Will Weldon

I Hate Bill Maher

A Comedy and TV & Film podcast Explicit

About the show

Hosted by Will Weldon, I Hate Bill Maher is an investigation of the life and career of Bill Maher, a man who lives on a vast estate inside of the host's head, rent free. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Newest episodes

Real Time s24e33 - Don't Yank on my Balls and Call it a Mandate For Progressives feat Ella Dawson

Nov 12, 2026 2 hr 0 min

I think this is the episode where I hog the most speaking time. It was absolutely insane to put the audio into the editing timeline and be forced to ask myself "Did I let the guest talk more than five times?" This week, I Hate Bill Maher's Ben Affleck Ella Dawson returns to talk about Real Time season 24, episode 33, aka the episode after a generational midterm election. Now, you'd think that maybe the most shocking and electorate reshaping election most of us may ever see would be quite an exciting thing to talk about on a guy's political comedy show, but you would be wrong. You fool. You moron. You horse's ass. Bill Maher returns to TV rarin' to make the exact same low energy show he's been making for the last few months. Like, f**k man, bring a little energy to this shit! I'm dying over here, I can't wait for this season to be over. God damn it! Buy Ella's book But How Are You, Really? Listen to Rebel Ever After! Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e32 - I Got Kirked and Now I'm a Gay Ghost feat Diego McCafferty

Nov 6, 2026 2 hr 24 min

People who want episodes that are as long as possible, congratulations, I left all the bull shit in this week. Diego got kind of drunk on like 3/4's of an ounce of whiskey and his cats went super saiyan for the first 25 minutes. Bill Maher addresses the Truth Social post. Like, a lot. It's an absolute disgrace that this show is on television. 00:00 - intro/some chatter 6:50 - real time recap begins 22:20 - bill addresses the post 41:59 - the interview/a parade of worms 1:03:20 - the panel 1:52:37 - new rules Check out Rexubu on November 14th if you are in Los Angeles. Diego didn't specify which show he's on at the Lyric on the 7th, but I think it's this one. Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e31 - Going Forward Please Be More Incompetent feat Josh Boerman

Oct 29, 2026 1 hr 57 min

It's an odd feeling, to long for someone to be worse at what they're doing so that you can find it more entertaining. This week, Bill Maher manages to find a baseline of... not competency, but perhaps "not being pure shit"(?) and it's a little dispiriting for myself and my returning guest, Josh Boerman. Look, he still humiliates himself, but the mush mouth, the dozens of lip smacks, the total lack of knowledge about what he's talking about; it's here, but it's just... lesser. That is until the final New Rule, at which point we get to fill the quota for raving "what is he talking about?!" Also, I f****d up some clips but it's because I pulled them while holding a sick baby. SORRY I'M SUCH A GREAT DAD!!! Listen to The Worst of All Possible Worlds and Ill Conceived Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon 00:00 - intro 1:06 - bill maher news 9:35 - real time recap 29:03 - i bite my cheek, and proceed to do it roughly a dozen more times over the rest of the episode 29:08 - resume the recap 1:24:42 - new rules 1:53:45 - g'bye Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Real Time s24e33 - Don't Yank on my Balls and Call it a Mandate For Progressives feat Ella Dawson

Nov 12, 2026 2 hr 0 min

Real Time s24e32 - I Got Kirked and Now I'm a Gay Ghost feat Diego McCafferty

Nov 6, 2026 2 hr 24 min

Real Time s24e31 - Going Forward Please Be More Incompetent feat Josh Boerman

Oct 29, 2026 1 hr 57 min

Real Time s23e35 - It Was Not Watching The Episode Week At The White House feat Michael Edison Hayden & Jared Holt

Oct 22, 2026 2 hr 8 min

If you like when I am rude to the guests you're gonna love this one. I know I do, I love to mock the guests! So, my guests this week were Michael Edison Hayden and Jared Holt, the hosts of Posting Through It, and the conditions we are recording this episode under are... UNIQUE, to say the least. The Real Time episode itself has an all time funny monologue due to flubs and insane joke choices (just wait for "Muslim Week"), as well as a mush mouthed buffoon getting racially uncomfortable around two black guests. It also was recorded, without hyperbole, six weeks ago, so f****n' EXCUSE ME if I don't remember every f*****g thing that happened?!?! 00:00 - opening spiel 01:54 - intro/bill maher news 12:09 - judgement free question zone 20:18 - real time recap 21:20 - a shocking revelation 23:05 - recap continued 1:30:23 - new rules 2:02:41 - outro Buy Mike's book "Strange People on the Hill"! Listen to Posting Through It! Go see Mike & Jared & Christopher Mathias talk at NYU (pre October 28th 2026) Hey, you can even check out my episode of Posting Through It here (you can hear me get kind of drunk and tired about 2/3rds of the way through it) Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e30 - Senator Tillis What is Your Body Count? feat Spencer Barrows & Liv Agar

Oct 15, 2026 1 hr 32 min

ANNOUNCEMENT: The show comes out on Thursdays now, and Patreon episodes come out on... the weekend. At some point. God willing. I just need the extra day for both scheduling and editing reasons. You know, sometimes you have your podcast where you make fun of a guy you hate, which means experiencing a lot of that person you hate, and you're sure this has absolutely poisoned your brain with irony beyond the scope of what any other person's brain could handle, and then you have two professionally online Zoomers on the show and realize you actually know nothing of irony poisoning. Wow, look at that, I put a little work into the episode description this week! Pretty impressive, right? Anyway, this week Spencer Barrows and Liv Agar joined the podcast, and it took every bit of strength in my 41 year old body to not constantly ask them "hey, this isn't cringe what I'm doing, right? I'm not being CHEUGY????" They make the judgement free question zone look absolutely pathetic, and then we talk about Real Time season 24, episode 30, which is the rare modern Real Time episode where Bill Maher was NOT the worst person on the panel. Does that mean he was well behaved, perhaps even normal? Of course not, don't be a damned fool. 00:00 - intro/bill maher news 2:29 - question portion 16:25 - real time recap 1:09:46 - new rules 1:25:44 - psychic damage + plugs + final question ----- Check out Super Struture and TGOFV Listen to QAA then watch Liv's Twitch and Youtube channels ----- Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Follow the show on Instagram for EXCLUSIVE CONTENT (sometimes I post pictures of him where he looks like shit) and also announcements if the show's going to be late, or something Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e29 - [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Fareed Zakaria (PARODY) feat just me

Oct 11, 2026 1 hr 23 min

Listen, if Fareed Zakaria was (CENSORED BY ACAST) and somehow that person sent me a recording of (CENSORED BY ACAST) and it was just every agonizing moment of (CENSORED BY ACAST) and the volume got louder every time he (CENSORED BY ACAST) I would find a way to give that person a million dollars. Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e28 - Trump You Absolutely Worthless Mega Cool Loser Bad Ass feat Tom Harrison

Oct 2, 2026 1 hr 55 min

Complicatedly Named Podcast Haver Tom Harrison is this week's guest, for yet another nonsensical episode of Real Time that is less "cutting edge look at current events" and more "grating conversation with your worst Aunt & Uncle who post way too much". I'll be honest: this week I'm really struggling to write the description for this episode. I guess I could say "specifically they talk about this, this, and this", but I don't know, who cares? And I don't want to be like "we make some great jokes, such as" because if you've downloaded this you're almost assuredly going to listen to it, so why spoil the jokes? Really I'm just experiencing that thing where I finally bought something I had been thinking about buying for months, waited as the pants got hemmed, then finally brought it home, tied it on, and realized it's not going to solve any of my problems. It's a nice unstructured suit, and the parts can be worn as separates, but but it's also a little hot. I don't know, did I just simply get sucked in by the excellent marketing of those men's heritage clothing brands that seem like they were worn by fur trappers but in actuality they were started in Venice Beach a decade ago (I'm talking about Buck Mason). Also, Los Angeles is about to get hit by it's standard October Surprise (an insane October heatwave) and this one's going to be f*****g B-A-D bro. Tom was a fun guest. Listen to Anime Sickos and Did Dat Dude Describe Destroyer Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e27 - Shouting 100! Every Time I See Sydney Sweeney feat Gita Jackson

Sep 25, 2026 2 hr 1 min

Okay, well, this one's REAL LATE but you know what? It was worth it, because this week I welcomed returning guest Gita Jackson, who injects more fashion talk into the episode than has ever happened before? This Real Time has annoying guest after annoying guest, from a credulous AI moron, to a center right Dem, to one of modern day's most racist guys. And then there's Bill Maher, who's kind of all three of those! Got. His. F*****g. Ass. Plus, hey, you're not going to believe it but this episode also has an insanely nasty and vicious final New Rule. Go figure! Also, Bill Maher talks about how he doesn't care if AI kills us all so many times that I think he might be suicidal. ALSO I got the comic wrong, the computer says "I am alive". Subscribe to and then read Aftermath Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e26 - It's Jay de Vance Ya'll feat John Brooks

Sep 18, 2026 2 hr 17 min

Oh, did you enjoy your week off from modern day Bill Maher? Well whether or not you did, it's back, so you better be ready for one of the most IN-F****N-SCRUTABLE final New Rules he's ever done. I'm sure I have typed that before, but I swear to GOD bro, I have never meant it more. And you know who can back me up on this? Podcaster and literal teacher of religious history John Brooks. That's right, no yahoo comedian this week. AN EXPERT (I'm remembering last week I had a labor journalist, so I don't really know how this is different, but this is the angle I decided to take with the episode description, which I always hate writing, so I refuse to come up with a new one.) There's an extremely funny conversation about AI in this episode that includes an all time absurd quote from Bill Maher. Also this episode is late because my wife is out of town for a wedding, so I am parenting solo this weekend. That's right, if you had a problem with it being late, you were attacking a single father. I bet you feel pretty s****y now, don't you?! Listen to 1999 and Pod Only Knows Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s6e1 - With Two Dead Guys I Did NOT Care For feat Emma Arkell

Sep 11, 2026 1 hr 49 min

THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED WEEKS AGO! I'M SORRY IF IT'S SOMEHOW WILDLY OUT OF DATE! ...but not that sorry. Oh boy, I was f*****g whacked out of my gourd on my recently reupped Ritalin prescription on this one, so it's good the incredibly patient journalist EMMA ARKELL joined the show to listen to me go bleh bleh bleh. It's an off week for Real Time, so we dipped way back into the archives to talk about Real Time season 6 episode, aka THE FIRST EPISODE OF THE WGA STRIKE! Not the strike people reading this are likely to remember, but the one that happened back in 2008 when every writer's room was almost entirely white men. I watched a video of the WGA president at the time addressing strikers and it's insane how white the crowd is. Subscribe to the De Facto Journalism co-op Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e25 - I'm Acclaimed Author Joyce Carol Oates and I Just Killed You feat Ella Dawson

Sep 4, 2026 2 hr 14 min

Booked at the last minute month continues (wraps up?, most likely) with Ella Dawson returning to talk about an episode of Real Time that features someone she knows from real life... or should I say "Real Life" (you know, like the show I'm always talking about on here.) Look, there was some good stuff to make fun of through the entire episode but the part I really can't stop thinking about happens at the start of one of the New Rules and I'm just not sure if we'll ever know what truly occurred in that moment. Anyway, young people bad. Real "But How Are You, Really?" and listen to Rebel Ever After Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e24 - You Will Long for the Grinch's Wife feat Josh Boerman

Aug 29, 2026 2 hr 15 min

"Booked at the Very Last Minute" month continues here at I Hate Bill Maher, with Josh Boerman bailing me out and coming on to talk about Real Time season 24, episode 24. Unfortunately there was no Grinch's wife to keep things fun, and this episode was actually structured seemingly to get worse and worse and worse until we're both extremely pissed off about it. Hey women, don't like workplace sexual harassment? Bill Maher says F**K. YOU. Hopefully The episode is not quite so late next week, but God works in mysterious ways. Listen to The Worst of All Possible World and/or Ill Conceived Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e23 - Keep the Horny Goat Weed Away From Andrew Cuomo feat Emily Faye

Aug 21, 2026 2 hr 2 min

Comedian Emily Faye returns, and Bill Maher rewrites the Turner Diaries. Listen to Medium Literate Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e22 - Vote Your Pokemon Gossoff feat Rahab

Aug 13, 2026 2 hr 17 min

EPISODE UPDATE: Since this episode was recorded and posted the guest, Rahab, has come out as Trans, so I have updated her name and pronouns in the episode title and following description. END OF UPDATE Man oh man, this guy freakin' sucks at his job!!! Writer/Podcaster/Organizer Rahab joins me this week to talk about Real Time season 24, episode 22. A limp but tighter than usual monologue is followed by a fake blue collar guy, a disgusting libertarian, and a journalist who Rahab is familiar enough with that she ends up being disappointed with her performance on here. Why's everybody always handling this freakish old pervert with kid gloves? It makes me nuts! Also, there's a classic New Rule bomb that's so bad Bill Maher gets pissed at the audience. Listen to Worker's Lit Check out Jacob's book Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e21 - I Think She Found This Healing?!? feat Emma Arnold

Aug 6, 2026 2 hr 38 min

Hey, I really appreciate all the support on Patreon, HOWEVER if you want to support me (or really anybody) on there, don't use the God damned Apple app. I think they're bringing their weird massive fees back in because a court is letting? I don't know, just subscribe through a web browser. That's your best option anyway, because if you join through the app it doesn't automatically add you to the Discord. IT'S F*****G INFURIATING. Very early guest Emma Arnold OF THE HAWAII TRIP returns two years later to talk about modern day Maher. She had to spend time with him in 2017, she watched an episode of his show from 2003, and now she's watching another episode of his show from this very day. She also brings some helpful perspective as the mother of three large adult sons because one of the topics on the panel is men... why can't we as a culture help those poor guys out? Like, the loneliness epidemic: is it just for boys? Also, jokes that are technically better than usual but delivered with absolutely no confidence. Please be aware that there's some echo on Emma's audio track because I'm a stupid piece of shit and literally went "I'm sure it's fine" and now it's making me nuts the entire edit. So, uh, I don't know... deal with it????? Also there's less editing on this episode than usual because I am absurdly behind on almost everything to do with the show. Buy Emma's album ON VINYL Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon (please don't sign up through the Apple app, it's bad for you, me, everybody else you support) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Club Random: Bill Maher Talks to Kids! - 70 Year Old Perverts Say the Darndest Things feat Lucy Valentine

Jul 31, 2026 1 hr 10 min

It's so crazy to put an exclamation mark at the end of "Bill Maher Talks to Kids" if that exclamation mark is not also followed by a question mark, another exclamation mark, and then a series of skull emojis. Now, you may be looking at the title and thinking "Wait, didn't Will already talk about 'Talks too Kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!' back when it first came out? And you're correct, I did. But it was early in the podcast, I hadn't keyed in to just how much of this thing was weird and/or reprehensible, and I also was like "A guest. A guest should also experience this. So I had Boonta Vista co-host Lucy Valentine join me to talk about this, essentially her first encounter with Bill Maher ever, and I gotta say... I think she really enjoyed. OR PERHAPS THAT'S A LIE! Who's to say? Her, I guess. I'll be honest; my heart really isn't in writing this episode description at... 11:33pm. HOWEVER that makes it thematically appropriate because Bill Maher put in zero effort here, and ends up generating no conversation of substance over three different pairs of kids. I guess during the second one he briefly turns into Lou Dobbs, but other than that it's all "How old are you?" "What grade are you in?" "What do you want to be when you grow up?" and perhaps also... "For Hamas"!!!!!!!! This episode is genuinely almost entirely making fun of an old guy who thinks he's being really funny. If you've ever found yourself thinking "I like that podcast but I get upset hearing so much vile shit come out of that man's mouth" and you can stomach two incidents of transphobia, this is the one for you, baby. I also think I mention Australia too much for the first half of the episode. I don't know why I did that, I think I was kind of nervous to record with someone I didn't know while I'm so physically exhausted (babies HATE to teethe). I probably didn't need to include this in the episode description. Also I was practically eating my mic so the sound is kind of distorted for my liking. I don't know, man, I'...

Club Random: Patrick Bet-David - You Must Prepare For a Slippery Little Devil feat Dan Friesen

Jul 24, 2026 1 hr 56 min

Listen, right off the top, I gotta say that the audio edit is not up to snuff, in my opinion. I just didn't have tim1! There's so much going on! I had to leave in the kinds of um and uhs and interruptions and sputterings (all mine) that normally I would take out. But listen, thankfully I have a real pro at the "I Hate This One Specific Guy" podcast game: podcaster Dan Friesen. Now, when we were picking an episode to do, Dan was really excited to see Bill Maher get f*****g wasted, but do you know what? He doesn't. He doesn't even really get high. AND I was looking forward to Patrick Bet-David being an absolute maniac, and we didn't really get any of that, either. In fact, I would say this episode of Club Random was a F-U-C-K-I-N-G D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R. ROCK BOTTOM chemistry, and yet I think Dan and I had quite a lot of fun with it, so F**K YOU Bill Maher and Club Random; try to f**k up my podcast with your unbelievably bad Club Random episode. Eat shit. We made it work. Also, we talk a lot about how insane PBD is, and sort of mention some of his more detestable beliefs, but straight up he's a really bad guy. I want to make sure that's on the record here. Check out Dan's new podcast Show Me State of Mind Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Call the show and leave a voicemail: (323) 545-6727‬ Include your pronouns or I'll just have to guess at that shit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Overtime Part 4 - Now Bill Maher's Scoring Off Me, Oh, That is it! feat Eoin Higgins

Jul 17, 2026 1 hr 52 min

Hey, sorry the episode is so late, the dang baby is doing sleep regression ah ha ha Oh, you thought regular Real Time was so bad that there's no way there could be more? Well F**K. YOU. Welcome to Overtime, perhaps television's most inessential extra TV show (the most essential? Extra.) That's right, during Real Time's hiatus I am pulling the Overtime coverage off of the Patreon and into the main feed, and joining me here is genuine expert on Real Time Overtime, Eoin Higgins. He knows stuff about it that I did not! That's... I mean, it's f****d. It's really insane to think that there are people who are like "Did you know this about Bill Maher?" and I of all people respond with "...no?" The specific episodes we watched were episodes 15, 16, 17, 18, and 20 from season 24. None of them were longer than thirteen minutes, and yet they all find at least one way to be deeply irritating. Buy Eoin's book "Owned" Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

week off 7-9-26

Jul 9, 2026 46 min

Hope you like clips, you f**k, because this week you're getting some clips from a few Patreon episodes! Get the full episodes on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e20 - Don't Ask Me I'm Just a Girl/Larry Wilmore feat Francesca Fiorentini

Jul 2, 2026 2 hr 23 min

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCKKKKKK YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU LARRYYYYYYYYYYY WILMOOOOOOOOOOOORRRREEEEEEEEEE Francesca Fiorentini returns to the show and I get insanely pissed off at Larry Wilmore. She's also watching footy, but does an impressive job of paying attention to both. She lived in Argentina for a while so I felt like culturally it would've been wrong to raise any objection about it. Also, you can hear her start to get tired just as I'm starting to really lose my shit. That's what makes me such a great host, baby. Don't message me to say I put in a clip of the Raptors winning the East semi-finals and not the NBA finals I AM AWARE. Also I'm pretty sure I left that one writer's name uncensored again, first one to email me when it is receives a PRIZE. Listen to the Bitchuation Room Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24 e19 - Sucking You Off for $$$ Cuz I Didn't Go to College feat Christie Bahna

Jun 26, 2026 1 hr 45 min

Guess if I'm going to complain about the gain on my mic being set way too high!!!!!!! (yes) F**k man, it's making me insane editing this thing. Anyway, the episode is late this week because I'm frantically finishing up stuff for I Hate Bill Maher Live, this Saturday June 27th at 9:30pm. River Butcher is a last minute replacement, he's great, we're very happy about that. But for this episode that you're either listening to, about to listen to, or preparing to listen to later, we've got returning guest Christie Bahna, who long time listeners will recall was called a "c word" by one of Bill Maher's writers years ago. She's back to witness a diminished man, a sad, frail creature, unaware or unwilling to accept just how greatly his skills have slipped from his grasp. I understand you don't grasp skills, but it's like 12:20 and I'm trying to knock this thing out relatively quickly. This is a classic episode where the panel is relatively inoffensive, which gives Bill Maher a lot of room to stretch his legs and really suck shit. Also, no Euphoria spoilers are in this episode. Follow Christie here Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e18 - Your Ass Used to Be Beautiful (Derogatory) feat John Hastings

Jun 18, 2026 1 hr 43 min

Come to I Hate Bill Maher Live on June 27th at the Lyric Hyperion at 9:30pm. John Hastings and his wacky microphone returns to the as we wrestle with a pretty lifeless episode of Real Time. John's YouTube page which features like nineteen different specials Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e17 - Pride (Not That Kind) feat Katie Page

Jun 12, 2026 1 hr 59 min

Man, Graham Platner comes up a lot in this one. I'm also not sure if I specifically mention there's no midshow comedy bit in this episode, but there's not. My old friend and comedian Katie Page joined the show this week to talk Real Time season 24, episode 17. It was... quite dull. The one on one interview is infuriating, and one of the panelists is a bad panelist. What a booking job! Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e16 - Just Because it's Been 100 Episodes Doesn't Mean I'll Reopen the Judgement Free Question Zone feat Diego McCafferty

Jun 4, 2026 2 hr 53 min

Get tickets to I Hate Bill Maher Presents: The Samuel Langhorne Clemens Award for Excellence in Receiving the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor here Hello, and welcome to the 100th episode of I Hate Bill Maher. I'd call this episode uncensored and uncut, but my guest Diego McCafferty kept saying his address on the show so I had to spend a day and a half making sure I didn't miss of them. Other than that, this thing is filled with the type of unrelated to Bill Maher bull shit that I normally edit out of an episode, only there was way more of it. We're unmedicated! It's not our fault! A mere three days out from the California Primaries, we watched Real Time season 24, episode 16. Diego tried to quit talking about it multiple times, and all things considered the episode was pretty unremarkable in how absolutely low effort everything was, including the bottom of the barrel guests. Look, I'm finally done editing it and it truly is just sprawling and completely unfocused, which is something I would normally never let happen in an episode but this is 100 and also it's impossible to have any other kind of conversation with Diego. Oh, and also at the very end of the episode he started waving his mic around like a maniac, so that's what all the mechanical noise is. Go see what Diego is up to here and go to Rex Ubu in June Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s18e9 - Live! From a Pervert's Mansion! It's Retraumatizing Memories! feat Monika Scott and Emily Faye

May 28, 2026 1 hr 56 min

I got the new poster done so I can start promoting properly but come and see I Hate Bill Maher LIVE in Los Angeles California on June 27th at 9:30 pm aka the pervert hour. Get tickets here Real Time season 24 has taken a break this week, so in its place I have decided to take my guests Monika Scott (new!) and Emily Faye (returning!) from the Medium Literate Podcast down a horrible, horrible stroll through memory lane. I'm not going to give it away here (even though you can probably guess) and oh boy, we were all so f*****g afraid! Bill Maher adjusts to a new way of doing comedy, multiple celebrities are interviewed with varying levels of audio quality, and we get a weird little peek inside Bill Maher's home. Also, Monika put consideration into the judgement free question zone to such a degree that I had to edit out stretches of thoughtful silence. Listen to Medium Literate Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon 00:00 - Intro 1:46 - Bill Maher News 2:02 - Questions 17:44 - Real Time Recap 1:37:14 - New Rules 1:50:45 - Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon Pepisode Preview - There is no Steve Smith, Only Stephen A feat David Roth (Stephen A Smith on Club Random)

May 27, 2026 16 min

This is a preview of I Especially Hate Bill Maher, available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IHateBillMaher Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Super Quick Update for Real Time s24e15

May 22, 2026 1 min

Please I beg of you no more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e15 - I Was Not Nervous to be in Such a Ballin Kick Ass Place feat Jeremy Appel

May 22, 2026 1 hr 57 min

There's another live I Hate Bill Maher happening on June 27th at the Lyric Hyperion in Los Angeles! Get Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/i-hate-bill-maher-live-tickets-1989800116713 Look, I know it's pretty rich coming from me given what this whole show is, but I resent having current events analyzed by some f*****g pop history podcaster who has a show called "History's Greatest Fails". Like, be f*****g serious!!! This week, Jeremy Appel returns to experience new Maher, and he insults the History's Greatest Fails guy by calling him "unctuous", something I was unaware was an insult and that I assumed was like just for food. The one on one interview IS good this week. I haven't seen Ben McKenzie's doc, but I read Easy Money and it's really good. Honestly, you should read it, too. Read and listen to The Orchard Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e14 - Gen Z Is Tumpted to Start Wearing Masks Again feat Charles Star

May 14, 2026 1 hr 50 min

Listen, you know John Fetterman's going to be bad. You can on some level prepare for that. But can you ever be prepared for how annoying Dan Crenshaw is? I wager if you asked returning guest Charles Star, he'd say no... Listen to No Homework Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e13 - People Used to Shoot Each Other in the Ass, Now They Just Watch YouTubes feat Molly Ruben-Long

May 6, 2026 1 hr 49 min

I'll be honest: not my best Judgement Free Question Zone. Comedian Molly Ruben-Long this week joins the show this week to establish herself as probably my most high guest so far, and also what it was like being a New Atheist (TM!!!!) and slowly realizing, oh, these guys are assholes. Then we get into a pretty miserable Real Time episode that ends with Bill Maher proudly and angrily being an incredibly stupid a*****e. Also, if I sound a little low energy at first I wanted to make sure I didn't spook her dog until she got used to me. Also I get very pro-smoking towards the end, but don't smoke it's gross. Oh and also spoilers for Training Day, the film where Ethan Hawke plays John Training Day. Follow Molly on Instagram Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e12 - Hilarious Take, Hunker Biden feat Me

Apr 30, 2026 1 hr 43 min

It's a lot more fun for me when someone else is having a bad time, too! Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e11 - (While Letting a 70 Year Old Pervert Yell at Me on TV) Do I Look Weak and Woke? feat Katelyn Burns

Apr 23, 2026 1 hr 58 min

Writer and podcaster Katelyn Burns joins me this week to get insanely annoyed with Rahm Emanuel. I'd say she and I both agree that we can't wait until we're a few months into the 2028 primaries so that this guy will have definitely, 100% been forced out of the conversation of who is truly viable to run for president. Like, give me a break with this shit, he's such an absolute loser. Oh, also I didn't put in the Worm of the Week music because I lost track of where it was in the episode. Listen to Cancel my Daddy and follow Katelyn here Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e10 - Begun, the Iced Cream Wars Have feat Ella Dawson

Apr 16, 2026 2 hr 35 min

Well, the episode is once again out on Thursday, not Wednesday. Because Will, Will never changes. Ella Dawson returns to the pod with her brain all filled up with Fallout New Vegas shit to talk about Real Time, season 24, episode 10. The episode features a panelist so loathed that another previous IHBM guest remarked "I don't think I can listen to this" (It's Douglas Murray). Well, whatever man, welcome to my f*****g world! The panel is the first one all season where one panelist actually properly goes after the other one, which I guess is the closest you can get to satisfaction in this miserable world, and the interview guest is kind of fun, but man oh man, that last New Rule is absolutely REPELLANT. I'm not sure this episode description makes a lot of sense, but give me a break, okay, I'm doing my freaking best over here!!! Buy Ella's book and listen to her podcast Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time Off Week - Bella Thorne Month Compilation

Apr 9, 2026 53 min

Real Time is off this week, so I am, too! But I guess actually not really, because I still did some house keeping and played some voicemails at the start of this. Looking back on it, I definitely would not describe it as "focused and to the point" but what are you gonna do, y'know? And after that? Oh baby, it's a compilation of clips from I Especially Hate Bill Maher's "Bella Thorne Month" series of episodes. You get to hear from Stefan Heck & John Cullen, Lisa Curry, Emily Faye, and Allen Strickland Williams, whom I all had watch the Bella Thorne Club Random episode and then talk about it with me. Looking back on it I'm kind of like "What the hell was I thinking?" but I enjoyed it a lot. They didn't, so mission accomplished on my end, I guess. But in all seriousness, all of them are some of the funniest people I know, and they all noticed things I somehow had not in my previous fifteen viewings of this thing. 00:00 - Intro/Voicemails 24:20 - Stefan Heck and John Cullen 32:35 - Lisa Curry 40:03 - Emily Faye 46:51 - Allen Strickland Williams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e9 - The CIA Encourages You to Beat Your Kids feat Joe Kassabian

Apr 3, 2026 2 hr 7 min

Will I ever starr getting these things out on time again? Who can say, plus I'm a father now: no one can ask anything of me ever again. Writer and podcaster Joe Kassabian joins the show to talk about a Real Time episode that's heavy on Iran war talk, so of course the guests are 1. A former CIA agent, 2. A CNN legal correspondent, and 3. The loudest, dumbest man in sports media. I drove my parents to the airport at 3am and recorded this upon arriving home at like 4:30, and two hours prior to driving my parents I was awoken by a drainage pipe cracking and water spraying into our bedroom. I honestly think my being able to keep my energy level up until the last five minutes of this episode is pretty impressive. Also, did you know the airports are a mess right now? I just hope they aren't bothering you too much! Buy Joe's Book "The Highlands Burn" Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e8 - I'll Suck Your Dick For a Mark Twain Prize feat Jeremy Kaplowitz

Mar 26, 2026 1 hr 46 min

This is probably the most mixed up I've ever been with the order of the clips, but what are you gonna do. Anyway, Writer and comedian Jeremy Kaplowitz is my guest this week, and he gets to view the current show through the lens of someone who once watched Real Time because that was sort of what you did as a liberal in college 14 or so years ago! How was Real Time? Well, if you enjoy watching one panel member be systematically humiliated and ignored, mmmm this is the episode for you! Listen to Quorators Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e7 - The Worst of all Episodes (of Real Time) feat Josh Boerman

Mar 19, 2026 2 hr 35 min

This week's guest was jack of all trades Josh Boerman. There's so much garbage in this episode of Real Time that we talked about it for two hours and forty five minutes and I am currently thinking about all the shit we didn't get to, and yet somehow the whole show was insanely dull. What a mess, man, I can't believe this thing was on television. I don't even know what to say here. Check out all the stuff Josh does, including Worst of All Possible Worlds Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e6 - Maybe if You Had a Better Attitude You Wouldn't Have Cancer feat Lucé Tomlin-Brenner

Mar 12, 2026 2 hr 39 min

Oopsie, I did a long one! Comedian/Film connoisseur Lucé Tomlin-Brenner joins the podcast this week, and wow wow wow if you're Bill Maher I bet you loved this f****n' episode of Real Time. It's all about him, baby! We honestly don't talk about the war with Iran stuff because there just isn't a ton to say about it other than "what a f*****g disaster (does Bill Maher disagree? Perhaps...) but we get really hung up on joke logic and also his interview technique. And I come up with the one good pun I make a year. Go see the next Video Visions Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s3e19 - New Rule: If You're a Pig Man, You're Gay

Mar 6, 2026 1 hr 14 min

Real Time is taking a little break this week, and since I am recovering from some family coming to visit I figured I would do the same by settling into the warm bath water of an old school Real Time episode. But how soothing is it REALLY? Answer: not so much. Andrew Sullivan is here! Also Ben Affleck, who will one day go on to become a Real Time legend. Plus, Bill Maher is lower energy than I remembered, and also treats a guest on the show about as badly as a talk show host could while not being in the same location as them. Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PATREON EPISOD DREWIEVS - 1st Quarter 2026

Mar 3, 2026 24 min

Here are some clips from the first few Patreon episodes of 2026, including: The Psychology Zone feat Eoin Higgins (Andrew Sullivan on Club Random) Reverse Oppression Academy feat Chris James (Bert Kreischer on Club Random) This & That 2.0 (Junk Drawer Episode) Netflix Presents: A Ricky Gervais Comedy Special: Rich C**t feat John Hastings To hear full episodes, subscribe to the Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e5 - Starting World War III Because of my Lack of Trump Derangement Syndrome feat Rax King

Feb 25, 2026 1 hr 32 min

I HOPE YOU LIKE HEARING THE PHRASE "TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME"!!!! Anyway, Rax King joined me this week to reacquaint herself with Bill Maher after over a decade away from occasionally watching him. Does she think he's gotten better with time? I mean I'm not even going to pretend like she does; she's immediately struck by how diminished she is. But he's not the only thing that's diminished: so is this f*****g two person panel, as evidenced by the fact that this week the panel has, I cannot stress this enough, zero chemistry. But the highlight of the episode is his near histrionic response to Trump insulting him one time on the computer. Will we get his full response, or will we inexplicably have to wait two weeks? Well, you'll have to listen to find out (he says he'll do it in two weeks.) Also, if you hear distant laughing in the background my wife's friend Emma was over and she was probably laughing at something the baby was doing. It was NOT about the podcast, TRUST ME. Get Rax's new book, Sloppy or subscribe to her newsletter Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e4 - The Woke Mind Virus Doesn't Want You to Censor the Internet feat Taylor Lorenz

Feb 19, 2026 1 hr 39 min

Wow, this show sucks! This episode's coming to you late because guest Taylor Lorenz, who was previously booked to do the show next month, saw who the interview guest was and said "I hate this man and must talk about it" (paraphrasing.) And we did! She is the rare guest who truly has as little familiarity with Bill Maher as possible, and also late night just in general, so it was FASCINATING to watch someone discover it via the worst possible example of it. We talk about the interview for a while, the boring panel for not as long (though I still found one guest INFURIATING) and then we heard a deeply confusing final New Rule that will make you say "not homophobic enough" JUST KIDDING! If there are weird typos in this I wrote it on my phone while feeding a baby so gimme a freakin break! Subscribe to Taylor on YouTube and also to her newsletter Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e3 - John Cougar & the Party Leadership Losers feat Parker Molloy

Feb 12, 2026 2 hr 6 min

UPDATE: I forgot to put in an audio clip towards the end of the episode, that's been corrected. The new season continues to trudge on, and this week writer Parker Molloy joins the show for a third straight week of Bill Maher conducted Epstein files talk! She's a great guest, but listen; some weeks writing this description is harder than others, because it's just like, yeah, this guy sucks ass and this show is bad. I think we do a pretty good job of making fun of it, but if you've listened to the show before, you know that. Are there any surprises or anything to tease? Here's the thing: this week, there is. The final minute of the final New Rule does such a shock one eighty quality-wise that we were both truly stunned by it. You'll be shock, I swear to God... I haven't mentioned the show's stings being the work of Empty Heaven in a while, but their going viral for wholesome wife guy shit reminded me that I should. Check them out here. Subscribe to and read The Present Age here Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Leave a voicemail for the show at (323) 545-6727‬ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e2 - Starting To Think There Was Something Off About This Whole Epstein Casefeat Maddy Myers

Feb 5, 2026 2 hr 31 min

God F****N damn it, bro. I got nervous there would be an issue with Streamyard so I did a backup recording and it f****d the gain on my mic up so bad. It's making me insane, I gotta know better than to not check my levels, Jesus Christ. Anyway, games journalist and podcaster Maddy Myers was on the who this week, and she asked the question "Hey, why are you doing an entire season of new episodes?" I don't know, man. It's pretty funny how much worse he's gotten at his job, but hearing him do such a bad job talking about such important things is really tough to deal with. Also, a nemesis from the show's past returns and somehow becomes the voice of reason. Sucks ass, man. Go to mothership.blog! It's new! And Exciting! Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s24e1 - Sorry, My Literal Baby, I'm Back feat Eliza Skinner

Jan 28, 2026 1 hr 57 min

That's right, God of Emperor of Turn Mountain Will Weldon is back in the hosting chair (it's my wife's desk chair, which she will probably want back once she's back at work) to talk about the season 24 premiere of Real Time with Bill Maher. My guest this week? Writer, Comedian, and... pottist? Potterist? Pottery maker? Eliza Skinner. Eliza is immediately displeased with me for having her watch a modern episode, and then we are immediately confronted with the sub-punchlines of a monologue that mostly just feel like a guy saying stuff. But what of the actual political content of the show, you ask? Well, he sort of manages to be displeased with ICE, but his both sides obsession immediately takes over and, I'll admit it even just here in the episode discussion, I think the lack of acknowledgement of the bravery and patience and fortitude of the people of Minnesota fighting an illegal government paramilitary group sent to terrorize them is genuinely outrageous and offensive. God this guy's a f*****g prick! Also, Eliza comes in hot with a new take on Bill Maher's sexuality. In all sincerity, thanks so much for the kind words from everyone about the birth of my child, who has already been cast in the freaking sequel to It's Alive, folks!!!!! Also, thank you to all the guest hosts for helping me out, they all did even better than I'd hoped and I would've gone insane without them. Primary Photo Credit for the episode art: Ben Hovland | MPR (Minnesota Public Radio) Go buy some pottery from Eliza Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s3e18 - John Hastings vs the World - Paternity Leave Chapter Three w/ John Hastings

Jan 21, 2026 51 min

Unable to find a guest, fill-in host John Hastings flies solo and just rips one out for 51 straight minutes. He really brings out the specific resentments that only Canadians who lived in England for a while have, and then he combines that with the rage and shame that former Canadian young conservatives have. Then he has a go at the Kennedys. Honestly, I think the only person or people that come up who he doesn't have a grudge against is Willie Nelson. I listened to all of these at 1.5 speed before posting them and I think this one made me enter the Speed Force. Check out John's multitude is specials here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s3e17 - Gaypreme Court Justgay - Paternity Leave Chapter Two w/ Ella Dawson feat TJ Alexander

Jan 14, 2026 1 hr 29 min

I continue to say "Hello baby" because I'm on paternity leave and babies need to be greeted, so writer and past guest Ella Dawson stepped in to cover my pathetic ass, and she brought fellow writer TJ Alexander with her! I could give a brief overview of the things they had to watch, but really I'll just warn people that PJ O'Rourke was on the panel and he's extremely f*****g annoying. Check out TJ's newest book, A Lady for All Seasons, here Well well well, it would seem Ella ALSO has a book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Time s9e6 - "I'm Talking Hitler Baby" Paternity Leave Chapter One w/ Vera Drew feat Nate Faustyn and David Allen

Jan 7, 2026 1 hr 45 min

PATERNITY LEAVE HAS BEGUN! Special guest host Vera Drew ("The People's Joker") welcomes Nate Faustyn and David Allen from the Loose Lips podcast to talk Real Time season 9, episode 6. Vera wanted this specific episode for a reason she reveals once they get to it, and it's very funny to me, but before they all get there they have to sit through an ass kissing interview with Matt Taibbi, some bizarre prop comedy, and a SPECTACULARLY failed riff. PLUS a great example of why the producers of this show eventually gave up on taping it live. I'm pretty sure this is the story Bill Maher references about the Muslim TV producer and then some follow up reporting from a a couple weeks later Listen to Loose Lips here If you haven't already, watch The People's Joker on Tubi on January 21st Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Special Bonus Bill Maher News...

Jan 5, 2026 17 min

I am breaking pat leave to bring you some Bill Maher news from the previous few weeks. This was the first part of an episode that also covered Bill Maher's interview on The Free Press' "Two Drinks with...". If you'd like to hear the rest of it (as well as the print interview that was published a few days before the video interview came out, which tricked me into subscribing to the Free Press (WHILE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH MY NEWBORN CHILD) so that I could read it, subscribe to the Patreon here... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A MOST TRAUMATIZING YEAR - Maher Highlights 2025

Dec 31, 2025 1 hr 18 min

I ended up exposing myself to a lot of harmful Maher content over the year 2025, here is some of the stuff that has poisoned my brain the most. See you in 2026. Support I Hate Bill Maher on Patreon 00:00: Intro 01:47: Creep Shit 19:56: Failed Humor Attempts 26:51: Baffling Moments 36:52: Embarrassing Moments 48:30: Guest Moments 1:07:02: Petty Bitching Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Created by: Will Weldon
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Latest episode: Nov 12, 2026
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