Episode
Real Time with Bill Maher: Richard Dawkins; Jon Meacham and Fareed Zakaria; Jim Parsons
Overview
Bill's interview guest is English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author of the new book, 'Science in the Soul', Richard Dawkins. Bill's roundtable panel includes Washington Post columnist and CNN commentator Fareed Zakaria, Pulitizer Prize winning author and presidential historian Jon Meacham and four-time Emmy winning actor Jim Parsons.
Details
- Series
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Season
- Season 15
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 2017-08-11
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Richard Dawkins; Jon Meacham and Fareed Zakaria; Jim Parsons is Episode 23 in Season 15 of Real Time with Bill Maher. It aired on 2017-08-11. The runtime is 60 min.
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