Bill Moyers Journal
Bringing back the landmark PBS series that first aired 35 years ago, Bill Moyers Journal, a weekly show with the goal of enriching the conversation of democracy, featured some of the most articulate, original – and independent – thinkers of our time. Each show included produced analysis of vital issues, strong interviews with unique voices on politics, the arts and letters, science, religion, and the media, as well as debates on public issues and documentary specials. (2007-2010)
EXPLORE THE SERIES
- July 17, 2009The author talks with Bill about the role of God in society.
- July 24, 2009 | Bill Moyers JournalBill Moyers sits down with Trudy Lieberman and Marcia Angell to discuss health care. Bill also tackles the troubles with political shock jocks.
- August 14, 2009 | Bill Moyers JournalBill Moyers discusses the real issues of health care reform with Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Drew Altman and David Frum.
- August 21, 2009 | Bill Moyers JournalBill Moyers highlights Roger Weisberg's documentary Critical Condition which puts a human face on the 47 million uninsured in America.
- August 28, 2009 | Bill Moyers JournalBill Moyers shows the film Money Driven Medicine, which reveals how a profit-hungry health care industry squanders millions.
- September 4, 2009Bill and two legal experts look ahead to the Supreme Court decision on campaign finance limits for corporations.
- September 11, 2009Discussing public health with Partners in Health co-founder and Dartmouth College president Dr. Jim Yong Kim.
- September 11, 2009A hard look at the state of affairs in the fragmented, war-torn country.
- September 18, 2009With public support at historic lows, what are the chances of survival for U.S. labor unions?
- September 18, 2009Bill talks with author Sam Tanenhaus about his contention that true conservatism is dead.
- September 25, 2009 | Bill Moyers JournalBorn in New Delhi, then educated in India and the United States, where she is now a citizen, Ramdas describes herself as a "social venture capitalist."
- September 25, 2009An expert on life in Afghanistan prescribes a new approach to fighting terrorism and helping the Afghan people.
- October 9, 2009 | Bill Moyers JournalKathleen Hall Jamieson predicts how going negative will play out in the final stretch of the 2008 campaign.
- October 9, 2009Bill talks to a former IMF chief economist and Rep. Marcy Kaptur to assess the state of the U.S. economy.
- October 9, 2009How powerful health industry lobbyists call the shots on health care reform legislation.