I recorded an episode in-person for the first time ever, and the audio quality is uhhhhhhhhh mixed, we'll say. But hey, when you've got a guest this good, a little diminished audio is worth the trouble. Comedian, Actor, Whole-ass show creator Lindsay Mullan joins us this week, and we spend a lot of time talking about whether or not it's worth it to focus your creative efforts on hating another, much more famous person, and the possible consequences of attaching yourself to someone you don't even like. Then, a quicker than usual Real Time recap but don't worry, there's still a ton of dog shit in there. Aaron McGruder probably takes the title of Best Panel Guest from Connie Rice, for the record.

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Comedian/Writer/Long time close fiend (intentional) Eliza Skinner joins the show to talk about a parent's love (for Maher). We also explore whether or not Bill Maher likes... anything, really??? I'll be honest, I'm insanely exhausted trying to write this description right now and I just truly have no mental energy to do anything. That's why this episode was so late, I had a lot to get done. Okay?! Fuck!!!!!Anyway, Eliza's great, very funny. Goodnight!

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CONTENT WARNING: Roman Polanski comes up in the context of his horrible crimes, and while we don't mention the specifics, we do mention Bill Maher mentioning the specifics.

Finally, I get another absolute pervert for Bill Maher on here. Comedian John Hastings joins me to talk about his theory on modern grift culture's role in Real Time's resurgence, the complete and total absence of effort throughout Bill Maher's entire career, and a tonally bizarre episode of Real Time that gets completely fucked up by an absurdly inappropriate throwaway joke. But on the upside, it's the least amount of sexism from Bill so far. So, I don't know, that's good...?

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P.S. I told you I would sound better and it would be on time this week. Each of you owes me twenty dollars.

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I don't want to go on a rant here, but this week writer Sophia Benoit really gets tossed into the Real Time meat grinder when she's given an episode to discuss that has Dennis Miller on the panel. Has experiencing her mother and former step-father's Bill Maher fandom as a teen prepared her for such an experience, or will she suffer the same amount of psychic damage that Dennis Miller himself does when Arianna Huffington takes a pretty mild shot at him. Also, the evils of American Pie.

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Oh, also this should be the last week that my sound is bad and that the episode is so late, since I got a new mic and that means I won't have to spend so much time attempting to tweak every God damn thing I said during the recording. Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

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On this week's pretty late episode, comedian and writer Emma Arnold joins me to talk about the time she went with a bunch of other people to Hawaii WITH BILL MAHER. That's right, someone who spent time with Bill Maher in the flesh, and is able to confirm that, yes, he is a miserable piece of shit. We also talk about the third ever episode of Real Time, and how that version of him compares with the 2016/17 version.

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Comedian and PODCASTER™ John Cullen (Broomgate) joins Will to talk about episode 2 of Real Time episode 2. He's not a particularly political guy, and particularly hates it when comedy gets mixed in there, so this is sure to be his absolute Hell. Also, my mic AND my voice get kind of fucked up over the course of the episode, uh, hopefully it's better next week???

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