Episode
Real Time with Bill Maher: Boris Epshteyn; Neil deGrasse Tyson; David Frum; Cornel West
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Season
- Season 15
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2017-05-19
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Boris Epshteyn; Neil deGrasse Tyson; David Frum; Cornel West is Episode 16 in Season 15 of Real Time with Bill Maher. It aired on 2017-05-19. The runtime is 60 min.
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