Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 3/17/23
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Monologue: Banking BadBill reacts to the top stories of the week, including bank failures, seaweed blobs and more in his Real Time monologue.
Noa Tishby on Israel's Internal Strife
Israel's Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism and Delegitimization, Noa Tishby, joins Bill to discuss the judiciary overhaul roiling Israel's democracy.
Bank Bailouts
Andrew Yang and Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) join Bill to discuss the banking scare that's currently sweeping the nation.
Forbes Fails
We dug through the Forbes Magazine archive and realized that prognosticating is not their strong suit.
New Rule: No National Divorce!
A growing number of Americans support the idea of a "national divorce," but you can’t call yourself a patriot of the United States and not be for the whole “united” part.
Overtime: Andrew Yang, Noa Tishby, Rep. Elissa Slotkin
Bill Maher and his guests continue their conversation after the show.
Here's a "bootleg" version of the show which includes the entire interview with Israeli actress/author/activist Noa Tishby (5:52), entire panel discussion with Rep. Elissa Slotkin and Andrew Yang (17:21), Bill's "funny bit" (30:53), and includes the opening part of New Rules (45:29). It won't last long, as usual:
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I just wish that they'd offer Overtime the same night like they used to. I need to add it tomorrow. 
And he was good on current events.
And when he weighed in on whether the vice president should also be elected separately, he said that they should be. I agreed with Noa Tishby and Elissa Slotkin that the president should be able to choose the vice president who s/he wants to work with. Actually, this might have been in answer to an Overtime question - which I will add as soon as it's available - which will be tomorrow. 
Though I have to agree that overall, it was a good show. Thanks so much for weighing in!
I often wonder why they choose the guests that they do, though it was clear for the two other guests, Noa Tishby was there to explain what's going on in Israel and Elissa Slotkin is currently serving and hopes to run for Senate. I also wasn't sure about Andrew Yang, though I don't think he was, either. He seemed much less sure of what he supports than he did when he ran for president.
He completely cut off John Heilemann who was the guest I looked forward to hearing from - and it was the same this week with Elissa Slotkin.
And I really liked Noa Tishby as well. I had no idea what to expect from her, but she was well spoken and, as you said, completely realistic and fair. And, as she said, she was speaking for herself, not as a representative of the Israeli government. I hope that she comes back in the future. 
I also agreed with New Rules, was glad that Bill addressed this since, for me, these are scary times. I still don't understand how anyone in this country thought that an offensive grifting blowhard with no knowledge of government would make a competent president, but the floodgates are now opened and we now have the same ignorant anti-government disruptors now serving at the national level. 
BTW, I don't know if you or anyone noticed, but I added the Overtime segment when it was available early today. I don't know why they decided to move that to CNN, maybe to increase HBO subscribers, but I wish that they'd make it available online right after the show like they used to.
College, traditionally, has been seen as a place not just for course learning, but as an opportunity for students to get out in the world for the first time and to be exposed to other viewpoints and to expand their horizons. I've often thought of that when Bill has said recently that a college education is not necessary for a job. A college experience is not restricted to the courses one takes, but to meet other people and learn about the larger world. However, that is not the aim of conservative colleges - which we have seen most recently in Florida where DeSantis has been attempting to shut down or restrict colleges in "his" state that offer that experience. 
And by that, I don't mean the specific course work, but the experience of getting out in the world - granted a very limited first foray out in that world - but where students meet those who may be unlike themselves and are exposed to new experiences. Bill had that experience and that contributed to who he is today.
The college currently in the news is New College in Florida - which DeSantis is attempting to restrict or shut down. That news story caught my attention since I believe one of my boarding school classmates attended that school. My girls' boarding school, started in 1879, had so many unnecessary rules and traditions as to be confusing and many of us ended up in hot water. So when it came to attending college (which, back then, was one of the points of graduating from that school), so many of us went looking for a school that was just the opposite of that experience.
And I agree that money should not be a prohibiting factor. I was lucky, my Dad paid for my education, he started saving for it not long after I was born. My grandmother was a teacher and emphasized education and was very proud that all 4 of her children managed to get a college education - despite losing their own Dad at a very young age. But times - and tuition - sure have changed. I don't know how anyone can afford it these days without some sort of scholarship.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin was good as expected and Israeli actress/activist Noa Tishby was a pleasant surprise.
