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Season 1

  • S01E01 Janet Reno

    • October 1, 1993
    • PBS

    Attorney General Janet Reno discusses her law-enforcement philosophy.

  • S01E02 Bullish on America

    • October 22, 1993
    • PBS

    Editors and staff of The Economist predict the future of the United States.

  • S01E03 The New Holy War

    • November 19, 1993
    • PBS

    Colorado Springs citizens discuss the homosexuality controversy.

  • S01E04 A Life Together

    • December 17, 1993
    • PBS

    Performance and conversation with husband-and-wife poets Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon at a New Jersey festival, in their Wilmot (N.H.) hometown and their Eagle Pond farmhouse.

Season 2

Season 7

  • S07E01 Episode 1

    • January 8, 2010
    • PBS

    David Corn and Kevin Drum discuss economic reform; author Greg Mortenson.

  • S07E02 Episode 2

    • January 15, 2010
    • PBS

    Author Greg Mortenson believes building schools and nurturing communities could pave the way for peace.

  • S07E03 Episode 3

    • January 22, 2010
    • PBS

    Jean Johnson and Scott Bittle discuss energy options for the U.S.; professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell and journalist Eric Alterman.

  • S07E04 Episode 4

    • January 29, 2010
    • PBS

    AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka; Monica Youn and Zephyr Teachout discuss campaign finance reform.

  • S07E05 Episode 5

    • February 5, 2010
    • PBS

    Journalist Nick Gillespie and activist Lawrence Lessig talk about public financing of campaigns; Dr. Margaret Flowers.

  • S07E06 Episode 6

    • February 12, 2010
    • PBS

    Choreographer Bill T. Jones reimagines a young President Abraham Lincoln through dance.

  • S07E07 Episode 7

    • February 19, 2010
    • PBS

    Campaign contributions could corrupt the judicial process; journalist Jeffrey Toobin.

  • S07E08 Episode 8

    • February 26, 2010
    • PBS

    Lawyers Theodore Olson and David Boies unite to overturn California's Proposition 8 ballot measure outlawing same-sex marriage.

  • S07E09 Episode 9

    • March 5, 2010
    • PBS

    Wendell Potter, former CIGNA executive, and Marcia Angell, the New England Journal of Medicine, discuss health-care reform.

  • S07E10 Episode 10

    • March 12, 2010
    • PBS

    New York University President John Sexton discusses theology, politics and the role of universities around the world.

  • S07E11 Episode 11

    • March 18, 2010
    • PBS

    Dr. Jane Goodall travels 300 days a year as a global advocate for life.

  • S07E12 Episode 12

    • March 25, 2010
    • PBS

    Journalist Gretchen Morgenson talks about obstacles to financial reform; the newly signed health-care bill.

  • S07E13 Episode 13

    • April 2, 2010
    • PBS

    Bryan Stevenson and Michelle Alexander discuss Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of economic equality.

  • S07E14 Episode 14

    • April 9, 2010
    • PBS

    Author Louise Erdrich talks about how her heritage influences her life and work; former U.S. Army Col. Andrew J. Bacevich discusses the war in Afghanistan.

  • S07E15 Episode 15

    • April 16, 2010
    • PBS

    Authors Simon Johnson and James Kwak discuss financial reform; FCC Commissioner Michael Copps.

  • S07E16 Episode 16

    • April 23, 2010
    • PBS

    FCC Commissioner Michael Copps discusses the fight for more democratic media; William K. Black discusses financial reform.

  • S07E17 Episode 17

    • April 30, 2010
    • PBS

    Jim Hightower discusses the history and legacy of people's movements; a group in Iowa helps people fight for change; author Barry Lopez discusses nature, spirit and the human condition.

Season 11

  • S11E01 Buying the War

    • April 25, 2007
    • PBS

    A documentary exploring how mainstream media failed to question the war in Iraq.

  • S11E02 Jon Stewart / Prosecutor Firings

    • April 27, 2007
    • PBS

    1. Bill Moyers interviews Jon Stewart, the anchor of the award-winning The Daily Show for eight years, about why so many get their news and analysis from his fake news show and how faking the news can reveal more of the truth than all of the Sunday-morning talk shows put together. 2. From the power of bloggers to the trouble with emails - the online world has carved itself a place in the Beltway. This week popular political blogger Josh Marshall from talkingpointsmemo.com gives the Journal his perspective on the role of politics in the recent firings of federal prosecutors.

Season 12

Season 13

  • S13E29 2009-07-17

    • July 17, 2009
    • PBS

    In his new book, THE EVOLUTION OF GOD, bestselling author Robert Wright examines how the idea of God has changed through history. Wright sits down with Bill Moyers to discuss why he thinks the notion of God is imperative to a moral society.