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Bill Moyers has produced hundreds of hours of television in his forty-plus year career. Watch this space for new archived video and transcripts on an on-going basis. For a complete list of every Bill Moyers program, view our timeline of productions.
  • Oren Lyons the Faithkeeper

    Bill sits down with Native American Oren Lyons to discuss the ancient legends, prophecies and wisdom that guide the Onondaga tribe and preserve their rich culture. (1991) Continue reading

  • 20 Years of Listening to America

    From affairs of state to news of the mind; from providing analysis on Watergate to returning with Maya Angelou to her hometown; from revisiting the Constitution to throwing a football with Joe Namath, this 90-minute broadcast recalls some of the people, places and ideas that Bill Moyers has covered during his 20-year career on public television. (1991) Continue reading

  • Circle of Recovery

    Bill Moyers speaks with seven African-American men — all recovering from drug and alcohol addiction — about their efforts to heal through a voluntary recovery group they formed. (1991) Continue reading

  • Facing Hate with Elie Wiesel

    Nobel Laureate and human rights advocate Elie Wiesel talks with Bill about the sources of hate and his own reluctance to engage withl it. (1991)
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  • Minimum Wages: The New Economy

    A piercing look at how global economic changes are destroying the lives and livelihoods of hardworking Americans. The documentary follows several individuals and their families in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as they fight to make ends meet in the “new economy.” (1992) Continue reading

  • Hate on Trial

    Bill Moyers investigates the facts and forces that led to the trial of Tom Metzger and his son, John Metzger, for their role in inciting neo-Nazi skinheads in Portland, Oregon, to murder the Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw. (1992)
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  • Families First

    Bill Moyers explores how the human services system in America is working to help families stay together. (1992) Continue reading

  • Listening to America

    A weekly series of filmed field reports and studio interviews examining the issues and ideas of the 1992 campaign — especially those questions and problems often ignored. (1992) Continue reading

  • Healing and the Mind

    A five-part documentary exploring what researchers are discovering about how emotions affect health and alternative health care. Bill Moyers talks with physicians, scientists, therapists and patients –- people taking a new look at the meaning of sickness and health. (1993) Continue reading

  • Bullish on America

    Four former editors of The Economist, Bill Emmott, Andrew Knight, Rupert Pennant-Rea and Alastair Burnet, join Bill Moyers at the Reform Club in London to discuss their perspective on America. (1993) Continue reading

  • Attorney General Janet Reno

    Bill Moyers sits down with Attorney General Janet Reno to talk about crime and punishment — as well as corruption, incompetence and deceit in government. (1993)
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  • The New Holy War

    Bill Moyers travels to Colorado Springs, the town that became ground zero of a “holy war” between conservative Christian values and homosexual rights in the early 1990s. (1993) Continue reading