Overtime – Episode #724: Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Stephen A. Smith, Laura Coates

Stephen A. Smith· Guest0:00

I'm Evan Ross Katz, your host for the Comeback Official Podcast. Every week, I'll be joined by co-creator, executive producer, writer, and star Lisa Kudrow.

Speaker 10:08

[laughs] I love being Valerie.

Stephen A. Smith· Guest0:09

And co-creator, executive producer, writer, director, and showrunner Michael Patrick King.

Bill Maher· Host0:14

[laughs] Here's the real tea. Go ahead.

Stephen A. Smith· Guest0:15

Each episode, we'll be going behind the scenes and sharing our love for Valerie Cherish. As someone who has loved this show for years, it's wild to see just how much the world has changed since we last saw her.

Speaker 40:27

[upbeat music] Welcome to an HBO podcast from the HBO Late Night series, Real Time with Bill Maher.

Bill Maher· Host0:36

All right. She is the Democratic senator from Michigan, Senator Elissa Slotkin. He hosts Stephen A. Smith- [clapping] ... Show on Sirius XM, Stephen A. Smith. And she's CNN's chief legal analyst and anchor of Laura Coates Live on CNN, Laura Coates.

Speaker 10:50

[clapping] Whoo.

Bill Maher· Host0:50

All right. We're gonna get to the, uh, questions from the people, but you said when you sat down, you get asked about this every week about the aliens because you were s- I shouldn't have brought it back up.

Elissa Slotkin· Guest0:59

I, we- [laughs] [laughs] Yeah. As a former CIA officer, uh- Right ... we get calls every week.

Bill Maher· Host1:04

You just got to pick a- It's classified. It's cla- Okay.

Stephen A. Smith· Guest1:08

[laughs] Ooh.

Bill Maher· Host1:10

Aliens, you heard me. I'm with you. [laughs] Uh, okay. This is for you. Were you surprised by the Justice Department opening an investigation into you after you encouraged military members to disobey illegal orders?

Elissa Slotkin· Guest1:23

Um, was I s- You and five others, right? Yeah. Yes. Um, uh, yes. I was surprised