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  • Editor's Desk
    Bill Moyers Responds: What Would Joseph Campbell Think?
    February 11, 2020
    | Bill Moyers

    A Facebook member responded to our recent post Bill Moyers and Steve Harper on Lawyers, Liars and Trump on Trial with a question: Bill Moyers responds: I don’t know what in particular Joseph Campbell would say about our situation today. But I can imagine him lamenting, as he did when we talked some 30 years ago, our failure “to admit within ourselves the carnivorous, lecherous fever that is endemic to human nature.” Malevolent greed was on the ...

  • Arts & Culture
    Happy Star Wars Day!
    May 4, 2017
    We bring you two clips from the archive that explore the mythology at the heart of the Star Wars universe.
  • Arts & Culture
    What Would Joseph Campbell Say About Donald Trump?
    August 19, 2016
    | Joan Konner
    The executive producer of The Power of Myth reflects on Campbell's teachings and how they apply to the hero's journey that Trump claims he's on as he tries to win the White House.
  • Clip: Joseph Campbell on the Big Bang
    January 10, 2014
    Mythologist Joseph Campbell talks about how our connection to the universe adds perspective to our lives.
  • The Power of Myth, 25th Anniversary Edition
    February 25, 2013
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    Learn about this new edition of Bill's timeless conversations with Joseph Campbell, which became one of the most popular programs ever aired on PBS.
  • Moyers & Campbell: 'The First Storytellers’
    November 20, 2012 | Moyers & Company
    Listen in as Bill Moyers and mythologist Joseph Campbell discuss how religious values are shaped by stories of death, resurrection, and ritual.
  • Moyers & Campbell: 'On Sacrifice and Bliss’
    November 20, 2012 | Moyers & Company
    Listen in as Bill Moyers and mythologist Joseph Campbell discuss the role of sacrifice in myth, and the need for us to find our own sacred places .
  • Media
    Is Star Wars Religious?
    August 9, 2012
    In this Moyers Moment from 1999, George Lucas discusses his mentors and the role religion plays in the films' mythology.
  • Moyers & Campbell: 'The Message of the Myth’
    August 9, 2012 | Moyers & Company
    Listen in as Bill Moyers and mythologist Joseph Campbell discuss how religions and mythologies need to change with time.
  • Moyers & Campbell: ‘The Hero’s Adventure’
    August 9, 2012 | Moyers & Company
    Listen in as Bill Moyers and mythologist Joseph Campbell begin their groundbreaking conversation with an exploration of classic heroes.


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