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Real Time with Bill Maher continues its 24th season Friday, June 12th (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/7:00-8:00 p.m. PT), with a replay at 12:00 a.m., exclusively on HBO.
This week features a one-on-one interview with David Sedaris, contributor to The New Yorker, humorist, and author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book The Land and Its People.
This week's in-studio panel discussion will include Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media; and Hagar Chemali, former spokesperson of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations (UN), co-founder of the Lebanon-Israel Peace Alliance, and host of the YouTube show Oh My World.
True Dough
(27,671 posts)Chemali is new to me. Will tune in. Thanks, Rhiannon! Congrats on 260,000 (and the extra 263 posts).
ColoringFool
(1,391 posts)Inside Humorist David Sedariss Two Upper East Side Apartments - The New York Times https://share.google/XJZYoqC5ZeKRRnU9f
Lovie777
(24,533 posts)peachpit24
(98 posts)Who watches Bill Meyer and why?
Floyd R. Turbo
(33,663 posts)maxsolomon
(39,430 posts)He's HORRIBLE
Floyd R. Turbo
(33,663 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(33,663 posts)Happy Hoosier
(9,725 posts)He does not align with our values and routinely denigrates Democrats.
Floyd R. Turbo
(33,663 posts)maxsolomon
(39,430 posts)He aligns with some of my values and not others. I denigrate Democrats sometimes, too (but never on DU!). If I watch his show now, I usually end up yelling back at him.
If you don't want to see Maher "promoted", just block Rhiannon12866. Its the only time he really gets discussed, and most of the comments are "Fuck Bill Maher".
Floyd R. Turbo
(33,663 posts)themaguffin
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gulliver
(14,160 posts)I say Bill Maher does align with our values. I await anyone with higher seniority and a citation or two to the Dem platform to dispute it.
Prairie Gates
(8,671 posts)hookaleft
(1,425 posts)question everything
(52,639 posts)Thanks for posting.
BannonsLiver
(21,029 posts)Probably a bit of Fox News spillover audience.
question everything
(52,639 posts)Don't you have other ideas to think about it? How about reading a book? Walking outside, visiting friends?
BannonsLiver
(21,029 posts)Abolishinist
(3,110 posts)have an honest one-on-one conversation with a member of the 'FBM' club.
They take advantage of the DU rules, and alert on anyone who allegedly "attacks" them - i.e., asking them a question. At the same time, they are attacking a group of DU'ers who happen to watch a particular TV show.
Floyd R. Turbo
(33,663 posts)MDS
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BannonsLiver
(21,029 posts)themaguffin
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Bless your heart kid.
Oof.
Abolishinist
(3,110 posts)Im really looking forward to David Sedaris. We saw him in person last month at a sold-out event, very entertaining. He said that although he never pushes his books, he's making an exception for his new one because JD apparently has one coming out this week and he wants to outsell him. He was on stage for around 90 minutes, then took questions from the audience, and stayed afterwards for a book signing. He was wearing a skirt, which he believes more men should do!
Ian Bremmerand Hagar Chemali could be interesting as well.
And of course, his opening and New Rules are always fun.
Thanks for posting!
Rhiannon12866
(261,191 posts)And thanks, I did wonder what he was wearing. And I was glad that he joined Overtime, I wish more of the initial guests would do that.
Abolishinist
(3,110 posts)check it out tomorrow. So glad to learn he was a part of it!
themaguffin
(5,541 posts)question everything
(52,639 posts)Rhiannon12866
(261,191 posts)Abolishinist
(3,110 posts)The back and forth with David Sedaris was off the charts good, especially his story about the dog who bit him in Portland!
Rhiannon12866
(261,191 posts)I could have listened to his stories for the entire show...
KT2000
(22,276 posts)the billionaires, or her access to them, it seems. She had a lot of nothing to say and I thought she was going to smack Ian Bremmer in the face with her hands flying all over the place.