Real Time with Bill Maher guests - Friday, April 9, 2021

[Rhiannon12866]

Real Time with Bill Maher continues its 19th season Friday, April 9 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at 12:01 a.m., exclusively on HBO.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with Senator Alex Padilla, former Secretary of State of California who now serves as a Democratic Senator from California and Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety.

This week's in-studio panel discussion will include Heather McGhee, author of the New York Times bestseller The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. She is the Board Chair of Color of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization; and Reihan Salam, President of free-market think tank The Manhattan Institute and contributing writer at The Atlantic.

[Hoyt]

1. I'll be watching, maybe this will be night Maher ticks me off enough to stop.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I'm interested in hearing from the new senator, don't know much about him yet.

[Hoyt]

3. Yes. And McGhee is good too. Not familiar with other guy. Also expect Gaetz jokes.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Yes, he's had Heather McGhee on before and she's always good

As for Reihan Salam, I looked him up and he looked familiar, know he's been on the panel before, just not recently.

[Hoyt]

5. Yeah, I've seen him. He's conservative, but at least has an argument worth thinking

about, before rejecting it.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Interesting counterpoint to Heather McGhee, though I don't remember him being particularly offensive

All I remember about him was that he was quite serious.

[oasis]

9. For sure the senator will be singing the praises of CA Gov. Gavin Newsom.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Right, wasn't he appointed by Governor Newsom to succeed Senator Harris?

I remember seeing that interview.

[oasis]

13. Yup Gavin's pick. Alex is a fine Democrat and a team player. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

14. I remember the interview with the new senator and the governor announcing that he was chosen

It was quite affecting, sounded like he was an excellent choice.

[UTUSN]

7. K& big buckeroo R#5

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Awww, thanks!

It's going to be a relief to have new shows again, too many repeats in the past couple of weeks, and this looks like a good lineup.

[UTUSN]

11. Seems like you've absented the BOROWITZ playing field for weeks. A couple of others have tried

to fill the void, but 'tain't the same!1 ---And a reminder of oddity, I have never read any BOROWITZ column or paragraph or whatever his format is, only the headlines that first pique the click bait button and then the oh-it's-BOROWITZ button.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. I've seen disappointed after missing it this week

I always do a Search to avoid duplicates and it seems like someone has always beaten me to it.

[question everything]

15. I think that Salam is a RWer. Will see

[UTUSN]

16. McGHEE didn't let him get away with a thing, yip he's a wingnut.