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TOPIC: Poets & Writers
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4 minutesIn this clip, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson tells Bill that as a society -- and that includes politicians -- we are stooping way too low in the way we treat and speak to one ...Moyers & CompanyClip: Marilynne Robinson — We’re Acting Beneath Our Dignity and the Media Is Making it WorseOctober 17, 2014 -
25 minutesPulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson talks to Bill about what the title character of her new book Lila, says about the state of democracy in America.Moyers & CompanyKeeping Faith in DemocracyOctober 17, 2014 -
22 minutesIn this second of two programs celebrating the life and work of the late writer, Bill Moyers revisits a 1988 conference on evil.Moyers & CompanyMaya Angelou on Facing EvilAugust 14, 2014 -
22 minutesRevisit an episode from over 30 years ago, in which Bill joined the legendary writer on her return to the small Arkansas town where she grew up.Moyers & CompanyGoing Home With Maya AngelouAugust 7, 2014 -
24 minutesJohn Lithgow joins Bill to talk about the challenges and triumphs of playing Shakespeare's greatest role, and why we are so drawn to the tale of this flawed, contradictory leader at this moment.Moyers & CompanyJohn Lithgow, ‘King Lear’ and Our Uncertain WorldAugust 1, 2014 -
7 minutesIn this clip from a 1973 interview, Bill Moyers asks Maya Angelou, who died last week, about the burgeoning women’s liberation movement and what it means to her.Clip: Maya Angelou on the Noble Story of Black WomanhoodMay 29, 2014 -
2 minutesMythologist Joseph Campbell talks about how our connection to the universe adds perspective to our lives.Clip: Joseph Campbell on the Big BangJanuary 10, 2014 -
35 minutesBill talks to Philip Levine, a recent US poet laureate, who explores how his years working on Detroit's assembly lines inspired his poetry.Moyers & CompanySegment: Philip Levine on America’s WorkersDecember 27, 2013 -
57 minutesBill talks to best-selling author Thomas Cahill about why Pope Francis has conservatives up in arms, and to Philip Levine, who explores how his years working on Detroit's assembly lines inspired his ...Moyers & CompanyThe Pope, Poverty and PoetryDecember 27, 2013 -
40 minutesIn a rare television interview, this visionary author, environmentalist and farmer discusses a sensible, but no-compromise plan to save the Earth.Moyers & CompanySegment: Wendell Berry on His Hopes for HumanityNovember 29, 2013 -
53 minutesIn a rare television interview, environmental legend and writer Wendell Berry leaves his Kentucky farm for an inspiring conversation.Moyers & CompanyEncore: Wendell Berry, Poet & ProphetNovember 29, 2013 -
57 minutesThis week on Moyers & Company, scholar Henry Giroux connects the dots between our politics and "casino capitalism," Bill previews a new documentary and a tribute to writer Doris Lessing.Moyers & CompanyZombie Politics and Casino CapitalismNovember 22, 2013
