Club Random with Bill Maher on ListenerReaderListenerReader stories about Club Random with Bill Maher.https://listenerreader.comen-usJustine Bateman says indie movies can’t get funded because Hollywood doesn’t make movie stars anymorehttps://listenerreader.com/story/justine-bateman-says-indie-movies-cant-get-funded-because-hollywoodhttps://listenerreader.com/story/justine-bateman-says-indie-movies-cant-get-funded-because-hollywoodOn Club Random, Bateman argues that the indie-film bottleneck is not a lack of buyers, it is a lack of bankable actors.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:32:30 GMTcultureHowie Mandel says he prepared 100 fruit baskets with pre-written apologies for anyone he offended on Club Randomhttps://listenerreader.com/story/howie-mandel-says-he-prepared-100-fruit-baskets-with-pre-writtenhttps://listenerreader.com/story/howie-mandel-says-he-prepared-100-fruit-baskets-with-pre-writtenThe fruit-basket line sounds like a joke, until Mandel starts sweating on camera and explains the very real panic underneath it.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:33:36 GMTcomedyAri Emanuel says Jeff Katzenberg tried to charge him $1 million for a Joe Biden meetinghttps://listenerreader.com/story/ari-emanuel-says-jeff-katzenberg-tried-to-charge-him-1-million-for-ahttps://listenerreader.com/story/ari-emanuel-says-jeff-katzenberg-tried-to-charge-him-1-million-for-aThe Hollywood superagent turned a book-plug visit into a live demonstration of why his grudges need their own legal department.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:32:39 GMTcultureDr. Daniel Amen says CTE is not untreatable and 80 percent of his NFL patients got betterhttps://listenerreader.com/story/dr-daniel-amen-says-cte-is-not-untreatable-and-80-percent-of-his-nflhttps://listenerreader.com/story/dr-daniel-amen-says-cte-is-not-untreatable-and-80-percent-of-his-nflAmen's football brain claim is the kind of thing parents, former players, and skeptics should all want proven by someone other than Amen.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 10:35:07 GMThealthHowie Mandel says a clipped hand-job joke cost him a fortunehttps://listenerreader.com/story/howie-mandel-says-a-clipped-hand-job-joke-cost-him-a-fortunehttps://listenerreader.com/story/howie-mandel-says-a-clipped-hand-job-joke-cost-him-a-fortuneMandel told Bill Maher that a joke clipped out of context made a brand walk away, which explains why the Comedy Store feels safer to him than the internet.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:32:45 GMTcomedyKevin Spacey says he would have been benched for just seven games if he were an athletehttps://listenerreader.com/story/kevin-spacey-says-he-would-have-been-benched-for-just-seven-games-ifhttps://listenerreader.com/story/kevin-spacey-says-he-would-have-been-benched-for-just-seven-games-ifThe actor tells Bill Maher his nine-year Hollywood exile is deeply unfair compared to the leniency shown in professional sports.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:34:32 GMTcultureKevin Spacey says Netflix is shelving Gore, a completed Gore Vidal movie he calls one of his best filmshttps://listenerreader.com/story/kevin-spacey-says-netflix-is-shelving-gore-a-completed-gore-vidalhttps://listenerreader.com/story/kevin-spacey-says-netflix-is-shelving-gore-a-completed-gore-vidalSpacey told Bill Maher that Netflix should release or give up the finished Gore Vidal film, and he made the pitch with maximum self-interest and one genuinely sharp point.Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:36:08 GMTcultureGeorge Santos says the credit card scandal was straw donations and Ferragamo ties, not a shopping spreehttps://listenerreader.com/story/george-santos-says-the-credit-card-scandal-was-straw-donations-andhttps://listenerreader.com/story/george-santos-says-the-credit-card-scandal-was-straw-donations-andOn Club Random, Santos tried to shrink one of the ugliest parts of his federal case into a very Washington story about campaign optics, committee gifts, and elephant-print neckwear.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:31:43 GMTcrimeJay Leno says he hid in an NBC closet twice to hear executives decide The Tonight Showhttps://listenerreader.com/story/jay-leno-says-he-hid-in-an-nbc-closet-twice-to-hear-executives-decidehttps://listenerreader.com/story/jay-leno-says-he-hid-in-an-nbc-closet-twice-to-hear-executives-decideThe old late-night villain story gets funnier when Leno describes himself less as a backstabber than as a network sitcom burglar with incredible timing.Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:31:23 GMTcomedyDavid Foster says Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” was a 10-minute rough mix he made to trick Clive Davishttps://listenerreader.com/story/david-foster-says-whitney-houstons-i-will-always-love-you-was-a-10https://listenerreader.com/story/david-foster-says-whitney-houstons-i-will-always-love-you-was-a-10The producer says one of the cleanest, biggest pop records ever came from a DAT tape he never meant to survive the summer.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:31:15 GMTcultureKenny Chesney says a tour-bus epiphany in his 40s ended his out-of-control hillbilly rockstar yearshttps://listenerreader.com/story/kenny-chesney-says-a-tour-bus-epiphany-in-his-40s-ended-his-out-ofhttps://listenerreader.com/story/kenny-chesney-says-a-tour-bus-epiphany-in-his-40s-ended-his-out-ofOn Club Random, Chesney gives the least bro-ish possible version of a country-star hangover story: not redemption, exactly, but math.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:33:47 GMTinterviewsKathy Griffin says she hasn't been in the black for six years since the Trump head photohttps://listenerreader.com/story/kathy-griffin-says-she-hasnt-been-in-the-black-for-six-years-sincehttps://listenerreader.com/story/kathy-griffin-says-she-hasnt-been-in-the-black-for-six-years-sinceOn Club Random, Griffin makes the cancellation sound less like a scolding and more like a long, expensive layoff with lawyers.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:32:01 GMTcomedyMax Amini says Jimmy Carter helped put Ayatollah Khomeini in power to hold back Iranhttps://listenerreader.com/story/max-amini-says-jimmy-carter-helped-put-ayatollah-khomeini-in-power-tohttps://listenerreader.com/story/max-amini-says-jimmy-carter-helped-put-ayatollah-khomeini-in-power-toOn Club Random, the Iranian American comedian walked into a classic diaspora theory and Bill Maher, of all people, played the skeptic.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:31:34 GMTcultureShannon Elizabeth says OnlyFans is the only relationship she needs nowhttps://listenerreader.com/story/shannon-elizabeth-says-onlyfans-is-the-only-relationship-she-needs-nowhttps://listenerreader.com/story/shannon-elizabeth-says-onlyfans-is-the-only-relationship-she-needs-nowThe American Pie star told Bill Maher that her fan chats have replaced dating, which is either a very modern boundary or the cleanest sales pitch in the parasocial economy.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:31:51 GMTinterviewsKevin Spacey says Netflix has shelved his completed Gore Vidal film and should give it to Paramounthttps://listenerreader.com/story/kevin-spacey-says-netflix-has-shelved-his-completed-gore-vidal-filmhttps://listenerreader.com/story/kevin-spacey-says-netflix-has-shelved-his-completed-gore-vidal-filmOn Club Random, Spacey made his cleanest case for a comeback by arguing that Netflix is punishing an entire finished movie over allegations against him.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:32:39 GMTcultureByron Allen says Johnny Carson let him strike The Tonight Show set for his own showhttps://listenerreader.com/story/byron-allen-says-johnny-carson-let-him-strike-the-tonight-show-sethttps://listenerreader.com/story/byron-allen-says-johnny-carson-let-him-strike-the-tonight-show-setAllen’s best story on Club Random isn’t about becoming a billionaire, it’s about getting the king of late night to say yes to an absurdly intimate favor.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:31:28 GMTcomedyBill Maher says he was “particularly bad” at blaming audiences when his jokes bombedhttps://listenerreader.com/story/bill-maher-says-he-made-his-early-career-harder-by-openly-hating-hishttps://listenerreader.com/story/bill-maher-says-he-made-his-early-career-harder-by-openly-hating-hisOn Club Random, Maher turns a comedy cliché into a little self-indictment, while Lisa Kudrow offers the healthier, actorly version of bombing.Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:51:34 GMTcomedyJack Whitehall says Channel 4 pulled his show at 11 p.m. because Michael Jackson died after it had a pedophile sketch about himhttps://listenerreader.com/story/jack-whitehall-says-channel-4-pulled-his-show-at-11-pm-becausehttps://listenerreader.com/story/jack-whitehall-says-channel-4-pulled-his-show-at-11-pm-becauseOn Club Random, Whitehall described the sort of pre-smartphone comedy near-disaster that now sounds less like showbiz lore than a deleted scene from Broadcast Standards Hell.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:31:36 GMTcomedyBill Maher says his high school talent show was canceled after he stole a risqué Johnny Carson jokehttps://listenerreader.com/story/bill-maher-says-his-high-school-talent-show-was-canceled-after-hehttps://listenerreader.com/story/bill-maher-says-his-high-school-talent-show-was-canceled-after-heMaher’s first cancellation story is less a free-speech epic than a very on-brand origin myth: a teenage comic, a Carson bit, and a room full of parents who were not having it.Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:31:17 GMTcomedyBo Derek says Marlon Brando called Ursula Andress because he couldn't remember if they'd had sexhttps://listenerreader.com/story/bo-derek-says-marlon-brando-called-ursula-andress-because-he-couldnthttps://listenerreader.com/story/bo-derek-says-marlon-brando-called-ursula-andress-because-he-couldntOn Club Random, Derek dropped a tiny Old Hollywood grenade, then spent the rest of the hour proving she may be one of the last people alive who can make that story sound casual.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:36:36 GMTinterviewsPenn Jillette says Bob Dylan lied about hopping trains, then Penn lived Dylan’s hobo story himselfhttps://listenerreader.com/story/penn-jillette-says-bob-dylan-lied-about-hopping-trains-then-pennhttps://listenerreader.com/story/penn-jillette-says-bob-dylan-lied-about-hopping-trains-then-pennThe magician’s best trick in this Club Random classic is turning Bob Dylan’s self-mythology into a story about teenage gullibility, showbiz hunger, and the glamour of being broke on purpose.Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:32:11 GMTcultureKevin Spacey says Anthony Rapp's accusation collapsed because Spacey lived in a studio apartment with no bedroomhttps://listenerreader.com/story/kevin-spacey-says-anthony-rapps-accusation-collapsed-because-spacey-lihttps://listenerreader.com/story/kevin-spacey-says-anthony-rapps-accusation-collapsed-because-spacey-liOn Club Random, Spacey walks through the detail that sank Anthony Rapp's case, and explains why Elton John showed up in a British courtroom on his behalf.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:32:16 GMTcultureKevin Spacey says he's been stopped 70 times a day in Europe by fans asking when he's going back to workhttps://listenerreader.com/story/kevin-spacey-says-hes-been-stopped-70-times-a-day-in-europe-by-fans-ashttps://listenerreader.com/story/kevin-spacey-says-hes-been-stopped-70-times-a-day-in-europe-by-fans-asOn Club Random, Spacey makes his case that nine years of industry exile is enough, and somehow the most revealing number he offers is 70.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:31:02 GMTinterviewsKenny Chesney says he has never once canceled a show in over 40 years, not even closehttps://listenerreader.com/story/kenny-chesney-says-he-has-never-once-canceled-a-show-in-over-40-years-https://listenerreader.com/story/kenny-chesney-says-he-has-never-once-canceled-a-show-in-over-40-years-The country star and Bill Maher bond over performing sick, staying out all night, and never once giving the audience an excuse to demand a refund.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:30:57 GMTinterviewsLisa Kudrow says Sam Kinison was shooting heroin on set while they filmed a sitcom togetherhttps://listenerreader.com/story/lisa-kudrow-says-sam-kinison-was-shooting-heroin-on-set-while-they-filhttps://listenerreader.com/story/lisa-kudrow-says-sam-kinison-was-shooting-heroin-on-set-while-they-filThe Friends icon drops a genuinely startling piece of TV history buried inside a very pleasant chat about mushrooms and Spartacus.Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:31:40 GMTinterviewsSheryl Crow says a songwriter paid $5 to clone John Mayer's voice and she couldn't tell the differencehttps://listenerreader.com/story/sheryl-crow-says-a-songwriter-paid-5-to-clone-john-mayers-voice-and-shhttps://listenerreader.com/story/sheryl-crow-says-a-songwriter-paid-5-to-clone-john-mayers-voice-and-shCrow heard a demo, assumed it was her friend, and only then learned any amateur can now buy a convincing replica of a working musician's voice for the price of a coffee.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:29:41 GMTculture