Real Time With Bill Maher

Crafty Language and Unfulfilled Dreams: On ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ 2015-10-17
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Crafty Language and Unfulfilled Dreams: On ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ 2015-10-17

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 / 2 November 2015
Bill Maher’s interview with Bernie Sanders illuminates the tensions of capitalism and inherited wealth, and the inherent uselessness/truthfulness of language.
Bill Maher and the Perils of the Commentator-Comedian
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Bill Maher and the Perils of the Commentator-Comedian

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 / 20 October 2015
To offend is inevitable for the socio-political commentator-comedian, and to suffer the slings and arrows of backlash should be equally expected.
Real Time with Bill Maher: Republican Nouns/Democratic Verbs, Misguided Narratives
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Real Time with Bill Maher: Republican Nouns/Democratic Verbs, Misguided Narratives

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 / 16 October 2015
"In an impersonal and often anti-personal world, the individual name cannot compete with the power of corporate hierarchies, which, even more than gods, are invested with unearned prestige."
Pangea Panacea? Or the Geography of Neurosis: Real Time with Bill Maher – 2 October 2015
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Pangea Panacea? Or the Geography of Neurosis: Real Time with Bill Maher – 2 October 2015

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 / 12 October 2015
The October 2 episode touches on the Oregon massacre without questioning the toxic neuroses and views of masculinity that fueled it.
Holy Spittle and Miseducated Media: On ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’, 25 September 2015
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Holy Spittle and Miseducated Media: On ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’, 25 September 2015

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 / 5 October 2015
The September 25 episode explores the media's fetishization of Pope Francis' visit, and the tyranny of the "expertise on nothing" ethos afflicting both politics and journalism.
Visible Language Spoken to Invisible Men: On ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ 8/28/2015
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Visible Language Spoken to Invisible Men: On ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ 8/28/2015

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 / 8 September 2015
The August 28 episode highlights the "rhetorical schizophrenia" that has poisoned political discourse.
Where G.K. Chesterton and B.F. Skinner Meet: On Real Time with Bill Maher, 21 August 2015
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Where G.K. Chesterton and B.F. Skinner Meet: On Real Time with Bill Maher, 21 August 2015

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 / 27 August 2015
The 21 August edition of Real Time with Bill Maher highlights the imbalance between the good politician, just yet already defeated, and the bad, given to nationalistic pandering and demagoguery.
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The Other L Word

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 / 18 November 2012
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Real Time with Bill Maher

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 / 20 February 2006
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Real Time with Bill Maher

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 / 21 April 2003