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
- April 11, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalBill Moyers sheds light on more than $15 billion in wasteful expenditures that flow from Washington to American farmers.
- April 18, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalBill Moyers speaks with award-winning journalist Leila Fadel and philosopher Martha Nussbaum.
- April 18, 2008Bill talks with professor Martha Nussbaum about the shaky separation of church and state.
- April 25, 2008Bill talks with Reverend Jeremiah Wright about Obama, religion, and his own controversial sermons.
- May 2, 2008A week after it aired, Bill reflected on his memorable 2008 interview with Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
- May 2, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalBill Moyers responds to the critics of his interview with the polarizing pastor, Jeremiah Wright.
- May 2, 2008Bill talks with authors Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky about what the experts said would happen in Iraq, and what actually did.
- May 9, 2008Exploring how the California Nurses Association is fighting to change the badly-broken American healthcare system.
- May 9, 2008Bill talks with law professor Philipe Sands about "enhanced interrogation methods" -- code for the use of cruelty in the pursuit of confessions.
- May 16, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalBill Moyers moderates as Obama adviser Chris Edley and Clinton superdelegate Maria Echaveste debate if Obama can win. In addition, award-winning journalist Melody Petersen, talks about the dangers of Big Pharma.
- May 23, 2008Bill Moyers on honoring our veterans this Memorial Day.
- June 6, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalJonathan Landay, John Walcott and Greg Mitchell examine Scott McClellan's new book. Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Ron Walters examine race and gender issues in the campaign.
- June 13, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalBill talks with historian Steve Fraser about America's greatest income gap in a hundred years.
- June 13, 2008Bill talks with author Holly Sklar about the battle for a "living wage” in America.
- June 13, 2008Looking at labor and income inequality in Los Angeles