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Bill's panel members are:



* Carly Fiorina is the former CEO (19992005) and Chairman of the Board (20002005) of Hewlett-Packard (HP).

* Craig Ferguson is the host of The Late Late Show on CBS. He is from Scotland and is an Emmy-nominated actor, film director, screenwriter, comedian, composer, and novelist.

* Michael Steele is a former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (Republican). Presently, he is a political pundit on the CNN series The Situation Room.



Bill's guests by satellite are:



* John Edwards is a one term former U.S. Senator for N.C. He was the 2004 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee and is presently running for the Democratic 2008 Presidential nomination.

* John Amaechi is a former NBA basketball player. He is working a broadcaster in the United Kingdom. In February 2007, Amaechi publicly announced that he is gay and became the first player associated with the NBA to come out.

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In this episode, Bill welcomes:

* David Mamet, writer/director for stage and screen

* Steven Weber, professor of political science at UC Berkley.

* Ayaan Hirsi Ali, prominent critic of Islam.

* Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), a leader of the DNC



And via satellite,

* Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), potential Presidential candidate.

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Bill's panel members are:



* John Ridley, writer/creator of Undercover Brother and stories that formed the basis of U-Turn and 3 Kings. He is also a film director and a regular contributor to public radio.

* Rep Barney Frank (D-MA), Congressman since 1981 and is an openly gay liberal. He is currently the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

* Joe Scarborough, host of Scarborough Country on MSNBC and former Rep R-FL. A conservative who has been critical of the current leadership.



Bill's guests by satellite are:



* Seymour Hersh, Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative reporter currently writing for The New Yorker. He recently wrote that the US was developing plans to bomb Iran.

* Mia Farrow, Actress in such films as Rosemary's Baby and Hannah and her Sisters. She is a UNICEF ambassador who is currently drawing attention to the Darfur crisis.

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Bill's panel guests are:



* Roseanne Barr, Comedienne/Actress most famous for ABC's Roseanne is an outspoken critic of the current administration.

* Dana Milbank, political reporter for the Washington Post and analyst on MSNBC. He has covered the last two presidential elections extensively.

* David Kuo, former Special Assistant to George W. Bush, whose book "Tempting Faith" asserts that Bush used the religious right for political purposes.



Also appearing by satellite:



* Deepak Chopra, author of more than 40 books on spirituality and health. His new book is entitled "Life After Death."
Bill's guest by satellite:



* Paul Eaton, a retired Army Major General, who was in charge of training the Iraqi military circa 2003-2004. He has since been highly critical of the handling of the war, with a pointed finger at Donald Rumsfeld.

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Tonight, Bill welcomes:



* Jason Alexander, actor on TV's "Seinfeld" and regular guest on Real Time.

* Dan Rather, former CBS news anchor and respected journalist.

* Martha Raddatz, chief White House correspondent for ABC and formerly of NPR.



Bills guests via satellite:



* Chris Rock, actor, formerly of SNL, known for his outspoken comedic routines.

* Fmr. Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR), possible 2008 presidential candidate who is known to espouse personal fitness and creationism.

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Tonight, Bill welcomes:



* Shirley Franklin, Democratic Mayor of Atlanta and described as the first African-American woman mayor of a major southern city.

* David Frum, neocon journalist and former speechwriter for George W. Bush.

* John Legend, three-time Grammy winning African-American R&B singer, songwriter, and pianist.



Bills guests via satellite:



* Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor under President Carter and currently a professor at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.

* Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), one of the two current Independant Senators, he recently introduced the Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act.

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Tonight, Bill welcomes:



* Catherine Crier, former Dallas County Judge and correspondent on CNN/ABC/FOX. Crier is presently the host of "Catherine Crier Live" on Court TV.

* D.L.Hughley, actor and comedian who was most recently on NBC's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip."

* Michael Smerconish, radio host and sometime contributor to MSNBC. Known for his views against political correctness.



Bills guests via satellite:



* Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State under Bill Clinton and personal confidante of Sen. Hillary Clinton.

* Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), candidate for the 2008 Presidency known for his Libertarian beliefs.

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Tonight, Bill welcomes:



* Dana Carvey, comedian/actor, most famous for SNL and the Wayne's World movies.

* Fmr. Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ), NBA Hall-of-Famer and US Senator for three terms who ran for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2000.

* Scott McClellan, White House Press Secretary 2003-2006.



Bill's guests via satellite:



* Rev. Al Sharpton, African-American rights activist and icon.

* Sheryl Crow, Rock singer/songwriter and survivor of Breast Cancer.

* Laurie David, political activist most famous for her environmentalism. Producer on the Al Gore documentary "An Inconvenient Truth."

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Tonight, Bill welcomes:



* Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-MT), formerly served in Dept. of Agriculture under Bill Clinton

* John O'Sullivan, conservative columnist and editor of "The National Review"

* Amy Holmes, GOP strategist who formerly worked for Sen. Bill Frist



Bills guests via satellite:



* Bill Moyers, journalist who is currently hosting PBS' "Bill Moyers' Journal."

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Tonight, Bill welcomes panelists:



* Richard Belzer, Actor/Comedian/Writer, he has appeared many times on "Real Time."

* Lisa Schiffren, Conservative speechwriter.

* Jamie Tarabay, Journalist for NPR, covering Iraq from Baghdad since Dec. '05.



Bill's interview guests:



* Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Presidential candidate of 2004 and 2008 elections, who has initiated impeachment proceedings against Vice-President Dick Cheney.

* David Iglesias, one of the 8 US attorneys fired in 2006 by the Gonzales Justice Department.

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Tonight, Bill welcomes:



* Former Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN), who lost a bid for the Senate in the 2006 election to Bill Frist, partly due to a famous attack ad.

* Sean Penn, Oscar-winning actor and activist who has independently visited Baghdad and New Orleans in humanitarian missions.

* Garry Shandling, Emmy-winning comedian, most famous for "The Larry Sanders Show."



Bills guests via satellite:



* Tommy Thompson, former Governor of Wisconsin and Health and Human Services Secretary who announced a bid for the GOP nomination for President.

* Dr. Sanjay Gupta, neurosurgeon most famous for being a medical correspondent for CNN and CBS.

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Tonight, Bill welcomes:



* Paula Poundstone, comedian who is a contemporary to Bill Maher.

* Arianna Huffington, frequest guest of Bill Maher who describes herself as a reformed right-winger.

* Frank Luntz, conservative political consultant, most famous for his attempts to discredit global warming science.



Bills guests via satellite:



* Richard Engel, NBC's Middle-East correspondent, who has covered the Iraq war since it's beginning.

* Christopher Hitchens, author/journalist and out-spoken atheist whose latest books is "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything."

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This Friday, Bill welcomes:



* Actor Bradley Whitford ("The West Wing," "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip"), frequent guest on Real Time

* Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), represents Orange County and is of Latin origin.

* Wallstreet Journal Editoral Board member John Fund, author of "Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy".



Bills guests via satellite:



* Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons who is currenlty calling on his colleagues to clean up their act.

* 2008 Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT).

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This Friday, Bill welcomes:



* Ben Affleck, actor and Democratic fund-raiser.

* PJ O'Rourke, satirist and writer, and known as a libertarian-conservative.

* Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), Presidential candidate for 2008, known for his anti-war stance.


And via satellite,

* Michael Moore, documentary film-maker whose new film, "Sicko" is about the broken medical system.

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This Friday, Bill welcomes:



* Tim Robbins, actor/director, outspoken for his liberal views.

* Stephen F. Hayes, columnist for the neo-con magazine The Weekly Standard, who famously postulated a pre-war link between Al Qaeda and Iraq.

* Michel Martin, Emmy-winning journalist for ABC/NPR.



Bill's guests via satellite:



* Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR), Presidential candidate.

* Damien Cave, reporter for the NY Times.

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This week, Bill welcomes:

* John Mellencamp, Rock-star and co-founder of Farm-Aid.

* fmr. Sen. Mike Gravel (D-AK), Democratic Presidential candidate.

* fmr. U.S. Ambassador Barbara Bodine, writer.



Plus via satellite, actor/blogger Harry Shearer and animal activist Ingrid Newkirk.

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This week, Bill welcomes:

* Cornel West, Professor of Religion at Princeton

* Mos Def, rapper/actor, critic of the Katrina relief effort



And Bill's guests via satellite:

* Col. Larry Wilkerson (ret.), former Chief-of-Staff of Colin Powell.

* Ralph Nader, consumer activist and some-time third-party candidate for President.

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This week, Bill welcomes:



* Drew Carey, comic/actor, new host of "The Price is Right."

* Carl Bernstein, writer/journalist, who famously broke the Watergate scandal.

* Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), who serves on the Energy and Commerce committee.



And Bill's guests via satellite:



* Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), who recently announced his retirement.

* Robert Draper, author of the Bush bio "Dead Certain."

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This week, Bill welcomes:



* Rob Thomas, musician, lead-singer of Matchbox Twenty.

* Sir Salman Rushdie, controversial author, and newest target of Al Qaeda.

* Janeane Garofalo, actress/comedian/activist.



Bill's guest via satellite:



* Michael Scheuer, author and former CIA agent, who was referenced in the recent Bin Laden video.

* Bjorn Lomborg, environmentalist/author, whose famous book is "The Skeptical Environmentalist."

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This week, Bill welcomes:



* Michael Eric Dyson, scholar.

* Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), one of the engineers of the Democratic victory in the 2006 elections.

* Pete Hamill, author/journalist from "The New Yorker."



Bill's guest via Satellite:



* Ken Burns, PBS documentarian, whose current show is "The War."

* Maria Bartiromo, CNBC hostess of "Closing Bell"

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This week, Bill welcomes:



* Joy Behar, co-host of "The View."

* Tucker Carlson, host of MSNBC's "Tucker."

* Paul Krugman, New York Times columnist.



Bill's guests via satellite:



* Vicente Fox, ex-President of Mexico.

* Naomi Klein, author of the book "The Shock Doctrine."

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Tonight's episode is Live from L.A.



This week, Bill welcomes:



* Chris Matthews, host of "Hardball" on MSNBC.

* Joel Stein, journalist from the LA Times and Time magazine.

* Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)

Bill's guest via Satellite:

* John Edwards, Democratic Presidential candidate.

* Garry Kasparov, former world chess champion.

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This week, Bill welcomes:



* Martina Navratilova, openly gay Tennis legend.

* Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark, affiliated with the Democrats.

* Andrew Sullivan, openly gay Libertarian conservative.

Bill's guest via Satellite:

* David Frost, contributor to Al Jazeera English.

* Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), the senior-most Republican woman in the Senate.

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Tonight's episode is Live from L.A.



This week, Bill welcomes:



* Martin Short, comedian/actor.

* Alison Stewart, NBC/NPR journalist.

* Markos Moulitsas Zniga, founder of blog site "Daily Kos."



Bill's non-panelist guests:



* Valerie Plame, outed spy, and Joseph Wilson, ex-Ambassador.

* Jeremy Scahill, author of the book "Blackwater."