Overtime with Bill Maher: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Michael Moynihan, Dan Farah (HBO)

What this episode is about

The discussion centers on the feasibility and societal acceptance of autonomous vehicles following a statement by the CEO of Whimo regarding traffic fatalities caused by self-driving cars. The panel, featuring Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, director Dan Farah, and co-host Michael Moynihan, also explores bipartisan concerns surrounding government transparency and public awareness of significant issues highlighted in Farah's upcoming documentary, "The Age of Disclosure."

Key takeaways

• If we're okay with human error on roads, how far will society bend for autonomous vehicles?
• Bipartisan agreement on serious issues is rare—documentaries like 'The Age of Disclosure' might just bridge the divide!
• In political discourse, saying the outrageous might just be a distraction from the real issues at play.
• Billionaire wealth is a societal puzzle: when does significant wealth become a liability rather than a status symbol?
• As generations shift, a call to redistribute wealth might not just be radical, but an expectation from new icons.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Bill Maher (Host) · 3 min speaking
• Marjorie Taylor Greene (Guest) · 3 min speaking
• Michael Moynihan (Guest) · 3 min speaking
• Dan Farah (Guest) · 2 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Dan Farah, The Age of Disclosure, Bill Mah, Marjorie Taylor Greene
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Elon Musk, John D. Rockefeller, Wall Street Journal
3. 6:00 – 9:00: UAP task force, Bitcoin, Jay Stratton
4. 9:00 – 10:19: Bill Mah, Michael Monahan

Notable quotes from "Overtime with Bill Maher: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Michael Moynihan, Dan Farah (HBO)"

• All right. He's the director and producer of the upcoming documentary The Age of Disclosure, Dan Farah. He is co-host the fifth column podcast and is host of the Moan Report, Michael.

  about Dan Farah · at 0:00

• Yeah. I think they're a lot lower, too, on the Whimos and the Tesla ones. But every time you have one and it's a new story, but there's one every minute in the country just in general.

  about Tesla, Inc. · at 0:47

• I have my own mind. I represent my district. That's my job title, representative. Right.

  about Marjorie Taylor Greene · at 2:38

• Okay. While accepting an award from Wall Street, the Wall Street Journal, Billy Isish called on the billionaires in the room to give more of their money away. Does this reflect her generation's.

  about Wall Street Journal · at 4:24

• But isn't there a certain number that we get to that I mean Elon Musk is approaching half a trillion where you know we went through this with John D. Rockefeller a hundred years ago.

  about Elon Musk · at 5:14

• I think there's a lot of elements within the intelligence community that have an influence on mainstream media and encourage them not to cover this topic that.

  about UAP task force · at 7:02

• So in the film, one of the senior intelligence officials named Jay Stratton, he was the director of air and space warfare at the Defense Intelligence Agency and then he ran the.

  about Jay Stratton · at 8:23

• It's Halloween. Let me just ask the final question for the panel. Do you think demons and the devil are real?

  about Bill Mah · at 9:24

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Dan Farah — Person · Main guest (documentary director/producer) · 2 mentions · first at 0:03
  Explains themes of his documentary on UAP disclosure, claims of intelligence-community influence on media, and recounts Jay Stratton's story about Pentagon officials calling UAPs 'demons.'
• Bill Mah — Person · Host / panel moderator · 2 mentions · first at 0:15
  Introduces the guests, moderates audience questions, and drives the discussion across autonomous cars, wealth, and UAPs.
• Marjorie Taylor Greene — Person · Main guest / panelist (U.S. Representative) · 1 mention · first at 0:09
  Participates as a Republican member of Congress, discusses UAP disclosure, media narratives ("Jewish space lasers"), and expresses a religious framing (demons/fallen angels).
• Michael Monahan — Person · Main guest / panelist (podcast host) · 2 mentions · first at 0:07
  Appears as a co-host/panelist; reacts to the 'demons' framing and provides commentary across topics.
  Producer of the upcoming documentary The Age of Disclosure, Dan Farah. He is co-host the fifth column podcast and is host of the Moan Report, Michael Monahan. And she is the Republican congressman from Georgia, Margarite Taylor Green.
• Jay Stratton — Person · Referenced expert / documentary interview subject · 1 mention · first at 8:26
  Presented (via Dan Farah) as a senior intelligence official interviewed in the film, describing Pentagon resistance and religious interpretations of UAPs.
• Elon Musk — Person · Referenced public figure (wealth example) · 2 mentions · first at 5:17
  Used as a contemporary example of extreme wealth concentration in a discussion about billionaires and system-skewing influence.
• John D. Rockefeller — Person · Historical reference (wealth concentration precedent) · 1 mention · first at 5:26
  Cited as a historical parallel for how governments responded to extreme wealth concentration (antitrust/Standard Oil era) compared to modern billionaires.
  Get to that I mean Elon Musk is approaching half a trillion where you know we went through this with John D. Rockefeller a hundred years ago.

Books & papers

• The Age of Disclosure — Book · Referenced work · 2 mentions · first at 0:01
  Documentary discussed in the podcast, focusing on bipartisan agreement on a serious issue.
  All right. He's the director and producer of the upcoming documentary The Age of Disclosure, Dan Farah. He is co-host the fifth column podcast and is host of the Moan Report, Michael.

Companies & orgs

• Tesla, Inc. — Company · Case study · 3 mentions
  Mentioned alongside Whimo in the discussion about autonomous vehicles and traffic fatalities.
• Whimo — Company · Case study · 1 mention · first at 0:25
  Mentioned in the context of autonomous cars and societal acceptance of traffic fatalities.
  I don't know what they are. Sometimes they're good, sometimes they're bad. for panel. The Whimo CEO said this week that society is ready to accept a traffic fatality caused by an autonomous car.

Concepts & topics

• UAP task force — Concept · Core topic · 1 mention · first at 8:32
  Central to the discussion about government and military involvement in UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) topics.
• Bitcoin — Concept · Key argument · 1 mention · first at 6:38
  Discussed in the context of cryptocurrency and its comparison to Trumpcoin.
  Nothing. It doesn't perform a function. Bitcoin performs a function the Trumpcoin does not. So it's an enormous slush fund and I'm not sure why people are not more outraged by this because it's because there's 12 other things.

Media & podcasts

• Wall Street Journal — Media · Referenced media · 1 mention · first at 4:26
  Mentioned in the context of an award ceremony and a call for billionaires to give more money away.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 All right. He's the director and producer of the upcoming documentary The Age of Disclosure, Dan Farah. He is co-host the fifth column podcast and is host of the Moan Report, Michael Monahan. And she is the Republican congressman from Georgia, Margarite Taylor Green. And I am your Halloween host, Bill Mah. Okay, here are the questions from the people. I don't know what they are. Sometimes they're good, sometimes they're bad. for panel. The Whimo CEO said this week that society is ready to accept a traffic fatality caused by an autonomous car.

0:34 Well, sure he's going to say that. I mean, are we? Um, yeah. Yeah. I mean, if we're Look, we accept human traffic for We're not giving up cars and this is where cars are going.

0:47 Yeah. I think they're a lot lower, too, on the Whimos and the Tesla ones. But every time you have one and it's a new story, but there's one every minute in in in the country just in general.

0:57 Uh Dan, what do you expect viewers to be most surprised by when they see your movie?

1:02 Honestly, it's probably how bipartisan the topic really is. Leaders from both parties can't agree on anything, but they agree on this being a serious important issue.

1:10 You agree on that? I think it's a serious issue. Yeah, I'd love to know more about it, but we're not told anything about it.

1:16 But you've had hearings. I mean, there was a hearing a couple of years ago and they didn't say much and then there was a hearing recently, right? Both of them are in in the movie and a lot more came out and there's a lot more people who were on board now. Very very serious people.

1:30 I got to say Rubio was never the giantest fan, but I didn't I didn't think he was a terrible guy. I I feel like he is the adult in that administration. He just always looks okay to me. He looks like he's got his head screwed on. He looks like a serious guy. I can live with that guy. Well, I think he's doing a great job and and I say that.

1:54 He's doing the best he can. At least we're talking about it. Whereas before, no one would admit it was even real. And I think talking about it is extremely important. Um, and I think people deserve to know the truth about it.

2:08 Just like the Epstein files, it'd be nice to know the truth about that. Rubio put his Rubio put his reputation on the line to get out there and get in front of this topic even though it wasn't convenient for him. And he did it because he thinks it's in the best interest of the American people. And I think he's right.

2:27 You see, he's going to get mad at you for saying that thing about the Epstein violence,

2:32 but he'll still talk to you. Oh, I love Donald Trump, but it's okay for me to disagree. Exactly.

2:38 I have my own mind. I represent my district. That's my job title, representative. Right.

2:43 And and these women, they deserve it. And every woman that's a victim of human trafficking, they deserve it.

2:55 And and I mean, you're famous for and I don't think you ever said the words Jewish Space Blazers.

3:00 No, I never did. But and I and I never I don't trust the media ever when I hear something like that because I know there's always something more to it. Now, when I hear the more to it, I still might think it's crazy. I'm be honest with you. But I don't know. So, what is the fuller version of that that I don't know? What? I just heard Jewish Space Laser and you never said those words.

3:22 I never did. Okay. But what were you talking about? I made a post in 2018 on my Facebook page and talked about a very interesting new technology where they were harnessing the the sun's um

3:35 Who's they? This company. No, I'm joking. God, she'll still talk to me. You might get accused of being the Rothschild, she said. Come on.

3:50 Back then, I didn't even know the Rothschilds were Jewish. This was I didn't know.

3:54 You didn't? I was. No, I didn't. Okay. Oh, okay. I before politics, I I didn't know much of any of this stuff, but I was commenting on this technology. That's all I was talking about. I never even said the word Jewish in the Facebook post.

4:06 Right. I mean, just so you know, Rothschild to a lot of people is almost synonymous with the word Jewish.

4:12 Yeah. I had no idea. Right. Well, now we know. Now I know. That's what I'm here for.

4:21 Make sure the people in Congress know what the you're talking about. Okay. While accepting an award from Wall Street, uh, the Wall Street Journal, Billy Isish called on the billionaires in the room to give more of their money away. Does this reflect her generation's uh general attitude toward wealth? Yes. I I saw her on TMC doing this and she was just saying, "If you're a billionaire why?"

4:43 Yeah. Now, a billionaire is a billionaire is a lot of money and I can't imagine anyone needing that much money or how you could ever spend it. However, when you get to 995 million,

4:55 no one wants to stop. No. And I'm not so sure she would either if she got there. Yeah, that's fair. Um I'm a big believer in low taxes or even no taxes, I think that would be great. So I I don't think just because someone is successful, you punish them. Um but that that's just how I believe.

5:14 But isn't there a certain number that we get to that I mean Elon Musk is approaching half a trillion where you know we went through this with John D. Rockefeller a hundred years ago. He was worth like 2% of the gross national product and they did do something about it. It was like you you just one person can't really have that much. First of all, they don't need that much money and it just does skew the system in ways that are not healthy. I'm not sure about a billion.

5:45 I'm pretty sure if you talk to people they want to all they all want to make that much money. I mean that's just everyone wants to be successful.

5:52 The I mean he doesn't have that much money on hand but it's obviously but it's it's still a lot of money. I mean, look, the problem with lobbyists, you were mentioning lobbyists before, is that I mean, Donald Trump last week pardoned a billionaire crypto guy that was deeply involved in his own crypto operation, his family's own crypto operation, and it seems to have made no news whatsoever. So, we have, you know, billionaires in there. Um, you know, I think know you've talked about crypto people having an undue influence on on the current government. Whether you're talking about Trump or not, I don't know. But this is an incredible outrage.

6:26 the fact that this guy was pardoned and is directly involved in Trump family business with a you know Trump shitcoin as they call them in the which does nothing. It it doesn't perform a function. Bitcoin performs a function the Trumpcoin does not. So it's an enormous slush fund and I'm not sure why people are not more outraged by this because it's

6:47 because there's 12 other things. I know but that's why because it's way down the list. Uh, all right, Dan. How do you view the relationship between the intelligence community and mainstream media when it comes to reporting on UAP topics?

7:02 I think there's a lot of elements within the intelligence community that have an influence on mainstream media and encourage them not to cover this topic that

7:12 to not cover it. Yeah, that that is in fact what I think is happening. There's also a lot of people in television community who are in my film who are trying to bring the truth out despite that. Some of them seem to be saying very outwardly that they fear for their life.

7:26 Yeah. Yeah. You think that's a real thing? Yes. 100%. I had a couple people and who would be doing the killing in this? Who who is hiring who to do what?

7:35 I think there are a number of parties involved in covering this topic up and like who

7:40 threats threats against people's life have been used to discourage people from talking about it.

7:45 Who's making the threat? Comes from various elements within the government. I go into it in the film in in depth, but certain pe certain groups within the intelligence community, certain groups within the military, certain groups within um private defense contractor companies.

8:00 Jeez, he talks like a politician. He doesn't know. You know what I found scary? The part about the the people at the Pentagon who say it's demons. Tell Tell them that story. Tell them about the demons. It's Halloween. Yes. Tell them about the demons at the What is that Dan? Go into that.

8:23 Uh so in the film, one of the senior intelligence officials named Jay Stratton, he was the director of air and space warfare at the Defense Intelligence Agency and then he ran the US government's UAP task force. Uh he tells a story about how he was trying to run this issue up the flag pole and bring attention to it

8:41 at the Pentagon. at the Pentagon in a serious office space and uh uh his superiors told him that they thought these things were demons and that he was doing the devil's work by looking into it. And on camera in the film, he says, "I can't believe these words were coming out of their mouths." He's like, "I'm briefing them on an advanced aerospace vehicle that's absolutely there. It's been spotted by trained observers like our Navy fighter pilots in their $80 million airplanes that we trust them with, right? It's been spotted on data collection systems like satellite and radar. And this guy's telling me it's a demon. It's insane. And and and he's like, "My mind was blown." And this is something I'm dealing with inside of the government.

9:24 It's Halloween. Let me just ask the final question for the panel. Do you think demons and the devil are real?

9:30 Absolutely. I'm a Bible believing Christian. I definitely And I believe those could be fallen angels.

9:36 All these things could be real. Fallen angels. Yeah. The aliens are fallen angels. That's possible. I think that's what they could be. That's what makes sense in my my worldview.

9:46 Michael, no. And that's why we came here to ag disagree but still appreciate each other for having the conversation. Happy Halloween. Thank you very much.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Overtime with Bill Maher: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Michael Moynihan, Dan Farah (HBO)"?

Bill Maher (Host), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Guest), Michael Moynihan (Guest), Dan Farah (Guest).

What is "Overtime with Bill Maher: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Michael Moynihan, Dan Farah (HBO)" about?

The discussion centers on the feasibility and societal acceptance of autonomous vehicles following a statement by the CEO of Whimo regarding traffic fatalities caused by self-driving cars. The panel, featuring Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, director Dan Farah, and co-host Michael Moynihan, also explores bipartisan concerns surrounding government transparency and public…

What is mentioned in this Real Time with Bill Maher episode?

13 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Dan Farah, Bill Mah, Marjorie Taylor Greene, UAP task force, The Age of Disclosure, Michael Monahan. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Overtime with Bill Maher: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Michael Moynihan, Dan Farah (HBO)"?

The episode runs 10 min; the transcript is about 1,918 words in 43 timestamped sections.

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