- July 25, 2003 | NOWAn investigation into what Congress can do to stop big media from getting even bigger, and a look at some of the most hotly debated topics of the early 2000s, including stem cell research, gene therapy and cloning.
- July 11, 2003 | NOWJon Stewart on his unique brand of news delivery and why his show has a unique niche in a sea of cable news and talk shows. And can judges with strong ideological convictions set aside their personal beliefs and uphold the law?
- June 13, 2003 | NOWDid the Bush administration distort Saddam's weapons of mass destruction to drum up support for the war? And Chilean author Isabel Allende writes about two world-changing September 11ths.
- May 23, 2003 | NOWA look at whether major media corporations have influence over government decision-making, and must the US re-engage the rest of the world for its own long-term survival?
- April 25, 2003 | NOWThis episode of NOW questions what the war in Iraq means for the rest of the Middle East, and contemplates the danger of media deregulation.
- April 4, 2003 | NOWThis investigation into the state of the media considers the media's widely varying coverage of the Iraq War, and asks if democracy can survive without the diversity of ideas presented by a truly free press, and an interview with Susan Sontag.
- February 21, 2003 | NOWThis episode of NOW considered the ethical role of media when the country is at war, and recounted a dramatic event of the Afghanistan War.
- February 7, 2003 | NOWThis episode of NOW investigates what the Patriot Act does to the balance of security and liberty, and analyzes the threat of smallpox as a bio-weapon.
- January 31, 2003 | NOWHow the US government convinces Americans – and other governments – that war is necessary, and considers a global warming bill in California.
- January 17, 2003 | NOWNOW looks at the future of digital intellectual property, considers the ethics of the Estate Tax, and looks back at what prompted the Clear Air Act.