# Real Time with Bill Maher season 2

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 | Guests | Original air date |
| 21 | 1 | Wesley Clark, Moby, Al Sharpton, Ron Silver, Darrell Issa | January 16, 2004 (2004-01-16) |
| American values, Iraq, MoveOn.org, environment ||||
| 22 | 2 | 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 ||||
| 23 | 3 | Larry Miller, Sean Astin, Mindy Tucker-Fletcher, Max Cleland, Michael Moore | January 30, 2004 (2004-01-30) |
| Democratic presidential candidates, gay marriage, Israel ||||
| 24 | 4 | 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 ||||
| 25 | 5 | 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 ||||
| 26 | 6 | D. L. Hughley, Debra Dickerson, Jon Favreau, George Allen, Dennis Kucinich | February 20, 2004 (2004-02-20) |
| John Kerry, John Edwards, outsourcing, black culture ||||
| 27 | 7 | Ian McKellen, Christine Todd Whitman, Sandy Rios, Kwame Kilpatrick, Ralph Nader | February 27, 2004 (2004-02-27) |
| The Passion of the Christ, gay marriage, environment ||||
| 28 | 8 | Martin Short, Tavis Smiley, Stephen Moore, Barbara Boxer, Bob Costas | March 5, 2004 (2004-03-05) |
| 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 (2004-03-12) |
| Religion, indecency in media, Madrid bombings ||||
| 30 | 10 | 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 ||||
| 31 | 11 | 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 ||||
| 32 | 12 | 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 ||||
| 33 | 13 | 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 ||||
| 34 | 14 | 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 ||||
| 35 | 15 | Jason Alexander, Andrew Sullivan, Arianna Huffington, Howard Dean, Pat Buchanan | September 3, 2004 (2004-09-03) |
| Republican National Convention, Iraq ||||
| 36 | 16 | 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 ||||
| 37 | 17 | Larry Gelbart, Maureen Dowd, Aaron McGruder, Charles B. Rangel, Drew Barrymore | September 24, 2004 (2004-09-24) |
| Dan Rather, Kerry campaign, tobacco lawsuit settlements ||||
| 38 | 18 | George Carlin, Katty Kay, Stephen Moore, Dixie Chicks, Tucker Carlson | October 1, 2004 (2004-10-01) |
| Presidential election debates, religion ||||
| 39 | 19 | Michael Steele, David Cross, Tony Snow, Michael Moore, Frank Rich | October 8, 2004 (2004-10-08) |
| 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 (2004-11-05) |
| Presidential election ||||