- September 30, 1990 | A World of IdeasOne of the founders of the modern environmental movement sits down with Bill Moyers to discuss a wide range of topics including nuclear power, soil erosion, deforestation and world health.
- September 2, 1990 | A World of IdeasThe leader of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union reflects on his long life in the American labor movement and the role of labor in the new global economy with Bill Moyers
- April 23, 1990 | Updated March 24, 2015 | A World of IdeasBill Moyers talked with Mike Rose, a decades-long advocate for those on the margins of LA. After attending a poor neighborhood school where no one expected him to succeed, Rose because the associate director of the UCLA writing program.
- September 3, 1989 | A Second LookBill Moyers examines the issues of immigration, economics and the special relationship that has developed between the U.S. and Mexico.
- October 17, 1988In this classic interview, Isaac Asimov explains that he is not an enemy of religion, how scientists are among the most moral people he knows and the urgent need to check population growth.
- September 28, 1988 | A World of IdeasPhilosopher John Searle takes a detailed and passionate look back on the student activism of the 1960s.
- September 22, 1988 | A World of IdeasHarvard professor, author, sociologist and civil rights commentator Anne Wortham on “social determinism” and her fears about Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision.
- September 21, 1988 | Updated March 25, 2015 | A World of IdeasHarvard professor, author, sociologist and civil rights commentator Anne Wortham on “social determinism” and her fears about Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision.
- September 16, 1988 | A World of IdeasPart two of Bill's conversation with the British filmmaker about popular movies, their power to change society, and moviemakers and their values.