Episode
Real Time with Bill Maher: January 31, 2014
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2014-01-31
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
January 31, 2014 is Episode 3 in Season 12 of Real Time with Bill Maher. It aired on 2014-01-31. The runtime is 60 min.
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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.
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