I Hate Bill Maher

I have no idea why I kept banging on my mic arm, but not much I can do about it now!This week the show takes look into the past, but way less of the past than normal, when I am joined by writer/TV PhD haver Laura Langlade to talk about Real Time, season 13, episode 20, and episode whose taping SHE LITERALLY ATTENDED. Before that, we talk about Bill Maher as a way to bond with your politics knower Father, and the moment when you well and truly internalize someone is an absolute creep. Than it's on to the episode, where Bill Maher gets jealous of Bernie Sanders, actually gives it to one of his conservative guests (until he doesn't) and then let's the brittle, poisonous presence of Ann Coulter ruin everything.Call the show at 323-KILN-SAP (323-545-6727)Follow Laura on Instagram hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time returns after a five week hiatus and THIS is what we get?!?! Podcaster and journalist Alex Goldman was my guest this week, and not only was this his first ever full episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, but it was also one of the most uninspired episodes of television I personally have ever seen. We talk about Alex's fairly low level of Maher familiarity, some questions about how he would handle Bill Maher's particular personality quirks, and then get down to a particularly joke light episode of Real Time. Does Maher touch on the topics I was so curious to see if he'd get to? Did he mention his penchant for mine spelunking? Was there Zohran talk? Epstein? FOR HAMAS?! LISTEN AND FIND OUT (or don't, it's not really a big deal).Listen to, perhaps even financially support Hyperfixed here!Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heads up: this episode is NOT covering the most recent episode of Real Time, that episode will be out next week due to a scheduling error on my part. Instead, you're getting next week's episode this week, which is great because writer Eoin Higgins, the man who had to endure the post-White House Dinner Episode™ is back, and this time he's getting a good look at Classic Maher™. As so often happens, things take a sharp turn STRAIGHT DOWN towards the end of the episode, and neither of us liked it AT ALL.Buy Eoin's book hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher on PatreonLeave a voice mail for I Hate Bill Maher at 323-KILN-SAP Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Look, this was supposed to just be essentially a mini episode to check up on what's been on Bill Maher's mind during his five months off, but I'm exporting the clips now and the file is almost twenty minutes long so clearly this is going to be much closer to a full episode. Really, I just want to know if and how much he will talk about Zohran. So I went down into the mine, and this was what was down there. Guests will resume next week.Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bill does an incel and I get so mad that I become toxic.Support I Hate Bill Maher on PatreonCall and leave the show a voicemail at 323-545-6727 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS IS A PREVIEW OF THE PATREON EXCLUSIVE EPISODE OF "I ESPECIALLY HATE BILL MAHER"Due to scheduling issues, I am forced to pause Bella Thorne on Club Random month (I assure you: this was my fault) so instead here is an analysis of Bill Maher and Howard Stern's relationship, released early than originally intended. I honestly could not think of anyone with a deeper knowledge of shock jocks generally, and Stern specifically than longtime podcaster Bryan Quinby, so thank God he said yes to doing this. The primary focus was on two episodes of Stern: one from 1999, and then one from 2001, where Bill Maher came on and did an all whack pack version of Politically Incorrect. He did it very begrudgingly, I should add, and the two episodes had EXTREMELY different vibes to them. I also threw in clips from other sources, because I went a little crazy and dug up A LOT of old Stern. Honestly, this episode is a lot more Stern than Maher, but if you like listening to Bill Maher get made fun of you're going to find a lot to like here. We also talked about shock jocks just in general, and also what we are losing with the death of radio.Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alt title: "Is anyone else seeing this? Well, don't." Other alt title: "Is anyone else lying about 'supporting trans people' to such an absurd degree?" <-Consider this a TWFirst time guest Kyle Ayers and multi time guest Mike Carrozza (comedians, the lot of them) join the podcast to talk about the 2025 HBO comedy special "Is Anyone Else Seeing This?" which is truly, TRULY atrocious. You can literally hear the energy slowly drain out of the guests as the episode goes on, to where they go from talking over each other almost constantly, to sitting there in near silence seemingly on the verge of tears. I LOVE TO HARM MY FRIENDS VIA MY PODCAST!!!!! Genuinely, this is probably the worst comedy special ever recorded. It has no flow, it is not constructed properly, it is mostly him whining and bitching about his personal grievances with seemingly no ability to see that shit is not funny, nor does any of it really resemble a joke. There is also an unbelievable amount of transphobia, and it's just sprinkled all over the special because, once again, THIS MAN CANNOT PUT TOGETHER A SET! You group the same topics together, with maybe a call back or two later; you don't just jump back and forth between three topics, over and over. Any comic with any experience would have put this set together by saying something like"First my transphobic chunk, then my I hate kids stuff, and then the sex stuff". This comic would also be a bad person. Oh my God, OH MY GOD, this is the most incompetent thing ever!!!!Go see what Kyle is up to, live dates and podcasts and suchGo see what Mike is doing, live dates and podcasts and suchTo hear the previous episode Mike and I did about a Bill Maher HBO special, plus dozens of hours of other crap about this guy, subscribe to the PatreonAlso, shout out to Empty Heaven for doing some of the jingles for the show (none of which appear in this episode, lol, but they do in every other main feed ep.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I swear to God, I am trapped in some sort of bizarre punishment loop where I am forced to listen to Bill Maher complain about how the media doesn't talk about the important issues, followed by him talking about the exact same stupid shit he's mad at the media for talking about. Am I insane?! Is this not ridiculous behavior?! Anyway, comedian Christie Bahna joined the show this week. She had a real life encounter with someone Bill Maher adjacent. Guess if it was good of bad...Also, the writer referenced in this episode is not the same writer who has been referenced in the past, there's an age difference of probably at least 25 years, from the sounds of it.Check out Christie hereSupport the podcast on Patreon here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I guess I should put a content warning on here since there is so much flippantly expressed approval for statutory rape.Look, while the guest this week, comedy/organizer Nato Green is great, the episode Real Time really is not. Before we get to that, Nato tells me about how one Comedy Central exec making the worst of three possible choices in the mid 90's created the horrific future that we now live in (when it comes to Bill Maher, anyway), and all the ways that Bill Maher does the polar opposite of what Nato thinks political comedy should be. THEN we get to this god forsaken episode, which features a panel with absolutely no chemistry, a uh "bold thinker" that Bill Maher just asks about the Bachelorette, a truly nauseating mid-show comedy bit, and finally some of the most joyless New Rules you've ever seen. Cool, man.Go see Nato while he's on tourSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A tendon in my wrist is fucked up or this would've been done and posted on time.This week on the pod! Guest Ellory Smith (comedian, writer... FOR TELEVISION) joins me in person so you KNOW my cat took the opportunity to derail the podcast by seeking attention from a new woman that has entered our apartment. ALSO! We discuss not the absurd frequency with which people frequently get our names wrong, but also Real Time season 3, episode 3. It kind of feels like the second chapter in a two parter, because Ward Churchill, who was mentioned during the panel last week, makes an appearance LIVE on the SHOW for an interview that shows why Bill Maher is an absolute master at his job! Then there's a panel where he is, if I recall correctly, on the clear and obvious wrong side of every single thing that they talk about. Welcome to 2005, where hitting your kids is still cool!(?)Ellory goes on tour, she posts about it on her Instagram go see herSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So, to start, this was recorded before wacky Israel began attempting to start World War III by going psycho mode on Iran. so don't expect any references to said deeply upsetting world events.Before Bill Maher started singing the "ageism is the last allowable form of discrimination in America" tune, he had episodes like this where he takes like nine shots at the now Queen Consort Camilla for being a nasty old sack of shit. He also defends Mary Kay Letourneau... again! He's done it before! What the fuck, man?! Well, at least I got to inflict it on another person, podcaster and music guy Chris Wade. This was his first ever episode of Real Time, so uh I bet he's not thrilled with me for asking him to do this!Check out "And Introducing" here! Or, Chapo Trap House Here (I feel ridiculous plugging a podcast I'm sure anybody who listens to this one is already at least a little familiar with, but rules are rules)Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS IS A PREVIEW OF THE PATREON EXCLUSIVE EPISODE OF "I ESPECIALLY HATE BILL MAHER"You're not going to believe, but a famous comedian well past the peak of their fame has a podcast (I was never famous, do not try to own me with this). Bill Maher went on Howie Mandel's podcast, and despite Howie Mandel's best efforts Bill Maher just talks about the exact same shit he always talks about. What's the point of talking to this guy?! WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS MAN?!?!Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is Dennis Miller a sex symbol? Do you reach a certain age and then start becoming a teen again? Are you old if you remember someone's Dad putting cards into a satellite box? None of those questions are pressing, but they do get asked during this episode of I Hate Bill Maher, featuring comedian and writer Meg Mackay! Lately, I feel like the thing that's been breaking brains has been the horrible guests booked on Real Time, but this week we've got some real old fashioned, traditional Maher induced rage. Man, what a piece of shit this guy is and was. Fuck! Anyway, Meg was great, I love to open each season of the show with a foreign national.Fuck man, I knew I saw Meg's show "Don't Even" streaming somewhere, and not just somewhere, but on Tubi TV, baby.Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dude, you can just Google "Andrew Sullivan racist" and you'll get a bunch of people talking about it, I don't need to keep doing it.It's the season 2 finale of Real Time with Bill Maher, and a bad time was had by both myself and my guest, Comedian/Podcaster/Screenwriting EXPERT Caitlin Durante.This episode is actually pretty wild: Republicans have won, so you know that means they have to be big crybabies about it. Andrew Sullivan won't shut up, Alan Simpson goes sicko mode, and the previously unknown Noam Chomsky makes an appearance.Listen to the Bechdel Cast hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lesbo lesbo lesbo! Can you even think of something funnier than just the IDEA of a lesbian?! Hahaha FUCKIN' HILARIOUS, RIGHT!??!!?Comedian and PODCASTER (I capitalized it because he's got a few of them) Matt Lieb joins the podcast this week, and boy oh boy, this was a real up and down episode. The panel is actually kind of interesting, because while it's three liberals, it's three different kinds of liberals (including one guy who doesn't understand that he's a liberal, because he applies "conservative" way too broadly beyond a strictly political meaning), and they end up having an actual, real argument about electoral politics. Plus, the realization that conversations about the Democrats twenty years ago were they same as they are today hits Matt like a God damned Orbital Railcannon Strike (right right down left right up).Check out Bad Hasbara here, Pod Yourself a Gun here, and the Frotcast hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate the one year anniversary of I Hate Bill Maher my microphone has started making a clicking noise on a random assortment of consonants. Thanks so much for listening, here's to another year.Support I Hate Bill Maher here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's safe to pull your dicks and asses out, boys, we've got an all male panel! Comedian/writer Josh Gondelman is this week's guest, and we watched an absolutely BRUTAL interview. Like, there's lots in the episode aside from that, but I cannot stop thinking about this fucking interview Bill Maher did. God, he's the fucking worst.Subscribe to Josh's newsletterSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dude, my cats were going NUTS during the first half of the recording. It simply was not dinner time, you fucks!!! Filmmaker and organizer CARON CLANCEY joined the show this week, and came in a very close second for "person on this specific episode who took the most notes on Real Time season 2, episode 20". We talked about trying to wrap your head around just what this guy's purpose is, his contempt for the gay people he supports, and how much he contributes to an intellectually satisfying panel conversation. Okay, uh... bye.Follow Caron on InstagramSupport I Hate Bill Maher on PatreonWatch Kneecap on whatever streaming service has it in your area, it's sincerely a great movie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The episode that was supposed to come out this week is so massive that I simply couldn't get it done with the time I had available to me, so please enjoy this special compilation from the three Maher v Rogan episodes. For context, Maher v Rogan was judged on 5 categories, which were 1. Refusal to Back Down 2. Galaxy Brain 3. Least Annoying 4. Most Compelling 5. Big Doggin', and this episode contains the following:2:14 - "Refusal to Back Down" from match one, featuring Diego McCafferty25:56 - "Galaxy Brain" from match two, featuring LB Hunktears1:05:44 - "Least Annoying" from match three, featuring Charles StarSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get tickets to I Hate Bill Maher Live! It's less than a week away!Come on man, there HAS TO HAVE BEEN SOMETHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT BESIDES THE FUCKING ELECTION! Well, there actually was, but unfortunately it was the most 2005 atheist shit of all time. I hunger for new content to complain about, please. Comedian Kate Willett joined me on the show; we talked more than usual about whether or not a lot of this material was transgressive at the time, how Bill Maher comes off then versus now, and just how wretched it was existing in the culture in 2004. Fuck man, all this and John Kerry just fucking loses clean.Listen to Dystopia NowSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS IS A PREVIEW OF THE PATREON EXCLUSIVE EPISODE OF "I ESPECIALLY HATE BILL MAHER"So, uh, I think Bill Maher might not have expected the extremely negative reaction his segment on having dinner with Trump at the White House got, because he went on Los Angeles Magazine & TMZ's joint podcast "2 Angry Men" to defend it, and also explain why he is actually maybe the bravest guy in America. It's absolute LOSER shit.Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get tickets for I Hate Bill Maher Live!I'll cut to the chase: It's a current day Real Time recap, and this fucking rube Bill Maher is at maybe his most credulous as he gives his "book report" on having dinner at the White House with Donald Trump. But the episode doesn't just feature that, oh no: there's a one on one with STEVE BANNON, and then an absolutely pathetic and hateful appearance by Piers Morgan, plus another guy who seems broadly okay-to-good, depending on the issue. Now, you're probably like "Surely Will watched this alone; there's no way would he subject another person to this." Well, shows what you know you stupid fuck, you absolute dumb ass. Writer/reporter Eoin Higgins joined me, and he was sent to an alternate reality where everyone in America really cares and is constantly thinking about where Bill Maher is having dinner on any given night, followed by Bill Maher doing even worse with Steve Bannon than he did with Matt Gaetz, and finally whole thing wraps up with a panel where Bill Maher gets his feelings hurt in the first minute, and then does a lot of sulking and makes bitchy comments for awhile before finally snapping out of it so he can talk about how all of the far right's crimes are actually the fault of the left. Also, the kids? They're protesting FOR Hamas.Get Eoin's book "Owned" here. Sign up for his newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get tickets to I Hate Bill Maher Live in Los Angeles California!I LIVE IN A FUCKING TIME LOOP, HEARING THE EXACT SAME THINGS EVERY GOD DAMN WEEK! FUCK!!! Here to ground me during my fits is comedian David Tveite, who has a very roundabout way of how he became familiar with Bill Maher. The actual episode of Real Time has some actually kind of impressive production values in service of almost nothing, but I guess I should appreciate it if they bother to go through the effort of getting a guest star or two. I can't wait for this fucking election to be over (put that on my tombstone)...Follow David on InstagramSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a special birthday treat to me, the show is taking a break from Real Time to talk about a recent episode of Club Random: Kid Rock THE RETURN!!!!! Was this originally meant to be a Patreon bonus episode? Maaaaaaybe! But anyway, as someone who also assuredly has brain damage from their podcast, I thought it was apt for Al Worth ("On Brand") to join me, and we waste no FUCKIN' TIME getting into it. We are WOWED by the chemistry between these two old friends, STUNNED by the ease with which they say they don't care what people think about them, and DO NOT think Bill Maher was drunk during one of ad reads AT ALL....it's so crazy that he's still saying "the Blacks". Holy shit, dude.Listen to "On Brand" hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon"How Kid Rock Went From America’s Favorite Hard-Partying Rock Star to a MAGA Mouthpiece" by David Peisner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Live from his childhood bedroom, comedian Brodie Reed joins the podcast to look back on his Maher induced political awakening, as well as his further political education induced Maher hatred. Real Time itself is pretty low stakes, since there are two comedy legends and a woman who seems so relaxed you half expect her to fall asleep, but that wouldn't be a very safe thing to do because Bill Maher has it for her BAD!Follow Brodie on InstagramSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Oh man, I am so fucking TIRED of listening to people talk about the fucking 2004 Kerry campaign! How did people know HOW BAD IT WAS for SO LONG and they NEVER EVER changed course! And WHY do the Democrats KEEP FUCKING DOING THIS?!?! FUCK! Anyway, comedian Andrea More joined the show this week to talk about Bill Maher as a gateway into politics, as well as Real Time season 2, episode 16. Did you know antidepressants are destroying our children? Well, neither does the panel, but they are extremely sure that that is the case anyway! Also, plenty of snoring dog in the background.I will not link to the Apple store but just try to remember to watch Stick on Apple TVSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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I sort of never thought I would be talking so much on the show about the fucking Bush twins, but that was a fucking dumb thing for me to think, apparently! Anyway, this week I was joined by another absolute sicko, podcaster Al Worth.They've taken a break from debunking Russell Brand on their show, On Brand, to join ME on MY show, where we have a particularly difficult time enduring another episode of Andrew Sullivan being truly unbearable. We also spend some time trying to figure out whose show is a bigger tax on its host's ability to live and think as a normal human should. Also, the last ten minutes might sound a little different because I had to switch what source I used audio from. It's totally fine, it just might sound a little different. Oh, and if you're curious, the war games I reference are known as the "Millennium Challenge 2002". I'm not exaggerating! It's really what happened!Listen to On Brand hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK! Canadian journalist Jeremy Appel joins the show, and he let me indulge my perverse need to talk about Canadian politics as well as the news media up there (did I weasel a cheap shot at Winnipeg in there? Maaaaaaaybe). Eventually I let him talk a bit, and we got into how he would handle sharing both studio space AND a Slack with Bill Maher, before getting to Real Time season 2, episode 14. I'll be straight up: I hate Dana Rohrabacher, and he was on here, and I fucking hate him. And finally, shout out to Madonna, America's oldest woman.Read The Orchard hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

REUPLOAD: Okay, beyond the normal fucked up audio that's in this episode, the first upload had literally no audio??? Fucking hell, man...I'm not sure what happened with the audio this week, but all the files ended up fucked up in one way or another, so this episode suffers from being too quiet/not totally clear at various points. That stinks, because this was a fun one to do. It can still be listened to, I just try to have a standard that's a lot higher than this. Sorry I'm not PERFECT like YOU!!!!!THIS WEEK! I am joined on the podcast by writer/genuinely good guy Harry Waksberg, who brings with him a truly impressive knowledge of telelvision shos from many eras, good and bad. We talk about TV, his willingness to be kind to a stranger vs Bill Maher, and how much Bill Maher would he endure for someone he cares about. Then we get to the Real Time recap, and we get some real classic Real Time shit: a panel with no chemistry, Bill Maher being weirdly obsessed with something we can't imagine other people are bothered by, general casual homophobia, and we make the startling discovery that there may be an age appropriate woman that Bill Maher is horny for. Crazy, man. Crazy.He didn't plug anything, but some of Harry's writing about television is here and hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK ON THE POD! We're confronted with the shocking face of representative Kay Granger, pre-disappearance into an elder care center! Also, who's "we"? Why, it's none other than myself, and my guest Janie Haddad Tompkins (writer/actor/PODCASTER!!!), who refuses to take my bait as I try to get her to engage in some regional beefing between her home state of South Carolina, and their bitter rivals to the North, Montana (I'm Canadian I don't have to know American Geography). I am chided for having some soft no judgement questions for her, and then we get into the episode: Would you believe there is more ongoing talk of "seven minutes"? Would you be excited for the kick off to Swift Boat '04? What are your thoughts on unguarded chemical plants? Well... that stuff's all in the episode.Subscribe to Janie's Substack!Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon!Here's Ken Klippenstein's post about the tip from an airline pilotHere's the article from the Baffler about Cokie Roberts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello everyone, I'm doing that thing where a podcast takes a bye week (every week is a "bi week" in my apartment, heh heh... ha... ha) and just posts one of its Patreon episodes. Genuinely, I feel like an asshole for doing it, but I'm insanely behind on all the podcast stuff and then earlier today I fucked my throat up in the most embarrassing way possible, so I'm just going to take it easy and maybe learn to chew my food more thoroughly, a thing that typically only babies need to learn. Next week's episode WILL BE UP ON WEDNESDAY, and my guest is Janie Haddad Tompkins. After that it's writer Harry Waksberg, and then journalist Jeremy Appel, unless of course I somehow manage to get even more rice lodged in my esophagus, in which case I will end the podcast and go live in the woods, where I will eat nothing but a thin paste made from grinding up plant roots and mud.Anyway, enjoy this special episode of "I Especially Hate Bill Maher", originally released on October 4th, in which comedians Adam Christie and John Hastings join me to figure out which episode of Club Random was more humiliating for Bill Maher, Bella Thorne or Hawk Tuah Haliey Welch. Also, it turns out Haliey Welch's first name is not spelled "Hailey", which I am stunned to have only just discovered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Really annoying panelist on this week's episode. This week's guest is Megan Koester, a comedian and writer so proficient at hating people that THE NEWS has written about it. Hope you like hearing the words" 7 minutes".Check out Grifthorse hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's technically still Thursday on the West Coast, so I did in fact get this up on time.FIRST RETURN MAIN FEED GUEST!!! John Hastings is back, and we're looking at not old Maher, but NEW Maher. Real Time is back in the midst of the Los Angeles wild fires, and he's talking to sleepy Larry Wilmore, and the comms director for America's wormiest Dad and a serial rapist about them! Bill Maher doesn't know shit! The comms director doesn't know shit! Larry Wilmore needs a nap! But if you thought two months away would diminish Bill Maher's contempt for WOKE, NO COMMON SENSE BULL SHIT™, well... you honestly probably don't listen to this podcast.Check out John's stand up hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Due to exhaustion and the psychic toll of having your home city lose the equivalent of 2 1/2 Manhattans to wild fires, I really shit my pants on getting this episode ready and finally just accepted that I'd have to go this road alone and, well, here we are. It ended up being an absolutely brutal decision, because I was forced to endure that smarmy fuck David Frum all on my own. God bless, and I'll spend the next two weeks getting back to a normal release schedule.Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So, I fucked up recording the audio for this episode and thankfully my guest, Gita Jackson (writer, podcast) bailed me out, so the whole episode is thankfully here. It's a good episode! They were a great guest! They talk about their parents' longtime viewership of a guy they don't really agree with, and then we hypothesize about the weird audio issues that this episode of Real Time had. They were WEIRD, man. Also, the panel features an absolute world class asshole. Fuck man. Unbelievably annoying.Join Aftermath and support actual, honest-to-God games journalismSupport I Hate Bill MAher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just to get it out of the way, there is some mild mic cable rattling in this episode, I'm going to find a good solution to that so it stops happening. ANYWAY, fresh off of recording hjs album/special, comedian James Fritz was the show's SPECIAL GUEST this week, and it was nice to have an old Politically Incorrect head on the show. We talked about Bill Maher's foray into fiction, his weird homophobia, and also the saving grace that was Martin Short. Also, one of the show's worst ever guests appears once again to torment me, specifically.Get updates on James' album hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No episode this week since it is literally Christmas Day, but please enjoy a little holiday message from my self and some past I Hate Bill Maher guests.Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon here. Bill Maher's got a new comedy special coming out on January 10th and you'd better fuckin' believe we're going to talk about it. Plus, Club Random coverage, old Politically Incorrect episodes, and more!One time he went on a 25 year old's podcast and got mad because the host tried to get him to play "Marry, Fuck, Kill" with three men. He said "No gay shit!" completely sincerely.DECEMBER 25th UPDATE: Now includes John Cullen's contribution Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Writer/actor/director Vera Drew is my guest this week, and wow wow wow she and I may have witnessed the maximum amount of homophobia a person can do while still advocating for the rights of gay people (sort of). Also, we realize there's a common denominator in how people are introduced to Bill Maher, are frustrated by Bill Maher's willingness to let his ideological opponents define the framework of their debates, and bear witness to a moment of shocking religiousness from the host himself.Find your preferred way to watch The People's Joker hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a preview of an episode of I Especially Hate Bill Maher. In it, Mike Carrozza and I talk about Bill Maher's most recent HBO special, "#Adulting". Get the full version, as well as plenty of other sick shit, by supporting I Hate Bill Maher here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Bill Maher dedicated fully half of his panel discussion time to talking about Black issues; it was as smooth sailing and easy to watch as you'd expect, and comedian and writer Lisa Curry was who had to endure it with me. She's another person with experience writing for these kinds of political comedy shows, let's see if she thinks this is a top notch quality program! Also, if you don't enjoy hearing Bill Maher be moderate-to-highly blase about sexual violence, be warned that there is an incredibly stupid brief discussion about it towards the end of the episode. Also, the episode art is the clearest screencap of Bill Maher's outfit that I could get, but there are the pinstripes on pinstripes if you want to see them.Follow Lisa on Instagram hereSupport the show on Patreon here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oh baby, put away the leftovers and get ready to be ungrateful for 364 days, because Thanksgiving is over and a new episode of I Hate Bill Maher is here! Podcaster/Writer LB Hunktears joined the show to talk about an episode of Real Time that never once threatened to crack the list of "most difficult to watch episodes", even though it opened with an absolutely MYSTIFYING opening "sketch".Also, if anyone cares to, please make a note for me to really keep track of whether or not Bill Maher says "I'm Rick James, bitch" in 2008.Wishlist Fledgling Manor on SteamSupport I Hate Bill Maher on PatreonEmpty Heaven does some of the music for the show, check them out here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a preview of an episode of I Especially Hate Bill Maher. In it, I talk about an episode of the Skinny Confidential Him & Her Show podcast that Bill Maher appeared on. Get the full version, as well as plenty of other sick shit, by supporting I Hate Bill Maher here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First of all, I forgot my windscreens, so sorry if that sort of noise makes you nuts. Second, long time friend Caitlin Ackerman joined me as we took a look at Real Time season 2, episode 4. I think mostly what happened is that it made her feel really old, and then by the end of the episode she is fully over it. And who could blame her!Follow Caitlin as she creates her archive hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Okay, so I had two possible episode descriptions in mind for this, and here's the first one: This week, I see if Bill Maher is capable of reckoning with the fact that he got the election spectacularly wrong by watching the first Real Time episode post 2024 election, which is season 22, episode 34. I'm not going to spoil anything that happens here, except that I got so mad while recording this that my normally unnoticeable hernia started really bothering me. I'm very deflated by the end, whoops!Here's the second description I had in mind:"I sent Uncle Mac’s thumb-buster and badge over to the Rangers. Put up in a museum. Your daddy ever tell you how Uncle Mac come to his reward? Gunned down on his own porch over in Hudspeth County. Seven or eight of ’em come up to here. Wantin’ this and wantin’ that. Uncle Mac went back in the house and got the shotgun, they was way ahead of him. Shot him in the doorway. Aunt Ella came out and tried to stop the bleedin’. Uncle Mac all the while tryin’ to get that shotgun. They just sat there on their horses watchin’ him die. After a while, one of ’em says somethin in Injun and they all turned and left out. Well, Uncle Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn’t. Shot through the left lung. And that was that. As they say.""When did he die?""1909.""No, I mean was it right away or in the night or when was it?""I believe it’s that night. She buried him the next mornin’. Diggin’ in that hard old caliche. What you got ain’t nothin new. This country is hard on people. You can’t stop what’s comin’. Ain’t all waitin’ on you. That’s vanity." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian/all the related attributes of doing comedy Steve Hernandez joined the show to talk about Real Time season 2, episode 3, literally one day before the 2024 presidential election, which barely even comes up. Steve talks about his love of blowhards, realizing qualities he once thought were good might actually be not as good, and then finally an episode of Real Time that, if I'm being honest, I really struggled to get through. Sean Astin makes no sense, Larry Miller is... fuck, man. I can't handle him. The most surprising thing about the whole thing was the revelation that Patty Duke is Sean Astin's mom, which I didn't even actually hear until I was pulling clips for the edit.Go to the ChatterboxSupport the show on Patreon here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian/long time friend Jane Harrison joined the show talk about Real Time season 2, episode 2. I know this episode is very late, but I have several excuses, all of which vary in quality. What's important is that this episode features the single best panelist the show has had so far, and also God damned David Frum. Fuckin' Canadians, man... This one is a little less focused than normal, right down to multiple people complaining about what an asshole my cat is. Oh, and at one point Jane goes "who's that, he's cute" and she was referring to Tyler Glasnow, not the batting coach like I thought she meant, which in retrospect should've been obvious to me.Follow Jane hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Once upon a time, Bill Maher was an "actor/comedian", as opposed to "breaker of new ways to think about stories/comedian", and his first starring role was 1985's Sara, which also stars Geena Davis and Alfre Woodard (which is insane, by the way.) Writer Ella Dawson returns to talk about the show generally, Bill Maher's performance specifically, and then hypothesize what a world where this show was a hit would have looked like.Support Ella's writing here*************************************************************************************This is a preview of a bonus episode. For the full thing, and to support the show, go here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New year, new Maher (but not actually). Season 2 of Real Time with Bill Maher has begun, at least as far as this podcast is concerned, and I was joined by comedian and journalist Francesca Fiorentini. She gives us some insight on doing panels not unlike the ones they do on Real Time, and then we recap an incomplete Real Time that was incomplete due to my incompetence! Honestly, it feels like we're getting off lucky because Al Sharpton and Ron Silver spent A LOT of time just yelling at each other.Check out the Bitchuation Room hereSupport I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.