List of Real Time with Bill Maher episodes (2013)

This is a list of Real Time with Bill Maher episodes and the show's guests and topics. The show is broadcast on HBO, with new episodes premiering on Friday nights. It is also available through podcasts on iTunes.

Note that current/upcoming elections are frequent topics on the show and may not be listed under individual episodes.

Episodes

No. in
season		 No. in
series		 Guests Original air date
1268Bob Kerrey, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, Martin Short, Steve LaTourette, Rula JebrealJanuary 18, 2013
The future of the Republican Party, gun control, Israeli elections, revolution in Syria, torture, Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax, the media, privacy
2269Nancy Pelosi, Jon Tester, David Avella, Howard Dean, Kristen SoltisJanuary 25, 2013
Obama's inaugural address, Republican focus on 2012 Benghazi attack, voter ID laws, genetically modified organisms and farming, women's rights, 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, masculinity and sports hero worship
3270Alex Gibney, Sam Harris, Cory Booker, Jackie Kucinich, Eva LongoriaFebruary 1, 2013
Immigration to the United States, Crime in the United States, Chuck Hagel's nomination as United States Secretary of Defense, gun control, age and health of Americans, Presidential term limits, right-wing pundits as con men
4271Julian Assange, Tina Brown, Josh Barro, Martin Bashir, Lawrence M. KraussFebruary 8, 2013
US drone policy, exhumation of Richard III, supply-side economics, Obama catering to conspiracy theorists, Malala Yousafzai and Muslim women, near-death experiences, Super Bowl XLVII blackout and US infrastructure, Chris Christie's health, Donald Trump suing Bill Maher
5272Robert Zimmerman, Jr., Joel McHale, Jon Meacham, Donna Brazile, Jamie WeinsteinFebruary 15, 2013
George Zimmerman, the Republican Party, reality television, hypocrisy of the Catholic Church's wealth, gun control
6273James Lyne, Gavin Newsom, Monica Mehta, Steve Schmidt, Snoop DoggMarch 1, 2013
Cyber security, US Congress and President on sequestration, impact of spending cuts, upcoming Republican conference
7274Charlie LeDuff, David Cross, Arianna Huffington, Avik Roy, Michael SteeleMarch 8, 2013
The Dow vs. the economy, Obama's dinner with Republicans, media panics over sinkholes, American culture, women in the workplace
8275Michelle Rhee, Tom Colicchio, Jared Bernstein, Thomas M. Davis, Rachel MaddowMarch 15, 2013
Budget plans, fallout from the Iraq War, hunger in America, New York City soft drink size limit, Republican empathy, the extremely vocal conservative minority
9276Austan Goolsbee, Clive Davis, John Feehery, Maria Teresa Kumar, Jim McGreeveyMarch 22, 2013
Obama's trip to Israel, what budget cuts to make?, gun control, Bloomberg hiding cigarettes, the music industry, incarceration in the United States, LGBT acceptance, the Catholic Church's New Rules
10277Sebastian Junger, Zack Kopplin, Stephen Moore, Abby Huntsman, Bernie SandersApril 5, 2013
Social Security chained to CPI, the economy and the middle class, the Keystone Pipeline and energy, Mark Sanford, science education and climate change, science funding, marriage equality, Libertarianism
11278Peter Byck, David Stockman, Bob Costas, Stephanie Cutter, Saru JayaramanApril 12, 2013
Gun control, religion in the United States, role of government funding, homosexuality in sports, plight of restaurant workers, how to help the working class, US policy on Cuba, crony capitalism, North Korea and the military–industrial complex
12279Brian Levin, Colin Goddard, Amy Holmes, Nicholas Kristof, Salman RushdieApril 19, 2013
Reactions to the Boston Marathon bombings, NRA's power over lawmakers, rewriting the Constitution, women's rights
13280Don Borelli, John Avlon, Robert Traynham, Anna Deavere Smith, Jimmy KimmelApril 26, 2013
Fallout from the sequester, George W. Bush's presidential library, West Fertilizer Company explosion & government regulations, number of terrorism deaths in context, probable war with Syria, U.S. as a police state, solitary confinement & the 8th Amendment
14281Jeremy Scahill, Lawrence O'Donnell, Mattie Duppler, Pete Hegseth, Marc MaronMay 3, 2013
The economy, tax reform, Guantanamo Bay detention camp, drug reform, moral development of teenagers, Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as an enemy combatant
15282Mark Bittman, Glenn Greenwald, Joy Reid, Charles C. W. Cooke, Zachary QuintoMay 10, 2013
Ariel Castro kidnappings, 2012 Benghazi attack, theocracies as dictatorships, gay acceptance, 3D printing of guns, sexual assault in the military, the wealth gap
16283Michael Moore, Zach Galifianakis, S. E. Cupp, Richard N. Haass, Andrew Ross SorkinMay 17, 2013
2013 IRS scandal, 2013 Department of Justice investigations of reporters, the recent deficit reduction, food, organization of left vs. right political groups, gun control, 2012 Benghazi attack
17284Brit Marling, Paul Rudnick, Neera Tanden, Michael Isikoff, James PoulosMay 31, 2013
Obama and the War on Terror, John McCain and Syrian Civil War, health care, freeganism, Pope Francis and atheism, Bush's hypocrisy with the Wounded Warriors, marijuana as the new gay marriage
18285Tom Shadyac, George Packer, Ana Navarro, Dana Gould, Kevin D. WilliamsonJune 7, 2013
4th Amendment infringements (phone taps & DNA), immigration reform, happiness, Republicans vs. female breadwinners, Susan Rice, Ronald Reagan as proto-Republican
19286Patrick J. Kennedy, Jonathan Alter, Josh Fox, Niall Ferguson, Kellyanne ConwayJune 14, 2013
America's involvement in Syria, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, fracking, Democrats' problems with white voters, career congressmen
20287Haifaa al-Mansour, Michael Pollan, Joshua Green, Bob Herbert, Julia ReedJune 21, 2013
Exodus International apologizes and closes its doors, 2013 IRS scandal, immigration, Michael C. Burgess' comment about masturbating fetuses, Paula Deen's racial epithet, death of Michael Hastings, mainstream atheism
21288Anthony Leiserowitz, Adrian Grenier, Horace Cooper, Dan Neil, Kristen SoltisJune 28, 2013
Voting Rights Act of 1965, Defense of Marriage Act, the War on Drugs, reproductive rights in Texas, climate change, reproductive rights for women
22289Cornel West, Mike Rowe, Liz Mair, Matt LewisJuly 12, 2013
George Zimmerman trial, Obama's record, blue-collar labor and the skills gap, the Southern Avenger, the "Border Surge"
23290Connie Mack IV, Dan Savage, Grover Norquist, Rula JebrealJuly 19, 2013
Obama's speech about Trayvon Martin, Pope Francis offering indulgences for following him on Twitter, LGBT rights, Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner, Congress voted for 38th time to repeal Obamacare, IRS non-scandal
24291Bob Ney, Reza Aslan, Jim Wallis, Eliot Spitzer, Sarah SlamenJuly 26, 2013
Reproductive rights in Texas, Anthony Weiner mayoral campaign, Obama's speech on the economy, social mobility, religion and fundamentalism, Steve King's comment about Hispanics, reactions to Zimmerman verdict
25292Jay-Z, Barney Frank, Larry Miller, Josh Barro, Alexis GoldsteinAugust 2, 2013
Chris Christie vs. Rand Paul, Department of Home Security, Bradley Manning, Occupy Wall Street, Jay-Z vs. Harry Belafonte, stop-and-frisk, House GOP votes to repeal Obamacare for 40th time, Pope Francis on LGBT people
26293Edwin Lyman, Matt Taibbi, Michael Steele, Zanny Minton Beddoes, Bill NyeSeptember 13, 2013
America's response to Syrian Civil War, Republicans consistently distancing themselves from Obama, Colorado recall election, 2013 and America's love of guns, politicization of science, US income inequality, college tuition and student loans, US tradition of bombing Muslim countries
27294Billy Crystal, Chris Hayes, Joy Behar, David Frum, Jeremy SeifertSeptember 20, 2013
Tea Party holding debt ceiling hostage, ObamaCare, genetically modified organisms & Monsanto, Pope Francis, gun control, widespread online hate, hopeless poor people
28295Tim Robbins, Robert Reich, Monica Mehta, Matt Welch, Carl HartSeptember 27, 2013
Republicans threatening to defund the government, Ted Cruz, drug behavior in America, income inequality, California as a successful anti-Tea Party paradise
29296Ezekiel Emanuel, Carl Reiner, Alan Grayson, Suzy Khimm, Matt KibbeOctober 4, 2013
United States federal government shutdown of 2013, Carl Reiner's history in showbiz, businesses vs. the GOP, dress for success
30297Maya Wiley, Oliver Stone, James K. Glassman, Chris Matthews, Carol RothOctober 11, 2013
Republicans' strategy backfiring, solving America's debt, America's role in the world, Republicans' debt denial, politicians with extreme religious beliefs
31298Maajid Nawaz, Richard Dawkins, Michael Moore, Valerie Plame, Al SharptonOctober 25, 2013
Obamacare's dysfunctional website, perceived strengths of each party, NSA spying on other countries, new evolution finding, Pope Francis, Islam compared to Christianity, the minimum wage
32299Ann Coulter, Rob Lowe, Rob Reiner, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Debbie Wasserman SchultzNovember 1, 2013
Obama's lie about current health care plans, Ted Cruz, Sr., women in politics, John F. Kennedy, United States embargo against Cuba, Kessler syndrome, NSA spying, Republicans should appeal to stoners
33300William Binney, Anthony Weiner, David Avella, Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, John HeilemannNovember 8, 2013
NSA spying, United States elections, 2013, Chris Christie as a 2016 Republican presidential nominee, Republican constituents, Tea Party vs. GOP establishment, Anthony Weiner scandal and media coverage of the scandal, Obamacare, Bill de Blasio's victory, commemorating tragedies, self-importance of political authors, hypocrisy of the religious right
34301Radley Balko, Casey Affleck, Mattie Duppler, Ezra Klein, Reihan SalamNovember 15, 2013
60 Minutes' Benghazi report, US veterans, cuts to food stamps, typhoon Haiyan tied to climate change, harmful right-wing Supreme Court decisions
35302Dan Savage, Wendell Pierce, Paul Begala, Bob Ehrlich, Katty KayNovember 22, 2013
Use of nuclear option to end filibuster, conspiracy theories, ending the War in Afghanistan, contributions of New Orleans culture, bringing food to the inner city, businesses open on Thanksgiving, Trey Radel and drugs, red states not accepting federal money for Medicaid, JFK vs. Reagan

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