Real Time with Bill Maher (season 2)

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Real Time with Bill Maher
Season 2
No. of episodes23
Release
Original network HBO
Original releaseJanuary 16 (2004-01-16) 
November 5, 2004 (2004-11-05)
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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

No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestsOriginal air date
211 Wesley Clark, Moby, Al Sharpton, Ron Silver, Darrell Issa January 16, 2004 (2004-01-16)
American values, Iraq, MoveOn.org, environment
222 Richard Belzer, Farai Chideya, John Edwards, David Frum, Ralph Nader January 23, 2004 (2004-01-23)
Iowa caucus, The Apprentice, Olivia Goldsmith, sexuality in Islamic countries
233 Larry Miller, Sean Astin, Mindy Tucker-Fletcher, Max Cleland, Michael Moore January 30, 2004 (2004-01-30)
Democratic presidential candidates, gay marriage, Israel
244 Andrew Sullivan, Ron Suskind, Rob Schneider, Carol Moseley Braun, Jennifer Granholm February 6, 2004 (2004-02-06)
Janet Jackson's Super Bowl stunt, Martha Stewart, special interests' power over politicians
255 Jason Alexander, Deborah Simmons, William Baldwin, Bill Burkett, James Moore, Heather Wilson February 13, 2004 (2004-02-13)
George W. Bush military service controversy, The Passion of the Christ , pornography
266 D. L. Hughley, Debra Dickerson, Jon Favreau, George Allen, Dennis Kucinich February 20, 2004 (2004-02-20)
John Kerry, John Edwards, outsourcing, black culture
277 Ian McKellen, Christine Todd Whitman, Sandy Rios, Kwame Kilpatrick, Ralph Nader February 27, 2004 (2004-02-27)
The Passion of the Christ, gay marriage, environment
288 Martin Short, Tavis Smiley, Stephen Moore, Barbara Boxer, Bob Costas March 5, 2004 (2004-03-05)
Bush's new ads, John Kerry, Haiti, steroid scandal in baseball, Super Size Me and fast food, Martha Stewart found guilty
299 John McWhorter, George Carlin, Kim Campbell, Tommy Thompson, Sandra Tsing Loh March 12, 2004 (2004-03-12)
Religion, indecency in media, Madrid bombings
3010 David Frum, Eddie Izzard, Gore Vidal, Howard Dean, Russell Simmons March 19, 2004 (2004-03-19)
Madrid bombings, renewal of the Patriot Act, young voters, voting machines
3111 David Dreier, Kim Campbell, Michael Moore, André 3000, Bill Owens, Ralph Nader July 30, 2004 (2004-07-30)
Iraq, 7 minutes of silence, Nader's candidacy, first mention of Barack Obama
3212 Steve Harvey, Kay Granger, Bob Barr, Cokie Roberts August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06)
Terrorism, John Kerry military service controversy, corn farming, Ricky Williams, gay marriage
3313 D. L. Hughley, Gary Hart, Michelle Malkin, Rahm Emanuel, Maureen Dowd August 13, 2004 (2004-08-13)
Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, president Bush, racial profiling, Jim McGreevey
3414 Michael Eric Dyson, Dana Rohrabacher, Ashleigh Banfield, John O'Neill, Janis Karpinski, Chris Matthews August 27, 2004 (2004-08-27)
McCain–Feingold Act, Iraq, environment
3515 Jason Alexander, Andrew Sullivan, Arianna Huffington, Howard Dean, Pat Buchanan September 3, 2004 (2004-09-03)
Republican National Convention, Iraq
3616 P. J. O'Rourke, Cornel West, Julie Delpy, Kitty Kelley, Christiane Amanpour September 17, 2004 (2004-09-17)
Bush family, assault weapons ban lifted, antidepressant drugs
3717 Larry Gelbart, Maureen Dowd, Aaron McGruder, Charles B. Rangel, Drew Barrymore September 24, 2004 (2004-09-24)
Dan Rather, Kerry campaign, tobacco lawsuit settlements
3818 George Carlin, Katty Kay, Stephen Moore, Dixie Chicks, Tucker Carlson October 1, 2004 (2004-10-01)
Presidential election debates, religion
3919 Michael Steele, David Cross, Tony Snow, Michael Moore, Frank Rich October 8, 2004 (2004-10-08)
Presidential election debates, terrorism, religion in politics
4020 Alanis Morissette, James E. Rogan, Jesse Jackson, Howard Dean, Garrison Keillor October 15, 2004 (2004-10-15)
Election debates, media in politics, Iraq
4121 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
4222 Richard Belzer, Wesley Clark, Kevin Costner, Thomas Friedman, Ann Coulter October 29, 2004 (2004-10-29)
Osama bin Laden, missing ammunition in Iraq, elections
4323 Alan K. Simpson, Susan Sarandon, Noam Chomsky, D. L. Hughley, Andrew Sullivan, Patricia Schroeder November 5, 2004 (2004-11-05)
Presidential election

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