Real Time with Bill Maher

Guests: Ex-Obama economy adviser Christina Romer, Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Salon editor-at-large Joan Walsh, Palin biography filmmaker Stephen K Bannon and chef Anthony Bourdain. Topics: US credit downgrade, debt ceiling deal, failure of the stimulus package, inability of Democrats to negotiate, 'job creators', defunding of science in America, Rick Perry's prayer festival, escaping poverty, would Hillary Clinton have been better, need for a left-wing tea party equivalent.

Guests: Annabelle Gurwitch - Author and host of "Tiny Victories."; Scott Galloway - Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern and author; Larry Wilmore - comedian and co-creator of HBO's "Insecure"

Nicole Perlroth - Fmr. cybersecurity and digital espionage reporter for The New York Times and author; Laura Coates - CNN Senior Legal Analyst and author; Andrew Yang - Founder of political party, Forward, and author.