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  • Society
    Michael Josephson: Our Changing American Values
    September 14, 1988 | A World of Ideas
    Ethicist Michael Josephson discusses society's emphasis on success — and how it may influence people to sacrifice their values.
  • Arts & Culture
    Filmmaker David Puttnam (Part One)
    September 12, 1988 | A World of Ideas
    A conversation with the filmmaker behind The Killing Fields, The Mission and Chariots of Fire explains how he sees American movies as the reflection of a nation at odds with itself.
  • Ep. 5: The Power of Myth - 'Love and the Goddess'
    June 25, 1988 | Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth
    Joseph Campbell traces the beginning of love, as we think of it today, to twelfth-century troubadours.
  • Ep. 4: The Power of Myth - 'Sacrifice and Bliss'
    June 24, 1988 | Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth
    Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell discuss where heroism can be witnessed in modern society.
  • Ep. 3: The Power of Myth -- 'The First Storytellers'
    June 23, 1988 | Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth
    Joseph Campbell explains how ancient myths bring humans to understand and accept birth, growth and death.
  • Joseph Campbell on the Importance of Mythology
    June 21, 1988
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    What can mythology tell us about contemporary life? Much, says Campbell, who answers the question in this Moyers Moment from 1988's Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth.
  • Ep. 1: The Power of Myth - 'The Hero’s Adventure'
    June 21, 1988 | Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth
    Joseph Campbell encourages the audience to discover what excites them, and to make that the basis for their personal journeys.
  • Faith & Reason
    Facing Evil with Bill Moyers
    March 28, 1988 | Facing Evil
    Maya Angelou, Philip Hallie, Raul Hilberg, Sam Proctor and Al Huang -- on the forces of evil and goodness.
  • Democracy & Government
    Ronald Dworkin: The Changing Story
    May 14, 1987 | In Search of the Constitution
    According to scholar Ronald Dworkin, the Constitution shapes the public debate over issues such as AIDS prevention, pornography, and racial discrimination.
  • Society
    Bill Moyers Essay: Alternatives to the Failed War on Drugs
    August 6, 1986 | Bill Moyers Commentaries
    Moyers considers legalized, controlled drug use as an alternative to criminalization.


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