Bill Maher hosts panel with Erin Brockovich and Scott Galloway on HBO

On July 31, Bill Maher’s Real Time aired a panel featuring consumer‑environmental advocate Erin Brockovich, NYU Stern professor Scott Galloway, and journalist Peter Hamby. Brockovich discussed her Substack‑based watchdog work on groundwater contamination and broader public‑health threats, while Galloway offered a contrarian economic and cultural perspective.

The following day Maher returned to the show and compared Spain’s situation to California’s, noting that wildfires in northern Spain and a surge of roughly 60,000 migrants entering the Spanish enclave of Ceuta have created a “new California.” He highlighted the national emergency declared over the fires and the deadly migrant influx, drawing parallels to recent California disasters.