Real Time with Bill Maher - Overtime – Episode #597: Caitlin Flanagan, Mary Katharine Ham

Episode Date: April 23, 2022

Bill Maher and his guests answer viewer questions after the show. (Originally aired 4/22/22) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to an HBO podcast from the HBO late-night series, Real Time with Bill Maugh. I hold in my hand the overtime questions. Sim, boom-bye. Oh, no, that's Kornak. I'm sorry. You know that?

How do you know that? Because we're the same age. But you remember that specific joke? It's the best one. It is the best one, right? Should we tell him what it is? Go ahead. Karnak.

You want to be Ed? I'll be Ed. Cis boom bah What is the sound of an exploding shape No, your ad, you repeat it And then I... And then I... What is this?

This boombaugh. I'm sorry. Here are the questions. What do you think... Why do you think Biden is polling so poorly with female voters, the same group who are instrumental to his win in 2020? I've read that too, that his numbers are way down among females.

Well, I think college-educated women have moved a little bit toward him. But did I mention the schools were closed for a year? That's what it is. That it was a problem for a lot of moms. And those moms got real pissed off.

Do you have... Do you have any personal experience with this issue? A little! I'm getting that. This amazing the way I just, I'm almost psychic. You are very intuitive, yes. But you think that's what I think it's also inflation.

I think people, moms are in the supermarket and they're going down the aisle and going, wow, the chicken is $25? Or whatever a chicken is. I don't know. It's getting there. I don't live with someone

who comes home and says, chicken is $25. What are you going to do about it? No, I know. Yes, Amber Hurd, I hear it is available. and that is some nasty shit. I mean, do you have thoughts on that? Do you think one of them is lying more than the other?

I had assumed the poop was his. So when it was hers, that blew my mind. Like, there's no winner here. You just figure Johnny Depp, poop in the bed. It seemed to fit the whole profile that was being established. And when she just jumped down there, I thought, wow. Well, I like to specify. that the dogs who were blamed for the poop

are their little teacup dogs. He's like, that was not from the dog. I think that is a very valid argument. I think that should be exhibit A. The Biden administration has been referring to gas price increases as Putin price hikes. Do you think this is a fair characterization? Well, that's the inflation issue.

Look, it's worth a try. Well, it does have something to do. Yes, it has something to do with it. But people's memories go back further than the past two months, right? And they know that prices were going up before that. And kids had to stay home, I know. I'm going to beat you too at this time. Fucking kids, they were home.

These fucking kids were priming up my back every day. Let it out. I love them. Yeah. No, I think a lot of eyes opened up, I think, about teachers and kids because it was like, oh, maybe the teacher isn't the problem. Maybe my kid is a little asshole. Is there anything with that?

Okay. 54% of Americans don't think Biden is tough enough on Putin. How do you think Trump would have handled the current situation? Interesting question. How do you think Trump would? I think he'd be... Love letter? Yeah.

Very strong leader. He's a very strong leader who's taking strong, strong measures in Ukraine. Yeah, it's interesting. I mean, because you never really can tell with Trump because, as I pointed out many times, he's stupid and he's crazy. We've had crazy and we've had stupid. He's stupid and he's crazy. And I think he would say what you said,

some version of kissing the other thanatians ass. But then he'd also like, you know, do some drone shot on some. and be like, ha ha, look at that. I mean, it's... Right. Right. This was his way. Right.

Okay. All right. Thank you very much, everybody. I appreciate you being here. Catch all new episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher every Friday night at 10. Or watch them anytime on HBO on demand. For more information, log on to HBO.com.