I Hate Bill Maher

Real Time is off this week, so I am, too! But I guess actually not really, because I still did some house keeping and played some voicemails at the start of this. Looking back on it, I definitely would not describe it as "focused and to the point" but what are you gonna do, y'know? And after that? Oh baby, it's a compilation of clips from I Especially Hate Bill Maher's "Bella Thorne Month" series of episodes. You get to hear from Stefan Heck & John Cullen, Lisa Curry, Emily Faye, and Allen Strickland Williams, whom I all had watch the Bella Thorne Club Random episode and then talk about it with me. Looking back on it I'm kind of like "What the hell was I thinking?" but I enjoyed it a lot. They didn't, so mission accomplished on my end, I guess. But in all seriousness, all of them are some of the funniest people I know, and they all noticed things I somehow had not in my previous fifteen viewings of this thing.00:00 - Intro/Voicemails24:20 - Stefan Heck and John Cullen32:35 - Lisa Curry40:03 - Emily Faye46:51 - Allen Strickland Williams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will I ever starr getting these things out on time again? Who can say, plus I'm a father now: no one can ask anything of me ever again.Writer and podcaster Joe Kassabian joins the show to talk about a Real Time episode that's heavy on Iran war talk, so of course the guests are 1. A former CIA agent, 2. A CNN legal correspondent, and 3. The loudest, dumbest man in sports media. I drove my parents to the airport at 3am and recorded this upon arriving home at like 4:30, and two hours prior to driving my parents I was awoken by a drainage pipe cracking and water spraying into our bedroom. I honestly think my being able to keep my energy level up until the last five minutes of this episode is pretty impressive. Also, did you know the airports are a mess right now? I just hope they aren't bothering you too much!Buy Joe's Book "The Highlands Burn"Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is probably the most mixed up I've ever been with the order of the clips, but what are you gonna do. Anyway, Writer and comedian Jeremy Kaplowitz is my guest this week, and he gets to view the current show through the lens of someone who once watched Real Time because that was sort of what you did as a liberal in college 14 or so years ago! How was Real Time? Well, if you enjoy watching one panel member be systematically humiliated and ignored, mmmm this is the episode for you!Listen to QuoratorsSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's guest was jack of all trades Josh Boerman. There's so much garbage in this episode of Real Time that we talked about it for two hours and forty five minutes and I am currently thinking about all the shit we didn't get to, and yet somehow the whole show was insanely dull. What a mess, man, I can't believe this thing was on television. I don't even know what to say here.Check out all the stuff Josh does, including Worst of All Possible WorldsSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oopsie, I did a long one!Comedian/Film connoisseur Lucé Tomlin-Brenner joins the podcast this week, and wow wow wow if you're Bill Maher I bet you loved this fuckin' episode of Real Time. It's all about him, baby! We honestly don't talk about the war with Iran stuff because there just isn't a ton to say about it other than "what a fucking disaster (does Bill Maher disagree? Perhaps...) but we get really hung up on joke logic and also his interview technique. And I come up with the one good pun I make a year.Go see the next Video VisionsSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time is taking a little break this week, and since I am recovering from some family coming to visit I figured I would do the same by settling into the warm bath water of an old school Real Time episode. But how soothing is it REALLY? Answer: not so much. Andrew Sullivan is here! Also Ben Affleck, who will one day go on to become a Real Time legend. Plus, Bill Maher is lower energy than I remembered, and also treats a guest on the show about as badly as a talk show host could while not being in the same location as them.Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here are some clips from the first few Patreon episodes of 2026, including: The Psychology Zone feat Eoin Higgins (Andrew Sullivan on Club Random)Reverse Oppression Academy feat Chris James (Bert Kreischer on Club Random)This & That 2.0 (Junk Drawer Episode)Netflix Presents: A Ricky Gervais Comedy Special: Rich Cunt feat John HastingsTo hear full episodes, subscribe to the Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I HOPE YOU LIKE HEARING THE PHRASE "TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME"!!!! Anyway, Rax King joined me this week to reacquaint herself with Bill Maher after over a decade away from occasionally watching him. Does she think he's gotten better with time? I mean I'm not even going to pretend like she does; she's immediately struck by how diminished she is. But he's not the only thing that's diminished: so is this fucking two person panel, as evidenced by the fact that this week the panel has, I cannot stress this enough, zero chemistry. But the highlight of the episode is his near histrionic response to Trump insulting him one time on the computer. Will we get his full response, or will we inexplicably have to wait two weeks? Well, you'll have to listen to find out (he says he'll do it in two weeks.)Also, if you hear distant laughing in the background my wife's friend Emma was over and she was probably laughing at something the baby was doing. It was NOT about the podcast, TRUST ME.Get Rax's new book, Sloppy or subscribe to her newsletterSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wow, this show sucks! This episode's coming to you late because guest Taylor Lorenz, who was previously booked to do the show next month, saw who the interview guest was and said "I hate this man and must talk about it" (paraphrasing.) And we did! She is the rare guest who truly has as little familiarity with Bill Maher as possible, and also late night just in general, so it was FASCINATING to watch someone discover it via the worst possible example of it. We talk about the interview for a while, the boring panel for not as long (though I still found one guest INFURIATING) and then we heard a deeply confusing final New Rule that will make you say "not homophobic enough" JUST KIDDING!If there are weird typos in this I wrote it on my phone while feeding a baby so gimme a freakin break!Subscribe to Taylor on YouTube and also to her newsletterSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UPDATE: I forgot to put in an audio clip towards the end of the episode, that's been corrected.The new season continues to trudge on, and this week writer Parker Molloy joins the show for a third straight week of Bill Maher conducted Epstein files talk! She's a great guest, but listen; some weeks writing this description is harder than others, because it's just like, yeah, this guy sucks ass and this show is bad. I think we do a pretty good job of making fun of it, but if you've listened to the show before, you know that. Are there any surprises or anything to tease? Here's the thing: this week, there is. The final minute of the final New Rule does such a shock one eighty quality-wise that we were both truly stunned by it. You'll be shock, I swear to God...I haven't mentioned the show's stings being the work of Empty Heaven in a while, but their going viral for wholesome wife guy shit reminded me that I should. Check them out here.Subscribe to and read The Present Age hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher on PatreonLeave a voicemail for the show at (323) 545-6727‬ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

God FUCKIN damn it, bro. I got nervous there would be an issue with Streamyard so I did a backup recording and it fucked the gain on my mic up so bad. It's making me insane, I gotta know better than to not check my levels, Jesus Christ. Anyway, games journalist and podcaster Maddy Myers was on the who this week, and she asked the question "Hey, why are you doing an entire season of new episodes?" I don't know, man. It's pretty funny how much worse he's gotten at his job, but hearing him do such a bad job talking about such important things is really tough to deal with. Also, a nemesis from the show's past returns and somehow becomes the voice of reason. Sucks ass, man.Go to mothership.blog! It's new! And Exciting!Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That's right, God of Emperor of Turn Mountain Will Weldon is back in the hosting chair (it's my wife's desk chair, which she will probably want back once she's back at work) to talk about the season 24 premiere of Real Time with Bill Maher. My guest this week? Writer, Comedian, and... pottist? Potterist? Pottery maker? Eliza Skinner. Eliza is immediately displeased with me for having her watch a modern episode, and then we are immediately confronted with the sub-punchlines of a monologue that mostly just feel like a guy saying stuff. But what of the actual political content of the show, you ask? Well, he sort of manages to be displeased with ICE, but his both sides obsession immediately takes over and, I'll admit it even just here in the episode discussion, I think the lack of acknowledgement of the bravery and patience and fortitude of the people of Minnesota fighting an illegal government paramilitary group sent to terrorize them is genuinely outrageous and offensive. God this guy's a fucking prick! Also, Eliza comes in hot with a new take on Bill Maher's sexuality.In all sincerity, thanks so much for the kind words from everyone about the birth of my child, who has already been cast in the freaking sequel to It's Alive, folks!!!!! Also, thank you to all the guest hosts for helping me out, they all did even better than I'd hoped and I would've gone insane without them.Primary Photo Credit for the episode art: Ben Hovland | MPR (Minnesota Public Radio)Go buy some pottery from ElizaSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unable to find a guest, fill-in host John Hastings flies solo and just rips one out for 51 straight minutes. He really brings out the specific resentments that only Canadians who lived in England for a while have, and then he combines that with the rage and shame that former Canadian young conservatives have. Then he has a go at the Kennedys. Honestly, I think the only person or people that come up who he doesn't have a grudge against is Willie Nelson. I listened to all of these at 1.5 speed before posting them and I think this one made me enter the Speed Force.Check out John's multitude is specials here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I continue to say "Hello baby" because I'm on paternity leave and babies need to be greeted, so writer and past guest Ella Dawson stepped in to cover my pathetic ass, and she brought fellow writer TJ Alexander with her! I could give a brief overview of the things they had to watch, but really I'll just warn people that PJ O'Rourke was on the panel and he's extremely fucking annoying.Check out TJ's newest book, A Lady for All Seasons, hereWell well well, it would seem Ella ALSO has a book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PATERNITY LEAVE HAS BEGUN! Special guest host Vera Drew ("The People's Joker") welcomes Nate Faustyn and David Allen from the Loose Lips podcast to talk Real Time season 9, episode 6. Vera wanted this specific episode for a reason she reveals once they get to it, and it's very funny to me, but before they all get there they have to sit through an ass kissing interview with Matt Taibbi, some bizarre prop comedy, and a SPECTACULARLY failed riff. PLUS a great example of why the producers of this show eventually gave up on taping it live.I'm pretty sure this is the story Bill Maher references about the Muslim TV producer and then some follow up reporting from a a couple weeks laterListen to Loose Lips hereIf you haven't already, watch The People's Joker on Tubi on January 21stSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.