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Veteran journalist Bill Moyers returns to PBS with Bill Moyers Journal, a weekly program of interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy, and issues facing democracy.
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Veteran journalist Bill Moyers returns to PBS with Bill Moyers Journal, a weekly program of interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy, and issues facing democracy.
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Moyers & Company was a weekly hour of compelling and vital conversation about life and the state of American democracy, featuring some of the best thinkers of our time. A range of scholars, artists, activists, scientists, philosophers and newsmakers bring context, insight and meaning to important topics. The series occasionally included Bill Moyers' own timely and penetrating essays on society and government. (2012-2015)
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Bill Moyers and others from our team in conversation with writers, academics, activists and other big thinkers about the issues of vital concern to our democracy.
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New for 2016! This audio-only podcast from BillMoyers.com offers compelling and vital conversation about life and the state of American democracy, featuring some of the best thinkers of our time. A range of scholars, artists, activists, scientists, philosophers and newsmakers bring context, insight and meaning to important topics, like the 2016 Election. Subscribe to the podcast for an audio version of this Web-only series.
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Dr. Bandy Lee Saw It Coming – The Violence Foretold in Donald Trump’s Election.
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47:52Dr. Bandy Lee saw it coming – the violence foretold in Donald Trump’s election. While millions of Americans were still trying to figure out if Trump was just a crude playboy and fast-talking con man she felt a duty to warn the country about dangerous possibilities stemming from a man who lacked the mental fitness to be president. For almost 20 year…
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Bill Moyers talks with Dr. Bandy Lee About THE DANGEROUS CASE OF DONALD TRUMP
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1:01:02Bill Moyers talks with Dr. Bandy Lee, editor of THE DANGEROUS CASE OF DONALD TRUMP. Four years ago, Dr. Lee felt a duty to warn the country about dangerous possibilities stemming from a man who lacked the mental fitness to be president, breaking the “Goldwater Rule.” Dr. Lee had no background or interest in politics. For almost 20 years, she had be…
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Bill Moyers and Heather Cox Richardson: The Confederate Flag on the United States Capitol
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40:28Bill Moyers and Heather Cox Richardson examine how a day meant for celebrating democracy turned into a riot that sought to overturn a free and fair election. Across the country and around the world people watched, horrified, dumbfounded and disbelieving, as insurrection incited by the President of the United States and his Republican enablers struc…
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REMEMBERING JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG
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On August 6, 1965, Rep. John Lewis looked on as President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. In this video, he reflects on how the March on Washington led to key civil rights laws.Av Public Affairs Television
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On August 6, 1965, Rep. John Lewis looked on as President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. In this video, he reflects on how the March on Washington led to key civil rights laws.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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Historian Harvey J. Kaye talks to Bill about why FDR's "Four Freedoms” -- freedom from fear and want and freedom of speech and religion -- are more important now than ever.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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Recommended Reading: Author James Zirin on Roy Cohn, Robert Reich on Senator Richard Burr, George Monbiot on Climate
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Losing Reality: Can We Get the Truth Back?
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Khalil Gibran Muhammad on Our Crisis of Racial Justice
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36:34I paid a visit to New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture recently to help a large gathering of the Schomburg’s devoted friends and visitors say goodbye — very reluctantly — to Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad. He’s been the beloved director of the Schomburg for the past five years and has done much to expand the reach an…
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The Book That Explains Why Voters Are So Angry (and Why They Have a Right to Feel That Way)
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35:17Here’s what the 2016 election should be about: Winner-Take-All Politics — How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class. It’s a groundbreaking account of how our political system was hijacked by the super rich and engineered to work for them at the expense of everyone else. Two of our top political scientists – Jacob H…
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Bill Moyers in Conversation: Eddie Glaude Jr. on Why Black Votes Matter
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24:46My guest is Eddie Glaude Jr., author of Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul. In the first part of our conversation, professor Glaude and I discussed the crisis that continues to engulf black America. "We talk about the achievement gap, we talk about the empathy gap, we talk about the wealth gap," Glaude explained, "and the…
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Bill Moyers in Conversation: Eddie Glaude Jr. on America’s Racial ‘Value Gap’
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39:07I’m holding in my hand what has been called “one of the most daring books of the 21st century,” a “book for the ages,” “bracing,” “unrelenting.” The title is Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, and it breathes with prophetic fire. Its power comes because the author does not begin with “pristine principles or with assumpti…
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Bill Moyers: Campaign Finance Reform — It’s Not Just Liberals Anymore
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38:29When I first met Richard Painter some months ago, I thought he must be the loneliest man in the Republican Party. He’s a conservative, and, of course, I’m not. But he believes, as I do, that there’s too much money in politics. Now, political insiders know Richard Painter well as President George W. Bush’s White House counselor and chief ethical adv…
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Bill Moyers in Conversation: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics
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42:23On the eve of the New York primary, Bill Moyers sat down to talk with Rick Shenkman, the historian, editor and publisher of the indispensable website History News Network. Shenkman tells Bill that it's the voters and their emotions, not the candidates and their ideas, that will determine the outcome of the election in November. Shenkman's latest bo…
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American Indians Confront “Savage Anxieties”
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22:50Legal expert Robert A. Williams Jr. says stereotypes about American Indians have been codified into laws and government policies, with devastating consequences.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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Washington continues to reward wealthy donors and Wall St but what about everyday Americans? Author and historian Steve Fraser has answers.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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In an encore broadcast, journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates talks about the nation’s legacy of slavery and white supremacy.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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From luxury skyscrapers -- taller, more expensive and exclusive than ever before -- the dark shadows of plutocracy are spreading across the commons of democracy.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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How Public Power Can Defeat Plutocrats
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23:03Lawrence Lessig and Zephyr Teachout return to talk about the corrupting influence of money in politics, and their push to change the system.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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The Bare Knuckle Fight Against Money in Politics
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23:03Two college professors leave academia for the rough-and-tumble world of electoral politics. What did they learn?Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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On Election Day, a small California city took on one of the biggest corporations in America… and declared victory.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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Bernie Sanders on Breaking Big Money’s Grip on Elections
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22:50The only independent member of the US Senate tells Bill big money’s purchase of political power is a grave threat, and shares his plan to put government back in voters' control.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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Two experts on American elections talk to Bill about the plot to keep citizens away from the ballot box. And don't miss: Exclusive web-extra videoAv Public Square Media, Inc.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson talks to Bill about what the title character of her new book Lila, says about the state of democracy in America.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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Restoring an America That Has Lost Its Way
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22:48Reporter Bob Herbert on his new book, Losing Our Way, an intimate and heartrending portrait of America in economic despair.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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A veteran bank regulator lays bare how Washington and Wall Street are joined in a culture of corruption.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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Two experts on American foreign policy talk to Bill about our deepening engagement in the fight against jihadists in Iraq and Syria.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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Kelsey Juliana on Climate Change: The Next Generation
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22:47Kelsey Juliana, an 18-year-old activist, is fighting climate change in the courts and walking across the country to spread the word on global warming.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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Christian and climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bill about ending the gridlock between politics, science and faith.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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Elizabeth Warren on Fighting Back Against Wall St. Giants
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22:50The Massachusetts senator talks to Bill about taking on the entrenched political and Wall Street interests that have rigged the game against the rest of us.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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Encore: How Tax Reform Can Save the Middle Class
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22:21In part two of his interview, Joseph E. Stiglitz says corporate abuse of our tax system has helped make America unequal and undemocratic. But the Nobel Prize-winning economist has a plan to change that. Watch part oneAv Public Square Media, Inc.
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Encore: Joseph E. Stiglitz Calls for Fair Taxes for All
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23:48The Nobel Prize-winning economist explains why America’s future prosperity depends on tax reform today.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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Bill Moyers revisits a 1988 documentary in which he and Maya Angelou attended a conference held in the Hill Country of central Texas. Watch the first program: Going Home With Maya AngelouAv Public Square Media, Inc.
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Revisit clips from an episode from over 30 years ago, in which Bill joined the legendary writer on her return to Stamps, Arkansas, the small town where she grew up.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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John Lithgow, ‘King Lear’ and Our Uncertain World
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22:46John Lithgow joins Bill to talk about the challenges and triumphs of playing Shakespeare's greatest role, and why we are so drawn to the tale of this flawed, contradictory leader at this moment.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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The Conscience of a Compassionate Conservative
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22:49The president of the American Enterprise Institute says free enterprise is good for the poor – and good for the soul.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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The Crusade Against Reproductive Rights
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22:48With new state laws and Supreme Court rulings, the battle over women’s reproductive rights is being fought more fiercely than ever. Roe v. Wade itself may be in peril. Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards joins Bill in the studio this week.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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Following several high-profile, controversial decisions, Bill speaks to NY Times columnist Linda Greenhouse and Slate's Dahlia Lithwick about the agenda of the Roberts court.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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This week Bill speaks with investigative journalist Charles Lewis about why facts, logic and reason are often missing in the rush to war.Av Public Square Media, Inc.
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While armchair warriors in Washington cry “back to Iraq,” former combat veteran and military historian Andrew Bacevich says no way. Watch the extended interviewAv Public Square Media, Inc.
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