Episode
Real Time with Bill Maher: September 12, 2025: Charlie Sheen, Tim Alberta, Ben Shapiro
Overview
Guests: An interview with Charlie Sheen, actor and subject of the new two-part documentary "aka Charlie Sheen" on Netflix, and author of the new book "The Book of Sheen: A Memoir." This week's panel discussion includes Tim Alberta, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism"; and Ben Shapiro, co-founder of The Daily Wire and author of "Lions and Scavengers: The True History of America (and Her Critics)."
Details
- Series
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Season
- Season 23
- Episode
- Episode 26
- Air date
- 2025-09-12
- Runtime
- 59 min
Episode context
September 12, 2025: Charlie Sheen, Tim Alberta, Ben Shapiro is Episode 26 in Season 23 of Real Time with Bill Maher. It aired on 2025-09-12. The runtime is 59 min.
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