Episode
Real Time with Bill Maher: March 26, 2010
Overview
Guests: Journalist and author Christopher Hitchens, journalist Jonathan Capehart, musician Rob Thomas, President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten and comedian Jeff Garlin Topics: Health care, Catholic sex abuse cases, war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Tea Party movement, Birthers, John McCain, the National Debt, Education Reform, Jesse James sex scandal, Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act, altering of curriculum and guidelines for textbooks by conservatives on the Texas State Board of Education, Intelligent design, Internet flames, Celebrity political activism, Political correctness
Details
- Series
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2010-03-26
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
March 26, 2010 is Episode 6 in Season 8 of Real Time with Bill Maher. It aired on 2010-03-26. The runtime is 60 min.
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