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Related: About this forumReal Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 3/28/2025
I apologize that there are so few "official" videos available, this practice by HBO appears to have started last season. If any are uploaded in the meantime, I'll definitely add them. But I wanted to share what's available before the "bootleg" videos are gone.
Gavin Newsom on "Platforming"
California Governor Gavin Newsom joins Bill to discuss the reaction to his podcast and the struggling Democratic brand.
New Rule: Trump Devotion Syndrome
The MAGA cult's fealty to Trump is rapidly approaching North Korea levels.
Overtime: John McWhorter, Rikki Schlott
Bill and his guests continue their conversation after the show.
Here's a "bootleg" version of the show which includes the entire interview with Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democratic governor of California and host of the new podcast This is Gavin Newsom; entire panel discussion with John McWhorter, opinion writer at The New York Times and author of the new book Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words; and Rikki Schlott, columnist at the New York Post and co-author of the new book The Canceling of the American Mind; Bill's "Funny Bit"; and the opening part of New Rules. It won't last long, as usual:
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Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 3/28/2025 (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
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Behind the Aegis
(55,200 posts)1. We thought it was a good show.
Already pre-ordered McWhorter's book! LOL!
Rhiannon12866
(231,098 posts)2. I thought so, too - Not only good guests, but Bill made some good points
And I thought of you immediately when I saw that John McWhorter was on the panel!
Auggie
(32,166 posts)3. First show I've seen since the last season ended
Newsom pulled me in and I stayed for McWhorter (who totally crushed it).
Thumbs up to Newsom for reminding Bill that his issues over home improvement struggles begin with local building codes, not the state.