- 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 19, 1988 | A World of IdeasThe historian and early refugee from Hungarian communism on the government's encroachment on public and private life.
- October 3, 1988 | A World of IdeasThe renowned ethicist talks about breaking and keeping the public trust.
- September 26, 1988 | A World of IdeasThe author of the literary classic Catch-22 joins Bill Moyers to talk about democracy, American politics and why he hasn't voted in 20 years.
- September 23, 1988 | A World of IdeasThe physicist and astronomer talks with Bill about scientific inquiry, modern breakthrough in science, and the threat of nuclear war.
- November 4, 1987 | The Secret GovernmentThis fascinating and revealing documentary examines the Iran-Contra scandal as the most recent example of the continuing abuse of democratic values by unaccountable intelligence operations during the Cold War.
- October 6, 1986 | Bill Moyers CommentariesMoyers takes a look at the White House's "disinformation campaign," and how lying undermines democracy.
- August 11, 1986 | Bill Moyers CommentariesMoyers points out the Reagan Administration's contrasting policies toward the ruling Sandinistas of Nicaragua and the government of South Africa.
- August 21, 1985 | Bill Moyers CommentariesBill Moyers reflects on Jerry Falwell's criticism of the Nobel Peace prize-winning Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
- July 25, 1984 | A Walk Through the 20th CenturyBill Moyers interviews I. I. Rabi, winner of the 1944 Nobel Prize in physics and an early developer of radar for use in World War II.