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War & Peace
  • Democracy & Government
    Promises! Promises!
    October 31, 1988 | Election ’88
    Bill Moyers takes a look at how the effort to police drug violence plays a major role in presidential politics.
  • Democracy & Government
    John Lukacs: The Giant Invisible Bureaucracy
    October 19, 1988 | A World of Ideas
    The historian and early refugee from Hungarian communism on the government's encroachment on public and private life.
  • Society
    Sissela Bok: The Psychology and Ethics of Lying and Deception
    October 3, 1988 | A World of Ideas
    The renowned ethicist talks about breaking and keeping the public trust.
  • Arts & Culture
    Joseph Heller: The Absurdity of Politics
    September 26, 1988 | A World of Ideas
    The 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.
  • Health & Science
    Steven Weinberg on the Relationship Between Scientific Inquiry and Everyday Living
    September 23, 1988 | A World of Ideas
    The physicist and astronomer talks with Bill about scientific inquiry, modern breakthrough in science, and the threat of nuclear war.
  • Democracy & Government
    The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis
    November 4, 1987 | The Secret Government
    This 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.
  • Democracy & Government
    Bill Moyers Essay: National Security Adviser John Poindexter's 'Disinformation Campaign'
    October 6, 1986 | Bill Moyers Commentaries
    Moyers takes a look at the White House's "disinformation campaign," and how lying undermines democracy.
  • War & Peace
    Bill Moyers Essay: The US's Double Standard in Dealing With South Africa and Nicaragua
    August 11, 1986 | Bill Moyers Commentaries
    Moyers points out the Reagan Administration's contrasting policies toward the ruling Sandinistas of Nicaragua and the government of South Africa.
  • War & Peace
    Bill Moyers Essay: Jerry Falwell's Criticism of Desmond Tutu
    August 21, 1985 | Bill Moyers Commentaries
    Bill Moyers reflects on Jerry Falwell's criticism of the Nobel Peace prize-winning Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
  • History
    I. I. Rabi: Man of the Century
    July 25, 1984 | A Walk Through the 20th Century
    Bill 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.


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