Bill Moyers Journal (Video) | PBS
330 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 14 years ago - ★★★★★ - 118 ratingsVeteran journalist Bill Moyers returns to PBS with Bill Moyers Journal, a weekly program of interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy, and issues facing democracy.
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Moyers Digital Archive
June 09, 2010 15:00 - 8 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill T. Jones' musical FELA! is up for 11 Tony Awards. Bill Moyers has had a long working relationship with Bill T.Jones. In this 1997 program, journalist Bill Moyers and filmmaker David Grubin give viewers a rare glimpse into dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones's highly acclaimed dance, "STILL/HERE." At workshops around the country, Jones asks people facing life-threatening illnesses to remember the highs and lows of their lives, and even imagine their own deaths. They then transform their fe...
Moyers Digital Archive
June 09, 2010 15:00Bill T. Jones' musical FELA! is up for 11 Tony Awards. Bill Moyers has had a long working relationship with Bill T.Jones. In this 1997 program, journalist Bill Moyers and filmmaker David Grubin give viewers a rare glimpse into dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones's highly acclaimed dance, "STILL/HERE." At workshops around the country, Jones asks people facing life-threatening illnesses to remember the highs and lows of their lives, and even imagine their own deaths. They then transform their fe...
Capitol Crimes
May 27, 2010 15:00 - 8 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoWith disgraced lobbyist back in the news and on the big screen in Alex Gibney's new film, CASINO JACK, we re-present Bill Moyers 2006 in-depth exploration of Abramoff and his Washington world. CAPITOL CRIMES investigates the Abramoff lobbying scandal, revealing the web of relationships, secret deals and political manipulation and opening a disturbing window on the dark side of American politics. The fall of Jack Abramoff has exposed a huge web of corruption that still remains vastly unreporte...
Barry Lopez
April 30, 2010 22:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoAcclaimed author Barry Lopez joins Bill Moyers to discuss nature, spirit and the human condition. Lopez is an essayist, author and short-story writer, whose many books include ARCTIC DREAMS, winner of the National Book Award and OF WOLVES AND MEN, a National Book Award finalist.
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
April 30, 2010 22:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoThe Journal travels to Iowa where one group, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI), has been helping ordinary citizens fight for change for more than three decades.
Jim Hightower
April 30, 2010 22:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers sits down with populist Jim Hightower to look at the history and legacy of people's movements and discuss how ordinary people can reclaim political power.
William K. Black
April 23, 2010 22:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoAs President Obama makes the case for strong financial reform, Bill Moyers sits down with veteran regulator William K. Black, who says Wall Street is already been breaking current rules.
Michael J. Copps
April 23, 2010 22:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoThe Internet has transformed business, politics, and culture, but will a corporate agenda kill freedom of the Web? With radio and television dominated by mega-corporations, more and more Americans have turned to the Internet for news, but a recent court ruling gives Big Telecom more control over broadband. Bill Moyers talks with FCC commissioner Michael Copps to discuss the future of 'net neutrality', the fight for more democratic media and the future of journalism in the digital age.
Moyers on the American Dream
April 23, 2010 22:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers his inspirations and the future of the American Dream.
Moyers on the True Costs of War
April 16, 2010 22:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers on one mayor's efforts to make the cost of Afghanistan and Iraq manifest in his town of Binghamton, New York.
Simon Johnson and James Kwak, Part I
April 16, 2010 22:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoHow did Big Finance grow so powerful that its hijinks nearly brought down the global economy – and what hope is there for real reform with Washington politicians on Wall Street's payroll? Bill Moyers talks with authors Simon Johnson and James Kwak, two of the nation's most respected economic experts and authors of the new book 13 BANKERS: THE WALL STREET TAKEOVER AND THE NEXT FINANCIAL MELTDOWN. Also, a Bill Moyers essay on the true costs of war.
Simon Johnson and James Kwak, Part II
April 16, 2010 22:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoHow did Big Finance grow so powerful that its hijinks nearly brought down the global economy – and what hope is there for real reform with Washington politicians on Wall Street's payroll? Bill Moyers talks with authors Simon Johnson and James Kwak, two of the nation's most respected economic experts and authors of the new book 13 BANKERS: THE WALL STREET TAKEOVER AND THE NEXT FINANCIAL MELTDOWN. Also, a Bill Moyers essay on the true costs of war.
Andrew Bacevich
April 09, 2010 22:00 - 14 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoHistorian, international relations expert and former US Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich returns to the JOURNAl to discuss America's long war in Afghanistan.
Louise Erdrich
April 09, 2010 22:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoRenowned for her mastery of multiple genres - including thirteen novels, poetry, children's literature, and a memoir of early motherhood - Louise Erdrich discusses how her Native American heritage and unique cultural experience has impacted her life, motherhood, and work.
Moyers on Inequality
April 02, 2010 22:00 - 47 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers reflects on inequality in America.
Bryan Stevenson and Michelle Alexander
April 02, 2010 22:00 - 47 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoIn the months before his death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had expanded his focus on racial justice to include reducing economic inequality. On this week's 42nd anniversary of King's assassination, Bill Moyers sits down with attorneys Bryan Stevenson and Michelle Alexander to discuss how far we've really come as a country, how poor and working class Americans have been falling behind and what America must do to fulfill Dr. King's vision.
Terry O'Neill and John Nichols
March 26, 2010 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers takes a closer look at the newly signed health bill and explores the future of health care reform with THE NATION's John Nichols and National Organization for Women president Terry O'Neill.
Gretchen Morgenson
March 26, 2010 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoEighteen months after the economic meltdown, why has Washington been unable rein in Wall Street with serious regulation? Bill Moyers speaks with financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson for a candid look at the obstacles facing substantive reform and what Congress' proposed legislation would — and wouldn't — accomplish.
Moyers on Reform vs. Reformation
March 26, 2010 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoA Bill Moyers essay.
Celebrating Poetry
March 12, 2010 22:00 - 33 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers revisits the Dodge Poetry Festival.
John Sexton
March 12, 2010 22:00 - 33 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers sits down with NYU president and modern renaissance man John Sexton for a wide-ranging conversation about God, baseball, and the importance of thoughtful discourse in society. Previously a champion debate coach and scholar of religion and law, Sexton discusses his unique take on theology, contemporary politics, and the evolving role of universities throughout the world. Born to a struggling Catholic family in Brooklyn, John Sexton still teaches undergraduates in addition to his ...
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Moyers on Choice
March 05, 2010 22:00 - 13 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoA Bill Moyers Essay.
Marcia Angell on Health Care Reform
March 05, 2010 22:00 - 13 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoSingle-payer advocate Marcia Angell on why she thinks the debate over reform needs a fresh look at the economics and delivery of the care promised in the bill.
Wendell Potter on Health Care Reform
March 05, 2010 22:00 - 13 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers sits down with former insurance executive turned public health advocate Wendell Potter, who argues that all is not lost in the healthcare bill and details what he likes about the legislation.
Remembering Lucille Clifton
February 26, 2010 22:00 - 13 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers celebrates the poet Lucille Clifton and her work.
Theodore Olson and David Boies on Same-Sex Marriage
February 26, 2010 22:00 - 13 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoOnce adversaries in 2000's Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case, now two of the nation's premier lawyers -- one conservative and one liberal -- have teamed up to make the constitutional case for same-sex marriage.
Web Exclusive: Citizens United and Bush v. Gore
February 26, 2010 22:00 - 13 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoDavid Boies and Ted Olson talk with Bill Moyers about the Supreme Court's contentious Bush v. Gore decision in 2000 and the court's recent ruling in the Citizens United case.
Jeffrey Toobin
February 19, 2010 22:00 - 26 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers sits down with legal analyst and journalist Jeffrey Toobin to talk about the relationship between big money and judicial elections today.
Justice for Sale
February 19, 2010 22:00 - 26 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoAs two-thirds of American voters oppose the Supreme Courts decision in Citizens United v. FEC, Bill Moyers Journal takes a hard look at how campaign cash in judicial races may sway America's courts. The Journal revisits the 1999 FRONTLINE special "Justice for Sale" which looked at the growing concern - even among Supreme Court justices themselves - that campaign contributions may be corrupting the judicial process.
Bill Moyers on Money and Politics
February 05, 2010 22:00 - 5 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers on money, politics and retreats with lobbyists.
Debating Citizens United v. FEC
February 05, 2010 22:00 - 26 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoLibertarian journalist Nick Gillespie and legal scholar Lawrence Lessig discuss public financing of campaigns and the effects of money on politics.
What's Next For Campaign Finance?
February 05, 2010 22:00 - 12 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoIn the wake of a controversial Supreme Court decision giving corporations and unions more freedom to spend on elections, many federal and state lawmakers are hoping to curb Citizens United V. FEC's effect on elections. Find out how some legislators are fighting to curb Big Money spending even as the Court invalidates laws in 24 states aimed at keeping elections clean.
Dr. Margaret Flowers On Medicare for All
February 05, 2010 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoPediatrician Margaret Flowers speaks about protesting for change and her recent arrest in an effort to get a Medicare-for-all plan back on the table.
Bill Moyers remembers Howard Zinn
January 29, 2010 22:00 - 30 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers remembers Howard Zinn.
SCOTUS and Campaign Finance
January 29, 2010 22:00 - 30 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoAre America's elections now up for sale? The JOURNAL explores what the Supreme Court's decision means for campaign finance reform and the future of our democracy with progressive legal experts Monica Youn and Zephyr Teachout. Monica Youn directs the campaign finance reform/money in politics project at NYU's Brennan Center for Law and Justice and Zephyr Teachout teaches law and politics at Fordham University's School of Law.
Richard Trumka on the State of the Unions
January 29, 2010 22:00 - 30 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoAmerica's workers need jobs, and AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka is calling on them to stand up and fight. Trumka joins Bill Moyers to offer his perspective on President Obama's first State of the Union address and on whether organized labor can grow and generate jobs in the 21st century. Trumka has previously worked as a coal miner, a lawyer, and president of the United Mine Workers of America.
Facing America's Energy Crisis
January 22, 2010 22:00 - 30 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoFaced with the increasing global demand for oil and the threat of climate change, experts say that America needs a new energy policy - but what are our options? Bill Moyers sits down with analysts Jean Johnson and Scott Bittle to discuss how we can power America's future.
Obama's First Year
January 22, 2010 22:00 - 30 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoThe JOURNAL assesses Obama's first year as President in the wake of Democrats' defeat in Massachusetts' special election for Senate with Princeton politics and African American studies professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell and journalist Eric Alterman.
A poem and Hope for Haiti
January 22, 2010 22:00 - 30 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers on the crisis in Haiti, with a poem by Danielle Legros Georges.
Greg Mortenson of THREE CUPS OF TEA
January 15, 2010 22:00 - 30 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoAmerica has committed more money and more troops to Afghanistan, but Greg Mortenson, the bestselling author of THREE CUPS OF TEA argues that there's a better path to peace: building schools and nurturing local communities.
Thomas Frank
January 15, 2010 22:00 - 30 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoWALL STREET JOURNAL correspondent and author of THE WRECKING CREW: HOW CONSERVATIVES RUINED GOVERNMENT, ENRICHED THEMSELVES, AND BEGGARED THE NATION takes a look back at the decade that was.
David Corn and Kevin Drum, Part 1
January 08, 2010 22:00 - 29 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoMOTHER JONES journalists David Corn and Kevin Drum offer a hard look at the obstacles to real reform of the financial industry.
David Corn and Kevin Drum, Part 2
January 08, 2010 22:00 - 19 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoMOTHER JONES journalists David Corn and Kevin Drum offer a hard look at the obstacles to real reform of the financial industry.
Bill T. Jones, Part 2
December 25, 2009 22:00 - 26 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoAt the close of Lincoln's bicentennial year, Bill Moyers Journal takes a unique look at the 16th President. Moyers speaks with critically acclaimed choreographer Bill T. Jones about his creative process, his insights into Lincoln, and how dance can give us fresh perspective on America's most-studied president.
Bill T. Jones, Part 1
December 25, 2009 22:00 - 26 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoAt the close of Lincoln's bicentennial year, Bill Moyers Journal takes a unique look at the 16th President. Moyers speaks with critically acclaimed choreographer Bill T. Jones about his creative process, his insights into Lincoln, and how dance can give us fresh perspective on America's most-studied president.