Overtime: Ross Douthat, Piers Morgan, Rikki Schlott | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) 

The golf swing story is fucking hilarious

I remember George Carlin saying doctors were just "guesswork in a white jacket". I wouldn't go that far but I don't deify them either. They call it a "practice" for good reason. They build on what they know and try to improve on it. They just don't always hit the target. I just wish they didn't practice arrogance so much. You disagree with them and they're like "OK go ahead and die, then, see if I care".

Love the honesty, have been watching for years always forward & truthful!

Many years ago, I caught Typhoid fever in Brazil. Over a period of a few months, three doctors prescribed a normal dose of antibiotics, but each time it came back. I finally went to a Brazilian doctor who had an advanced degree in Tropical Medicine from Oxford. She prescribed TRIPLE the normal dose of antibiotics (and for five weeks instead of two weeks), and I was cured.

Bill says “We didn’t have factory farming 100 years ago.” Wrong! There’s the whole basis of the 1906 novel The Jungle.

When debating farming, there is a clear distinction between commercial farming and regenerative farming. The latter is better than the former.

I'm British, and can tell you that Tylenol (called paracetamol here) is only available in packs of 16, over the counter. You can buy a maximum of 2 packs from the same shop. This is to prevent accidental overdose. Too many in 24 hours can cause liver failure, or severe liver damage. When I visited New York I was shocked to see bottles of a 100.

I love how Bill Maher is absolutely clear about what he supports or not.

Piers made some good points, like the GQP going nuts over “defund the police” now saying “defund the FBI.” 🤔

“Tylenol would never get approved today” does bribery and lobbying not exist today?

In Nova Scotia, Canada we have a medication that you take after a tic bite that stops any chance of Lyme disease. It's so common here to get bit, that they treat all bites as Lyme Disease... Never got sick yet and I'm an avid trail walker and fisherman.

I love Bill Maher more every day!! Like me he thinks people are having too many children and we should celebrate lower humans population. Yesss. He also care for endangered animals and the planet. Now he is sensitive to the suffering of animals thank you Bill Maher I am almost in tears🙏❤️ ps Bill Maher is the comedian that make me laugh the most and his comedies are always a learning experience at the same time!!! Thank you Bill Maher ❤️

"Soylent green is people!"

Shoutout to all the Canadian kids who know all about Lyme disease purely because it was one of the first pages in the giant smart looking medical book our parents all had.

Yup, I am 20 years vegan, totally a happy guy.

Ignoring medical issues like Lyme disease really ticks me off.

Tylenol is extremely hard on the liver if not taken as directed. An overdose of Tylenol with cause liver failure and death. He's right, it would be prescription drug if developed now.

I shake my head when these coastal people say “no one is talking about…” In the Midwest, Lyme disease and ticks are always a topic of conversation during the summer. I am willing to bet most of us know a person or two that contracted it.

"People didn't used to do that a hundred years ago..." someone never read The Jungle

Kind of amazing this girl is 22 and did so much better than other guests Bill has had lately

Great show 🙌🎉

Please make these longer.

In my Midwestern town the draught is causing farmers to sell off all their herds. Personally, I am slowly migrating toward veganism.

I love this show and Bill He is awesome

I’m surprised Piers Morgan didn’t start crying and walk off the show.

Here's a thought. You can eat organic and you can eat meat. When combined you can still eat meat ~ just less of it.

One of your best shows ever

As my 10 year old would say, Piers is “cringe.”

Great show!!

Very solid show, despite my initial “Ugh” when I read the guest list.

Bigfoot analogy was good and understandable

Excellent show ✌💙 from Montana

Hold up trump was literally pissed at piers Morgan before and after the interview, trump's communication director released an unedited video and trump was pissed and cursing piers out after the interview ended...

Mr. Maher, you finally wore a decent tie.

I wonder how many lifetimes it would take for Piers Morgan to evolve. There may not be enough left on this Earth which he's helping to destroy.

Ross Douthat is the man.

"..... so you just kill fish, that's fine" fucking brilliant

Great show. First timer. Love about 85 % of all your topic opinions.

Hey Bill, I enjoy these overtime sessions very much and they remind me of earlier times when you would have several panelists discussing topical issues during the main show. In my opinion that format was better than the current two-panelists format. I would love to see that return. How about it?

"People who have something u cant fix get tugged into weird places"

When I see someone eating a steak I do feel like I want a steak.

"Did you ever see a happy vegan?" Honestly, don't be stupid.

I wish Bill could just completely avoid science-related subjects. He is so great in most other subjects.

Tylenol is over the counter in Canada

First- hopefully Salman recovers fully. I bought Salman Rushdies book in ‘89 as support for him because as a young man I couldn’t believe he got death threats for a book!! Second - isn’t disagreeing with the young woman for her beliefs or opinions counter intuitive to your argument about listening to different opinions? Not saying they are stupid? Kudos for the young lady for trying and showing up. It’s hard to debate with experience and be valid. (And I have no idea what young people think or mean today. Sadly they will be running the world soon lol)

Tylenol can destroy your liver.

Watching these two geriatrics ask this young woman to speak for her generation over and over was painful to watch

I’m a VERY happy and healthy vegan for 34 years.

Interesting that Maher's Sinatra impression is similar to his Trump impression.

Factory farming is horrendous

Organically, we call that growing a garden. Canning what you grow. 🌾🌱🌞

I watched this while eating bacon. Rikki also looks like she always want to talk to your manager.

I've recently AND FINALLY been diagnosed with another tick borne illness similar to Lymes Disease called Morgellons disease and I can completely relate to Ross Douthat's plight. For two years I've been told I was delusional regardless of my obvious symptoms. I've suffered like hell! I've at long last been seen by a specialist and properly diagnosed and have been on Doxycycline about 9 months already and I'm probably looking at years of taking it. I still haven't received a straight answer about how long I will be on it. However, every disease at some point had to be studied and verified to become a classified disease so I am extremely thankful to every health practitioner that has listened to their patients and taken their complaints seriously. I'm thankful for the research and science that we have so far. I have no doubt that eventually this too will become a legitimate classified disease. I can honestly say this time last year I was suffering much more than I am currently and I believe it is due to finally receiving treatment. This condition is dreadful and I have already been through two different cancers and the subsequent surgery, chemo and radiation treatments. I'm in severe heart failure and stage III kidney failure just to name a few! lol I have begun to believe I had the Morgellons disease before any of my other illnesses and most likely my other illnesses are due in part or altogether to years and years of untreated Morgellons disease. It's just my own personal hunch and I cannot prove anything but given so many crossover characteristics, connecting the dots is not that big of a leap. I will continue however to follow my physicians advice. I am confident that when and if they know more they can and will help me more. Evidence and the Scientific Method of peer reviewed indexed studies are better than any alternative I'm aware of and I'll take an educated approach anyday over ignorance. Unfortunately sometimes the science takes a while to catch up to the disease to be treated, so we inch our way forward. I am forever indebted to those willing to fight the way forward with this research.

The spread of Lyme disease is very well researched. Treating can be very tricky and needs a lot more work.

It is really very concerning that the attacker was able to stab Salman 15x before security was able to pull the attacker away. Need better security!

Meat is healthier than processed food like kraft mac and cheese.

A nice comment from Rikki Schloss about the benefits of eating some form of a vegetarian diet.

If you understand the suffering behind meat, you can’t deny the benefits of Veganism for yourself and for our animal brothers and sisters.

So "giddy" with the Morgan dude. WOW!

Piers Morgan actually tolerable in todays episode.

Great show tonight Bill☺️

I love ❤️ Bill’s tie!

Morgan wears multiple hats.

Does no-one remember Stephen Fry's comment on "Sorry I Haven't a Clue"? His definition of Countryside was killing Piers Morgan.

I love watching people who are ignorant of the facts talking as if they know what they are talking about.

Happy Vegan - Paul McCartney I have never seen him grumpy and he would be someone always ready to sing For He's a Jolly Good Fellow

Nice....

Great show Bill!!! Keep it up, we definitely need it!

Pierce had the time of his life on this show 😂, in his element

And i say ALXAMDU ALLAH .. THANKS THINGS YOU MAKE US LOUGH. BUT KNOW . YOU GOOD MAN

I more often than not skip the entire middle of the show, but maybe combination of the initial subject matter starting with Salman Rushdie and the guests actually being chill and smart made me keep watching. Great episode. That Rikki Schlott gal, she has a future.

By the way, briefcase was FABULOUS !!!

If the evidence warrants arrest & prosecution, so be it; we are a government of laws, not of men/humans.

The US is crazy for drugs, but Tylenol is just called Paracetamol in other countries, and is totally available over the counter. It's fine to use.

Instead of saying that medical doctors don't know anything, Bill & Ross Douthat should realize that all people have unique genes. My wife and I had the same illness, but reacted differently to the same "cure". I know many people with MS and each of them has totally different symptoms.

I'd love to see Bill invite Steve Hofstetter on his show to talk about PETA. I don't understand Maher's love for this messed up group and am curious for an explanation.

Bill, thanks for taking the time to talk about Lyme, The story of Ross is so relatable for me: I have been there, done that and was indeed diagnosed with stress before I changed to another GP. I know in my 20th year of lyme and getting worse with no prospect of ever getting better. BTW, they are busy developing a vaccin against Lyme for people working in circumstances they could get it.

'so you just kill fish' - brilliant

I wish Bill would have someone on to discuss the FDA

The correct translation of the Russian word that Putin used to describe Trump isn't "brilliant." It's "flamboyant." Not a compliment.

Bill is really hung up on this anti-medicine rant, I think there’s some Joe Rogan influence going on there .Where is Bill going to go when his holistic quackery doesn’t work, you guessed it right back to the doctor!

As much as people complain about "factory farming", the truth is that, unless a whole lot more people want to be farmers (that means YOU!), and/or you want food prices to skyrocket back to the point where it takes the majority of people's income, you're going to have to accept it. It's ugly, it's disgusting, it's cruel...but it's improved human lives immeasurably. Ending it will inevitably hurt the poor (literally starvation) much more than it hurts the rich.

I hope Salman Rushdie gets booked as a guest ASAP. A real martyr for free expression!

Good overtime. Don't get why fish are seen as healthy, what with all the mercury, cadmium, lead, arsenic, PCBs, dioxins, parasites, bacteria and even viruses they contain.

Great show! Oh wow, I just got bitten by a Lyme Disease tick two months ago. And I’m hoping to have treated it with antibiotics on time. And I did have a Bigfoot obsession, how’s did you know? 😂

I enjoyed your video

I'm practically an involuntary veggie. I eat fish and chicken sparingly and dumped red meats altogether. Having gradually adjusted my regimen ideal for my metabolism (not necessarily anyone else's), and meet my goals as something of a fitness freak. I pulled back on meats long ago for 2 reasons: for my regimen, and because we're doing too much harm to the planet. Tell Pierce that this particular party is in better shape than he is.and could ever hope to be, and feels a lot happier abt it.

I spent 10 yrs really sick, doctors didn’t know what was wrong, they say it was in my head, it was gluten.

As someone who found out that antibiotics can be a danger to one's system. I still advocate for their use. I was diagnosed with "colitis" last year and given augmentin. Come to find out that in some cases, Augmentin actually creates a much bigger problem. Antibiotics kill BOTH the good and bad flora in your system. What Augmentin does to some people is allow the growth of a certain flora to go nuts, which in my case, created an even bigger medical issue. My colon was full of this bad flora and I was extremely ill. I spent a week in hospital and had to take another antibiotic that killed the bad stuff in order to get healthy again. Now, this only happens to certain people. I cannot tell you what type, but it does. This should not prevent folks from using Augmentin, but to be aware of the side effects of antibiotics. Augmentin works well for a huge majority of people. Mine is just a cautionary tale of what can occur, it does not happen to everyone.

Eating meat always results in the suffering and violent death of an innocent animal that wanted to live.

The problem with Tylenol is the narrowness of it's "therapeutic window" which is what is often used to determine OTC vs prescription drugs

I only eat meat that has been tickled to death, you monster Bill

I think Rikki Schlott is one of the first Gen-Z guests (at least, the first who was primarily billed as such). She is well-spoken, and provides an interesting perspective from the standpoint of "those kids" referenced by Bill and his other guests. I hope she is invited back

People who eat badly generally want everyone else to eat badly also. That way it makes them feel better. You can say what you want but eating healthy will always lead to a longer better life.

Ross is such a great interview. My wife has chronic lymes and what he says is spot on.

Maybe the reason Piers thinks vegans are unhappy is because they are running into Piers Morgan. I'm not vegan but I'd seen very unhappy if i came across Piers Morgan

I raise Quail for meat. Easy, fun, safe, and sustainable. Also, when you harvest your own food, you tend to respect it big time

“If I knew he was holding the nuclear football” 💀

In Europe, you DO need a prescription for Tylenol, that's true.

Contrary to Bill’s dismissing Ross’ Lyme/Bigfoot analogy, it’s spot on. That’s how all the trumpers ended up in their respective rabbit holes. The Donald said something’s that were not bat crap crazy, they agreed and then the loonier trump got they got pulled along and dove down the same hole. Bill has a tendency to be too rigid almost becoming somewhat woke and cancelling which he routinely decries.