A World of Ideas
A series of half-hour interviews exploring the ideas and values shaping our future. A World of Ideas with Bill Moyers aired in 1988 and 1990 and featured scientists, writers, artists, philosophers, historians – some well-known but most never before seen on television – who shared their unique insights on a variety of important issues. Bill Moyers engages with these figures – “people with ideas and vision and insight” (The New York Times) and offers thought-provoking perspectives on the human condition that are both uniquely personal and relevant. (1988, 1990)
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April 23, 1990 | Updated March 24, 2015 | A World of IdeasBill Moyers talked with Mike Rose, a decades-long advocate for those on the margins of LA. After attending a poor neighborhood school where no one expected him to succeed, Rose because the associate director of the UCLA writing program.
April 29, 1990 | A World of IdeasAre defense workers' jobs the price for peace?
May 6, 1990 | A World of IdeasThe scientist and writer considered why the language of science reflected patriarchal, masculine metaphors and values — and what it meant for the discipline.
May 13, 1990 | A World of IdeasThe business ethics expert talks about the meaning of work, morality in the stock market and the quest for work-life balance.
May 19, 1990 | A World of IdeasBill Moyers' talk with Ruth Macklin about the health-related philosophical problems we can face.
May 20, 1990 | Updated March 25, 2015 | A World of IdeasThe political philosopher discusses the individual's stake in ideas about the common good, distributive justice, democracy and the civic challenge of our times.
June 3, 1990 | A World of IdeasBharati Mukherjee, an award-winning novelist and writer, calls America "a stage for transformation" — not only for herself, but also for her fellow immigrants.
June 10, 1990 | A World of IdeasIn this program with Bill Moyers, Shirer discusses his experiences as a journalist in Europe, his firsthand impressions of Hitler, and expresses his concerns about the reunified Germany.
June 17, 1990 | A World of IdeasIn part two of Bill Moyers' discussion with William Shirer, the famed journalist discusses the evil of Nazi Germany and his post-WWII life
June 23, 1990 | A World of IdeasBill Moyers talks with the philosopher about his study of the role of money in our culture.
July 1, 1990 | A World of IdeasJeannette Halen, a concert pianist, music teacher, and novelist, shares her thoughts with Bill Moyers on the structure of music and fiction and the importance of "emotional memory" in her work
July 8, 1990 | A World of IdeasThe author of The Frenzy of Renown talks to Bill Moyers about the phenomenon of fame and the world's obsession with celebrity.
July 15, 1990 | A World of IdeasA professor of Chinese history and philosophy at Harvard University, talks to Bill Moyers about the ways in which Confucianism meshes with Western technology and democratic values.
July 22, 1990 | A World of IdeasThe Nobel Prize-winning professor of theoretical physics discusses the simplicity and complexity of the universe with Bill Moyers.
July 29, 1990 | A World of IdeasBill Moyers talks with Louis Kelso about capitalism.
