Episode
Real Time with Bill Maher: May 08, 2009
Overview
Guests: Democratic consultant James Carville, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, author Naomi Klein, journalist Matt Taibbi, author Reza Aslan Topics: Tax evasion by big companies, torture, Pakistan & Taliban, US military handing out bibles, gay marriage
Details
- Series
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 2009-05-08
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
May 08, 2009 is Episode 11 in Season 7 of Real Time with Bill Maher. It aired on 2009-05-08. The runtime is 60 min.
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