykes & Jonathan Swan

25. Episode 470

Air Date: 2018-08-24

Former CIA director John Brennan; journalist Kara Swisher; journalist David Corn; activist Saru Jayaraman; political strategist Rick Wilson.

26. Episode 471

Air Date: 2018-09-07

Guests: Jack Bryan, Jim Carrey, David Axelrod, Michelle Goldberg & Former Congressman Charlie Dent

27. Episode 472

Air Date: 2018-09-14

Guests: John Kerry, S.E. Cupp, Mark Leibovich, Richard Clarke & Steve Ballmer

28. Episode 473

Air Date: 2018-09-21

Guests: Michael Moore, Catherine Rampell, Thom Hartmann, Steve Hilton & PJ O'Rourke

29. Episode 474

Air Date: 2018-09-28

Political strategist Steve Bannon; astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson; author Max Brooks; national security analyst Evelyn Farkas; reporter April Ryan.

30. Episode 475

Air Date: 2018-10-05

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin; actor Jeff Bridges; former Fla. Rep. David Jolly; journalist Soledad O'Brien; author Andrew Sullivan.

31. Episode 476

Air Date: 2018-10-12

Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman and journalist Steve Kornacki are interviewed. The panelists are Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr., political commentator Reihan Salam and author Rebecca Traister.

32. Episode 477

Air Date: 2018-10-26

Guests: Stormy Daniels, Anthony Scaramucci, Betsy Woodruff, Max Boot & Jonathan Haidt

33. Episode 478

Air Date: 2018-11-02

Guests: Barbra Streisand, Bari Weiss, Chelsea Handler, Jim VandeHei & Anthony Romero

34. Episode 479

Air Date: 2018-11-09

Guests: Bob Woodward, Sarah Silverman, Cornell Belcher, Katty Kay & Bret Stephens

35. Episode 480

Air Date: 2018-11-16

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.); former world chess champion Garry Kasparov; political commentator Van Jones; historian Nancy MacLean; political analyst Steve Schmidt.

1. Episode 481

Air Date: 2019-01-18

Guests: John Kasich, Marshawn Lynch, Erick Erickson, Barney Frank, Catherine Rampell.

2. Episode 482

Air Date: 2019-01-25

Guests: Ann Coulter, Michael McFaul, Joshua Green, Dan Savage, Heather McGhee.

3. Episode 483

Air Date: 2019-02-01

Guests: Will Hurd, Bill de Blasio, Peter Hamby, Jon Meacham, Jennifer Rubin.

4. Episode 484

Air Date: 2019-02-08

Guests: Chris Christie, Eric Idle, Natasha Bertrand, Jack Kingston, Malcolm Nance.

5. Episode 485

Air Date: 2019-02-15

Guests: Mayor Rahm Emanuel, John Legend, Paul Begala, David Frum & Maya Wiley.

6. Episode 486

Air Date: 2019-02-22

Guests: Congressman Adam Schiff, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Donna Brazile, Claire McCaskill & Rick Wilson.

7. Episode 487

Air Date: 2019-03-08

Guests: Matt Schlapp, Noah Rothman, Jonathan Alter, Mary Katharine Ham, Michael Steele.

8. Episode 488

Air Date: 2019-03-15

Guests: Andrew McCabe, Andrew Gillum, John Heilemann, Jon Tester, Jessica Yellin.

9. Episode 489

Air Date: 2019-03-22

Guests: Irshad Manji, Larry Charles, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Evelyn Farkas, Rep. Eric Swalwell.

10. Episode 490

Air Date: 2019-03-29

Guests: Pete Buttigieg, Preet Bharara, S.E. Cupp, Elissa Slotkin, Andrew Sullivan.

11. Episode 491

Air Date: 2019-04-05

Guests: Julian Castro, Chelsea Handler, Danielle Pletka, Gideon Rose, Salman Rushdie.

12. Episode 492

Air Date: 2019-04-12

Guests: Seth Abramson, Dave Barry, Cornell Belcher, Wendy R. Sherman, Matt Welch.

13. Episode 493

Air Date: 2019-04-26

Guests: Adam Schiff, Bob Costas, John Avlon, Zerlina Maxwell, Grover Norquist.

14. Episode 494

Air Date: 2019-05-03

Guests: Jay Inslee, Moby, Bakari Sellers, Bret Stephens, Kara Swisher.

15. Episode 495

Air Date: 2019-05-10

Guests: Michael Lewis, Tim Ryan, Nayyera Haq, Van Jones, Matt Lewis.

16. Episode 496

Air Date: 2019-05-17

Guests: Fran Lebowitz, Jonathan Metzl, James Kirchick, George Packer, Neera Tanden.

17. Episode 497

Air Date: 2019-05-31

Guests: William Weld, John Waters, Kirsten Powers, Jonathan Swan, Lawrence Wilkerson.

18. Episode 498

Air Date: 2019-06-07

Guests: Andrew Yang, Bret Easton Ellis, Charles Blow, Katie Porter, Clint Watts.

19. Episode 499

Air Date: 2019-06-14

Guests: George Will, Martin Short, Eliot Spitzer, Charlie Sykes, Bari Weiss.

20. Episode 500

Air Date: 2019-06-21

Guests: Allan Lichtman, Dr. Debra Soh, Thom Hartmann, Liz Mair, Dan Savage.

21. Episode 501

Air Date: 2019-06-28

Guests: Tulsi Gabbard, Seth MacFarlane, Max Brooks, Adam Gopnik, Joy Reid.

22. Episode 502

Air Date: 2019-08-02

Guests: New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, journalist Josh Barro, former Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm, radio host Buck Sexton.

23. Episode 503

Air Date: 2019-08-09

Guests: Former Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, author Tom Nichols, columnist Catherine Rampell, former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci.

24. Episode 504

Air Date: 2019-08-16

Guests: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Carl Hulse, Betsy Woodruff, Rick Wilson & Michael Render

25. Episode 505

Air Date: 2019-08-23

Guests: Rep. Katie Porter, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, Michael Smerconish, Eric Klinenberg & Kevin D. Williamson

26. Episode 506

Air Date: 2019-09-06

Guests: Rep. Joe Walsh, Christina Hoff Sommers, Rep. John Delaney, María Teresa Kumar & Matt Welch

27. Episode 507

Air Date: 2019-09-13

Guests: Michael Moore, Krystal Ball, Michael Steele, Fernand Amandi & Bari Weiss

28. Episode 508

Air Date: 2019-09-20

Guests: Amb. Samantha Power, Heather McGhee, Tim Naftali, Andrew Sullivan & Sarah Haider

29. Episode 509

Air Date: 2019-09-27

Guests: Gina McCarthy, Linette Lopez, Noah Rothman, Salman Rushdie & Barney Frank

30. Episode 510

Air Date: 2019-10-11

Guests: Howard Stern, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Ben Domenech, Shawna Thomas & John Heilemann

31. Episode 511

Air Date: 2019-10-18

Guests: Susan Rice, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sam Stein, Danielle Pletka & Thomas Chatterton Williams

32. Episode 512

Air Date: 2019-10-25

Guests: Zach Galifianakis, Chris Cuomo, Rep. Elissa Slotkin, Dan Carlin, Donny Deutsch.

33. Episode 513

Air Date: 2019-11-01

Guests: Ronan Farrow, Rick Stengel, Christina Bellantoni, Dennis Prager, & Dr. Jay Gordon.

34. Episode 514

Air Date: 2019-11-08

Guests: Judd Apatow, Gov. Steve Bullock, Rahm Emanuel, Steve Schmidt, and Judge Judy.

35. Episode 515

Air Date: 2019-11-15

First interview: Sen. Sherrod Brown. On the panel: Ian Bremmer, Donna Brazile, Frank Bruni. Second interview: Jaime Harrison.

1. Episode 516

Air Date: 2020-01-17

First interview: Nancy Pelosi. On the panel: Kara Swisher, Joe Walsh, and Jon Meacham. Second interview: Andrew Yang.

2. Episode 517

Air Date: 2020-01-24

First interview: Megyn Kelly. On the panel: Michael McFaul, Alex Wagner, and Erick Erickson. Second interview: Ingrid Newkirk.

3. Episode 518

Air Date: 2020-01-31

First interview: Mayor Pete Buttigieg. On the panel: Rick Wilson, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, and Mitch Landrieu. Second interview: Michael Eric Dyson.

4. Episode 519

Air Date: 2020-02-07

First interview: Steve Bannon. On the panel: Mayor Andrew Gillum, Sarah Isgur, and Ezra Klein. Second interview: Fareed Zakaria.

5. Episode 520

Air Date: 2020-02-14

First interview: Senator Amy Klobuchar. On the panel: Katie Couric, Van Jones, and Bret Stephens. Second interview: Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.

6. Episode 521

Air Date: 2020-02-28

First interview: Dr. Anne Rimoin. On the panel: EJ Dionne, Jane Kleeb, and Buck Sexton. Second interview: Nicholas Kristof.

7. Episode 522

Air Date: 2020-03-06

First interview: Rachel Bitecofer. On the panel: Caitlin Flanagan, Ross Douthat, and Anthony Scaramucci. Second interview: Brian Cox.

8. Episode 523

Air Date: 2020-03-13

First interview: David Ropeik. On the panel: Tim Miller, Lis Smith, and Edward Luce. Second interview: Andrew Zimmern

9. Episode 524

Air Date: 2020-04-03

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bill hosts this week's Real Time from his backyard and features remote interviews with Senator Bernie Sanders, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, actor and writer Seth MacFarlane, author and journalist Max Brooks, and musician Willie Nelson.

10. Episode 525

Air Date: 2020-04-10

Once again hosting from his backyard, Bill's remote interviewees this week are: Former Vice President Al Gore, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, political commentator Ian Bremmer, and comedian Nikki Glaser.

11. Episode 526

Air Date: 2020-04-17

Joining Bill remotely this week for a chat are: journalist Fareed Zakaria, Republican Representative Dan Crenshaw, and political commentator Andrew Sullivan.

12. Episode 527

Air Date: 2020-04-24

Bill's guests this week are Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, comedian Jay Leno, and preventive medicine and public health specialist Dr. David Katz.

13. Episode 528

Air Date: 2020-05-01

Bill's guests this week are Attorney General Eric Holder, author Matt Taibbi, and journalist Bret Stephens.

14. Episode 529

Air Date: 2020-05-08

Joining Bill remotely for a chat this week are: Representative for Michigan Justin Amash, columnist Dan Savage, and political commentator Amy Holmes.

15. Episode 530

Air Date: 2020-05-22

This week, Bill speaks with NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman, LA Lakers' Science Consultant Dr Cate Shanahan, and film director Michael Moore.

16. Episode 531

Air Date: 2020-05-29

The Real Time panel returns this week and joining Bill are: chef Tom Colicchio, journalist Soledad O'Brien, political scientist Ian Bremmer, and comedian Jay Leno.

17. Episode 532

Air Date: 2020-06-05

Joining Bill this week are: rapper and activist Michael "Killer Mike" Render; former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI, Frank Figliuzzi; Professor of Law and Policy at Georgetown University Law Center, Rosa Brooks; and conservative political commentator, Michael Steele.

18. Episode 533

Air Date: 2020-06-12

This week, Bill interviews Radley Balko, an opinion journalist for The Washington Post, and Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, a cardiologist and public health expert. Joining him for the panel discussion are writer Larry Wilmore and Matt Welch, Editor-at-Large of Reason Magazine.

19. Episode 534

Air Date: 2020-06-19

This week Bill interviews former US Ambassador to the UN who served as President Obama's National Security Advisor from 2013-2017, Susan Rice, and columnist for The Washington Post, George Will. For the panel discussion, he is joined by career U.S. Counterterrorism Intelligence Officer and MSNBC contributor, Malcolm Nance, and Writer-at-Large for New York Magazine, Andrew Sullivan.

20. Episode 535

Air Date: 2020-06-26

This week, Bill interviews Former National Security Advisor John Bolton, and co-host of the award-winning podcast "Pivot" and New York Times columnist Kara Swisher. Plus, a virtual panel with president of the Robin Hood Foundation and New York Times bestselling author, Wes Moore; and author, Tulane University professor and MSNBC political analyst, James Carville.

21. Episode 536

Air Date: 2020-07-31

Joining Bill for his first show back after his summer break are actress Kerry Washington, actor Jim Carrey, critic and author Thomas Chatterton Williams, and columnist Bari Weiss.

22. Episode 537

Air Date: 2020-08-07

This week, Bill interviews former chief of staff to Colin Powell, Lawrence Wilkerson, and actor Chris Evans. Joining him for the panel discussion are former adviser to President Bill Clinton, Paul Begala, and author Meghan Daum.

23. Episode 538

Air Date: 2020-08-14

This week, Bill interviews Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and sports anchor Colin Cowherd. For the panel discussion, he chats with former Democratic 2020 presidential candidates Andrew Yang and Pete Buttigieg.

24. Episode 539

Air Date: 2020-08-21

This week, Bill interviews former Governor of Ohio John Kasich about his endorsement of Joe Biden and also lauded director Oliver Stone. For the panel discussion, author Thomas Frank and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II join Bill to talk about the direction of the Democratic party.

25. Episode 540

Air Date: 2020-08-28

Bill returns to the studio for the first time since March and remote-interviews former federal prosecutor Trey Gowdy and musician Wynton Marsalis, while journalist Nina Burleigh and political strategist Rick Wilson join him for the remote panel discussion.

26. Episode 541

Air Date: 2020-09-11

This week, Bill interviews former FBI agent Pete Strzok and actor Ewan McGregor, and joining him in the studio for the panel discussion are journalists Jessica Yellin and Peter Hamby.

27. Episode 542

Air Date: 2020-09-18

This week, Bill interviews actress and activist Jane Fonda and Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen. For the panel segment he's joined by writer Tim Miller and comedian Trae Crowder.

28. Episode 543

Air Date: 2020-09-25

Joining Bill this week are Senator Bernie Sanders, actor Jim Belushi, journalist Coleman Hughes, and Bakari Sellers former Representative for South Carolina.

29. Episode 544

Air Date: 2020-10-09

This week, Bill interviews Congressman Adam Schiff and Former CIA Director John O. Brennan. Joining him for the panel discussion are conservative journalist Bret Stephens and writer Keli Goff.

30. Episode 545

Air Date: 2020-10-16

Bill interviews political scientist Fareed Zakaria and actor John Leguizamo. For the panel discussion he's joined by John Avlon, CNN's Senior Political Analyst, and Noah Rothman, MSNBC and NBC News contributor.

31. Episode 546

Air Date: 2020-10-23

This week, Bill interviews actor Matthew McConaughey and author Ben Sheehan. Joining him for the panel discussion are Senator Heidi Heitkamp and Donald Trump's former Director of Communications, Anthony Scaramucci.

32. Episode 547

Air Date: 2020-10-30

Bill interviews former Democratic U.S. Senator from Minnesota, Al Franken and New York Times national security correspondent, David E. Sanger. Joining him on the panel are MSNBC political analyst John Heilemann and Lis Smith, former Senior Advisor to Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 presidential campaign.

33. Episode 548

Air Date: 2020-11-06

This week, Bill interviews former Google Design Ethicist, Tristan Harris. Joining him for the panel discussion are Counter-terrorism Intelligence Officer and MSNBC contributor, Malcolm Nance, and Law & Policy professor at Georgetown School of Law, Rosa Brooks.

34. Episode 549

Air Date: 2020-11-13

Following the election, Bill interviews constitutional law attorney and Senior Legal Adviser for the Trump 2020 campaign, Jenna Ellis. For the panel discussion, he is joined by writer Caitlin Flanagan and author Max Brooks.

35. Episode 550

Air Date: 2020-11-20

For his final show of 2020, Bill interviews author Professor Michael Eric Dyson. On the panel, he is joined by contributing writer for 'The Atlantic' Alex Wagner and historian Jon Meacham.

1. Episode 551

Air Date: 2021-01-15

For the first show of the season, Bill interviews President Trump's former Senior Counselor, Kellyanne Conway. Joining him on the panel are award-winning journalist Katie Couric and author Matt Jones.

2. Episode 552

Air Date: 2021-01-22

This week, Bill interviews former FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi. Joining him for the panel discussion are Lead Producer and Co-Founder of Freethink, Kmele Foster, and Contributing Writer for Vanity Fair, Peter Hamby.

3. Episode 553

Air Date: 2021-01-29

This week, Bill interviews evolutionary biologists and co-hosts of The DarkHorse Podcast, Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein. Joining him for the panel discussion are CNN Political Commentator, Van Jones, and Contributing Editor at Harper’s Magazine, James Pogue.

4. Episode 554

Air Date: 2021-02-05

Bill interviews comedian Jimmy Kimmel ahead of a panel discussion with TIME's Senior Correspondent Charlotte Alter and political pundit Matt Welch.

5. Episode 555

Air Date: 2021-02-12

Bill interviews Rep. Adam Kinzinger about his recent Washington Post op-ed urging Senate Republicans to convict Donald Trump. For the panel discussion, he is joined by political blogger Markos Moulitsas and MSNBC Political Analyst Steve Schmidt.

6. Episode 556

Air Date: 2021-02-26

This week, Bill interviews journalist Megyn Kelly. For the panel discussion, he is joined by Democratic Senator from Montana, Jon Tester, and New York Times opinion columnist, Ezra Klein.

7. Episode 557

Air Date: 2021-03-05

This week, Bill interviews journalist Joe Scarborough, and for the panel discussion is joined by author Frank Bruni and radio host Charlamagne Tha God.

8. Episode 558

Air Date: 2021-03-12

This week, Bill sits down with New York Times bestselling-author Annabelle Gurwitch. For the panel, he is joined by Scott Galloway, Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern, and comedian Larry Wilmore.

9. Episode 559

Air Date: 2021-03-19

This week, Bill interviews political data scientist David Shor. For the panel discussion, he is joined by Heidi Heitkamp, former Senator for North Dakota, and journalist Nick Gillespie.

10. Episode 560

Air Date: 2021-03-26

This week, Bill opens the show interviewing Christopher Krebs, the former Director of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency. Then, joining him on the panel are Caitlin Flanagan, staff writer at The Atlantic, and Bret Stephens, columnist for The New York Times and an MSNBC contributor.

11. Episode 561

Air Date: 2021-04-09

This week, Bill interviews former Secretary of State of California, Sen. Alex Padilla. For the panel discussion, he is joined by author Heather McGhee and writer Reihan Salam.

12. Episode 562

Air Date: 2021-04-16

Sharon Osbourne gives her first interview since her abrupt firing from The Talk, while joining Bill for the panel discussion are journalist Ian Bremmer and Law and Policy professor Rosa Brooks.

13. Episode 563

Air Date: 2021-04-23

Bill opens the show interviewing former Contributing Editor for Vanity Fair, Fran Lebowitz. Joining him for the panel discussion are S.E. Cupp, columnist and CNN contributor, and April Ryan, author and DC Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent for theGrio.com.

14. Episode 564

Air Date: 2021-04-30

This week, Bill interviews author Ben Sheehan and for the panel discussion is joined by historian Nancy MacLean and author Thomas Frank.

15. Episode 565

Air Date: 2021-05-07

Bill opens the show by interviewing professor of linguistics at Columbia University, John McWhorter. For the panel discussion, he is joined by Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a Democratic congresswoman who represents Michigan's 8th district, and Rick Wilson, a Republican strategist and author.

16. Episode 566

Air Date: 2021-05-28

Returning from a two-week break after testing positive for COVID-19, Bill opens this week's show by interviewing Emmy-winning broadcaster Bob Costas. For the panel discussion, he is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, and Democratic strategist and co-host of the weekly podcast Politics War Room, James Carville.

17. Episode 567

Air Date: 2021-06-04

This week, Bill interviews Democratic Congressman representing New York's 15th district, Rep. Ritchie Torres. Joining him for the panel discussion are Governor John Kasich and journalist Chris Matthews.

18. Episode 568

Air Date: 2021-06-11

Opening the show this week, Bill interviews astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. On the panel, he is joined by filmmaker Rob Reiner and political scientist Rachel Bitecofer.

19. Episode 569

Air Date: 2021-06-18

Bill interviews fellow comedian Nikki Glaser to open the show and is then joined on the panel by political commentator Paul Begala and journalist Jane Coaston.

20. Episode 570

Air Date: 2021-06-25

This week, Bill opens the show by interviewing acclaimed film director Quentin Tarantino, and for the panel is joined by author Max Brooks and pop-historian Dan Carlin.

21. Episode 571

Air Date: 2021-07-30

Bill returns from his summer break, opening the show by interviewing Eric Adams, the Democratic nominee for NYC Mayor. For the panel discussion, he's joined by Democratic congresswoman Rep. Stacey Plaskett and author Joshua Green who is also a senior national correspondent for Bloomberg Businessweek.

22. Episode 572

Air Date: 2021-08-06

This week, Bill opens the show interviewing two-time Olympic gold medalist Donna de Varona. For the panel, he's joined by Malcolm Nance, a career U.S. Counterterrorism Intelligence Officer and MSNBC contributor, alongside right wing commentator Ben Shapiro.

23. Episode 573

Air Date: 2021-08-13

Screen legends Martin Short and Steve Martin join Bill for the opening interview, while journalist Michael Moynihan and former DNC chair Donna Brazile join him for the panel discussion.

24. Episode 574

Air Date: 2021-08-20

Bill opens the show interviewing political commentator Andrew Sullivan and is joined on the panel by journalist Jackie Calmes and former Democratic congressman Max Rose.

25. Episode 575

Air Date: 2021-08-27

Bill opens this week's episode by interviewing Washington Post journalist Craig Whitlock. For the panel, he's joined by British journalist Katty Kay and conservative Christian lobbyist Ralph Reed.

26. Episode 576

Air Date: 2021-09-10

Bill opens this week's show by interviewing Rep. Barbara Lee, the Democratic Congresswoman representing California's 13th district. For the panel, he is joined by journalist Christina Bellantoni and columnist George F. Will.

27. Episode 577

Air Date: 2021-09-17

This week, Bill interviews Pulitzer-prize winning historian and staff writer at The Atlantic, Anne Applebaum. On the panel, he is joined by advice columnist and author Dan Savage, and Chair of the editorial board and U.S. Editor-at-Large of The Financial Times, Gillian Tett.

28. Episode 578

Air Date: 2021-09-24

Tristan Harris, co-founder of The Center for Humane Technology, is Bill's interviewee at the top of the show and joining him on the panel are MSNBC contributor Jennifer Rubin and national spokesperson for No Dem Left Behind, Richard Ojeda.

29. Episode 579

Air Date: 2021-10-01

Bill opens this week's show interviewing musician and activist Stevie Van Zandt. For the panel, he's joined by journalist and podcaster Matt Taibbi alongside Editor-in-Chief of Reason magazine Katherine Mangu-Ward.

30. Episode 580

Air Date: 2021-10-08

Harvard's professor of psychology, Steven Pinker is Bill's interview subject this week. For the panel, he is joined by activist and musician Killer Mike alongside national political reporter for The Washington Post, Robert Costa.

31. Episode 581

Air Date: 2021-10-22

This week, Bill opens the show by interviewing Saru Jayaraman, Director of UC Berkeley's Food Labor Research Center. For the panel discussion, he is joined by former Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang and New York Times opinion writer John McWhorter.

32. Episode 582

Air Date: 2021-10-29

This week, Bill opens the show by opening Sean Spicer, former Press Secretary to President Trump. For the panel, he is joined by Caitlin Flanagan, staff writer at The Atlantic, and Sen. Chris Coons, Democratic U.S. Senator from Delaware.

33. Episode 583

Air Date: 2021-11-05

Bill begins this week's show interviewing Amy Klobuchar, the senior U.S. Senator from Minnesota. On the panel, he's joined by Glenn Loury, professor of economics at Brown University, and Michael Eric Dyson, professor at Vanderbilt University.

34. Episode 584

Air Date: 2021-11-12

Bill opens this week's episode interviewing Canadian businessman Kevin O'Leary. For the panel, he's joined by Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff and talk show host Tavis Smiley.

35. Episode 585

Air Date: 2021-11-19

For the season's final show, Bill interviews journalist Fareed Zakaria about his forthcoming new book. For the panel discussion, he is joined by former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Mayor-Elect of New York City, Eric Adams.

1. January 21, 2022: Timothy Snyder, Bari Weiss, Rep. Ritchie Torres

Air Date: 2022-01-21

Kicking off the new season, Bill interviews Yale University history professor Timothy Snyder about the repercussions of The Big Lie and the January 6th insurrection. For the panel discussion he is joined by Democratic Congressman representing New York's 15th district, Ritchie Torres, and writer Bari Weiss.

2. January 28, 2022: Ira Glasser, Fiona Hill, Matt Welch

Air Date: 2022-01-28

Bill opens the show this week by interviewing former Executive Director of the ACLU, Ira Glasser. For the panel, he's joined by former Senior Director at the U.S. National Security Council, Fiona Hill, and journalist Matt Welch.

3. February 4, 2022: Rep. Ro Khanna, Johann Hari, Katherine Mangu-Ward

Air Date: 2022-02-04

This week, Bill interviews Rep. Ro Khanna, the U.S. Congressman representing California's 17th district. On the panel, he is joined by British author Johann Hari and Katherine Mangu-Ward, the Editor-in-Chief of Reason Magazine.

4. February 11, 2022: Ricky Williams, Vivek Ramaswamy, Marianne Williamson

Air Date: 2022-02-11

Bill starts this week's show by interviewing Ricky Williams, a former NFL star and cannabis entrepreneur. On the panel, he is joined by Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur and author, and Marianne Williamson, political activist and former Democrat Presidential Candidate.

5. February 18, 2022: Brooke Jenkins, John Avlon, Katrina Vanden Heuvel

Air Date: 2022-02-18

This week, Bill interviews Brooke Jenkins, a former San Francisco Assistant District Attorney. For the panel discussion, he is joined by John Avlon, a senior Political Analyst and anchor for CNN, and Katrina vanden Heuvel, a columnist for The Washington Post.

6. February 25, 2022: Ruben Gallego, Bret Stephens, Chloé Valdary

Air Date: 2022-02-25

Bill opens the show by interviewing Rep. Ruben Gallego, Democratic Congressman from Arizona. Joining him on the panel are entrepreneur Chloé Valdary and New York Times columnist Bret Stephens.

7. March 11, 2022: Kenneth Branagh, Frank Bruni, Batya Ungar-Sargon

Air Date: 2022-03-11

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 Professor of Public Policy at Duke University, and Batya Ungar-Sargon, Deputy Opinion Editor of Newsweek.

8. March 18, 2022: Ernest Moniz, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Max Brooks

Air Date: 2022-03-18

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 Kristen Soltis Anderson and author Max Brooks.

9. March 25, 2022: Julia Ioffe, John Heilemann, Sen. Jon Tester

Air Date: 2022-03-25

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, the senior Democratic Senator from Montana, and John Heilemann, creator, host & executive producer of Showtime’s The Circus.

10. April 1, 2022: Nicole Perlroth, Laura Coates, Andrew Yang

Air Date: 2022-04-01

Kicking off this week's episode, Bill interviews Nicole Perlroth, former lead cybersecurity and digital espionage reporter for The New York Times. On the panel, he is joined by Laura Coates, a CNN Senior Legal Analyst, and Andrew Yang, former Democratic Presidential candidate and founder of the new political third party, Forward.

11. April 8, 2022: David Mamet, Nancy MacLean, David Leonhardt

Air Date: 2022-04-08

Bill interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author, David Mamet and is joined on the panel by historian Nancy MacLean and columnist David Leonhardt.

12. April 22, 2022: Bob Odenkirk, Mary Katharine Ham, Caitlin Flanagan

Air Date: 2022-04-22

Bill returns this week by interviewing comedian Bob Odenkirk and is joined for the panel discussion by CNN Commentator Mary Katharine Ham and writer at The Atlantic, Caitlin Flanagan.

13. April 29, 2022: Fran Lebowitz, Ali Velshi, Doug Jones

Air Date: 2022-04-29

Opening the show this week, Bill interviews author Fran Lebowitz. On the panel, he is joined by MSNBC journalist Ali Velshi and former Democratic Senator from Alabama Doug Jones.

14. May 6, 2022: Chloe Maxmin, Paul Begala, Michele Tafoya

Air Date: 2022-05-06

This week, Maine State Senator Chloe Maxmin is Bill's first guest and for the panel discussion he is joined by Democratic strategist Paul Begala and former NBC Sports reporter Michele Tafoya.

15. May 13, 2022: Rod Stewart, Ian Bremmer, Jane Harman

Air Date: 2022-05-13

Legendary musician Sir Rod Stewart is Bill's interviewee this week. On the panel, he is joined by political scientist Ian Bremmer and former Representative for California Jane Harman.

16. May 20, 2022: Mark Esper, Donna Brazile, Adam Carolla

Air Date: 2022-05-20

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 joined by veteran political strategist Donna Brazile and comedian Adam Carolla.

17. June 3, 2022: Eric Holder, Michael Shellenberger, Douglas Murray

Air Date: 2022-06-03

Eric Holder, former US Attorney General, is this week's opening interviewee. On the panel, Bill is joined by California gubernatorial candidate Michael Shellenberger and columnist Douglas Murray.

18. June 10, 2022: Dr. Cornel West, Kellyanne Conway, Josh Barro

Air Date: 2022-06-10

Dr. Cornel West, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary and contributor to The Guardian; Kellyanne Conway - former Senior Counselor to President Trump and author of the memoir, "Here's the Deal"; Josh Barro, host of the weekly podcast "Very Serious" and blogger for "Very Serious" on Substack.

19. June 17, 2022: Danny Strong, Krystal Ball, James Kirchick

Air Date: 2022-06-17

Bill interviews actor and director Danny Strong at the top of the show. For the panel, he is joined by political commentator Krystal Ball and conservative reporter James Kirchick.

20. June 24, 2022: Christine Emba, Andrew Sullivan, Katie Herzog

Air Date: 2022-06-24

Bill begins this week's show by interviewing author and Washington Post columnist Christine Emba. On the panel, he is joined by political commentator Andrew Sullivan and culture writer Katie Herzog.

21. July 29, 2022: Chris Cuomo, John McWhorter, Sam Stein

Air Date: 2022-07-29

Returning from his Summer break, Bill opens the show by interviewing journalist Chris Cuomo. On the panel he is joined by John McWhorter, associate professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, and political journalist Sam Stein.

22. August 5, 2022: David Duchovny, Matt Taibbi, Lis Smith

Air Date: 2022-08-05

Bill opens this week's episode interviewing award-winning actor David Duchovny about his new book. For the panel, he is joined by author Matt Taibbi and Democratic political strategist Lis Smith.

23. August 12, 2022: Ross Douthat, Rikki Schlott, Piers Morgan

Air Date: 2022-08-12

This week, Bill interviews columnist Ross Douthat about his recent experience with Lyme disease. For the panel he's joined by journalist Piers Morgan and GenZ columnist Nikki Schlott.

24. August 19, 2022: B.J. Novak, Catherine Rampell, Noah Rothman

Air Date: 2022-08-19

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 political and economic commentator Catherine Rampell and conservative political commentator Noah Rothman.

25. August 26, 2022: John Waters, Amy Klobuchar, Rob Reiner

Air Date: 2022-08-26

This week, Bill interviews filmmaker John Waters and is joined on the panel by senior Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar and filmmaker Rob Reiner.

26. September 9, 2022: Wynton Marsalis, Scott Galloway, Matt Welch

Air Date: 2022-09-09

Bill opens this week's show by interviewing jazz musician Wynton Marsalis. For the panel, he is joined by author and business professor Scott Galloway and journalist Matt Welch.

27. September 16, 2022: Trace Adkins, Julia Ioffe, Jon Meacham

Air Date: 2022-09-16

Country singer Trace Adkins is Bill's interviewee this week, while on the panel he is joined by Julia Ioffe, founding partner and Washington Correspondent for the media company Puck, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham.

28. September 23, 2022: Michael Moore, Jonathan Lemire, Vivek Ramaswamy

Air Date: 2022-09-23

Bill opens this week's episode by interviewing award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore. For the panel discussion, he is joined by journalist Jonathan Lemire and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.

29. September 30, 2022: Masih Alinejad, Van Jones, Caitlin Flanagan

Air Date: 2022-09-30

This week, Bill begins the show by interviewing Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad. For the panel, he is joined by political commentator Van Jones and journalist Caitlin Flanagan.

30. October 7, 2022: Chris Wallace, Katty Kay, Chris Christie

Air Date: 2022-10-07

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 Chris Christie and Special Correspondent for BBC News Katty Kay.

31. October 14, 2022: Netanyahu, Smerconish, Degrasse Tyson

Air Date: 2022-10-14

This week, Bill opens the show by interviewing Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Prime Minister of Israel. For the panel, he is joined by columnist Michael Smerconish and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

32. October 28, 2022: Quentin Tarantino, Gillian Tett, Yuval Noah Harari

Air Date: 2022-10-28

Acclaimed movie director Quentin Tarantino is Bill's interviewee to open the show, while on the panel he is joined by Gillian Tett, Editor-at-Large of the Financial Times, and Yuval Harari, Professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

33. November 4, 2022: Richard Reeves, Maggie Haberman, Fareed Zakaria

Air Date: 2022-11-04

This week, Bill begins the show by interviewing Richard Reeves, author and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. On the panel, he is joined by Maggie Haberman, Senior Political Correspondent for The New York Times, and political commentator Fareed Zakaria.

34. November 11, 2022: Jared Polis, Robert Costa, Ro Khanna

Air Date: 2022-11-11

Democratic Governor for Colorado, Jared Polis is Bill's interviewee to open the show. On the panel, he is joined by Robert Costa, Chief Election and Campaign Correspondent for CBS News, and Ro Khanna, Democratic Congressman representing California's 17th district.

35. November 18, 2022: Matthew Perry, Laura Coates, Jonathan Haidt

Air Date: 2022-11-18

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 Coates and Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at NYU’s Stern School of Business.

1. January 20, 2023: William Barr, Andrew Sullivan, Rep. Nancy Mace

Air Date: 2023-01-20

To kick off the new season, Bill interviews Bill Barr, former Attorney General under Presidents George H. W. Bush and Donald Trump, and for the panel he is joined by conservative commentator Andrew Sullivan and Rep. Nancy Mace, the congresswoman representing South Carolina's 1st congressional district .

2. January 27, 2023: Frances Haugen, Bari Weiss, Tim Ryan

Air Date: 2023-01-27

This week, Bill starts the show by interviewing Frances Haugen, the social media activist and author of "The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook". On the panel, he is joined by commentator Bari Weiss and Tim Ryan, former Democratic Congressman for Ohio.

3. February 3, 2023: Medaria Arradondo, Bret Stephens, Ruben Gallego

Air Date: 2023-02-03

To open this week's show, Bill interviews Medaria Arradondo, the former Minneapolis Police Chief who served from 2017-2022. For the panel discussion, he is joined by Rep. Ruben Gallego, a Democratic Congressman from Arizona, and columnist Bret Stephens.

4. February 10, 2023: Malcolm Nance, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Paul Begala

Air Date: 2023-02-10

This week, Bill opens the show by interviewing counterterrorism expert Malcolm Nance. On the panel, he is joined by Democratic strategist Paul Begala and pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson.

5. February 17, 2023: Christoph Waltz, Ari Melber, Sarah Isgur

Air Date: 2023-02-17

Bill interviews actor Christoph Waltz to open the show. He is then joined on the panel by Ari Melber, MSNBC's chief legal correspondent, and Sarah Isgur, political commentator and former spokesperson in the United States Department of Justice.

6. March 3, 2023: Bernie Sanders, John Heiligman, Russell Brand

Air Date: 2023-03-03

This week, Bill starts the show by interviewing Bernie Sanders, the Independent Senator from Vermont. On the panel, he is then joined by actor Russell Brand and journalist John Heilemann.

7. March 10, 2023: David Byrne, John McWhorter, Josh Tyrangiel

Air Date: 2023-03-10

Opening this week's show, Bill interviews Oscar-nominated musician David Byrne. On the panel, he's joined by author John McWhorter and journalist Josh Tyrangiel.

8. March 17, 2023: Noa Tishby, Andrew Yang, Rep. Elissa Slotkin

Air Date: 2023-03-17

Noa Tishby, an actress and activist who serves as Israel's Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism and Delegitimization, is Bill's interviewee to open this week's show. For the panel, he is joined by Rep. Elissa Slotkin, the Democratic Congresswoman representing Michigan's 7th district, and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang.

9. March 24, 2023: David Sedaris, Scott Galloway, Annie Lowrey

Air Date: 2023-03-24

Bill's interview guest this week is humorist David Sedaris. On the panel, he is joined by Scott Galloway, a professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business, and Annie Lowrey, a staff writer for The Atlantic.

10. March 31, 2023: Chris Sununu, James Kirchick, Winsome Sears

Air Date: 2023-03-31

Bill's interview guest this week is Republican Governor of New Hampshire, Chris Sununu. On the panel, he is joined by James Kirchick, a columnist at Tablet Magazine, and Winsome Sears the first woman to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and first woman of color and Jamaican-born American to hold statewide office in Virginia's history.

11. April 14, 2023: Ben McKenzie, Rep. Katie Porter, Piers Morgan

Air Date: 2023-04-14

Bill's interview guest this week is Ben McKenzie, actor and co-author of the forthcoming book, "Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud". On the panel, he is joined by Democratic Congresswoman from California, Rep. Katie Porter, and English broadcaster Piers Morgan.

12. April 21, 2023: Esther Perel, Daniel Bessner, Glenn Loury

Air Date: 2023-04-21

Bill opens this week's show by interviewing Belgian-American psychotherapist Esther Perel. For the panel discussion, he is joined by Daniel Bessner, Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, and Glenn Loury, professor of economics at Harvard University.

13. April 28, 2023: Elon Musk, Michael Moynihan, Konstantin Kisin

Air Date: 2023-04-28

Bill opens this week's show interviewing billionaire businessman Elon Musk. For the panel discussion, he is joined by Michael Moynihan, journalist and co-host of The Fifth Column podcast, and Konstantin Kisin, political commentator and satirist.

14. September 29, 2023: Gov. Ron Desantis, Sam Harris, Mary Katharine Ham

Air Date: 2023-09-29

Guests: Gov. Ron DeSantis - Republican Governor of Florida who is running to be the 2024 Republican nominee for President; Sam Harris - host of the "Making Sense" podcast; Mary Katharine Ham - co-host of the "Getting Hammered" podcast and author of "End of Discussion: How The Left's Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters and Makes America Less Free (and Fun)."

15. October 6, 2023: Keegan-Michael Key, Elle Key, Matt Welch, Sarah Isgur

Air Date: 2023-10-06

Guests: a one-on-one interview with Emmy and Peabody Award-winning actor, writer, and producer, Keegan-Michael Key and award-winning film and TV director, writer, and producer, Elle Key, who together wrote the new book "The History of Sketch Comedy." Plus, Matt Welch - editor-at-large of Reason Magazine; and Sarah Isgur - senior editor for the online magazine The Dispatch.

16. October 13, 2023: Tristan Harris, James Kirchick, Matt Duss

Air Date: 2023-10-13

Guests: Tristan Harris - tech ethicist, co-founder and executive director of the nonprofit organization Center for Humane Technology, and podcast co-host; James Kirchick - columnist for Tablet Magazine, writer-at-large for Air Mail, and author; Matt Duss - executive vice president at the Center for International Policy and former foreign policy advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders.

17. October 20, 2023: Alexandra Pelosi, Paul Begala, Bret Stephens

Air Date: 2023-10-20

Guests: Alexandra Pelosi - director and producer of HBO Original documentary "The Insurrectionist Next Door"; Paul Begala - Democratic strategist and CNN political contributor; Bret Stephens - New York Times columnist.

18. October 27, 2023: Andrew Cuomo, Melissa DeRosa, Scott Galloway

Air Date: 2023-10-27

Guests: former Democratic Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo and his former Chief of Staff, Melissa DeRosa; Scott Galloway - professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business and host of "The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway"; Jessica Tarlov - co-host of Fox News' "The Five" and Head of Research at Bustle.

19. November 3, 2023: Rep. Dean Phillips, Fareed Zakaria, Ian Bremmer

Air Date: 2023-11-03

Guests: Rep. Dean Phillips - Democratic Congressman from Minnesota's 3rd district who recently announced his campaign to primary Biden for the 2024 Presidential nomination; Fareed Zakaria - host of CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" and columnist for the Washington Post; Ian Bremmer - president of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media.

20. November 10, 2023: Sen. Ted Cruz, Jordan Peterson, Pamela Paul

Air Date: 2023-11-10

Guests: Sen. Ted Cruz - Republican senator from Texas and author of "Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America"; Jordan Peterson - professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Toronto, author of the bestseller "12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos"; Pamela Paul - former editor of the New York Times Book Review and current opinion columnist for the paper.

21. November 17, 2023: Rob Reiner & Albert Brooks, Donna Brazile, Adam Kinzinger

Air Date: 2023-11-17

Guests: An interview with Rob Reiner, director of the HBO Original documentary "Albert Brooks: Defending My Life," and Albert Brooks, Oscar(R)-nominated actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter; Donna Brazile - Georgetown University professor and contributor to ABC News, USA Today, and The Hill; Adam Kinzinger - former Republican Congressman from Illinois and author.

22. December 1, 2023: David Mamet, James Carville, Dave Rubin

Air Date: 2023-12-01

Guests: An interview with David Mamet, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director who wrote and illustrated his newest book, "Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic,and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood." This week's panel discussion includes James Carville, American political consultant and author; and Dave Rubin, American conservative political commentator and host of The Rubin Report."

23. December 8, 2023: Greg Lukianoff, Jane Ferguson, John Avlon

Air Date: 2023-12-08

Guests: An interview with Greg Lukianoff, President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and co-author of "The Canceling of the American Mind." This week's panel discussion includes Jane Ferguson, award-winning special correspondent for PBS NewsHour, contributor to The New Yorker, and author of the book "No Ordinary Assignment"; and John Avlon, senior political analyst and anchor at CNN and the former editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast.

24. December 15, 2023: Ray Romano, Laura Coates, Walter Kirn

Air Date: 2023-12-15

Guests: An interview with Ray Romano, award-winning actor and comedian who directed, wrote, produced, and starred in the new film "Somewhere in Queens." This week's panel discussion includes Laura Coates, CNN's Chief Legal Analyst and host of "Laura Coates Live" and Walter Kirn, novelist and co-host of the podcast "America This Week."

1. January 19, 2024: Gavin Newsom, Andrew Sullivan, Ari Melber

Air Date: 2024-01-19

Guests: An interview with Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democratic Governor of California. This week's panel discussion includes Andrew Sullivan, columnist for Substack's "The Weekly Dish" and author of "Out on a Limb" and Ari Melber, MSNBC's Chief Legal Correspondent and host of "The Beat with Ari Melber."

2. January 26, 2024: Stephen A. Smith, Rep. Adam Schiff, Seth MacFarlane

Air Date: 2024-01-26

Guests: An interview with Stephen A. Smith, host of ESPN's "First Take" and the podcast "The Stephen A. Smith Show," both available on YouTube, and author of the new book "Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Take." This week's panel discussion includes Rep. Adam Schiff, Democratic Congressman representing California's 30th district who is a 2024 candidate to represent California in the US Senate; and Seth MacFarlane, actor, comedian, writer, producer, and singer whose newest show "Ted" recently premiered January 11 on Peacock.

3. February 2, 2024: Michael Render, Gov. Chris Sununu, Jessica Tarlov

Air Date: 2024-02-02

Guests: An interview with Michael Render (a.k.a Killer Mike), entrepreneur, musician, and one-half of the group "Run the Jewels," whose self-titled solo album "Michael" was recently released across digital platforms. This week's panel discussion includes Gov. Chris Sununu,Republican Governor of New Hampshire; and Jessica Tarlov, co-host of "The Five" on Fox News and Head of Research for Bustle.

4. February 9, 2024: Coleman Hughes, Bob Costas, Caitlin Flanagan

Air Date: 2024-02-09

Guests: An interview with Coleman Hughes, host of the "Conversations With Coleman" podcast, contributor to The Free Press, and author of the new book "The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America," available this week. This week's panel discussion includes Bob Costas, CNN contributor and 29-time Emmy®-winning broadcaster; and Caitlin Flanagan, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of the new collection of essays titled "On Thinking for Yourself: Instinct, Education, Dissension."

5. February 16, 2024: Dr. Jean Twenge, Van Jones, Ann Coulter

Air Date: 2024-02-16

Guests: An interview with Dr. Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University and author of "Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future." This week's panel discussion includes Van Jones,CNN political commentator and host of the podcast "Uncommon Ground with Van Jones" and Ann Coulter, conservative political commentator, author of 13 New York Times bestselling books, who now writes the column "Unsafe" on Substack.

6. March 1, 2024: Dr. Phil McGraw, Tim Ryan, Batya Ungar-Sargon

Air Date: 2024-03-01

Guests: An interview with Dr. Phil McGraw, author of the new book, "We've Got Issues: How You Can Stand Strong for America's Soul and Sanity," who will soon host "Dr. Phil Primetime" on his new cable network, Merit Street Media. This week's panel discussion includes Tim Ryan, former Democratic Congressman from Ohio and founder of We The People Action Fund; and Batya Ungar-Sargon, Opinion editor at Newsweek and author of the forthcoming book "Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women."

7. March 8, 2024: Robert De Niro, Max Brooks, Tara Palmeri

Air Date: 2024-03-08

Guests: An interview with Robert De Niro, two-time Oscar®-winning actor and film producer who is currently nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Killers of the Flower Moon." This week's panel discussion includes Max Brooks,host of the YouTube show "Max Brooks Breaks Down" and New York Times best-selling author of "Minecraft: The Village"; and Tara Palmeri, senior political correspondent at Puck and host of The Ringer's "Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri" podcast.

8. March 15, 2024: Eric Holder, Rep. Nancy Mace, Rep. Ro Khanna

Air Date: 2024-03-15

Guests: An interview with Eric Holder, former attorney general under President Obama, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, and co-author of "Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan. "This week's panel discussion includes Rep. Nancy Mace, Republican Congresswoman from South Carolina who currently serves on the Armed Services and House Oversight committees; and Rep. Ro Khanna, Democratic Congressman who represents California's Silicon Valley and a member of President Biden's National Advisory Board.

9. March 22, 2024: Kara Swisher, Beto O'Rourke, Sarah Isgur

Air Date: 2024-03-22

Guests: An interview with Kara Swisher, host of the podcast "On with Kara Swisher," co-host of the podcast "Pivot," and author of "Burn Book: A Tech Love Story." This week's panel discussion includes Beto O'Rourke, former Democratic Congressman from Texas and founder of Powered by People; and Sarah Isgur, former lawyer at the US Department of Justice under President Trump, senior editor of The Dispatch, and host of its legal podcast "Advisory Opinions."

10. March 29, 2024: Jonathan Haidt, Fareed Zakaria, Dr. Mark T. Esper

Air Date: 2024-03-29

Guests: An interview with Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist at the NYU Stern School of Business and author of "The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness." This week's panel discussion includes Fareed Zakaria,host of CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" and author of "Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present," and Dr. Mark T. Esper, former U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Trump and author of the memoir "A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times."

11. April 12, 2024: William Shatner, Piers Morgan, Gillian Tett

Air Date: 2024-04-12

Guests: An interview with William Shatner, actor, subject of the new documentary "You Can Call Me Bill," and artist of the upcoming digital album "So Fragile, So Blue,"which he recorded live with the National Symphony Orchestra.This week's panel discussion includes Piers Morgan,New York Post columnist and host of the YouTube channel's "Piers Morgan Uncensored"; and Gillian Tett, provost of King's College, Cambridge, and columnist at the Financial Times.

12. April 19, 2024: Jillian Michaels, Jon Meacham, Jane Ferguson

Air Date: 2024-04-19

Guests: An interview with Jillian Michaels, fitness, nutrition expert, and host of the podcast "Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian Michaels." This week's panel discussion includes Jon Meacham,Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author of "The Call to Serve: The Life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush"; and Jane Ferguson, award-winning foreign correspondent for PBS NewsHour, The New Yorker contributor, and author of "No Ordinary Assignment."

13. April 26, 2024: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Scott Galloway, Don Lemon

Air Date: 2024-04-26

Guests: An interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent candidate in the 2024 presidential election. This week's panel discussion includes Scott Galloway, Professor of Marketing at the NYU Stern School of Business, host of the podcast "The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway," co-host of the podcast "Pivot," and author of the new book "The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security"; and Don Lemon, award-winning journalist, founder of Lemon Media Network (LMN), and host of the podcast "The Don Lemon Show."

14. May 3, 2024: Roger Daltrey, Kellyanne Conway, Joshua Green

Air Date: 2024-05-03

Guests: An interview with Roger Daltrey, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, co-founder, and frontman for the rock band "The Who." This week's panel discussion includes Kellyanne Conway, former senior counselor to President Trump, Fox News contributor, and author of the #1 New York Times Best Seller, "Here's the Deal: A Memoir"; and Joshua Green, Bloomberg Businessweek national correspondent and author of "The Rebels: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Struggle for a New American Politics."

15. May 10, 2024: Eric Schlosser, Frank Bruni, Douglas Murray

Air Date: 2024-05-10

Guests: An interview with Eric Schlosser, investigative journalist, author of The New York Times Best Seller "Fast Food Nation," and stars in the documentary film "Food, Inc." This week's panel discussion includes Frank Bruni,contributing writer at The New York Times and best-selling author, whose new book is called "The Age of Grievance"; and Douglas Murray, columnist for the New York Post and author of The New York Times best-sellingbook "The War on the West."

16. May 17, 2024: Michael Eric Dyson, Nellie Bowles, Pamela Paul

Air Date: 2024-05-17

Guests: An interview with Michael Eric Dyson, a distinguished professor at Vanderbilt University and author of The New York Times best-selling book "Unequal: A Story of America." This week's panel discussion includes Nellie Bowles, author of the new book "Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History" and a founder of The Free Press; and Pamela Paul, author and opinion columnist at The New York Times.

17. May 31, 2024: John Waters, David Axelrod, Ken Buck

Air Date: 2024-05-31

Guests: An interview with John Waters, writer, actor, and filmmaker of the 1990 classic musical film "Cry-Baby." This week's panel discussion includes David Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Obama, CNN political contributor, and host of the podcast "The Axe Files with David Axelrod"; and Ken Buck, former Republican congressman from Colorado.

18. June 7, 2024: Sen. John Fetterman, Matt Welch, Abigail Shrier

Air Date: 2024-06-07

Guests: An interview with U.S. Democratic senator from Pennsylvania, Sen. John Fetterman. This week's panel discussion includes Matt Welch, editor-at-large of Reason Magazine and co-host of "The Fifth Column" podcast; and Abigail Shrier, journalist and author of the New York Times bestseller "Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up."

19. June 14, 2024: Charlamagne Tha God, Ana Navarro, Joel Stein

Air Date: 2024-06-14

Guests: An interview with Charlamagne Tha God, co-host of the syndicated morning radio show "The Breakfast Club" on New Yorks Power 105.1 FM and author of "Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks." This week's panel discussion includes Ana Navarro, CNN contributor and co-host of "The View" on ABC; and Joel Stein, writer for the weekly column "The End of My Career with Joel Stein" on Substack and the author of "In Defense of Elitism: Why I'm Better Than You and You are Better Than Someone Who Didn't Buy This Book."

20. June 21, 2024: Martin Short, Andrew Cuomo, Adam Kinzinger

Air Date: 2024-06-21

Guests: An interview with Martin Short (known as his fictional character Jiminy Glick) who will be interviewing Maher about his book "What This Comedian Said Will Shock You." This week's panel discussion includes Andrew Cuomo, former Democratic governor of New York; and Adam Kinzinger, former Republican congressman from Illinois, co-author of "Renegade: Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country," and founder of the Country First PAC.

21. June 28, 2024: Ray Kurzweil, Chris Matthews, Tulsi Gabbard

Air Date: 2024-06-28

Guests: An interview with Ray Kurzweil, inventor, futurist, and author of the New York Times bestseller "The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI." This week's panel discussion includes Chris Matthews, longtime broadcaster, journalist, and author of "This Country: My Life in Politics and History;" and Tulsi Gabbard, four-term Hawaii congresswoman, 2020 presidential candidate, and author of "For Love Of Country: Leave the Democratic Party Behind."

22. July 12, 2024: Kevin McCarthy, Bakari Sellers, Ben Shapiro

Air Date: 2024-07-12

Guests: An interview with Kevin McCarthy, 55th Speaker of the House and former Republican congressman who represented California's 20th district. This week's panel discussion includes Bakari Sellers, former South Carolina state representative, podcast host, and author of "The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn't and How We All Can Move Forward Now"; and Ben Shapiro, The Daily Wire co-founder, editor emeritus, and host of the syndicated radio show and daily podcast "The Ben Shapiro Show."

23. July 19, 2024: Pete Buttigieg, Larry Wilmore, Rep. Byron Donalds

Air Date: 2024-07-19

Guests: An interview with Pete Buttigieg, Democratic candidate in the 2020 presidential election and former lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve. This week's panel discussion includes Larry Wilmore, producer, comedian, writer, and host of the podcast "Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air"; and Rep. Byron Donalds, a two-term Republican congressman who represents Florida's 19th district.

24. August 23, 2024: Kaitlan Collins, James Carville, Rep. Dan Crenshaw

Air Date: 2024-08-23

Guests: An interview with Kaitlan Collins, former CNN Chief White House correspondent who now hosts the CNN primetime series "The Source with Kaitlan Collins." This week's panel discussion includes James Carville, Democratic strategist and a co-host of the podcast "Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt;" and Dan Crenshaw, Republican congressman who represents Texas' second district and host of the podcast "Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw."

25. August 30, 2024: Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Alyssa Farah Griffin, John McWhorter

Air Date: 2024-08-30

Guests: An interview with Nancy Pelosi, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Democratic congresswoman from California, and author of the New York Times bestselling memoir "The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House." This week's panel discussion includes Alyssa Farah Griffin, co-host of ABC's "The View" and CNN political commentator who previously served as the White House communications director under President Trump; and John McWhorter, professor of linguistics at Columbia University and opinion writer at The New York Times.

26. September 6, 2024: H.R. McMaster, Rich Lowry, John Avlon

Air Date: 2024-09-06

Guests: An interview with H.R. McMaster, retired lieutenant general, former White House National Security Advisor under President Trump, and author of "At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House." This week's panel discussion includes Rich Lowry, editor-in-chief of National Review and author of "The Case for Nationalism: How It Made Us Powerful, United, and Free;" and John Avlon, author and former CNN anchor who is now running for Congress in New York's first district.

27. September 13, 2024: Alex Karp, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Al Franken

Air Date: 2024-09-13

Guests: An interview with Alex Karp, co-founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies. This week's panel discussion includes Kristen Soltis Anderson, conservative pollster and CNN contributor; and Al Franken, writer, comedian, former Democratic senator from Minnesota, and host of "The Al Franken Podcast."

28. September 20, 2024: Bjørn Lomborg, Stephanie Ruhle, Bret Stephens

Air Date: 2024-09-20

Guests: An interview with Bjørn Lomborg, Danish political scientist, statistician, and author of "False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet." This week's panel discussion includes Stephanie Ruhle, senior business analyst for NBC and host of MSNBC's "The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle"; and New York Times columnist Bret Stephens.

29. September 27, 2024: Fran Lebowitz, Yuval Noah Harari, Ian Bremmer

Air Date: 2024-09-27

Guests: An interview with Fran Lebowitz, author and social commentator who is on tour for "An Evening With Fran Lebowitz." This week's panel discussion includes Yuval Noah Harari, historian, philosopher, and bestselling author of "Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI"; and Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media.

30. October 11, 2024: Tim Alberta, Buck Sexton, Laura Coates

Air Date: 2024-10-11

Guests: An interview with Tim Alberta, writer at The Atlantic and author of "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism." This week's panel discussion includes Buck Sexton, former CIA analyst and co-host of the nationally syndicated radio program "The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show;" and Laura Coates, anchor of "Laura Coates Live" and chief legal analyst at CNN.

31. October 18, 2024: David Hogg, Joe Scarborough, Mark Cuban

Air Date: 2024-10-18

Guests: An interview with David Hogg, co-founder and board member of the student-led organization March for Our Lives and co-founder of Leaders We Deserve. This week's panel discussion includes Joe Scarborough, political commentator, former Florida Congressman, and co-host of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC; and Mark Cuban, co-founder of Cost-Plus Drugs, founder of the Mark Cuban Foundation, and "shark/investor" on the ABC reality series "Shark Tank."

32. October 25, 2024: Megyn Kelly, Van Jones, Gov. Jared Polis

Air Date: 2024-10-25

Guests: An interview with Megyn Kelly, journalist and host of "The Megyn Kelly Show." This week's panel discussion includes Van Jones, bestselling author, CNN contributor, and writer of his self-titled Substack newsletter "Van Jones"; and Gov. Jared Polis, Democratic governor of Colorado.

33. November 1, 2024: Rep. Jamie Raskin, Michael Moynihan, Tim Miller

Air Date: 2024-11-01

Guests: An interview with Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democratic congressman representing Maryland's 8th district. This week's panel discussion includes Michael Moynihan, co-host of the weekly podcast "The Fifth Column" with Kmele Foster and Matt Welch; and Tim Miller, GOP communications director, MSNBC political analyst, and host of the podcast "The Bulwark."

34. November 8, 2024: Michael Douglas, John Heilemann, Sarah Isgur

Air Date: 2024-11-08

Guests: An interview with award-winning actor and producer Michael Douglas, who most recently starred as Benjamin Franklin in the Apple TV+ limited series "Franklin." This week's panel discussion includes John Heilemann, Puck's chief political columnist and national affairs analyst at MSNBC and NBC News; and Sarah Isgur, senior editor of The Dispatch and host of the legal podcast "Advisory Opinions."

35. November 15, 2024: Dr. Casey Means, Chris Cuomo, Mary Katharine Ham

Air Date: 2024-11-15

Guests: An interview with Dr. Casey Means, co-founder of Levels metabolic health company and co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book "Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health." This week's panel discussion includes Chris Cuomo, award-winning broadcast journalist and host of the podcasts "CUOMO" and "The Chris Cuomo Project"; and Mary Katharine Ham, Fox News contributor and host of the podcast "Getting Hammered."

36. November 22, 2024: Neil Degrasse Tyson, Donna Brazile, Andrew Sullivan

Air Date: 2024-11-22

Guests: An interview with Neil Degrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist, host of the "StartTalk" podcast, and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller "Merlin's Tour of the Universe: A Traveler's Guide to Blue Moons, Black Holes, Mars, Stars, and Everything Far." This week's panel discussion includes Donna Brazile, Democratic political strategist and ABC News contributor; and Andrew Sullivan, writer of "The Weekly Dish" newsletter on Substack and author of the essay collection "Out On a Limb: Selected Writing."

1. January 17, 2025: Rick Caruso, Larry Wilmore, Erin Perrine

Air Date: 2025-01-17

Guests: An interview with Rick Caruso, Los Angeles civic leader and the founder of the real estate company Caruso. This week's panel discussion includes Larry Wilmore, producer, actor, comedian, writer, and host of the podcast "Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air"; and Erin Perrine, Republican strategist for AXIOM Strategies and former Trump campaign communications director.

2. January 24, 2025: Jesse Eisenberg, Rep. Ro Khanna, Stephen A. Smith

Air Date: 2025-01-24

Guests: An interview with Jesse Eisenberg, award-winning actor and filmmaker who wrote, directed, and co-starred in the comedy-drama film "A Real Pain." This week's panel discussion includes Rep. Ro Khanna, Democratic congressman representing California's Silicon Valley, member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), and author of "Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us"; and Stephen A. Smith, host of ESPN's "First Take" and YouTube's "The Stephen A. Smith Show."

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