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The Best Episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 13

Every episode of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 13 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 13!

Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.

Genres:ComedyTalk
Network:HBO

Season 13 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher" season 13 is "Episode 338", rated 6.7/10 from 39 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Episode 338" aired on 1/9/2015 and is rated 1.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 339".

  • Episode 338
    6.7/10 39 votes

    #1 - Episode 338

    Season 13 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2015

    Comedy legend Jay Leno, literary icon Salman Rushdie, Ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina, Chris Hardwick and Paul Begala.

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  • Episode 339
    5.6/10 39 votes

    #2 - Episode 339

    Season 13 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2015

    Bill's guests include Oscar winning director Kathryn Bigelow, "Wedding Ringer" actor Josh Gad, "Being Mortal" author Atul Gawande, New York Times "Upshot" correspondent Josh Barro, "The Work: My Search For a Life That Matters" author Wes Moore.

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  • Episode 340
    6.7/10 36 votes

    #3 - Episode 340

    Season 13 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2015

    Ex-Governor Howard Dean (D-VT), comedian and "Black and White" actor Bill Burr, "America in Retreat" author Bret Stephens, Washington Post's Nia-Malika Henderson, and The Atlantic's James Fallows.

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  • Episode 341
    6.8/10 35 votes

    #4 - Episode 341

    Season 13 Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/2015

    This weeks guests include comedy legend Mel Brooks, Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX), "Citizenfour" director Laura Poitras, BBC World News anchor Kitty Kay, and "The Entrepreneurial Instinct" author Monica Mehta.

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  • Episode 342
    6.2/10 32 votes

    #5 - Episode 342

    Season 13 Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/2015

    This weeks guests include "Course in Miracles" author Marianne Williamson, "Blaze" anchor Amy Holmes, "Weekly Standard" writer John McCormack, "Redefining Realness" author Janet Mock, and British writer and journalist Johann Hari.

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  • Episode 343
    6.5/10 32 votes

    #6 - Episode 343

    Season 13 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2015

    This weeks guests include director of "Merchants of Doubt" Robert Kenner, former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives Tom Davis, Editor-in-Chief for the Economist magazine Zanny Minton Beddoes, co-founder of the black political blog Jack and Jill Politics and CEO of Cultivated Wit Baratunde Thurston, and actor and author of "Holy Cow" David Duchovny.

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  • Episode 344
    6.5/10 36 votes

    #7 - Episode 344

    Season 13 Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2015

    Director Rob Reiner, singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc, Bill Nye "The Science Guy", writer Fran Lebowitz and Washington Post's Elahe Izadi.

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  • Episode 345
    6.5/10 34 votes

    #8 - Episode 345

    Season 13 Episode 8 - Aired 3/6/2015

    Bill's guests include Ex-Obama guru & "Believer" author David Axelrod, "Going Clear" author Lawrence Wright, "American Crime" creator John Ridley, Heritage Foundation's daily signal Genevieve Wood, and author and journalist Matt Taibbi.

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  • Episode 346
    6.5/10 32 votes

    #9 - Episode 346

    Season 13 Episode 9 - Aired 3/13/2015

    Huffington Post's Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington, "Stonewalled" author Sharyl Attkisson, The National Review's Tom Rogan, The Hunting Ground's Annie Clark & Andrea Pino and actor Sean Penn.

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  • Episode 347
    6.4/10 32 votes

    #10 - Episode 347

    Season 13 Episode 10 - Aired 3/20/2015

    Interview: NBC and MLB sportscasting legend Bob Costas. Panel: ex-US Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), ex-NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, GOP Strategist Mercedes Schlapp. Panel Guest: "God's Bankers" author Gerald Posner.

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  • Episode 348
    6.5/10 32 votes

    #11 - Episode 348

    Season 13 Episode 11 - Aired 3/27/2015

    Interview: "God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy" author Mike Huckabee. Panel: "The Slap" star Zachary Quinto, "Frank" author and ex-Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), and CNN commentator S.E. Cupp. Panel Guest: NASA JPL Senior Water Scientist Professor Jay Famiglietti.

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  • Episode 349
    7.2/10 35 votes

    #12 - Episode 349

    Season 13 Episode 12 - Aired 4/10/2015

    "A Fighting Chance" author Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), "Live Right and Find Happiness" author Dave Barry, "In Defense of Liberal Education" author Fareed Zakaria, "Bad Religion" author Ross Douthat and Roll Call editor-in-chief Christina Bellantoni.

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  • Episode 350
    7.4/10 30 votes

    #13 - Episode 350

    Season 13 Episode 13 - Aired 4/17/2015

    Esquire TV's "The Runner-Up" star Clay Aiken, "The Story" author Judith Miller, "Thomas Jefforson" author Jon Meacham, CNBC chief international correspondent Michele Caruso Cabrera, Center for American Progress president Neera Tanden.

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  • Episode 351
    6.9/10 28 votes

    #14 - Episode 351

    Season 13 Episode 14 - Aired 4/24/2015

    Celebrity chef & "Fresh Off the Boat" author Eddie Huang, activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Daily Beast contributor Ana Marie Cox, Weekly Standard senior editor Christopher Caldwell, and G.O.P. consultant Liz Mair.

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  • Episode 352
    6.6/10 25 votes

    #15 - Episode 352

    Season 13 Episode 15 - Aired 5/1/2015

    Bill's guests include "The Great Divide" author Joseph Stiglitz, Human Rights Foundation chairman Garry Kasparov, Wilson Center President and Ex-Representative Jane Harman (D-CA), New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik and Foreign Policy Initiative co-founder Dan Senor.

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  • Episode 353
    7.2/10 30 votes

    #16 - Episode 353

    Season 13 Episode 16 - Aired 5/8/2015

    Bill's guests include comedy legend Billy Crystal, MSNBC "Now" host Alex Wagner, Ex-Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, consumer advocate Erin Brockovich, and ESPN commentator Will Cain.

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  • Episode 354
    6.8/10 28 votes

    #17 - Episode 354

    Season 13 Episode 17 - Aired 5/15/2015

    Bill's guests include film-maker & "Carsick" author John Waters, "Heretic" author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Democratic president Heather McGhee, and "By the People" author Charles Murray.

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  • Episode 355
    7.0/10 28 votes

    #18 - Episode 355

    Season 13 Episode 18 - Aired 6/5/2015

    Bill's guests include "Inside Out" actor Lewis Black, ex-representative Rick Lazio (R-NY), ex-senior CIA and FBI official Philip Mudd, ex-Ohio state senator Nina Turner (D-OH), and "Superpower" author Ian Bremmer.

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  • Episode 356
    6.9/10 26 votes

    #19 - Episode 356

    Season 13 Episode 19 - Aired 6/12/2015

    Bill's guests include "Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals" comic Jeff Ross, actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr., Daily Beast columnist Ron Christie, The Other 98% director Alexis Goldstein, and Slate's "The Gist" host Mike Pesca.

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  • Episode 357
    6.9/10 30 votes

    #20 - Episode 357

    Season 13 Episode 20 - Aired 6/19/2015

    Bill's guests include Democratic President hopeful, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Representative Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL), "¡Adios America!" author Ann Coulter, MSNBC contributor Joy Reid and Daily Caller's senior contributor Matt Lewis.

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  • Episode 358
    7.2/10 32 votes

    #21 - Episode 358

    Season 13 Episode 21 - Aired 6/26/2015

    EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson, "The Selfie Vote" author Kristen Soltis Anderson, "End of Discussion" co-writer Mary Katherine Ham, and "Trainwreck" director & "Sick in the Head" author Judd Apatow.

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  • Episode 359
    6.9/10 31 votes

    #22 - Episode 359

    Season 13 Episode 22 - Aired 8/7/2015

    The Interview: Michael Mann. The Panel: Mary Matalin, Steve Schmidt, Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA). Mid-Show Guest: Caitlin Flanagan.

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  • Episode 360
    7.4/10 33 votes

    #23 - Episode 360

    Season 13 Episode 23 - Aired 8/14/2015

    The Interview: Sister Helen Prejean. The Panel: Jennifer Granholm, Doug Heye, Lawrence Wilkerson. Mid-Show Guest: Talib Kweli.

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  • Episode 361
    7.4/10 28 votes

    #24 - Episode 361

    Season 13 Episode 24 - Aired 8/21/2015

    "Pretty Ladylike" author Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), WTF's Marc Maron, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), "Conservatarian Manifesto" author Charles Cooke, "The Blue Zones Solution" author Dan Buettner.

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  • Episode 362
    7.3/10 25 votes

    #25 - Episode 362

    Season 13 Episode 25 - Aired 8/28/2015

    GOP Presidential candidate & Ex-Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ex-State Senator Wendy Davis (D-TX), Washington Post national reporter Robert Costa and Senior Editor for The Daily Beast Michael Weiss.

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