- November 18, 1988 | A World of IdeasAfter a series of earnest conversations with great American thinkers, Bill Moyers looks back on what he's learned.
- November 16, 1988 | A World of IdeasA 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.
- November 15, 1988 | Updated April 1, 2015 | A World of IdeasBrown University President Vartan Gregorian discusses the rate at which knowledge increases in the information age, and how education must connect this information and life.
- November 9, 1988 | Updated April 1, 2015 | A World of IdeasThe teacher and expert on policy affecting Latino communities discusses the controversy surrounding bilingual education.
- November 2, 1988 | A World of IdeasThe 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.
- November 1, 1988 | Updated March 24, 2015 | A World of IdeasThe Caribbean-born writer speaks of poets' obsession with language and truth telling and the "divine discontent" at the heart of all art.
- October 31, 1988 | Election ’88Bill Moyers takes a look at how the effort to police drug violence plays a major role in presidential politics.
- October 31, 1988 | A World of IdeasThe physics Nobelist discusses how the East and West approach scientific study and the understanding of scientific phenomena.
- October 28, 1988 | Updated March 31, 2015 | A World of IdeasThe literary critic on our common and uncommon mythologies, cultural differences, and Canada’s struggle to establish a separate identity beyond being America’s neighbor.