Real Time with Bill Maher: Season 13
Season 13 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 12.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 13 Progress Shield
Episode 338
Jan 9, 2015 · 60 min
Comedy legend Jay Leno, literary icon Salman Rushdie, Ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina, Chris Hardwick and Paul Begala.
Episode 339
Jan 16, 2015 · 60 min
Bill's guests include Oscar winning director Kathryn Bigelow, "Wedding Ringer" actor Josh Gad, "Being Mortal" author Atul Gawande, New York Times "Upshot" correspondent Josh Barro,
Episode 340
Jan 23, 2015 · 60 min
Ex-Governor Howard Dean (D-VT), comedian and "Black and White" actor Bill Burr, "America in Retreat" author Bret Stephens, Washington Post's Nia-Malika Henderson, and The Atlantic'
Episode 341
Jan 30, 2015 · 60 min
This weeks guests include comedy legend Mel Brooks, Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX), "Citizenfour" director Laura Poitras, BBC World News anchor Kitty Kay, and "The Entreprene
Episode 342
Feb 6, 2015 · 60 min
This weeks guests include "Course in Miracles" author Marianne Williamson, "Blaze" anchor Amy Holmes, "Weekly Standard" writer John McCormack, "Redefining Realness" author Janet Mo
Episode 343
Feb 13, 2015 · 60 min
This weeks guests include director of "Merchants of Doubt" Robert Kenner, former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives Tom Davis, Editor-in-Chief for the
Episode 344
Feb 20, 2015 · 60 min
Director Rob Reiner, singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc, Bill Nye "The Science Guy", writer Fran Lebowitz and Washington Post's Elahe Izadi.
Episode 345
Mar 6, 2015 · 60 min
Bill's guests include Ex-Obama guru & "Believer" author David Axelrod, "Going Clear" author Lawrence Wright, "American Crime" creator John Ridley, Heritage Foundation's daily signa
Episode 346
Mar 13, 2015 · 60 min
Huffington Post's Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington, "Stonewalled" author Sharyl Attkisson, The National Review's Tom Rogan, The Hunting Ground's Annie Clark & Andrea Pino and act
Episode 347
Mar 20, 2015 · 60 min
Interview: NBC and MLB sportscasting legend Bob Costas. Panel: ex-US Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), ex-NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, GOP Strategist Mercedes Schlapp. Panel Guest
Episode 348
Mar 27, 2015 · 60 min
Interview: "God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy" author Mike Huckabee. Panel: "The Slap" star Zachary Quinto, "Frank" author and ex-Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), and CNN commentator S.E. Cupp.
Episode 349
Apr 10, 2015 · 60 min
"A Fighting Chance" author Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), "Live Right and Find Happiness" author Dave Barry, "In Defense of Liberal Education" author Fareed Zakaria, "Bad Religio
Episode 350
Apr 17, 2015 · 60 min
Esquire TV's "The Runner-Up" star Clay Aiken, "The Story" author Judith Miller, "Thomas Jefforson" author Jon Meacham, CNBC chief international correspondent Michele Caruso Cabrera
Episode 351
Apr 24, 2015 · 60 min
Celebrity chef & "Fresh Off the Boat" author Eddie Huang, activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Daily Beast contributor Ana Marie Cox, Weekly Standard senior editor Christopher Caldwell
Episode 352
May 1, 2015 · 60 min
Bill's guests include "The Great Divide" author Joseph Stiglitz, Human Rights Foundation chairman Garry Kasparov, Wilson Center President and Ex-Representative Jane Harman (D-CA),
Episode 353
May 8, 2015 · 60 min
Bill's guests include comedy legend Billy Crystal, MSNBC "Now" host Alex Wagner, Ex-Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, consumer advocate Erin Brockovich, and ESPN commentator Wi
Episode 354
May 15, 2015 · 60 min
Bill's guests include film-maker & "Carsick" author John Waters, "Heretic" author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Democratic president Heather McGhee, and "By the People" author Charles Murray.
Episode 355
Jun 5, 2015 · 60 min
Bill's guests include "Inside Out" actor Lewis Black, ex-representative Rick Lazio (R-NY), ex-senior CIA and FBI official Philip Mudd, ex-Ohio state senator Nina Turner (D-OH), and
Episode 356
Jun 12, 2015 · 60 min
Bill's guests include "Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals" comic Jeff Ross, actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr., Daily Beast columnist Ron Christie, The Other 98% director Alexis Gold
Episode 357
Jun 19, 2015 · 60 min
Bill's guests include Democratic President hopeful, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Representative Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL), "¡Adios America!" author Ann Coulter, MSNBC contributor Joy
Episode 358
Jun 26, 2015 · 60 min
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson, "The Selfie Vote" author Kristen Soltis Anderson, "End of Discussion" co-writer Mary Katherine Ham, and "T
Episode 359
Aug 7, 2015 · 60 min
The Interview: Michael Mann. The Panel: Mary Matalin, Steve Schmidt, Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA). Mid-Show Guest: Caitlin Flanagan.
Episode 360
Aug 14, 2015 · 60 min
The Interview: Sister Helen Prejean. The Panel: Jennifer Granholm, Doug Heye, Lawrence Wilkerson. Mid-Show Guest: Talib Kweli.
Episode 361
Aug 21, 2015 · 60 min
"Pretty Ladylike" author Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), WTF's Marc Maron, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), "Conservatarian Manifesto" author Charles Cooke, "The Blue Zones Solution" au
Episode 362
Aug 28, 2015 · 60 min
GOP Presidential candidate & Ex-Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ex-State Senator Wendy Davis (D-TX), Washington Post national reporter Rob
Episode 363
Sep 11, 2015 · 60 min
Author Salman Rushdie, cable legend Keith Olbermann, Daily Beast columnist Michael Moynihan, political columnist Linda Chavez and actor Wendell Pierce.
Episode 364
Sep 18, 2015 · 60 min
Chris Matthews, Governor George Pataki, Mark Cuban and Jorge Ramos.
Episode 365
Sep 25, 2015 · 60 min
Jane Goodall, John Cleese, S.E. Cupp, and Ron Reagan.
Episode 366
Oct 2, 2015 · 60 min
Neil Degrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Adam Gopnik, Matt Welch, and Angela Rye.
Episode 367
Oct 9, 2015 · 60 min
Ernest Moniz, Rob Thomas, Andrew Sullivan, Anne-Marie Slaughter and Patrick J. Kennedy.
Episode 368
Oct 16, 2015 · 60 min
Bernie Sanders, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Lawrence Lessig, Johann Hari, and John Feehery.
Episode 369
Oct 30, 2015 · 60 min
David Spade, Maxine Waters, Grover Norquist, Tulsi Gabbard, and Roger Stone.
Episode 370
Nov 6, 2015 · 60 min
Bill's guests include Quentin Tarantino, Keith Olbermann, Anthony Weiner, David Frum, and Jillian Melchior.
Episode 371
Nov 13, 2015 · 60 min
Bill's guests include Jay Leno, Michael Steele, Dylan Ratigan, Asra Nomani, and Paul Reiser.
Episode 372
Nov 20, 2015 · 60 min
Bill's guests include Angus King, Chrystia Freeland, Gavin Newsom, Andy Cohen, and Ben Domenech.