List of Real Time with Bill Maher episodes (2009)

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.
overall
No. in
season
Guests Original air date
1421Chrystia Freeland, Tina Brown, Maxine Waters, Ron Paul, Brigitte GabrielFebruary 20, 2009 (2009-02-20)
The economy, President Obama's first month in office
1432Alan Cumming, P. J. O'Rourke, Gavin Newsom, George Stephanopoulos, Robin WrightFebruary 27, 2009 (2009-02-27)
Obama's speech, Bobby Jindal, marijuana, home ownership, Iraq, Afghanistan and troops, future of the Rep. party, Vatican and indulgences
1443T. Boone Pickens, Cory Booker, Erin Burnett, Peter SingerMarch 6, 2009 (2009-03-06)
The economy, sustainable energy, charity and philanthropy, socialism
1454Sarah Silverman, Michael Eric Dyson, Andrew Breitbart, Steven PearlsteinMarch 13, 2009 (2009-03-13)
State of the Republican party, racism in America, the Teachers' Union, stem cell research
1465Madeleine Albright, Keith Olbermann, Kerry Washington, Bernie Sanders, Andrew Ross SorkinMarch 20, 2009 (2009-03-20)
AIG bonuses, the crisis, Teenage pregnancy in America, Glenn Beck, right-wing power
1476Bill Bradley, Christopher Hitchens, Mos Def, Salman RushdieMarch 27, 2009 (2009-03-27)
Banking crisis, legality of cannabis, Nuclear proliferation
1487Joe the Plumber, David Frum, Carol Leifer, Reihan Salam, Sam DonaldsonApril 3, 2009 (2009-04-03)
2009 G-20 London summit, tax cut, health care, Carbon tax, Nuclear power
1498Ron Howard, Gore VidalApril 10, 2009 (2009-04-10)
Maher conducts one-on-one interviews
1509Howard Dean, Dana Gould, Randy Cohen, Bethany McLean, Robert BaerApril 24, 2009 (2009-04-24)
Obama's first 100 days, Torture Memos, economy, gun control, environment and global warming, children's health
15110Barney Frank, Fareed Zakaria, Richard Engel, David Aaron KesslerMay 1, 2009 (2009-05-01)
2009 flu pandemic, state of the Republican Party, terrorism, David Souter's resignation, Arlen Specter's party switch, Israel
15211James Carville, Seth MacFarlane, Naomi Klein, Matt Taibbi, Reza AslanMay 8, 2009 (2009-05-08)
Tax evasion by big companies, torture, Pakistan & Taliban, US military handing out bibles, gay marriage
15312David Simon, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Holmes, Richard Brookhiser, Dan SavageMay 15, 2009 (2009-05-15)
Torture, climate change, gay marriage, War on Drugs
15413Muhammad Yunus, Jon Meacham, Simon Johnson, M.I.A.May 22, 2009 (2009-05-22)
Global economic crisis, the progress of the Obama administration, Dick Cheney, religion in the United States
15514Hill Harper, John R. Bolton, Heather Wilson, Michael PollanMay 29, 2009 (2009-05-29)
State of the Republican Party, torture and Guantánamo Bay, North Korea's nuclear weapons threat, nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, and California Supreme Court's decision regarding California's Proposition 8
15615D. L. Hughley, Richard N. Haass, Paula Froelich, Jeremy Scahill, Matthew MillerJune 5, 2009 (2009-06-05)
Obama's visit to the Middle East, terrorism, abortion debate and the murder of Dr. George Tiller, gay marriage, health care reform in the United States
15716Larry King, Chris Matthews, Frances Townsend, Benjamin Jealous, P. J. O'RourkeJune 12, 2009 (2009-06-12)
2009 digital television transition, Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting, racism, affirmative action, nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, terrorism, car culture in the United States, socialism
15817Paul Begala, Katty Kay, Meghan McCain, Joel Stein, Hooman MajdJune 19, 2009 (2009-06-19)
Iranian presidential election, 2009, health care reform, David Letterman joke controversy, sexuality and infidelity in politics, 2009 imprisonment of American journalists by North Korea
15918Cameron Diaz, Oliver Stone, Billy Bob ThorntonJune 26, 2009 (2009-06-26)
Maher conducts one-on-one interviews
16019Joe Scarborough, Markos Moulitsas, Anna Deavere Smith, Brian Schweitzer, Jason AlexanderJuly 17, 2009 (2009-07-17)
Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings, racism and the Republican Party, clean coal electricity debate, health care reform in the United States, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, death of Michael Jackson, drug use in the United States, death of Walter Cronkite, 40th anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing
16120Janet Napolitano, Anthony Woods, Susan Eisenhower, John Heilemann, Matt TaibbiJuly 24, 2009 (2009-07-24)
Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy, racism and the Republican Party, Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories, health care reform, military–industrial complex
16221Jeff Sharlet, Michael Ware, Rachel Maddow, Niall Ferguson, Joe QueenanJuly 31, 2009 (2009-07-31)
Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy, health care reform, current economic crisis, resignation of Sarah Palin as Governor of Alaska
16322Arianna Huffington, Jack Kingston, Darrell Issa, David ScheinerAugust 7, 2009 (2009-08-07)
Health care, town hall mobs, Sarah Palin's 'death panel' comments, confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor, prescription drugs, children's health, bailouts, criticism of Bill Clinton's role in freeing American journalists
16423Ashton Kutcher, Anthony Zinni, Ross Douthat, Dana Gould, Brad PittAugust 14, 2009 (2009-08-14)
'Death panel' claims, healthcare, income inequality, the current state of the Republican party, John O. Brennan 'ending' the war on terror, town hall discussions, mobs comparing Obama with Hitler, climate change
16524Jay Leno, Chuck Todd, Jan Schakowsky, Sam Harris, Jeremy ScahillAugust 21, 2009 (2009-08-21)
Health care reform, protesters bringing guns to town halls, controversy over private military contractors like Blackwater, politicization of the terror alert level system in the 2004 presidential election, lack of employers offering vacation and sick leave pays
16625Jay-Z, Bill MoyersAugust 28, 2009 (2009-08-28)
Maher conducts one-on-one interviews
16726Anthony Weiner, Kathy Griffin, Paul Rieckhoff, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Richard A. ClarkeSeptember 11, 2009 (2009-09-11)
Healthcare reform, eighth anniversary of 9/11, response to terrorism, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, race and criticism of Barack Obama, the media, global warming skepticism
16827David Cross, Annette Gordon-Reed, Jeffrey Toobin, Matthew Continetti, Wendell PotterSeptember 18, 2009 (2009-09-18)
Health care reform, racism
16928Michael Moore, Eliot Spitzer, Paul Krugman, John WatersSeptember 25, 2009 (2009-09-25)
Capitalism, the economy, the housing market, gay marriage, marijuana reform, terrorism
17029Thomas Friedman, Lisa P. Jackson, Janeane Garofalo, Marcy Kaptur, Richard DawkinsOctober 2, 2009 (2009-10-02)
Criticism of Barack Obama, health care reform, the senate, Iran's nuclear capabilities, religion in America, terrorism, Hollywood defending Roman Polanski
17130Bill Frist, Richard Belzer, Cornel West, Lincoln Chafee, Sarah SilvermanOctober 9, 2009 (2009-10-09)
Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Iran, peace, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, the economy and the job market, income inequality
17231Alan Grayson, Alec Baldwin, Garry Shandling, Chris Matthews, Martin O'MalleyOctober 16, 2009 (2009-10-16)
Balloon boy hoax, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, health care reform, H1N1 vaccination concerns, ongoing efforts to repeal Don't ask, don't tell, sexual harassment in the military, Rush Limbaugh's failed bid to buy the St. Louis Rams, steroid use in professional sports

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