Episode
Real Time with Bill Maher: May 20, 2011
Overview
Guests: Actor Zach Galifianakis, MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan, journalist Gillian Tett, journalist Reza Aslan, author Amy Chua Topics: Republican 2010 Presidential nominees, health care, socialism, Israel, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Catholic priest abuse scandal report
Details
- Series
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2011-05-20
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
May 20, 2011 is Episode 17 in Season 9 of Real Time with Bill Maher. It aired on 2011-05-20. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 16: May 13, 2011
Guests: Counter-terrorism expert Richard A. Clarke, author Andrew Ross Sorkin, columnist Reihan Salam, MSNBC analyst Michelle Bernard, actor Harry Shearer
Topics: Osama Bin Laden's life in the compound, Pakistan as ally, Newt Gingrich, job gains/losses in the private and public sectors, US Army Corps of Engineers, FEMA, education, green energy, John Ensign scandal, pediatricians and gun safety
Episode 18: June 03, 2011
Guests: U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, professor Melissa Harris-Perry, former New York Rep. Rick Lazio, journalist Larry King, writer/director Adam McKay
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