Bill Moyers Journal (Video) | PBS
330 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 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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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 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.
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.
Bill T. Jones, Part 1
December 25, 2009 22:00At 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 2
December 25, 2009 22:00At 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.
Steve Meacham and City Life/Vida Urbana
December 18, 2009 22:00 - 26 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoThe JOURNAL profiles Steve Meacham, a Massachusetts community organizer fighting to keep working people in their homes.
A Bill Moyers Essay: Books of 2009
December 18, 2009 22:00 - 2 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers picks his favorite books from 2009.
Robert Kuttner and Matt Taibbi
December 18, 2009 22:00 - 26 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoAmidst fading hopes for real reform on issues ranging from high finance to health care, economist Robert Kuttner and journalist Matt Taibbi join Bill Moyers to discuss Wall Street's power over the federal government.
George Goehl and Heather Booth
December 11, 2009 22:00 - 26 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoOrganizers George Goehl and Heather Booth on turning anger into action.
Howard Zinn
December 11, 2009 22:00 - 26 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoRenowned historian Howard Zinn has chronicled centuries of people's struggles against oppression. He joins Bill Moyers to discuss the voices of today's people - facing big interests' outsized influence - and his new film THE PEOPLE SPEAK.
Web Exclusive: War, Peace and Landmines
December 11, 2009 22:00 - 4 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoA Bill Moyers Essay on Barack Obama, the Nobel Prize and the landmine treaty.
Director Oliver Stone, Part II
December 04, 2009 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoVeteran Oliver Stone came back from Vietnam a changed man. Now, with four films on the Vietnam War under his belt –Platoon (1986), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Heaven & Earth (1993), and Pinkville (2007) – Oliver Stone talks with Bill Moyers about how his experiences of war has affected his life, his work and his vision of the world today. Also on the program, Bill Moyers comments on President Obama's decision to escalate troops in Afghanistan.
Director Oliver Stone, Part I
December 04, 2009 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoVeteran Oliver Stone came back from Vietnam a changed man. Now, with four films on the Vietnam War under his belt –Platoon (1986), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Heaven & Earth (1993), and Pinkville (2007) – Oliver Stone talks with Bill Moyers about how his experiences of war has affected his life, his work and his vision of the world today. Also on the program, Bill Moyers comments on President Obama's decision to escalate troops in Afghanistan.
Dr. Jane Goodall Part 2
November 27, 2009 22:00Dr. Jane Goodall. Despite dire warnings for our endangered planet, Jane Goodall says all is not yet lost - we can change course if we act now.
Roots and Shoots
November 27, 2009 22:00BILL MOYERS JOURNAL looks at Roots and Shoots, a global environmental and humanitarian youth program of The Jane Goodall Institute.
Dr. Jane Goodall Part 1
November 27, 2009 22:00Dr. Jane Goodall. Despite dire warnings for our endangered planet, Jane Goodall says all is not yet lost - we can change course if we act now.
LBJ's Path to War, Part II
November 20, 2009 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoAs President Obama prepares to announce how many more troops he will send to Afghanistan, Bill Moyers remembers the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and the agonizing decisions that escalated America's involvement in Vietnam. Through Johnson's secret tapes of phone calls and conversations, and his own reminiscences, Moyers recalls the events that plunged us ever deeper into war.
LBJ's Path to War, Part I
November 20, 2009 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoAs President Obama prepares to announce how many more troops he will send to Afghanistan, Bill Moyers remembers the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and the agonizing decisions that escalated America's involvement in Vietnam. Through Johnson's secret tapes of phone calls and conversations, and his own reminiscences, Moyers recalls the events that plunged us ever deeper into war.
Anna Deavere Smith pt 2
November 13, 2009 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoWhile politicians and the media war over "the public option" and "bending the cost curve," acclaimed actress-playwright Anna Deavere Smith and her one-woman play "LET ME DOWN EASY" give voice to questions of life and death, sickness and healthcare.
Anna Deavere Smith pt 1
November 13, 2009 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoWhile politicians and the media war over "the public option" and "bending the cost curve," acclaimed actress-playwright Anna Deavere Smith and her one-woman play "LET ME DOWN EASY" give voice to questions of life and death, sickness and healthcare.
Poets House
November 13, 2009 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoThe JOURNAL visits a new home in New York City for contemplation and celebration of poetry.
Restoring Accountability for Washington's Wars
October 30, 2009 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoA Bill Moyers essay.
James Galbraith on Recovery
October 30, 2009 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoThe Dow's up, but why are Main Street Americans still reeling from last year's economic collapse? With Americans still facing rising unemployment, foreclosures, and declining property values, renowned economist James K. Galbraith on whether we've averted another crisis and how to get help for the middle class.
Web Exclusive: Glenn Greenwald
October 30, 2009 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers conducts a Web exclusive interview with Glenn Greenwald, about Afghanistan, government secrecy, the economy and his challenge to the editorial staff of THE WASHINGTON POST to justify their argument that the U.S. should borrow money for war but not for health care.
Brookhiser on Buckley
October 30, 2009 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoNational Review senior editor Richard Brookhiser talks about his mentor William F. Buckley, Jr. and today's conservative movement.
Essay: Bill Moyers on Justice Justice
October 23, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers remembers Texas judge William Wayne Justice.
Judge Richard Goldstone Pt 1
October 23, 2009 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers talks with Judge Richard Goldstone, who headed up the controversial UN Human Rights Council investigation into the fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
Judge Richard Goldstone Pt 2
October 23, 2009 22:00 - 20 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers talks with Judge Richard Goldstone, who headed up the controversial UN Human Rights Council investigation into the fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
Mark Danner
October 16, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBarack Obama was elected on a message of change, promising a new era of diplomacy and international cooperation – but can the President deliver a new vision of America? Reporting from the world's most troubled hotspots, Mark Danner has seen countless deaths over ethnic and political divides, and witnessed firsthand how U.S. attempts to exploit those conflicts have resulted in disastrous unforeseen consequences. Danner speaks with Bill Moyers about Obama's challenges in resetting the mindset...
Santa Ana Health Crusade
October 16, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoThe Journal profiles public health doctor America Bracho, who serves her Santa Ana, CA community – notorious for crime, poverty and disease – with her organization, Latino Health Access.
Essay: The Health Industry Lobby
October 09, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoA Bill Moyers essay.
Remembering Charles Houston
October 09, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers remembers his friend, renowned physician and mountaineer Charlie Houston
America's economy reformed?
October 09, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoJust over a year after economic calamity brought promises of reform to Washington, many now say that the recession is nearing an end. But is it business as usual for Wall Street, and have future financial crises been averted? Former International Monetary Fund chief economist Simon Johnson and US Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) join Bill Moyers for a report card on the bailouts, an update on the state of the U.S. economy, and to find out whether efforts of reform have been derailed.
Lynn Sherr on the Century of Women
September 25, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoLynn Sherr on the century of women.
Kavita Ramdas
September 25, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoKavita Ramdas, president and CEO of Global Fund for Women, the largest grant-making foundation focused exclusively on women's rights issues talks about human rights initiatives around the world.
Rory Stewart
September 25, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoRory Stewart, director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, lays out an alternate strategy for the international community in Afghanistan.
Sam Tanenhaus
September 18, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoDigging deep into the roots and evolution of the American conservative movement, Sam Tanenhaus talks with Bill Moyers about why he believes that conservatism is dead and how it might yet come back to life. Tanenhaus is the editor of both THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW and the Week in Review section of the TIMES.
Bill Fletcher and Michael Zweig
September 18, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoWith public support for labor unions at its lowest point in 70 years, Bill Moyers talks with experts Bill Fletcher, co-author of SOLIDARITY DIVIDED: THE CRISIS IN ORGANIZED LABOR AND A NEW PATH TOWARD SOCIAL JUSTICE and Michael Zweig, director of the Center for the Study of Working Class Life at SUNY Stony Brook, about the state of organized labor.
Web Exclusive Essay: The 9/12 Protests
September 18, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoA Bill Moyers essay on the protests in Washington, D.C. and whose funding opposition to health care reform.
Journalist Nancy Youssef
September 11, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoThe JOURNAL takes a hard look at the state of affairs in ever-divided Afghanistan with McClatchy DC Pentagon correspondent Nancy Youssef.
Dr. Jim Yong Kim
September 11, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoGlobal health specialist and Dartmouth College president Dr. Jim Yong Kim shares his expertise in public health.
Floyd Abrams
September 04, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoNext week, the Supreme Court reconvenes early for a special hearing on the constitutionality of campaign finance limits for corporations. Bill Moyers talks with Floyd Abrams, a First Amendment attorney arguing to overturn parts of McCain-Feingold.
Floyd Abrams and Trevor Potter
September 04, 2009 22:00 - 27 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoNext week, the Supreme Court reconvenes early for a special hearing on the constitutionality of campaign finance limits for corporations. To hear the arguments, Bill Moyers sits down with Trevor Potter, president and general counsel of The Campaign Legal Center and a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, and Floyd Abrams, a First Amendment attorney.
Critical Condition Pt 2
August 21, 2009 22:00 - 27 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers Journal presents CRITICAL CONDITION, a film by Roger Weisberg that follows families fighting illness without health coverage. The families discover that being uninsured can cost them their jobs, health, homes, savings, and even their lives.
Critical Condition Pt 1
August 21, 2009 22:00 - 27 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoBill Moyers Journal presents CRITICAL CONDITION, a film by Roger Weisberg that follows families fighting illness without health coverage. The families discover that being uninsured can cost them their jobs, health, homes, savings, and even their lives.
David Frum
August 14, 2009 22:00 - 27 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoConservative journalist David Frum worries that Republicans would only win a failing status quo in their fight to kill health care reform. Bill Moyers sits down with the former special assistant to George W. Bush, who is calling on Republicans to come up with a plan for health care reform and suggests changes that conservatives can favor. David Frum is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the editor of NewMajority.com.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Drew Altman
August 14, 2009 22:00 - 27 minutes - 52.5 MB VideoMedia analyst Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Kaiser Family Foundation president and CEO Drew Altman discuss the messages in health care ads today, and how well they reflect the real issues of health care reform.