Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 5 (2007)

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Bill's first satellite interview is Lawrence Wilkerson, retired Army Colonel and former chief of staff to Colin Powell. The panel consists of academic Cornel West and Brooklyn hip hop artist Mos Def. Later in the program Bill does another satellite interview with famed political activist Ralph Nader.

Bill interviews the Republican Senator from Nebraska Chuck Hagel via satellite. The iconic journalist Carl Bernstein joins the panel this week, along with the Democratic Congresswoman from Illinois Jan Schakowsky and comedian Drew Carey. Bill also welcomes author Robert Draper for a satellite interview to discuss his new book about the Bush presidency.

Bill's first guest, former head of the CIA's Bin Laden Unit Michael Scheuer, is welcomed via satellite. Musician Rob Thomas, actress/comic Janeane Garofalo, and author Salman Rushdie make up the panel this week. Bill then raises the topic of global warming with his second satellite interview, Danish economist Bjørn Lomborg, whose new book addresses the issue.

First up on the satellite to talk about his new documentary on WWII is filmmaker Ken Burns. Bill invites House Democratic Caucus Chair Rahm Emanuel, author and Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson, and author/journalist Pete Hamill to the panel this week. Later on the satellite, Bill talks to CNBC's "Closing Bell" anchor Maria Bartiromo.

To debate the politics of the week, Bill welcomes to the panel New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, MSNBC anchor Tucker Carlson, and co host of The View Joy Behar. Bill also does satellite interviews with former President of Mexico Vicente Fox and journalist Naomi Klein.

Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards sits down with Bill this week. Bill is then joined by LA Times columnist Joel Stein, Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, and Hardball host Chris Matthews. Later Bill talks with chess master Garry Kasparov on the satellite about the geopolitics of Russia and the US.

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