Bill introduces us to poets Garrett Kaoru Hongo, Joy Harjo, and Mary Tall Mountain, who draw from their cultural heritages to illuminate the present.

Poets James Autry and Quincy Troupe bring poetry to the people in classrooms, boardrooms, church, and prison.

Poets Robert Bly, Galway Kinnell, Sharon Olds, Octavio Paz and William Stafford read and discuss their work.

Bill Moyers recalls outstanding moments with three different writers, Archibald MacLesish, Dame Rebecca West and George Steiner.

After a series of earnest conversations with great American thinkers, Bill Moyers looks back on what he's learned.

A professor of philosophy and classics at Brown, Nussbaum discusses what it takes to lead a moral life (sometimes mostly luck), and what we can learn from the ancient Greeks on virtue and tragedy.

Brown University President Vartan Gregorian discusses the rate at which knowledge increases in the information age, and how education must connect this information and life.

In this classic interview, Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris -- each half-Native American -- talk about their collaboration to tell the true story of Christopher Columbus.

The teacher and expert on policy affecting Latino communities discusses the controversy surrounding bilingual education.

The geneticist discusses her concerns with the ethics of science and genetic engineering, the dilemmas of choice, and the consequences that so often accompany scientific progress.