Real Time with Bill Maher season 2

Season of television series

Real Time with Bill Maher

Season 2
No. of episodes| 23
Release
Original network| HBO
Original release| January 16 (2004-1-16) –
November 5, 2004 (2004-11-5)
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List of episodes

This is a list of episodes from the second season of Real Time with Bill Maher.

Note that the Iraq War, President George W. Bush (from 2003 to 2009), and current/upcoming elections are frequent topics on the show and may not be listed under individual episodes.

## Episodes

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See also: List of Real Time with Bill Maher episodes

No.
overall| No. in
season| Guests| Original release date

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21| 1| Wesley Clark, Moby, Al Sharpton, Ron Silver, Darrell Issa| January 16, 2004 (2004-1-16)

American values, Iraq, MoveOn.org, environment

22| 2| Richard Belzer, Farai Chideya, John Edwards, David Frum, Ralph Nader| January 23, 2004 (2004-1-23)

Iowa caucus, The Apprentice, Olivia Goldsmith, sexuality in Islamic countries

23| 3| Larry Miller, Sean Astin, Mindy Tucker-Fletcher, Max Cleland, Michael Moore| January 30, 2004 (2004-1-30)

Democratic presidential candidates, gay marriage, Israel

24| 4| Andrew Sullivan, Ron Suskind, Rob Schneider, Carol Moseley Braun, Jennifer Granholm| February 6, 2004 (2004-2-6)

Janet Jackson's Super Bowl stunt, Martha Stewart, special interests' power over politicians

25| 5| Jason Alexander, Deborah Simmons, William Baldwin, Bill Burkett, James Moore, Heather Wilson| February 13, 2004 (2004-2-13)

George W. Bush military service controversy, The Passion of the Christ, pornography

26| 6| D. L. Hughley, Debra Dickerson, Jon Favreau, George Allen, Dennis Kucinich| February 20, 2004 (2004-2-20)

John Kerry, John Edwards, outsourcing, black culture

27| 7| Ian McKellen, Christine Todd Whitman, Sandy Rios, Kwame Kilpatrick, Ralph Nader| February 27, 2004 (2004-2-27)

The Passion of the Christ, gay marriage, environment

28| 8| Martin Short, Tavis Smiley, Stephen Moore, Barbara Boxer, Bob Costas| March 5, 2004 (2004-3-5)

Bush's new ads, John Kerry, Haiti, steroid scandal in baseball, Super Size Me and fast food, Martha Stewart found guilty

29| 9| John McWhorter, George Carlin, Kim Campbell, Tommy Thompson, Sandra Tsing Loh| March 12, 2004 (2004-3-12)

Religion, indecency in media, Madrid bombings

30| 10| David Frum, Eddie Izzard, Gore Vidal, Howard Dean, Russell Simmons| March 19, 2004 (2004-3-19)

Madrid bombings, renewal of the Patriot Act, young voters, voting machines

31| 11| David Dreier, Kim Campbell, Michael Moore, André 3000, Bill Owens, Ralph Nader| July 30, 2004 (2004-7-30)

Iraq, 7 minutes of silence, Nader's candidacy, first mention of Barack Obama

32| 12| Steve Harvey, Kay Granger, Bob Barr, Cokie Roberts| August 6, 2004 (2004-8-6)

Terrorism, John Kerry military service controversy, corn farming, Ricky Williams, gay marriage

33| 13| D. L. Hughley, Gary Hart, Michelle Malkin, Rahm Emanuel, Maureen Dowd| August 13, 2004 (2004-8-13)

Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, president Bush, racial profiling, Jim McGreevey

34| 14| Michael Eric Dyson, Dana Rohrabacher, Ashleigh Banfield, John O'Neill, Janis Karpinski, Chris Matthews| August 27, 2004 (2004-8-27)

McCain–Feingold Act, Iraq, environment

35| 15| Jason Alexander, Andrew Sullivan, Arianna Huffington, Howard Dean, Pat Buchanan| September 3, 2004 (2004-9-3)

Republican National Convention, Iraq

36| 16| P. J. O'Rourke, Cornel West, Julie Delpy, Kitty Kelley, Christiane Amanpour| September 17, 2004 (2004-9-17)

Bush family, assault weapons ban lifted, antidepressant drugs

37| 17| Larry Gelbart, Maureen Dowd, Aaron McGruder, Charles B. Rangel, Drew Barrymore| September 24, 2004 (2004-9-24)

Dan Rather, Kerry campaign, tobacco lawsuit settlements

38| 18| George Carlin, Katty Kay, Stephen Moore, Dixie Chicks, Tucker Carlson| October 1, 2004 (2004-10-1)

Presidential election debates, religion

39| 19| Michael Steele, David Cross, Tony Snow, Michael Moore, Frank Rich| October 8, 2004 (2004-10-8)

Presidential election debates, terrorism, religion in politics

40| 20| Alanis Morissette, James E. Rogan, Jesse Jackson, Howard Dean, Garrison Keillor| October 15, 2004 (2004-10-15)

Election debates, media in politics, Iraq

41| 21| R. James Woolsey, Jr., James Rubin, Bradley Whitford, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Bernadine Healy| October 22, 2004 (2004-10-22)

Iraq, flu vaccinations, Bill O'Reilly sexual harassment lawsuit

42| 22| Richard Belzer, Wesley Clark, Kevin Costner, Thomas Friedman, Ann Coulter| October 29, 2004 (2004-10-29)

Osama bin Laden, missing ammunition in Iraq, elections

43| 23| Alan K. Simpson, Susan Sarandon, Noam Chomsky, D. L. Hughley, Andrew Sullivan, Patricia Schroeder| November 5, 2004 (2004-11-5)

Presidential election

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