Club Random Podcast

Ron Livingston | Club Random with Bill Maher

19K views · 6h ago · 1:29:30

Guests: Ron Livingston, Bill Maher

Ron Livingston has somehow managed to build a Hollywood career while remaining just under the radar. On Club Random, Bill Maher gets into the art of staying low-key while appearing in everything from Band of Brothers to Sex and the City, where Ron played one of Carrie Bradshaw’s many boyfriends.

Topics: Why Everything Is Controversial Now · A Viral Influencer’s Jaw Makeover · Ron Livingston: “Sitcom Handsome” · Dating, Marriage, and Bill’s Case for Staying Single · Stairs, Basketball, and Getting Some Exercise · Ron on Worrying

Justine Bateman Didn't Expect This From Bill Maher

20K views · 1d ago · 6:31

Justine Bateman thanks Bill Maher for speaking up when, as she puts it, almost nobody else would. They talk about free thinking, political pressure, and why comedians shouldn’t have to pick a side. ABOUT CLUB RANDOM In Club Random, Bill Maher unleashes his comedic wit on an unpredictable lineup – from Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld to Quentin Tarantino and Neil deGrasse Tyson – digging into everything but politics.

Why Everyone Is Fighting to Be the Victim

44K views · 2d ago · 9:44

What are kids being taught to chase: likes, money—or victimhood? Bill Maher and Justine Bateman get into the strange currency of online status. ABOUT CLUB RANDOM In Club Random, Bill Maher unleashes his comedic wit on an unpredictable lineup – from Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld to Quentin Tarantino and Neil deGrasse Tyson – digging into everything but politics.

The AI Race Is Out of Control and Nobody Is Driving?

14K views · 3d ago · 9:24

Bill Maher and Justine Bateman get into AI: the medical breakthroughs, the big promises, and the small detail that the people building it don’t know everything either. They debate who’s in control, whether the AI race is moving too fast, and why your bank suddenly has advice about passwords. The machine may be brilliant—but perfect? Let’s not get carried away.

Bill Maher & Justine Bateman: Did 1,000 People Take Over Hollywood?

64K views · 5d ago · 5:36

Hollywood used to make whatever it wanted. Then social media showed up with a megaphone—and the suits started listening. Bill Maher and Justine Bateman talk about how online outrage began steering the entertainment business, and what happens to creativity when everyone’s busy worrying about who might get mad.

Justine Bateman | Club Random with Bill Maher

246K views · 1w ago · 1:46:23

Guests: Justine Bateman, Bill Maher

Justine Bateman and Bill Maher agree Hollywood has a problem. They just don’t agree on what to do about it—and that’s where the fun starts. On Club Random, the Family Ties star, filmmaker, and computer science grad challenges Maher on AI, while he pushes her to admit it can do some good. They get into who’s steering the technology, why studios seem to listen to the loudest voices online, and whether movies can entertain without delivering a lecture.

Topics: Hollywood Bends to the Loudest Voices · Family Ties and the Fame Game · AI’s Race Ahead · China, Taiwan & the AI Race · Plastic Surgery & Lucky Sevens · AI, Mr. Spock & Why Fruit Tastes Good

What Michael Douglas Witnessed on His Father's Movie Set

23K views · 1w ago · 9:15

Michael Douglas tells Bill Maher about sneaking on set and watching his father, Kirk Douglas, filming a love scene with Kim Novak. Bill has a very Bill Maher reaction to the awkward memory. ABOUT CLUB RANDOM In Club Random, Bill Maher unleashes his comedic wit on an unpredictable lineup – from Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld to Quentin Tarantino and Neil deGrasse Tyson – digging into everything but politics.

It Took a Near-Death Experience for Kirk Douglas to Become a Better Father

18K views · 1w ago · 8:33

A helicopter crash changed Kirk Douglas from an angry father into a warmer, more open one. Michael Douglas tells Bill Maher how it changed their relationship. ABOUT CLUB RANDOM In Club Random, Bill Maher unleashes his comedic wit on an unpredictable lineup – from Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld to Quentin Tarantino and Neil deGrasse Tyson – digging into everything but politics.

Michael Douglas: The Hardest Thing I Ever Had To Say To My Father

22K views · 1w ago · 8:22

Guest: Michael Douglas

Michael tells Bill Maher about one of the hardest conversations he ever had with his father.Telling him he couldn't play McMurphy in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. ABOUT CLUB RANDOM In Club Random, Bill Maher unleashes his comedic wit on an unpredictable lineup – from Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld to Quentin Tarantino and Neil deGrasse Tyson – digging into everything but politics.

Why Michael Douglas Thinks Trump Could Win a Nobel Peace Prize

35K views · 1w ago · 6:28

Michael Douglas has an idea for ending the war in Ukraine: trade the Donbas for a dramatic reduction in U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons. He explains why he thinks that deal could earn Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, and why he’s been pushing it himself. He also talks about celebrity power, his father Kirk Douglas’s Cold War tours behind the Iron Curtain, and Aaron Sorkin’s The American President.

Michael Douglas | Club Random with Bill Maher

219K views · 2w ago · 1:45:34

Guests: Michael Douglas, Bill Maher

On Club Random, Michael Douglas joins Bill for One Hell of a Ride — and apparently, that's putting it mildly. From a rehab leak that somehow turned a struggle with alcohol and drugs into a sex-addiction scandal to a tongue cancer diagnosis and the one conversation with his father he hoped he'd never have, Michael has lived through enough plot twists to fill several movies.

Topics: Michael Douglas on his book tour · The headlines about Michael Douglas—and what really happened · Michael Douglas’s long run as a movie star · Kirk Douglas and the pain behind the memoir · Family roots, religion and anti-Semitism · Stanley Kubrick and Spartacus

Why the Word “Genocide” Is at the Center of the Gaza Debate

103K views · 2w ago · 8:06

Bill Maher and Ari Emanuel debate the word “genocide” in the context of Gaza, and how history shapes the argument. Their conversation also touches on Hamas, the West Bank, and religious extremism. ABOUT CLUB RANDOM In Club Random, Bill Maher unleashes his comedic wit on an unpredictable lineup – from Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld to Quentin Tarantino and Neil deGrasse Tyson – digging into everything but politics.

Has Ari Emanuel Lost His Rage? Bill Maher Has Concerns

21K views · 2w ago · 5:53

What does a great agent actually do? Bill Maher and Ari Emanuel talk about advocating for clients, protecting artists, and building an agency from the ground up. Emanuel also reflects on why representing creative people can be both a business and an art.

Roseanne Barr | Club Random Classics with Bill Maher

70K views · 2w ago · 1:07:28

Guests: Roseanne Barr, Bill Maher

On this month's Club Random Classics, Bill welcomes Roseanne Barr for a conversation about whether jokes can save humanity, how Joe Rogan’s doctor helped her, and what her kids won’t forgive her for. Roseanne and Bill revisit their battle at the Playboy Mansion, talk about the comedians who spoke their minds, and do their impressions of George Burns and Gracie Allen.