Culture

The ways in which a society behaves — how we acquire knowledge and beliefs and disseminate them through tradition, ritual, education and study — has always been a focus of Bill Moyers and his team. Their thoughtful approach to exploring American culture has been illustrated in a number of series and specials through the years, and continues to be on Moyers & Company.

EDITORS' PICKS

Luis Alberto Urrea's Border-Crossing Journeys
The acclaimed storyteller shares how family history and immigration politics converge in his personal and literary life.
Moyers & Campbell: 'The Message of the Myth’
Listen in as Bill Moyers and mythologist Joseph Campbell discuss how religions and mythologies need to change with time.
Your "Required Reading" for America
Fifteen books you think every American should read, including Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

EXPLORE Culture

Oren Lyons the Faithkeeper (1991)

April 11, 2013 | Shows

Bill sits down with Native American Oren Lyons, the Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation, who devoted his life to documenting and sharing his peoples’ experiences. Continue reading

The Absence of Native American Power

April 9, 2013

Writer Sherman Alexie talks about the destructiveness of feeling “lost and insignificant inside the larger culture.” Continue reading

Harper High School; Courtesy of Harper High School website

This American Life Goes to School

March 29, 2013 | What Matters Today

Last year, 29 current and recent students of Chicago's Harper High School were shot. Eight of them died. What's it like to live amidst persistent gun violence?

“Wealth, Not Culpability, Shapes Outcomes” in Court

March 28, 2013 | Perspectives

Bryan Stevenson talks about the hard truths of America's unequal justice system in this 2012 TED talk.

Copenhagen, Demark: City Hall Square seen from the City Hall clocktower at night; Photo Credit: Bill Ebbesen; Courtesy of Wikicommons

Alex Steffen on Carbon-Zero Cities

March 19, 2013 | Q&A

Author Alex Steffen explains the technology and design innovations that could “transform our cities into low-carbon engines of prosperity.” Continue reading

Experience ‘Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth’

March 15, 2013 | Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth (1988)

Watch excerpts from ‘The Power of Myth’, the beloved 1988 PBS series featuring mythologist and storyteller Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers. Continue reading