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
June 13, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalBill Moyers interviews Steve Fraser, author of Wall Street: America’s Dream Palace, about the modern parallels to the first Gilded Age.
June 13, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalBill Moyers gets perspective from historical and cultural sociologist Orlando Patterson and Glenn C. Loury, an economist and expert on race and social division.
June 20, 2008Bill talks with Douglas Blackmon about "neo-slavery" in the aftermath of the Civil War and through the 1940s.
June 27, 2008In this essay, Bill connects the dots to explain the role of oil in the US decision to wage war against Iraq.
June 27, 2008Bill talks to Senator Barbara Boxer about the state of the environment and her struggle to pass meaningful legislation to curb global warming.
June 27, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalBill Moyers goes inside America’s poultry industry to show the reality of working conditions.
July 11, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalBill sits down with conservative authors Mickey Edwards and Ross Douthat to discuss why they believe their movement is in decline.
July 18, 2008A look at Cleveland's Slavic Village, one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods of the mortgage meltdown from 2008.
July 18, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalBill Moyers gets perspective on the financial crisis from William Greider, national affairs correspondent at The Nation.
July 25, 2008Bill talks to journalist Jane Mayer about whether the U.S. sanctioned torture to prosecute the war on terror.
July 25, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalFormer Democratic Senator Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings shares his views on the stranglehold of money on Washington.
August 8, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalSylvia Chase follows a team of BusinessWeek reporters as they track corporate practices that some say are exploiting the working poor.
August 15, 2008Bill talks with Andrew J. Bacevich about his critiques of U.S. foreign policy, as well as America's debt and dependency. consumerism, politics, and militarism.
August 22, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalBIll Moyers discusses the controversial aspects of China’s emergence as an economic powerhouse and travels to Denver to report on the economy.
August 29, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalBill Moyers sits down with Katrina vanden Heuvel and Adolph Reed Jr. to discuss the expectations of Barack Obama. Moyers also speaks with Merle and Earl Black about southern and swing state politics.
