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Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.
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Episode 1
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
Guest stars Don Cheadle, Lesley Stahl, Robin Williams, Joe Biden
Episode 2
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
Guest stars Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Tucker Carlson, Mike Huckabee, Tim Robbins
Episode 3
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
Guest stars Dave Foley, Janet Reno, Whoopi Goldberg
Episode 4
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
Guest stars Camille Paglia, Richard Belzer, Andrew Breitbart, Irshad Manji, Barney Frank
Episode 5
Guests: Gov. Frank Murkowski, actor Jason Alexander, Gov. Christie Whitman, Rep. Ileana Ross-Lehtinen, and author Thomas Frank. Topics: ANWR, steroids, Republican Party, environment
Guest stars Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Jason Alexander
Episode 6
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
Guest stars Whoopi Goldberg, Jesse Jackson, Alec Baldwin, Bill O'Reilly, Cornel West
Episode 7
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
Guest stars Ian McShane, Richard Perle, Arianna Huffington, Joe Watkins
Episode 8
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
Guest stars Barbara Boxer, Natalie Mames, Wesley Clark, David Frum, Thomas L. Friedman
Episode 9
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
Guest stars Maureen Dowd, Jane Fonda, Joe Scarborough
Episode 10
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
Guest stars Chuck Schumer, Jeff Gannon, Farai Chideya, Michael Steele, Martin Short
Episode 11
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
Guest stars Michael McKean, Madeleine Albright, Kim Campbell, Bernie Sanders, Andrew Sullivan
Episode 12
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
Guest stars Norm Coleman, Charles Barkley, Liz Marlantes, Gore Vidal, Al Franken
Episode 13
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
Guest stars Chris Rock, Kellyanne Conway, Asa Hutchinson
Episode 14
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
Guest stars Mike Huckabee, Dan Savage
Episode 15
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
Guest stars Stephen Schneider, Anderson Cooper, Bradley Whitford, Michael Eric Dyson
Episode 16
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
Guest stars George Carlin, Joe Scarborough
Episode 17
Guests: Sen. Charles Schumer, PJ O'Rourke, Joy Behar, Willie Brown, Dan Senor Topics: John Roberts, Bush taking responsibility, poverty, Iraq
Guest stars Chuck Schumer, P. J. O'Rourke, Joy Behar
Episode 18
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.
Guest stars George Galloway, Christopher Hitchens, Willie Nelson, Katty Kay
Episode 19
Guests: Conservative columnist Ann Coulter, journalist Andrew Sullivan, actor Ben Affleck, writer Salman Rushdie, soldier/author Kayla Williams Topics: Harriet Miers, religion, torture
Guest stars Kayla Williams, Ben Affleck, Salman Rushdie, Ann Coulter, Andrew Sullivan
Episode 20
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
Guest stars Larry Miller
Episode 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
Guest stars Spike Lee, Tucker Carlson, Arianna Huffington
Episode 22
Guests: Richard A. Clarke, reporter Helen Thomas, actor Billy Connolly, TV host Tony Snow, writer Nadira Hira Topics: Press Corps, Scooter Libby
Guest stars Billy Connolly, Tony Snow
Episode 23
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
Guest stars Sanjay Gupta, Joe Scarborough
Episode information updated Sep 13, 2026
Bill MaherSelf - Host
D.L. HughleySelf
Barney FrankSelf
Chris MatthewsSelf
Arianna HuffingtonSelf
Salman RushdieSelf
Ann CoulterSelf
P. J. O'RourkeSelf
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