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Club Random with Bill Maher

Bryan Cranston | Club Random Classics with Bill Maher

Club Random with Bill Maher

Club Random

Film Interviews, Comedy, Tv & Film

4.14.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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On Club Random Classics this month Bill Maher sits down with Bryan Cranston for a headline making talk about privilege vs. advantage, the role that got Bryan Cranston in hot water, critical race theory, the show where Bill and Bryan first met, bulldozer parenting, creeps vs. nuts in casting, white peoples’ bias against themselves and tons more. Support our Advertisers: Try Lucy today! Get 20% off your first order at https://www.lucy.co with code CLUBRANDOM Subscribe to the Club Random YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/clubrandompodcast?sub_confirmation=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch episodes ad-free – subscribe to Bill Maher’s Substack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://billmaher.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you listen: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/ClubRandom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy Club Random Merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://clubrandom.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices ABOUT CLUB RANDOM Bill Maher rewrites the rules of podcasting the way he did in television in this series of one on one, hour long conversations with a wide variety of unexpected guests in the undisclosed location called Club Random. There’s a whole big world out there that isn’t about politics and Bill and his guests—from Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld to Jordan Peterson, Quentin Tarantino and Neil DeGrasse Tyson—talk about all of it.  For advertising opportunities please email: PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com ABOUT BILL MAHER Bill Maher was the host of “Politically Incorrect” (Comedy Central, ABC) from 1993-2002, and for the last fourteen years on HBO’s “Real Time,” Maher’s combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him 40 Emmy nominations. Maher won his first Emmy in 2014 as executive producer for the HBO series, “VICE.” In October of 2008, this same combination was on display in Maher’s uproarious and unprecedented swipe at organized religion, “Religulous.” Maher has written five bestsellers: “True Story,” “Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? Politically Incorrect’s Greatest Hits,” “When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Bin Laden,” “New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer,” and most recently, “The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass.” FOLLOW CLUB RANDOM https://www.clubrandom.com https://www.facebook.com/Club-Random-101776489118185 https://twitter.com/clubrandom_ https://www.instagram.com/clubrandompodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@clubrandompodcast FOLLOW BILL MAHER https://www.billmaher.com https://twitter.com/billmaher https://www.instagram.com/billmaher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Well, in our next club, random classic, we revisit my conversation with Brian Cranston.

0:05.6

Oh, I love him. He's got stories from his acting days that'll make your jaw drop. Wow. Sounds good.

0:11.5

We get into parenting and privilege in a way that actually means something, and then we debate critical race theory.

0:17.8

We did? Wow. I must have been high. Well, I'm sure it's good then, which made headlines because apparently two people having an honest conversation is newsworthy.

0:26.6

I've had a Zippo lighter in the past.

0:30.6

They suck. They never, it's like you, if I don't put in every five times, but in Vietnam, they were always like burning the village.

0:42.3

It's all zippling.

0:43.3

And you can't light a fucking cigar with you.

0:46.3

I didn't always work in the jungle of the Mekong River.

0:51.3

Because Zippos work when it's nice and moist out, I guess. Really? No. No. But you know, do you drink? I do. You know, we have my booze over here. Oh, what am I asking? I'm asking a guy who's got a giant tequila company. That's not the only thing. Can I try your d'A sombre?

1:12.6

Would you?

1:13.6

I feel like we're doing it infomercial.

1:15.6

Would you?

1:16.6

Can I try it?

1:17.6

Step up to the smooth, refreshing flavor.

1:19.6

It is a great little sipping thing.

1:25.6

I love it.

1:29.3

You always drink tequila?

1:30.9

I've been drinking.

1:33.6

No, actually, mescal, this is mescal.

1:39.4

And our mescal has been around now for three and a half years.

1:41.3

Mascal?

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