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Moyers on Taxi to the Dark Side from 2021-11-10T03:37:19.681213
Bill Moyers on a new documentary that explores America's debate over torture.
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Presidential Reading from 2021-11-10T03:37:19.678807
Thousands have weighed in on The Moyers Blog to suggest one book the next President should take to the White House. Bill Moyers reviews the submissions for essential presidential reading.
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Rev. Samuel Rodriguez from 2021-11-10T03:37:19.673781
One of America's most prominent conservative evangelicals, Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, gives his perspective on the role faith is playing in this campaign season and his take on what's happening with th...
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DIGITAL ARCHIVE: Bill Moyers talks with Thomas Frank, 2004 from 2021-11-10T03:37:19.463934
Bill Moyers talks with Thomas Frank, 2004.
Moyers on the Iraq Surplus from 2021-11-10T03:37:19.458732
Bill Moyers on the Iraqi government surplus.
Bob Herbert and Dean Baker from 2021-11-10T03:37:19.423908
Bill Moyers talks with economist Dean Baker and journalist Bob Herbert about the economic challenges facing the government and the populace.
Expose on the Journal: The Business of Poverty from 2021-11-10T03:37:19.390425
As more companies view low-income Americans as opportunities for profit, the "poverty business" is booming. Bill Moyers Journal and EXPOSE: AMERICA'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS follow a team of BUSINESS...
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Mark Danner from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Barack Obama was elected on a message of change, promising a new era of diplomacy and international cooperation – but can the President deliver a new vision of America? Reporting from the world's ...
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Santa Ana Health Crusade from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Journal profiles public health doctor America Bracho, who serves her Santa Ana, CA community – notorious for crime, poverty and disease – with her organization, Latino Health Access.
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America's economy reformed? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Just over a year after economic calamity brought promises of reform to Washington, many now say that the recession is nearing an end. But is it business as usual for Wall Street, and have future f...
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EXPOSE on THE JOURNAL: Broken Justice from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
EXPOSE and THE JOURNAL follow a team from the Denver Post's award-winning reporting on the broken justice system on Indian reservations across the country.
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Bill Moyers on Studs Terkel and John Leonard. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Bill Moyers essay on the loss of Studs Terkel and John Leonard.
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Moyers Digital Archive from 2010-06-09T10:00
Bill T. Jones' musical FELA! is up for 11 Tony Awards. Bill Moyers has had a long working relationship with Bill T.Jones. In this 1997 program, journalist Bill Moyers and filmmaker David Grubin giv...
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Capitol Crimes from 2010-05-27T10:00
With disgraced lobbyist back in the news and on the big screen in Alex Gibney's new film, CASINO JACK, we re-present Bill Moyers 2006 in-depth exploration of Abramoff and his Washington world. CAPI...
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Barry Lopez from 2010-04-30T17:00
Acclaimed author Barry Lopez joins Bill Moyers to discuss nature, spirit and the human condition. Lopez is an essayist, author and short-story writer, whose many books include ARCTIC DREAMS, winner...
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Jim Hightower from 2010-04-30T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with populist Jim Hightower to look at the history and legacy of people's movements and discuss how ordinary people can reclaim political power.
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Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement from 2010-04-30T17:00
The Journal travels to Iowa where one group, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI), has been helping ordinary citizens fight for change for more than three decades.
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William K. Black from 2010-04-23T17:00
As President Obama makes the case for strong financial reform, Bill Moyers sits down with veteran regulator William K. Black, who says Wall Street is already been breaking current rules.
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Michael J. Copps from 2010-04-23T17:00
The Internet has transformed business, politics, and culture, but will a corporate agenda kill freedom of the Web? With radio and television dominated by mega-corporations, more and more Americans ...
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Moyers on the American Dream from 2010-04-23T17:00
Bill Moyers his inspirations and the future of the American Dream.
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Simon Johnson and James Kwak, Part I from 2010-04-16T17:00
Renowned How did Big Finance grow so powerful that its hijinks nearly brought down the global economy – and what hope is there for real reform with Washington politicians on Wall Street's payroll? ...
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Simon Johnson and James Kwak, Part II from 2010-04-16T17:00
Renowned How did Big Finance grow so powerful that its hijinks nearly brought down the global economy – and what hope is there for real reform with Washington politicians on Wall Street's payroll? ...
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Moyers on the True Costs of War from 2010-04-16T17:00
Bill Moyers on one mayor's efforts to make the cost of Afghanistan and Iraq manifest in his town of Binghamton, New York.
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Louise Erdrich from 2010-04-09T17:00
Renowned for her mastery of multiple genres - including thirteen novels, poetry, children's literature, and a memoir of early motherhood - Louise Erdrich discusses how her Native American heritage ...
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Andrew Bacevich from 2010-04-09T17:00
Historian, international relations expert and former US Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich returns to the JOURNAl to discuss America's long war in Afghanistan.
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Bryan Stevenson and Michelle Alexander from 2010-04-02T17:00
In the months before his death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had expanded his focus on racial justice to include reducing economic inequality. On this week's 42nd anniversary of King's assassination,...
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Terry O'Neill and John Nichols from 2010-03-26T17:00
Bill Moyers takes a closer look at the newly signed health bill and explores the future of health care reform with THE NATION's John Nichols and National Organization for Women president Terry O'Ne...
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Gretchen Morgenson from 2010-03-26T17:00
Eighteen months after the economic meltdown, why has Washington been unable rein in Wall Street with serious regulation? Bill Moyers speaks with financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson for a candid...
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John Sexton from 2010-03-12T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with NYU president and modern renaissance man John Sexton for a wide-ranging conversation about God, baseball, and the importance of thoughtful discourse in society. Previous...
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Marcia Angell on Health Care Reform from 2010-03-05T17:00
Single-payer advocate Marcia Angell on why she thinks the debate over reform needs a fresh look at the economics and delivery of the care promised in the bill.
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Wendell Potter on Health Care Reform from 2010-03-05T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with former insurance executive turned public health advocate Wendell Potter, who argues that all is not lost in the healthcare bill and details what he likes about the legisl...
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Theodore Olson and David Boies on Same-Sex Marriage from 2010-02-26T17:00
Once adversaries in 2000's Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case, now two of the nation's premier lawyers -- one conservative and one liberal -- have teamed up to make the constitutional case for same-s...
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Remembering Lucille Clifton from 2010-02-26T17:00
Bill Moyers celebrates the poet Lucille Clifton and her work.
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Web Exclusive: Citizens United and Bush v. Gore from 2010-02-26T17:00
David Boies and Ted Olson talk with Bill Moyers about the Supreme Court's contentious Bush v. Gore decision in 2000 and the court's recent ruling in the Citizens United case.
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Justice for Sale from 2010-02-19T17:00
As two-thirds of American voters oppose the Supreme Courts decision in Citizens United v. FEC, Bill Moyers Journal takes a hard look at how campaign cash in judicial races may sway America's courts...
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Jeffrey Toobin from 2010-02-19T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with legal analyst and journalist Jeffrey Toobin to talk about the relationship between big money and judicial elections today.
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Bill Moyers on Money and Politics from 2010-02-05T17:00
Bill Moyers on money, politics and retreats with lobbyists.
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Dr. Margaret Flowers On Medicare for All from 2010-02-05T17:00
Pediatrician Margaret Flowers speaks about protesting for change and her recent arrest in an effort to get a Medicare-for-all plan back on the table.
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Debating Citizens United v. FEC from 2010-02-05T17:00
Libertarian journalist Nick Gillespie and legal scholar Lawrence Lessig discuss public financing of campaigns and the effects of money on politics.
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What's Next For Campaign Finance? from 2010-02-05T17:00
In the wake of a controversial Supreme Court decision giving corporations and unions more freedom to spend on elections, many federal and state lawmakers are hoping to curb Citizens United V. FEC's...
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SCOTUS and Campaign Finance from 2010-01-29T17:00
Are America's elections now up for sale? The JOURNAL explores what the Supreme Court's decision means for campaign finance reform and the future of our democracy with progressive legal experts Moni...
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Richard Trumka on the State of the Unions from 2010-01-29T17:00
America's workers need jobs, and AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka is calling on them to stand up and fight. Trumka joins Bill Moyers to offer his perspective on President Obama's first State of the...
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Obama's First Year from 2010-01-22T17:00
The JOURNAL assesses Obama's first year as President in the wake of Democrats' defeat in Massachusetts' special election for Senate with Princeton politics and African American studies professor Me...
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Facing America's Energy Crisis from 2010-01-22T17:00
Faced with the increasing global demand for oil and the threat of climate change, experts say that America needs a new energy policy - but what are our options? Bill Moyers sits down with analysts ...
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A poem and Hope for Haiti from 2010-01-22T17:00
Bill Moyers on the crisis in Haiti, with a poem by Danielle Legros Georges.
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Thomas Frank from 2010-01-15T17:00
WALL STREET JOURNAL correspondent and author of THE WRECKING CREW: HOW CONSERVATIVES RUINED GOVERNMENT, ENRICHED THEMSELVES, AND BEGGARED THE NATION takes a look back at the decade that was.
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Greg Mortenson of THREE CUPS OF TEA from 2010-01-15T17:00
America has committed more money and more troops to Afghanistan, but Greg Mortenson, the bestselling author of THREE CUPS OF TEA argues that there's a better path to peace: building schools and nur...
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David Corn and Kevin Drum, Part 2 from 2010-01-08T17:00
MOTHER JONES journalists David Corn and Kevin Drum offer a hard look at the obstacles to real reform of the financial industry.
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David Corn and Kevin Drum, Part 1 from 2010-01-08T17:00
MOTHER JONES journalists David Corn and Kevin Drum offer a hard look at the obstacles to real reform of the financial industry.
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Bill T. Jones, Part 2 from 2009-12-25T17:00
At the close of Lincoln's bicentennial year, Bill Moyers Journal takes a unique look at the 16th President. Moyers speaks with critically acclaimed choreographer Bill T. Jones about his creative pr...
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Bill T. Jones, Part 1 from 2009-12-25T17:00
At the close of Lincoln's bicentennial year, Bill Moyers Journal takes a unique look at the 16th President. Moyers speaks with critically acclaimed choreographer Bill T. Jones about his creative pr...
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Robert Kuttner and Matt Taibbi from 2009-12-18T17:00
Amidst fading hopes for real reform on issues ranging from high finance to health care, economist Robert Kuttner and journalist Matt Taibbi join Bill Moyers to discuss Wall Street's power over the ...
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Steve Meacham and City Life/Vida Urbana from 2009-12-18T17:00
The JOURNAL profiles Steve Meacham, a Massachusetts community organizer fighting to keep working people in their homes.
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A Bill Moyers Essay: Books of 2009 from 2009-12-18T17:00
Bill Moyers picks his favorite books from 2009.
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Howard Zinn from 2009-12-11T17:00
Renowned historian Howard Zinn has chronicled centuries of people's struggles against oppression. He joins Bill Moyers to discuss the voices of today's people - facing big interests' outsized influ...
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George Goehl and Heather Booth from 2009-12-11T17:00
Organizers George Goehl and Heather Booth on turning anger into action.
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Web Exclusive: War, Peace and Landmines from 2009-12-11T17:00
A Bill Moyers Essay on Barack Obama, the Nobel Prize and the landmine treaty.
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Director Oliver Stone, Part I from 2009-12-04T17:00
Veteran Oliver Stone came back from Vietnam a changed man. Now, with four films on the Vietnam War under his belt –Platoon (1986), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Heaven & Earth (1993), and Pin...
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Director Oliver Stone, Part II from 2009-12-04T17:00
Veteran Oliver Stone came back from Vietnam a changed man. Now, with four films on the Vietnam War under his belt –Platoon (1986), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Heaven & Earth (1993), and Pin...
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Dr. Jane Goodall Part 1 from 2009-11-27T17:00
Dr. Jane Goodall. Despite dire warnings for our endangered planet, Jane Goodall says all is not yet lost - we can change course if we act now.
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Dr. Jane Goodall Part 2 from 2009-11-27T17:00
Dr. Jane Goodall. Despite dire warnings for our endangered planet, Jane Goodall says all is not yet lost - we can change course if we act now.
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Roots and Shoots from 2009-11-27T17:00
BILL MOYERS JOURNAL looks at Roots and Shoots, a global environmental and humanitarian youth program of The Jane Goodall Institute.
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LBJ's Path to War, Part I from 2009-11-20T17:00
As President Obama prepares to announce how many more troops he will send to Afghanistan, Bill Moyers remembers the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and the agonizing decisions that escalated America's...
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LBJ's Path to War, Part II from 2009-11-20T17:00
As President Obama prepares to announce how many more troops he will send to Afghanistan, Bill Moyers remembers the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and the agonizing decisions that escalated America's...
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Poets House from 2009-11-13T17:00
The JOURNAL visits a new home in New York City for contemplation and celebration of poetry.
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Anna Deavere Smith pt 2 from 2009-11-13T17:00
While politicians and the media war over "the public option" and "bending the cost curve," acclaimed actress-playwright Anna Deavere Smith and her one-woman play "LET ME DOWN EASY" give voice to qu...
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Anna Deavere Smith pt 1 from 2009-11-13T17:00
While politicians and the media war over "the public option" and "bending the cost curve," acclaimed actress-playwright Anna Deavere Smith and her one-woman play "LET ME DOWN EASY" give voice to qu...
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Web Exclusive: Glenn Greenwald from 2009-10-30T17:00
Bill Moyers conducts a Web exclusive interview with Glenn Greenwald, about Afghanistan, government secrecy, the economy and his challenge to the editorial staff of THE WASHINGTON POST to justify th...
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James Galbraith on Recovery from 2009-10-30T17:00
The Dow's up, but why are Main Street Americans still reeling from last year's economic collapse? With Americans still facing rising unemployment, foreclosures, and declining property values, reno...
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Brookhiser on Buckley from 2009-10-30T17:00
National Review senior editor Richard Brookhiser talks about his mentor William F. Buckley, Jr. and today's conservative movement.
Judge Richard Goldstone Pt 1 from 2009-10-23T17:00
Bill Moyers talks with Judge Richard Goldstone, who headed up the controversial UN Human Rights Council investigation into the fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
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Judge Richard Goldstone Pt 2 from 2009-10-23T17:00
Bill Moyers talks with Judge Richard Goldstone, who headed up the controversial UN Human Rights Council investigation into the fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
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Essay: Bill Moyers on Justice Justice from 2009-10-23T17:00
Bill Moyers remembers Texas judge William Wayne Justice.
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Remembering Charles Houston from 2009-10-09T17:00
Bill Moyers remembers his friend, renowned physician and mountaineer Charlie Houston
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Rory Stewart from 2009-09-25T17:00
Rory Stewart, director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, lays out an alternate strategy for the international community in Afghanistan.
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Kavita Ramdas from 2009-09-25T17:00
Kavita Ramdas, president and CEO of Global Fund for Women, the largest grant-making foundation focused exclusively on women's rights issues talks about human rights initiatives around the world.
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Sam Tanenhaus from 2009-09-18T17:00
Digging deep into the roots and evolution of the American conservative movement, Sam Tanenhaus talks with Bill Moyers about why he believes that conservatism is dead and how it might yet come back...
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Bill Fletcher and Michael Zweig from 2009-09-18T17:00
With public support for labor unions at its lowest point in 70 years, Bill Moyers talks with experts Bill Fletcher, co-author of SOLIDARITY DIVIDED: THE CRISIS IN ORGANIZED LABOR AND A NEW PATH TO...
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Web Exclusive Essay: The 9/12 Protests from 2009-09-18T17:00
A Bill Moyers essay on the protests in Washington, D.C. and whose funding opposition to health care reform.
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Journalist Nancy Youssef from 2009-09-11T17:00
The JOURNAL takes a hard look at the state of affairs in ever-divided Afghanistan with McClatchy DC Pentagon correspondent Nancy Youssef.
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Dr. Jim Yong Kim from 2009-09-11T17:00
Global health specialist and Dartmouth College president Dr. Jim Yong Kim shares his expertise in public health.
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Floyd Abrams from 2009-09-04T17:00
Next week, the Supreme Court reconvenes early for a special hearing on the constitutionality of campaign finance limits for corporations. Bill Moyers talks with Floyd Abrams, a First Amendment atto...
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Floyd Abrams and Trevor Potter from 2009-09-04T17:00
Next week, the Supreme Court reconvenes early for a special hearing on the constitutionality of campaign finance limits for corporations. To hear the arguments, Bill Moyers sits down with Trevor Po...
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Critical Condition Pt 1 from 2009-08-21T17:00
Bill Moyers Journal presents CRITICAL CONDITION, a film by Roger Weisberg that follows families fighting illness without health coverage. The families discover that being uninsured can cost them t...
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Critical Condition Pt 2 from 2009-08-21T17:00
Bill Moyers Journal presents CRITICAL CONDITION, a film by Roger Weisberg that follows families fighting illness without health coverage. The families discover that being uninsured can cost them t...
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Drew Altman from 2009-08-14T17:00
Media analyst Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Kaiser Family Foundation president and CEO Drew Altman discuss the messages in health care ads today, and how well they reflect the real issues of health ca...
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David Frum from 2009-08-14T17:00
Conservative journalist David Frum worries that Republicans would only win a failing status quo in their fight to kill health care reform. Bill Moyers sits down with the former special assistant t...
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Trudy Lieberman and Dr. Marcia Angell from 2009-07-24T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with Trudy Lieberman, director of the health and medical reporting program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, and Marcia Angell, senior lecturer in social medicine at...
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Rage on the Airwaves from 2009-07-24T17:00
What happens when America's airwaves fill with hate? BILL MOYERS JOURNAL revisits a tough look at the hostile industry of "Shock Jock" media with a hard-hitting examination of its effects on our n...
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Robert Wright from 2009-07-17T17:00
In his new book, THE EVOLUTION OF GOD, bestselling author Robert Wright examines how the idea of God has changed through history. Wright sits down with Bill Moyers to discuss why he thinks the not...
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Obama and Environmentalists from 2009-07-17T17:00
Bill Moyers talks with two environmental activists who are disappointed in Obama's progress on climate change.
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Wendell Potter from 2009-07-10T17:00
With almost 20 years inside the health insurance industry, Wendell Potter saw for-profit insurers hijack our health care system and put profits before patients. Now, he speaks with Bill Moyers abo...
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Money, Politics and Health Care from 2009-07-10T17:00
Bill Moyers looks at the influence of money and lobbying on health care reform efforts in Washington, D.C.
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Faith and Social Justice from 2009-07-03T17:00
Bill Moyers talks to Cornel West, Serene Jones, and Gary Dorrien for a fresh take on what our core ethics and values as a society say about America's politics, policy, and the challenges of balanc...
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W. S. Merwin, Part I from 2009-06-26T17:00
On the heels of winning this year's Pulitzer prize for poetry, W.S. Merwin joins Bill Moyers for a wide-ranging conversation about language, his writing process, the natural world, and the insigh...
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W. S. Merwin, Part II from 2009-06-26T17:00
On the heels of winning this year's Pulitzer prize for poetry, W.S. Merwin joins Bill Moyers for a wide-ranging conversation about language, his writing process, the natural world, and the insigh...
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Women Fight for Peace, Part I from 2009-06-19T17:00
Instructed by a dream and organized in prayer, Leymah Gbowee and thousands of everyday women in Liberia --both Christians and Muslims alike --confronted warlords and a corrupt president to successf...
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Women Fight for Peace, Part II from 2009-06-19T17:00
Instructed by a dream and organized in prayer, Leymah Gbowee and thousands of everyday women in Liberia --both Christians and Muslims alike --confronted warlords and a corrupt president to successf...
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Robert Reich from 2009-06-12T17:00
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich sits down with Bill Moyers to talk about the influence of lobbyists on policy, the economy, and the ongoing debate over health care.
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Time again for Thomas Paine? from 2009-06-12T17:00
On the 200th anniversary of Thomas Paine's death, Bill Moyers sits down with THOMAS PAINE AND THE PROMISE OF AMERICA author Harvey J. Kaye and NATIONAL REVIEW senior editor Richard Brookhiser, auth...
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Jeremy Scahill from 2009-06-05T17:00
From a billion dollars sought for embassies in Pakistan and Afghanistan to May's highest casualties for US forces in Iraq since September, the wars abroad are taking their toll on our nation. Bill...
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Brooke Gladstone and Jay Rosen from 2009-06-05T17:00
From headlines surrounding the health care debate to media frenzy over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, NPR's On the Media host Brooke Gladstone and NYU journalism professor and PressThink bl...
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Health Care Reform: Donna Smith from 2009-05-22T17:00
Bill Moyers speaks with advocate Donna Smith about how our broken system is hurting ordinary Americans.
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Health Care Reform from 2009-05-22T17:00
Washington's abuzz about health care, but why isn't a single-payer plan an option on the table? Public Citizen's Dr. Sidney Wolfe and Physicians for a National Health Program's Dr. David Himmelstei...
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Shahan Mufti and Juan Cole from 2009-05-15T17:00
As the world follows the violence and unrest in Pakistan, Bill Moyers speaks with historian Juan Cole and journalist Shahan Mufti about the U.S. relationship with Pakistan, how it relates to the wa...
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Daniel Goleman from 2009-05-15T17:00
Daniel Goleman explains to Bill Moyers how better educated consumers can help build a sustainable economy.
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Bill Moyers on Twitter from 2009-05-15T17:00
Bill Moyers contemplates the pressing question, "To tweet or not to tweet?"
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Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot from 2009-05-08T17:00
Bill Moyers speaks with one of America's leading educators and author of THE THIRD CHAPTER: PASSION RISK AND ADVENTURE IN THE 25 YEARS AFTER 50.
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Senator Dick Durbin from 2009-05-08T17:00
As the banking stress test results come in, the Journal takes a closer look at money's stranglehold on politics. Bill Moyers speaks with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) - who declared last week that ba...
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US Torture and Consequences? from 2009-05-01T17:00
New debate has emerged from the release of the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel memos approving extreme measures of interrogation under the Bush administration. But, as the Pre...
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Frontlines of Foreclosure from 2009-05-01T17:00
The JOURNAL profiles Steve Meacham, a Boston-based organizer who's trying to halt the tidal wave of evictions and foreclosures plaguing his community. Meacham works for an award-winning organizatio...
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Simon Johnson and Michael Perino, Part I from 2009-04-24T17:00
This week, the Senate responded to the growing demand for a new Pecora Hearing, the 1930s investigation into the causes and effects of the Great Depression. ring, the 1930s investigation into the c...
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Simon Johnson and Michael Perino, Part II from 2009-04-24T17:00
This week, the Senate responded to the growing demand for a new Pecora Hearing, the 1930s investigation into the causes and effects of the Great Depression. ring, the 1930s investigation into the c...
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David Simon Part 1 from 2009-04-17T17:00
From crime beat reporter for the BALTIMORE SUN to award-winning screenwriter of HBO's critically-acclaimed The Wire, David Simon talks with Bill Moyers about inner-city crime and politics, storytel...
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David Simon Part 2 from 2009-04-17T17:00
From crime beat reporter for the BALTIMORE SUN to award-winning screenwriter of HBO's critically-acclaimed The Wire, David Simon talks with Bill Moyers about inner-city crime and politics, storytel...
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Lincoln's Legend and Legacy Part 1 from 2009-04-10T17:00
Assassinated on Good Friday, Abraham Lincoln was transformed from man to martyr and myth. In this special performance edition of Bill Moyers Journal acclaimed actor Sam Waterston and historian Haro...
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Lincoln's Legend and Legacy Part 2 from 2009-04-10T17:00
Assassinated on Good Friday, Abraham Lincoln was transformed from man to martyr and myth. In this special performance edition of Bill Moyers Journal acclaimed actor Sam Waterston and historian Haro...
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Lincoln's Legend and Legacy Part 3 from 2009-04-10T17:00
Assassinated on Good Friday, Abraham Lincoln was transformed from man to martyr and myth. In this special performance edition of Bill Moyers Journal acclaimed actor Sam Waterston and historian Haro...
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Corruption in America's Banks? William K. Black from 2009-04-03T17:00
The financial industry brought the economy to its knees, but how did they get away with it? With the nation wondering how to hold the bankers accountable, Bill Moyers sits down with Bill Black, th...
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Glenn Greenwald and Amy Goodman from 2009-04-03T17:00
Alternative media heavyweights Glenn Greenwald and Amy Goodman about what can and can't be addressed in big corporate media.
James Thindwa from 2009-03-27T17:00
The JOURNAL profiles James Thindwa, whose campaign for economic fairness for working people in Chicago has brought him up against the city's powerful political establishment and corporate giant Wal...
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Questions for the President. from 2009-03-27T17:00
Questions for the President. A Bill Moyers essay.
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Marta Pelaez on Families in Trouble. from 2009-03-20T17:00
Bill Moyers talks with Marta Pelaez, president and CEO of Family Violence Prevention Services, Inc., a domestic abuse shelter in San Antonio, TX, for perspective on the human face of the economic d...
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Mike Davis. from 2009-03-20T17:00
With the media buzzing over socialism in the Beltway, Bill Moyers sits down with "old-school socialist" Mike Davis for his critique of the government's response to the economic crisis and how he th...
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Moyers on Socialism from 2009-03-20T17:00
Bill Moyers reflects on America's trouble with the word socialism.
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Karen Armstrong, Part I from 2009-03-13T17:00
With economic, political, and social strife across the globe, prominent religious scholar Karen Armstrong discusses our human commonalities and her work on an international charter for compassion. ...
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Karen Armstrong, Part II from 2009-03-13T17:00
With economic, political, and social strife across the globe, prominent religious scholar Karen Armstrong discusses our human commonalities and her work on an international charter for compassion. ...
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Dodge Poetry Festival from 2009-03-06T17:00
Bill Moyers celebrates poetry at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, which included renowned poets Coleman Barks, W.S. Merwin, Stanley Kunitz, Kurtis Lamkin, among many others.
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Robert Johnson from 2009-02-27T17:00
Bill Moyers talks with economist Robert Johnson, who decodes this week's news on the bank bailout, with a hard look at the international ramifications of the plan and a discussion of why nationaliz...
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John McWhorter from 2009-02-27T17:00
Scholar John McWhorter weighs in on whether the U.S. is "a nation of cowards," as Attorney General Eric Holder suggests, on racial issues.
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Robert G. Kaiser from 2009-02-20T17:00
Robert G. Kaiser has been following Beltway politics for THE WASHINGTON POST for nearly 50 years. This week on the Journal, Bill Moyers talks with Kaiser about his new book, SO DAMN MUCH MONEY: THE...
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Parker Palmer from 2009-02-20T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with Parker J. Palmer, founder and senior partner of the Center for Courage and Renewal, for a conversation about maintaining spiritual wholeness even as the economy and polit...
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Bill Moyers on Afghanistan from 2009-02-20T17:00
Bill Moyers reflects on President Obama's recent announcement that he will send more troops to Afghanistan.
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Simon Johnson from 2009-02-13T17:00
Former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), MIT Sloan School of Management professor and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Simon Johnson exam...
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Nikki Giovanni from 2009-02-13T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with renowned poet Nikki Giovanni, whose 27 books have spanned the themes of race, politics, sex and violence.
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Glenn Greenwald and Jay Rosen. from 2009-02-06T17:00
Is the old media sustaining the old politics? News and analysis with NYU journalism professor and PressThink blogger Jay Rosen and political journalist and Salon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald.
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Eric Foner on Abraham Lincoln. from 2009-02-06T17:00
The legacy and legend of Lincoln. As Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial birthday approaches, Bill Moyers sits down with historian and Lincoln biographer Eric Foner to discuss the legacy and the legend...
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America's Policy on Bombing. from 2009-01-30T17:00
On the heels of the American drone attacks on suspected terrorist compounds in Pakistan, Bill Moyers Journal takes a closer look at America's history of and current policy on bombing, explores the ...
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Vartan Gregorian from 2009-01-30T17:00
With state budgets strapped, President Obama's proposed economic stimulus plan directs funds to educational institutions. Bill Moyers talks with Carnegie Corporation president Vartan Gregorian on t...
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Patricia Williams and Melissa Harris-Lacewell from 2009-01-23T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with Columbia law professor and Nation columnist Patricia Williams and Princeton politics and African American studies professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell about the significance...
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David Sirota and Thomas Frank from 2009-01-23T17:00
Political columnist and blogger David Sirota and WALL STREET JOURNAL columnist Thomas Frank talk with Bill Moyers about their hopes and expectations of this administration.
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Simon Schama Part 1 from 2009-01-16T17:00
Bill Moyers speaks with historian Simon Schama, who spent months traveling across America in the run-up to an historic election to discover what events in our nation's past can tell us about how we...
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Simon Schama Part 2 from 2009-01-16T17:00
Bill Moyers speaks with historian Simon Schama, who spent months traveling across America in the run-up to an historic election to discover what events in our nation's past can tell us about how we...
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Born Again American from 2009-01-16T17:00
Find out more about the Born Again American film and project - and get back to basics by reviewing America's founding documents.
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Bill Moyers Responds from 2009-01-16T17:00
Bill Moyers responds to viewer feedback about Gaza.
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Bill Moyers on Middle East Violence from 2009-01-09T17:00
Bill Moyers reflects on the recent violence in the Middle East. PLEASE NOTE: This essay containins video and images of the Israeli and Palestinian casualties - including children - in Gaza as wel...
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EXPOSE: Mr. Heath Goes Back to Washington from 2009-01-09T17:00
Get an update on the SEATTLE TIMES reporters who uncovered how members of Congress had awarded federal dollars for questionable purposes to companies in local Congressional districts - often to com...
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Leo Gerard from 2009-01-09T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with United Steelworkers' International President Leo Gerard to discuss seeking economic justice for workers in the middle of an economic crisis and how he sees the future of ...
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John Lithgow, Part I from 2009-01-02T17:00
He's played heroes, villains, saints, sinners, a ballet-dancing elephant, and a space alien, now actor and children's author John Lithgow - best known as Dick Solomon from NBC's hit show 3rd Rock f...
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John Lithgow, Part II from 2009-01-02T17:00
He's played heroes, villains, saints, sinners, a ballet-dancing elephant, and a space alien, now actor and children's author John Lithgow - best known as Dick Solomon from NBC's hit show 3rd Rock f...
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Remembering Al Meyerhoff from 2009-01-02T17:00
Remembering environmental lawyer Al Meyerhoff: A Bill Moyers essay.
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Sarah Chayes on Afghanistan from 2008-12-19T17:00
As a new administration is set to take over in the White House, Bill Moyers checks in with author Sarah Chayes on the state of affairs in America's other war in Afghanistan. An author and former jo...
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New York Governor David Paterson from 2008-12-19T17:00
As 43 states face budget shortfalls, New York Governor David Paterson talks with Bill Moyers about how states are dealing with the economic crisis.
EXPOSE: A Private War from 2008-12-19T17:00
EXPOSE: AMERICA'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS examine a whistleblower's tale of military housing contracts gone awry.
Glenn Greenwald on Returning the Rule of Law from 2008-12-12T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with political commentator and Salon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald who asks: Are we a nation ruled by men or by laws? A former constitutional and civil rights lawyer, Greenwald ...
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Emma Coleman Jordan on the bailout hearings from 2008-12-12T17:00
Georgetown University's legal and finance scholar Emma Coleman Jordan takes Bill Moyers through recent news on the bailouts as big business begs for more.
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Senator Russ Feingold from 2008-12-05T17:00
As one of the most progressive voices in the Senate who also campaigned for President-elect Obama, what does Russ Feingold (D-WI) expect of the next four years? Bill Moyers sits down with the Wisco...
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Deepening the American Dream: Pledge from 2008-12-05T17:00
Take part in our Web-only project about the future of the American Dream.
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Playing for Change: Pledge from 2008-12-05T17:00
Bill Moyers talks with Mark Johnson, the producer of a remarkable documentary about the simple but transformative power of music.
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Michael Pollan, Part I from 2008-11-28T17:00
As Americans gather to give thanks this week, food - quality, quantity, cost - remains a national issue. Bill Moyers Journal takes a hard look at how America's food policies - trade rules, farm su...
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Michael Pollan, Part II from 2008-11-28T17:00
As Americans gather to give thanks this week, food - quality, quantity, cost - remains a national issue. Bill Moyers Journal takes a hard look at how America's food policies - trade rules, farm su...
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Joe Nocera from 2008-11-21T17:00
JOURNAL guest host Deborah Amos sits down with NEW YORK TIMES business columnist Joe Nocera to discuss what we learned about the bailout this week and to weigh whether or not it's working.
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EXPOSE: Fatal flaws in gaslines from 2008-11-21T17:00
BILL MOYERS JOURNAL and EXPOSE: AMERICA'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS present an investigative story into tragic accidents resulting from natural gas explosions. The report is part of BLUEPRINT AMERICA, ...
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Honoring Veterans from 2008-11-14T17:00
Veterans speak up about the best ways to thank them for their service.
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Foreign Policy and a New President from 2008-11-14T17:00
What will President-elect Obama's promises of change mean for the Middle East? JOURNAL guest host Deborah Amos sits down with Elizabeth Rubin, the Edward R. Murrow press fellow at the Council on Fo...
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Bill Moyers on Changing Times from 2008-11-07T17:00
A Bill Moyers essay on change and the new administration.
Eric Foner and Patricia J. Williams from 2008-11-07T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with Columbia University professor Eric Foner, who specializes in political and African-American history, and Patricia J. Williams, a professor of law at Columbia University.<...
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Glenn Loury from 2008-10-31T17:00
The Annenberg School's Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Brown University's Glenn Loury on the final days of a historic election cycle.
Joan Claybrook and Bob Edgar from 2008-10-31T17:00
Can the stranglehold of money on politics be broken? Bill Moyers sits down with Joan Claybrook, president of Public Citizen, and Bob Edgar, president and CEO of Common Cause, to discuss how Beltway...
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Bill Moyers Essay: Your Vote from 2008-10-24T17:00
A Bill Moyers essay on the importance of the vote.
James K. Galbraith from 2008-10-24T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down to talk about the economic future with with James K. Galbraith, Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University...
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Playing for Change from 2008-10-24T17:00
Bill Moyers talks with Mark Johnson, the producer of a remarkable documentary about the simple but transformative power of music.
Not About the Campaign: A Bill Moyers Essay from 2008-10-24T17:00
Bill Moyers on non-campaign news.
Roberto Lovato and Linda Chavez from 2008-10-17T17:00
Roberto Lovato and Linda Chavez on politics two weeks before the election.
Michael Zweig from 2008-10-17T17:00
Michael Zweig, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for the Study of Working Class Life at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, on the economic realities of the downturn. <...
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Mark Crispin Miller from 2008-10-17T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with Mark Crispin Miller, professor of Media Ecology in the Department of Culture and Communication at NYU, who has been following voter fraud allegations in his blog News fro...
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George Soros from 2008-10-10T17:00
Bill Moyers talks with one of the world's most successful investors George Soros about the global capital meltdown, how he saw it coming, and what can be done now.
Web Exclusive Essay: The 2002 War Resolution from 2008-10-10T17:00
In this web exclusive essay, on the sixth anniversary of the congressional vote to grant President George W. Bush the power to invade Iraq, Bill Moyers looks back to October 2002 and the Senate de...
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Emma Coleman Jordan from 2008-10-03T17:00
Georgetown University's legal and finance scholar Emma Coleman Jordan looks behind the headlines, and the politics, of the Wall Street bailout debate on the Hill and on Main Street.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Brooke Gladstone from 2008-10-03T17:00
The JOURNAL takes an in-depth look at the news of the week to sort out the media-frenzied hype from the facts the public needs to know. Factcheck.org's Kathleen Hall Jamieson and ON THE MEDIA's B...
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Gretchen Morgenson and Floyd Norris from 2008-09-19T17:00
NEW YORK TIMES business and financial columnists Gretchen Morgenson and Floyd Norris to discuss who wins and who loses in the financial turmoil.
Taken by the Old Ball Game from 2008-09-19T17:00
A Bill Moyers essay on the new Yankee Stadium...and other matters
Kevin Phillips from 2008-09-19T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with former Nixon White House strategist and political and economic critic Kevin Phillips, whose latest book BAD MONEY: RECKLESS FINANCE, FAILED POLITICS, AND THE GLOBAL CRISI...
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Rage on the Radio from 2008-09-12T17:00
Bill Moyers Journal takes a tough look at the hostile industry of "Shock Jock" media with a hard-hitting examination of its effects on our nation's political discourse. The Journal traveled to Kno...
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Campaign Coverage Analysis from 2008-09-12T17:00
NEWSDAY's Les Payne and ON THE MEDIA's Brooke Gladstone on the press, the public, the candidates and the campaign.
Letters about the National Guard from 2008-09-12T17:00
Response to the story "Weekend Warriors Off to Iraq." BILL MOYERS JOURNAL gives viewers an intimate look at how deployments of National Guard troops to Iraq affect the state Governors' ability to...
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Weekend Warriors No More from 2008-09-05T17:00
BILL MOYERS JOURNAL gives viewers an intimate look at how deployments of National Guard troops to Iraq affect the state Governors' ability to swiftly respond to domestic disaster at home and impa...
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Democratic Direction from 2008-08-29T17:00
Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and University of Pennsylvania professor of political science Adolph Reed, Jr. to discuss the promises from the DNC and expectations of Barack Obama.
One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State from 2008-08-29T17:00
Bill Moyers speaks with political analysts Merle and Earl Black, who've tracked the American electorate for years. They will discuss how American demographics - particularly votes from the Souther...
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Middle Class Squeeze from 2008-08-22T17:00
With celebrations set to kick off in Denver for the Democratic National Convention, the JOURNAL travels to Colorado where tough economic times are hitting suburban communities.
Independent Voices in China from 2008-08-22T17:00
BILL MOYERS JOURNAL talks to bloggers and activists in China. Will they be heard through the Olympic roar?
Philip Pan from 2008-08-22T17:00
And, as the Olympics are set to close, Bill Moyers interviews Philip Pan, foreign correspondent and former Beijing bureau chief for the Washington Post, on how the emerging economic power of Chin...
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Andrew J. Bacevich, Part II from 2008-08-15T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with history and international relations expert and former US Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich who identifies three major problems facing our democracy: the crises of economy...
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Andrew J. Bacevich, Part I from 2008-08-15T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with history and international relations expert and former US Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich who identifies three major problems facing our democracy: the crises of economy...
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Torture Hearings from 2008-07-25T17:00
BILL MOYERS JOURNAL goes inside last week's hearings on torture in Congress.
Jane Mayer from 2008-07-25T17:00
Perspective from journalist Jane Mayer on the debate over whether the U.S. sanctioned torture to prosecute the war on terror. Mayer's recent book, THE DARK SIDE: THE INSIDE STORY OF HOW THE WAR ON...
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Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings from 2008-07-25T17:00
Former Democratic Senator Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings gives his views on the stranglehold of money on Washington. "You've got to untie the money knot," he tells Moyers. "Then...the government will...
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Mortgage Meltdown from 2008-07-18T17:00
BILL MOYERS JOURNAL travels to ground zero of the mortgage meltdown-Cleveland, Ohio. Correspondent Rick Karr takes viewers to Slavic Village, one of the hardest hit neighborhoods in the nation whe...
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American Dream from 2008-07-18T17:00
Bill Moyers gives a preview of next week's show and asks for participation in the Deepening the American Dream Project.
William Greider from 2008-07-18T17:00
Moyers gets perspective from veteran journalist William Greider on the current financial crisis and what he calls "the great deflation of Wall Street."
Conservative Movement Woes, I from 2008-07-11T17:00
Conservatives Mickey Edwards and Ross Douthat discuss why they believe their movement has gone off track during the last eight years and what it means for the Republican Party. Douthat is senior ...
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Conservative Movement Woes, II from 2008-07-11T17:00
Conservatives Mickey Edwards and Ross Douthat discuss why they believe their movement has gone off track during the last eight years and what it means for the Republican Party. Douthat is senior ...
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Deepening the American Dream from 2008-07-11T17:00
Bill Moyers introduces "Deepening the American Dream," a Web-only project at www.pbs.org/moyers that features essays and videos of some of Moyers' notable guests laying out their vision for the fut...
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Contemplating Climate Security from 2008-06-27T17:00
Bill Moyers interviews Senator Barbara Boxer about global warming.
Expose on the Journal: Worker Safety from 2008-06-27T17:00
Are regulators rewarding companies for inaccurate reporting of injuries?
Douglas Blackmon from 2008-06-20T17:00
Bill Moyers interviews Douglas Blackmon, the Atlanta bureau chief of the WALL STREET JOURNAL, about his latest book, SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME, which looks at an "age of neoslavery" that thrived fr...
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Patterson and Loury from 2008-06-20T17:00
BILL MOYERS JOURNAL examines racial inequality in America through the prisms of the legacy of slavery and the current socio-economic landscape with perspective from historical and cultural sociol...
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Los Angeles Labor from 2008-06-13T17:00
Bill Moyers Journal analyzes the growing inequality gap on the ground in Los Angeles where recently union workers marched to bring attention to how they are getting squeezed out of the shrinking ...
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Holly Sklar from 2008-06-13T17:00
Holly Sklar, co-author of Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies that Work For All of Us, discusses what current economic conditions say about the state of the American dream.
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Steve Fraser on Gilded Ages from 2008-06-13T17:00
Bill Moyers also interviews Steve Fraser, historian and author of Wall Street: America's Dream Palace, about the modern parallels and differences to the first Gilded Age, the big disparity between ...
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Dr. Ronald Walters and Kathleen Hall Jamieson from 2008-06-06T17:00
The Annenberg School's Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Dr. Ronald Walters, director of the African American Leadership Institute and Scholar Practitioner Program at the University of Maryland, contempla...
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THE MEDIA, MCCLELLAN, AND THE WAR from 2008-06-06T17:00
There's nothing new in Scott McClellan's book about the propaganda campaign or the role of the press in selling the war, so why is it such big news? Journalists Jonathan Landay and John Walcott of ...
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Bill Moyers on The Democratic Party's Nominee from 2008-06-06T17:00
Bill Moyers on the Democratic Party and its new nominee.
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A Democratic house divided. from 2008-05-16T17:00
Bill Moyers interviews Berkeley Law professors Christopher Edley, Jr. and Maria Echaveste - he's for Obama and she's for Clinton. They met working in the Clinton administration and now, having bee...
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Melody Petersen from 2008-05-16T17:00
Melody Petersen talks with Bill Moyers about her new book OUR DAILY MEDS, and how drug companies market medication.
Journal Updates from 2008-05-16T17:00
From the Farm Bill to the situation in Sadr City - updates on JOURNAL stories.
California Nurses Association from 2008-05-09T17:00
Bill Moyers Journal profiles the fight the California Nurses Association (CNA) has been waging over universal healthcare. "There shouldn't be a double standard," says Rose Ann DeMoro, executive di...
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Philippe Sands from 2008-05-09T17:00
British law professor Philippe Sands, author of TORTURE TEAM, talks about the approval of coercive interrogation by high-level American officials.
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Essay on Jeremiah Wright from 2008-05-02T17:00
Bill Moyers reflects on his interview with Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
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Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky from 2008-05-02T17:00
Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf's new book MISSION ACCOMPLISHED looks back at what the experts told us would happen in Iraq.
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Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Part I from 2008-04-25T17:00
Bill Moyers interviews the Reverend Jeremiah Wright in his first broadcast interview with a journalist since he became embroiled in a controversy for his remarks and his relationship with Barack Ob...
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Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Part II from 2008-04-25T17:00
Bill Moyers interviews the Reverend Jeremiah Wright in his first broadcast interview with a journalist since he became embroiled in a controversy for his remarks and his relationship with Barack Ob...
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Leila Fadel from 2008-04-18T17:00
Just back from being under fire in Sadr City this week, award-winning journalist Leila Fadel, Baghdad Bureau Chief for McClatchy, gives viewers on-the-ground analysis of the latest events and close...
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Martha Nussbaum from 2008-04-18T17:00
Bill Moyers talks with Marth Nussbaum, the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at University of Chicago, about church and state, and her newest book, LIBERTY OF CONSCIENC...
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Cash Cows and Cowboy Starter Kits from 2008-04-11T17:00
As food prices go sky high and millions go hungry in America, why are tax dollars being spent on farmers who don't farm? Bill Moyers Journal teams up with the PBS series Expose: America's Investig...
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Hunger in America from 2008-04-11T17:00
The broadcast looks at shortages at America's food banks.
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David Beckmann from 2008-04-04T17:00
Bill Moyers talks with the president of Bread for the World about the challenges of combatting hunger.
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Hope in the Congo, Part I from 2008-04-04T17:00
Bill Moyers Journal takes viewers on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo-a country almost one-fourth the size of the US-to follow aid workers and local relief efforts that are bringi...
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Hope in the Congo, Part II from 2008-04-04T17:00
Bill Moyers Journal takes viewers on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo-a country almost one-fourth the size of the US-to follow aid workers and local relief efforts that are bringi...
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Reflections on the Kerner Commission from 2008-03-28T17:00
Forty years after race riots in Detroit, Newark, and dozens of other cities stunned the nation, has anything changed? The program takes a look at an update of the Kerner Commission Report, which b...
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker from 2008-03-28T17:00
Bill Moyers interviews Newark Mayor Cory Booker for a frontline report on race and politics today.
Part II: Casualty of War from 2008-03-22T17:00
Bill Moyers interviews former talk show host Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro on the true cost of war and their documentary, BODY OF WAR, depicting the moving story of one veteran dealing with the afte...
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Casualty of War: Part I from 2008-03-21T17:00
Bill Moyers interviews former talk show host Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro on the true cost of war and their documentary, BODY OF WAR, depicting the moving story of one veteran dealing with the afte...
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Christians United for Israel from 2008-03-07T17:00
John McCain has won the GOP nomination. Can he win the hearts and minds of the Christian right? Bill Moyers Journal reports on popular conservative evangelist John Hagee and his controversial endo...
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Mickey Edwards and Matt Welch from 2008-03-07T17:00
Bill Moyers talks about the state and future of conservatism in light of Senator McCain's nomination with former Congressman Mickey Edwards (R-OK), author of RECLAIMING CONSERVATISM: HOW A GREAT AM...
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Rick Karr on Government Secrecy from 2008-02-29T17:00
Are muckrakers and whistleblowers facing insurmountable odds?
Nell Painter from 2008-02-29T17:00
Also on the program, historian Nell Irvin Painter examines what history reveals about the current state of inequality in America. Painter looks at today's economic disparity as a new "Gilded Age...
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Expose on the Journal from 2008-02-22T17:00
Bill Moyers Journal and the PBS series Expose: America's Investigative Reports offer a hard and fresh look at how earmarks really work. Watch a preview. The broadcast profiles Seattle Times report...
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Sarah Chayes from 2008-02-22T17:00
Sarah Chayes, author and former journalist who has been helping rebuild Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime, with a look at the front lines of America's war there.
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Debt Dilemma from 2008-02-15T17:00
Does America's $9 trillion federal debt mean we are mortgaging our future and jeopardizing individual savings, healthcare, and retirement for generations to come? Bill Moyers gets a reality check f...
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Susan Jacoby from 2008-02-15T17:00
Susan Jacoby, author of THE AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON, talks about the crisis of ignorance in the U.S. and how a 'flight from reason' is playing out in American politics and society. "We have really...
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Photojournalist Lori Grinker from 2008-02-15T17:00
Photojournalist Lori Grinker takes viewers to Amman, Jordan for a devastating look at the fate of Iraqis displaced by the conflict.
Government Waste from 2008-02-01T17:00
PART II: BILL MOYERS JOURNAL examines the reality of waste and abuse of power in Washington with a look at the investigations being conducted by Congress's Committee on Oversight and Government Ref...
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John Grisham from 2008-01-25T17:00
Bill Moyers interviews John Grisham, best-selling author of THE FIRM, THE PELICAN BRIEF, and THE RAINMAKER, in a far-ranging conversation that gives viewers insight into the beliefs and background ...
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Moyers on the Rhetoric and the Reality from 2008-01-25T17:00
Bill Moyers compares the rhetoric coming out of Washington with the reality on the ground when it comes to some major issues: the economy, the war, prospects for peace in the Middle East.
Winning the Vote from 2008-01-25T17:00
A look at another record-breaking cycle in campaign ad spending.
The Downturn on the Homefront from 2008-01-25T17:00
Sociologist Katherine Newman on the global markets' effect on kitchen table issues.
Moyers on Clinton, Obama, King and Johnson from 2008-01-18T17:00
A Bill Moyers essay on Martin Luther King, Jr., LBJ, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Craig Unger on the Houses of Saud snd Bush from 2008-01-18T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with journalist Craig Unger, contributing editor of VANITY FAIR and author of the best-selling HOUSE OF BUSH, HOUSE OF SAUD and, most recently, THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF BUSH, ...
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David Cay Johnston from 2008-01-18T17:00
Bill Moyers interviews NEW YORK TIMES investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winner David Cay Johnston who says America's system has been rigged to benefit the super-rich.
Harvey J. Kaye: Time Again for Tom Paine? from 2008-01-18T17:00
The historian and author of THOMAS PAINE AND THE PROMISE OF AMERICA discusses the role of whom he calls "the greatest radical of a radical age."
Shelby Steele from 2008-01-11T17:00
Bill Moyers talks with Shelby Steele about race and politics.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson from 2008-01-04T17:00
Campaign analyst Kathleen Hall Jamieson on life after Iowa.
Thomas Cahill from 2007-12-28T17:00
Bill Moyers interviews best-selling historian Thomas Cahill in a far ranging interview that takes viewers from the Coliseum in Rome to death row in Texas and examines what our attitudes toward crue...
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Archbishop Tutu from 2007-12-28T17:00
Bill Moyers sat down with Archbishop Tutu in 1999 discussing his chairmanship of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Benjamin R. Barber from 2007-12-21T17:00
Bill Moyers sits down with author and professor Benjamin Barber to discuss how he believes capitalism threatens American democracy.
Sanford Levinson from 2007-12-21T17:00
Is it time to rewrite the Constitution? Perspective from the University of Texas Law School's Sanford Levinson, author of OUR UNDEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION.
A Society on Steroids from 2007-12-21T17:00
A Bill Moyers essay on baseball, the media and American excess.
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Keith Olbermann from 2007-12-14T17:00
Bill Moyers talks with host of MSNBC's COUNTDOWN with Keith Olbermann about the relationships between politics and journalism.
Massing of the Media from 2007-12-14T17:00
A report on the debate around relaxing ownership rules and a look at the real-world implications of increasing cross-ownership of newspapers and broadcast outlets in the same markets.
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Dr. Ronald Walters from 2007-12-14T17:00
The director of the African American Leadership Center at the University of Maryland on how race is playing out in the campaign.
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Moyers Mailbag from 2007-12-07T17:00
You've been talking and we've been listening. THE JOURNAL highlights your comments and suggestions from some of our recent broadcasts.
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Religion and the Red, White and Blue '08 from 2007-12-07T17:00
With pastor and denominational leader Mike Huckabee, surging in the polls and Mitt Romney giving a widely anticipated speech on his Mormon faith, Moyers and Jamieson are joined by scholar Melissa R...
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Politics 2.0 from 2007-12-07T17:00
Bill Moyers talks with Kathleen Hall Jamieson about how the Internet has transformed the political campaign in the United States.
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