Episode
Real Time with Bill Maher: April 21, 2023: Esther Perel, Daniel Bessner, Glenn Loury
Overview
Bill opens this week's show by interviewing Belgian-American psychotherapist Esther Perel. For the panel discussion, he is joined by Daniel Bessner, Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, and Glenn Loury, professor of economics at Harvard University.
Details
- Series
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Season
- Season 21
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2023-04-21
- Runtime
- 57 min
Episode context
April 21, 2023: Esther Perel, Daniel Bessner, Glenn Loury is Episode 12 in Season 21 of Real Time with Bill Maher. It aired on 2023-04-21. The runtime is 57 min.
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