Fabio?…Fabio?…Really, Bill? Why not just take the week off if your people can’t find interesting guests?

The concept of the podcast is intriguing, featuring guests who have interesting stories and insights to share. However, the execution falls short due to Bill’s habit of interrupting the guests. It is clear that he struggles with letting the guests speak without interjection. This constant interruption not only disrupts the flow of the discussion but also prevents the guests from fully expressing their thoughts. Additionally, he tends to dominate the conversation with the same personal anecdotes. It’s a missed opportunity because the guests seemed well-chosen and had a lot to offer if only they had been given the space to do so. I hope future episodes will focus more on the guests and allow their voices to take center stage, because I am a big fan of Bill.

Bill most of the time imbibes too much with drink and smoke, and the conversation moves slowly and incoherently. Also, Bill thinks he's a little more intelligent than he is on certain subjects like marriage, raising children, and just life in general. Hard to listen to a man in his 60s who still thinks it's cool to have a stripper pole in his basement. Always loved Politically Incorrect and Real Time. But "hangin" with Bill seems insufferable, and you can tell Bill is a complete dork, for lack of a better word. I find it hard to believe Bill has many friends.

He got the smarmy, douchey Bill Maher.

It really seems like Bill uses his guests purely to provide a jumping off point for him to talk about himself. He rarely asks questions and always turns whatever the guest is saying into an opportunity to talk about himself. Its like being a party with that worst type of person. That person who you tell a story to and you can just see on their face that they are waiting for you to finish because they have the same story but better because it involves them. Great guests, some interesting stuff but it could be so much better if Bill had just a little bit of humility.

Enjoy this episode so much, thank you.

I used to like Bill Maher, but since he has gone all conspiracy theory on physicians and medicine, I have lost a great deal of respect for him. In every show, he finds a way to bash medicine as though he is an expert on the topic. He can have an opinion, though he’s wrong, and clearly doesn’t understand science and medicine, but this podcast should not be the platform to spread his ignorance and “get off my lawn” position. The Oliver Stone episode is so conspiracy laden, it could’ve been the lead on Newsmax or Fox News. Was a nice concept if he had stuck to interviewing interesting subjects without interjecting Aaron Rodgers-like stupidity.

Too much “locker room” talk. Sometimes rude and insensitive to guests. Often under the influence making stupid remarks. I always look forward to a new episode. I especially enjoy the video version. Camera needs to zoom out some. I love it when he and his guest make each other laugh their heads off.

The irony is Bill won’t see these or will chalk it up to “the peanut gallery” but man, either this guy has lost his touch when it comes to long-form or he thinks podcasting is some sort of low-tier nonsense. He cuts off guests, makes it about him, etc. Really expected more. Try The Jordan Harbinger Show instead. Great interviewer that actually cares about the guests. Bill- take notes.

but the extant to which you are trying to shove this “Sage Steele” Podcast down my throat is off the charts. unsubscribing to one of my favs. thanks.

The name “Club Random” sounds like it’s straight out an episode of Saved by the Bell. Bill Maher isn’t “rewriting the rules of podcasting” or anything else..He’s just a cringy dork smoking weed on camera because he thinks it makes him seem young and subversive.

Fine show I guess but tired of receiving stuff I didn’t sign up for.

Bill Maher @the top of his game with off the cuff interviews/hang sessions. Definite must hear entertainment for any real fan of comedy.

This podcast should be cool. Bill gets great guests, but then all he does is bring up a topic, the guest starts to discuss it, and Bill then cuts off the guest and talks about himself. Over and over and over. I love Bill, but dude, we get it, you hate kids abd religion and you love Paul McCartney and weed.

Listened to Bill ‘s interview on Kara Swisher podcast and liked it enough to come over to his podcast. Delighted to find Ray Romano as latest guest and tried to listen. Gave up not too far in because Bill won’t let Ray speak. He coops every line of discussion so far and it’s so rude and dismissive. Maybe it got better after I gave up but boy was it painful. Wanted to like it and I like Bill. But, yikes.

Watching Bill Burr masterfully take this odious narcissist apart was glorious

He has some interesting guests. More relaxed than his TV show. I liked Julian Lennon and Cameron Crow. For most interviews Bill seems alright but after listening to about 10 minutes of lecturing John Fogerty on 60’s rock and roll, John Fogerty. I wanted to read through my and slap Bill and tell him to shut up. I couldn’t even finish listening to it. Could be the worst interview I’ve ever heard. Update: 6/3/24 - Bill has learned nothing. Kara Swisher does an admirable job verbally countering Bill’s inaccuracies. Again Bill seems to mansplain about tech bros against Swisher who literally wrote a book on it yet Bill want’s to show off how smart he is. Like I said before Bill, more listening and less bragging about how smart you think you are. Other people know stuff too.

Kara swisher was one of the latest interviews on the podcast, and she is just so out of touch with America. She constantly boasts about hanging out with her tech billionaire friends while bashing them the same sentence. She thinks there aren’t secret Trump voters when there are probably now more than ever. She thinks her son saying no to a hamas rally is so noble. She talks about her son saying we should all be communist. I cannot stand listening to Kara and so I turned this episode off. On the other hand, The Bill Maher ep with Dave Rubin is probably one of my favorite episodes of this podcast so far! I love how honest Dave is and how funny they are together. It’s so great to hear someone from both sides of the political spectrum laughing and having a good time together. Two other great episodes are Seth McFarland and Bill Burr. I highly recommend listening to those 2 but skip Kara Swisher — just awful.

I love all of these, Bill! Apart from Kara Swisher chirping about how unbelievably wonderful she is, all of these interviews are gold. I really look forward to these episodes. It’s truly the highlight of my week.

Bill … great episode. One quibble: When you were in school in NJ in 1968, you said you learned about slavery in school. In the South, these lessons weren’t taught. So all the people you and Kara call the “erasers” are folks and descendants of folks who didn’t learn that slavery was wrong. The South taught “The Lost Cause” in schools, and “The War Between the States,” vs “The Civil War.” Talk to some southerners and take a close look at this. When you have millions of people who grew up with parents who denied that slavery was the central cause of the Civil War, you end up with people who vote for Trump.

Bill. Please shut up and let the guest talk! Some episodes are great but it usually has to be someone willing to knock the host down a notch to get a word in. Thankfully Bill Burr did that and it was a decent episode. Maher generally gets bombed, then he’s some degree of belligerent, and usually ends up grandstanding about his own opinions and ideas. If I want that I’ll watch the TV show. I tried listening to the John Fogerty episode and finally had to turn it off. I adore William Shatner but the interview was unlistenable. He should just do a once week solo podcast and bloviate for 2 hours about what he thinks about someone.

Hey guys I love bill but I am very sick of the sage steele show showing up in my queue. It replaces your show before I even have time to finish the episode. I don’t think I finished her episode of your show let alone am I interested in her show.

I didn’t subscribe to your podcast to listen to Sage Steele. Do better Bill

For someone who detests being call the old man, screaming for kids to get off of their lawn…that’s exactly who Maher has become. He’s a comedian, not a politician or someone who has given their life to public service, yet he believes that being a “pundit” for years makes him a pseudo politician. Again, a comedian…a joke…and old angry man.

Bill Burr beat him like the snot nose moron he is. It was comical but well deserved . This is the most disgustig example of dunnig kruger idiocy and he’s so ugly to listen to with his moronic racism and zio talking points . Hateful old white man. If you like that then this is for you

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What else must be said.

Loved hearing you guys rhetorically spar about clothing decisions and generational differences.

You need to have Bari Weiss on for an interview.

Nobody is like Bill Maher. I appreciate his wit and honesty, and his commitment to bringing civility to conversations about differences. Some of the episodes are home runs and some aren’t. The John Fogerty episode would have been better if Bill didn’t talk over him and disagree with Fogerty’s personal experiences. But hand it to John Fogerty to be kind and patient throughout.

I’m a huge Bill Maher fan and love the pod! I can’t give the podcast 5 stars though for one simple fact: Why do I get Sage Steele in my feed? No interest. No thanks! I’m sure she’s fantastic but I didn’t subscribe to that pod, get it out of here! Otherwise, great! Love it!

Even though I mostly enjoy this podcast, I cannot give 5 stars due to the egregious amount of butt-kissing on the guests part, and the maddening number of lip smacks on Bill’s part.

Bill, love ya, please let your guests talk and get a thought in. You barely let Dana white speak.

I like a lot of the guest pick but bill gets so out of it he asks questions and then interrupts the answer leaving the audience with the curiosity of the guest answer! Very frustrating, but on the other hand bill is a smart thoughtful guy usually, and he seems to be helping the wackos on the far L&R of the isle see their faults

Sage Steele? Nah. Please stop.

Thank you.

I agree with William Shatner. We all have HBO and know what you think …so chill and let your guests actually speak.

Bill and the pod are great, but the continued efforts to force feed Sage Steele’s podcast are beyond annoying. She is a whiny professional victim. She is literally everything Bill purports to dislike about today’s society, but he keeps putting her vapid show in his feed. JUST STOP!

I've long enjoyed Real Time as one of the few media venues where people who disagree engage in something approximating open and honest discussion, seasoned with some pretty shrewd (and funny) political commentary from Maher. This is not that. Rather, this seems to be an expression of Maher's apparent obsession with celebrity. The guests are frequently vapid and uninteresting, leading me to skip the majority of episodes. But even when the guests are worth listening to, Maher often gets so high and tipsy that he literally can't track the conversation. He'll make a point or a joke, the guest will respond to it, and Maher reacts like he has no idea what they are talking about or how they even got on the subject. It's frankly a bit embarrassing--and more than a little frustrating--as a listener, made worse still by the cloying neediness of the man as he sweats all over his famous guests, grasping for a word of approval. Maher's habit of mistaking his own level of conviction over a position as an objective gauge of its accuracy is also on full display here. That seems to get tamped down a bit on Real Time, but here you get to seem him have a sort of a reactionary fit any time his various anti-science views come up.

Been a big fan of Bill Maher for many many years. But in recent years, he seems to really be full of himself even more so than normal, and losing his unique perspective that generated such a large audience. More often than not, he’s starting to sound like an old conservative curmudgeon .These podcasts are hit and miss. Unfortunately, I think we’re seeing more misses than hits these days. Plus, can someone please tell Bill not to get so stoned before his second guest interview that he does for the day where he’s slurring his words and can’t remember what he said two minutes before. I still tune into these, but I’m starting to wonder if I can continue to stand hearing the same old stuff he repeats constantly. Truth: it is so clear the change you see with the new recent Bill who keeps telling us that “he hasn’t changed, we have!” Lol! Sadly, you have changed a lot and that’s OK but stop denying it. Peace and Hugs.

When it comes to Gavin Newsoms it’s like all he sees is a future president and that’s delusion and anything Trump he gets nutty about. Don’t get me wrong there is plenty wrong with Trump. But at the same time to say you are all for Gavin the one who is destroying Cali…and because he lives in a gated community with security cameras and doesn’t have to struggle like average Joe makes this guy seem very shallow and delusional.

A long time ago my ex wife said I reminded her of Bill Maher. I wish I was as cool as him: He thinks for himself, which tbh is not that common in 2024. Of course the left and the right both come for him, which just shows how sane he is in a crazy world:

I’ve always suspected that the most successful comedians are serious intellectuals, and this episode is proof. John and Bill are delightful in their wide-ranging discourse, demonstrating genuine curiosity about the world. And as an alumnus of Cornell University I was taken back to my freshman year at the cold, dreary (but ultimately wonderful) university on the hill. Bill, I too, contemplated leaving after my first year, completely convinced I had no business being there (the school of architecture was particularly rough)!

Bill is the perfect example of everything that is wrong with our country at the moment. Completely out of touch with reality and the common man, he thinks his ideas and beliefs are all that matter and it shows in his overbearing and dominant conversations with people far smarter and more in tune than him. He’s so stuck in his beliefs that he’s unable to learn from others. He’s very annoying.

I really appreciate the naturalness if Bill’s podcast.

Not great, but some times interesting. The commercials are lousy.

In general bill doesn’t seem that smart and lacks wisdom pretty shallow guy he does stumble across simple truths now and then I like him he has a sense of humor kind of open minded.im not saying I’m more intelligent than him but I don’t have a podcast

Wonderful interview with Chris Robinson. Black Crows kindly tour in 2024/2025. We love you.

Bill’s lip-smacking is hard to take

Anxious to hear your interview with AJ Benza.