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DATE: 1980s
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3 minutesBill Moyers investigates the power of visuals on news, politics and elections and explores how news organizations increasingly serve the interests of politicians, rather than the general public.The Public MindIllusions of NewsNovember 22, 1989 -
4 minutesBill Moyers examines the power of professional pollsters to influence public opinion.The Public MindLeading QuestionsNovember 15, 1989 -
3 minutesBill Moyers interviews communications experts about how the power of visual imagery in advertising challenges shapes the way people view the world and themselves.The Public MindConsuming ImagesNovember 8, 1989 -
56 minutesPoets Robert Bly, Lucille Clifton and W.S. Merwin discuss their works.The Power of the WordWhere the Soul LivesOctober 20, 1989 -
57 minutesA talk with Stanley Kunitz, "the dean of American poetry."The Power of the WordDancing on the Edge of the RoadOctober 13, 1989 -
57 minutesPoets Li-Young Lee and Gerald Stern resurrect the past throgh poetry.The Power of the WordVoices of MemoryOctober 6, 1989 -
57 minutesBill introduces us to poets Garrett Kaoru Hongo, Joy Harjo, and Mary Tall Mountain, who draw from their cultural heritages to illuminate the present.The Power of the WordAncestral VoicesSeptember 29, 1989 -
56 minutesPoets James Autry and Quincy Troupe bring poetry to the people in classrooms, boardrooms, church, and prison.The Power of the WordThe Living LanguageSeptember 22, 1989 -
57 minutesPoets Robert Bly, Galway Kinnell, Sharon Olds, Octavio Paz and William Stafford read and discuss their work.The Power of the WordThe Simple Acts of LifeSeptember 15, 1989 -
4 minutesAn unflinching account of the disintegration of family in the African-American community.A Second LookThe Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black AmericaJuly 30, 1989 -
2 minutesBill Moyers recalls outstanding moments with three different writers, Archibald MacLesish, Dame Rebecca West and George Steiner.A Second LookA Medley of VoicesJuly 16, 1989 -
9 minutesBill Moyers traces the childhoods and early careers of FDR and Hitler and illustrates the paths by which they rose to respective pinnacles of power.A Second LookThe Democrat and The DictatorJune 11, 1989
