Bill Maher

Topics ranged from trans athletes to authoritarianism

Spoiler alert: he still dislikes cancel culture

Rhymes with "Hansel vulture"

Plus a wide-ranging panel discussion

Public apologies were a running theme of the episode

Along with discussions of the pandemic and politics

A slow start leads to one of Bill Maher's more incisive episodes this season

And then Nicholas Kristof and James Carville talked politics

Maher was reportedly asymptomatic

Also on the menu? Hypocritical politicians.

Also up for discussion? The Supreme Court and political polarization.

The episode covered everything from climate change to ageism

A wide range of issues were up for discussion this week

The episode's guests were Alex Padilla, Heather McGhee and Reihan Salam

An insightful conversation with Christopher Krebs made for the episode’s highlight

Some data science here, some Viagra jokes there

Dean Phillips’s appearance on “Real Time” continued an interesting trend

The former governor and Melissa DeRosa had an intense conversation on his legacy

Alternately: decongestants and vaccines are not the same

Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key joined Bill Maher in conversation

Including an occasionally surreal interview and a return to “Barbie” discourse

A longer interview segment than usual got interesting near the end

Plus a policy-heavy panel discussion

The phrase “Ponzi scheme” was used more than once

The Trump indictment loomed over this week’s episode

Bill Maher and guests talked TikTok, toxic masculinity and nepo babies

Bill Maher also debunked the idea of “national divorce”

The episode also had some unexpected Oscar thoughts

Bill Maher shared advice for the holiday weekend

Plus, a firsthand report from the war in Ukraine

Plus plenty of talk of policing on this week's "Real Time With Bill Maher"

"Overtime" will air on "CNN Tonight" beginning in February