Seasons & Episodes
On Winner-Take-All Politics
In its premiere episode, Moyers & Company dives into one of the most important and controversial issues of our time: How
Crony Capitalism
This weekend, continuing its sharp multi-episode focus on the intersection of money and politics, Moyers & Company explo
How Big Banks are Rewriting the Rules of Our Economy
Big banks are rewriting the rules of our economy to the exclusive benefit of their own bottom line. But how did our poli
How Do Conservatives and Liberals See the World?
Our country is more politically polarized than ever. Is it possible to agree to disagree and still move on to solve our
Economic Malpractice and the Millennials
There are 80-plus million Americans today who were born roughly between 1978 and 2000, and they’re getting hit hard by
Decoding the Campaigns
We’re saturated with deceptive political advertising — aided and abetted now with spending by citizens, corporations
Where Movies End and Politics Begins
This weekend’s Moyers & Company starts with a compelling Bill Moyers Essay: Is it fair for parents to opt out of vacci
Moving Beyond War
Nine years after Baghdad erupted in “shock and awe,” we’re once again hearing in America the drumbeat for war in t
Standing Up For Democracy
American history is rich with stories of social change inspired by the actions of motivated individuals and organized gr
Gambling With Your Money
You’d think after such a calamitous economic fall, there’d be a strong consensus on reinforcing the protections that
An Optimist for Our Times
Angela Glover Blackwell has spent her adult life advocating practical ways to fulfill America’s promise of “life, li
The Case for Old-School Faith & Politics
Two movements once at the vital center of our society, liberal politics and American Christianity have gone astray, says
Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble
Big money and big media have coupled to create a ‘Disney World’ of democracy in which TV shows, televised debates, e
Between Two Worlds - Life on the Border
No writer understands the border culture between Mexico and the United States more intimately than Luis Alberto Urrea, w
Fighting for Fair Play on TV and Taxes
With the 2012 campaign season moving from primary to election mode, Bill invites back to his studio master media decoder
Tom Morello, Troubadour for Justice
Songs of social protest — music and the quest for justice — have long been intertwined, and the troubadours of troub
Reckoning with Torture
Dark Money in Politics
How Big Banks Victimize Our Democracy
Matt Taibbi and Yves Smith discuss the folly and corruption of both banks and government. Also, Peter Edelman on fightin
Confronting the Contradictions of America’s Past
Bill and Khalil Gibran Muhammad discuss what we should learn from our racial past to better understand the present.
Is Labor A Lost Cause?
Exploring if unions can rebound and once again act strongly in the interest of ordinary workers.
Banking on Greed
The uphill fight to make banks honest and accountable, plus the latest battleground in the war on Planet Earth.
Capitalism’s ‘Sacrifice Zones’
Bill and journalist Chris Hedges talk about parts of America “that have been destroyed for quarterly profit.
What It’s Like to Go to War
Bill talks to Vietnam veteran and author Karl Marlantes about what we need to understand about the minds and hearts of o
Suppressing the Vote
Bill talks with Keesha Gaskins and Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice about how voter ID laws enable voti
Nuns, Faith and Politics
On a road trip of faith and politics, American nuns spread the word: Paul Ryan’s budget would hurt those already strug
The Resurrection of Ralph Reed
Challenging Power, Changing Politics
Bill discusses the power of independent thinking with Senator Bernie Sanders and Green Party candidates Jill Stein and C
The One Percent Court
Elections for Sale
Bill Moyers and Trevor Potter discuss how American elections are bought and sold, who covers the cost, and how the rest
United States of ALEC
How corporations and state legislators are colluding to write laws and remake America, one statehouse at a time.
Hispanic America’s Turn
Univision’s Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas on Hispanic influence and power in America.
Justice, Not Politics
Exploring efforts to capture climate change in action, and the fight to protect our state courts from predatory politics
Plutocracy Rising
Journalists Matt Taibbi and Chrystia Freeland discuss how far America’s super-rich will go to keep the One Percent in
What’s Behind the Presidential Campaign Messages?
Marty Kaplan and Kathleen Hall Jamieson judge the political debates, and Neil Barofsky describes the obstacles to bankin
The Election is Over — Now What?
A bitter election behind us, and burning questions ahead. Bill explores what happens next with journalists Bob Herbert,
Hurricanes, Capitalism & Democracy
Naomi Klein joins Bill to discusses the links between capitalism and climate change, and Trevor Potter assesses Big Mone
Big Media’s Power Play
What you can do to stop Big Media from controlling more of what we see, hear and read.
Fiscal Cliffs and Fiscal Realities
Why the fiscal cliff is merely a phantom menace — and what we should be talking about instead.
Junot Díaz on Rewriting the Story of America
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz straddles two cultures while telling the story of America’s past and future.
What We Can Learn from Lincoln
Tony Kushner, who wrote the screenplay for Lincoln, talks about America’s 16th president and “the history lesson of
Ending the Silence on Climate Change
Climate change communication expert Anthony Leiserowitz explains why climate change gets the silent treatment, and what
Paul Krugman on Why Jobs Come First
The New York Times columnist explains why our top priority should be getting America back to work – if only Washington
Fighting for Filibuster Reform
Larry Cohen, president of the Communications Workers of America, joins Bill to make the case for common-sense reform tha
Foul Play in the Senate, and Today’s Abortion Debate
Bill explores Senate favoritism for the world’s largest biotech firm, and takes a deeper look at modern abortion right
Are Drones Destroying our Democracy?
Bill explores the moral and legal implications of using drones to target our enemies. Also, Matt Taibbi on big bank priv
Who’s Widening America’s Digital Divide?
Internet scholar Susan Crawford explains how media conglomerates put profit ahead of the public interest, and author Nic
The Fight to Keep Democracy Alive
Exploring the virus of money in our politics, and how we need to combat it.
Taming Capitalism Run Wild
Economist Richard Wolff and Restaurant Worker Advocate Saru Jayaraman talk about battling rampant capitalism, and fighti
Fighting Creeping Creationism
Zack Kopplin on fighting the onslaught of creationism and Susan Jacoby on the challenges of free thinking in America.
Paul Krugman on Why Jobs Come First
Fighting the Filibuster
What's Fueling the Modern Abortion Debate
Are Drones Destroying Our Democracy
Who's Widening America's Digital Divide
The Fight to Keep Democracy Alive
Dan Cantor, New York Working Families Party; Jonathan Soros, Friends of Democracy super PAC; the power of poetry with Ma
Taming Capitalism Run Wild
Fighting Creeping Creationism
Anti-creationism activist Zack Kopplin; author Susan Jacoby discusses secularism.
What We Can Learn From Lincoln
Screenwriter Tony Kushner talks about Abraham Lincoln.
Ending the Silence on Climate Change
Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication.
What Has Capitalism Done for Us Lately?
Economist Richard Wolff analyzes income equality; Sheila Bair, former chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
And Justice for Some
Bryan Stevenson, founder of Equal Justice Initiative, discusses the American justice system; an essay on the idea of jus
MLK's Dream of Economic Justice
Historian Taylor Branch and theologian James Cone discuss Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of economic justice.
Living Outside Tribal Lines
Economic inequality in California; writer Sherman Alexie.
A Mother Fights Toxic Trespassers
Activist Sandra Steingraber discusses protecting children from toxic trespassers contaminating air, water and food.
Trading Democracy for National Security
Journalist Glenn Greenwald discusses the Boston Marathon bombings; political scholars Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann.
The Sandy Hook Promise
Francine Wheeler, whose son Ben was among the children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and sin
How People Power Generates Change
Marshall Ganz, senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government; Rachel Laforest, e
The Toxic Politics of Science
Public health historians David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz discuss the dangers of lead; Sheila Krumholz, executive direc
Going to Jail for Justice
Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher, co-founder of Peaceful Uprising; columnist Gretchen Morgenson.
Living Outside Tribal Lines
Economic inequality in California; writer Sherman Alexie.
Taming Capitalism Run Wild
Economist Richard Wolff; activist Saru Jayaraman.
Big Brother's Prying Eyes
Professor Lawrence Lessig, director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.
United States of ALEC: A Follow-Up
ALEC -- the American Legislative Exchange Council.
The Faces of America's Hungry
Filmmaker Kristi Jacobson and Mariana Chilton, director of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, discuss hunger in Ame
Surviving the New American Economy
First profiled 22 years ago, two American families in Wisconsin struggle to keep up with the changing U.S. economy; auth
Distracted From Democracy
Columnist Marty Kaplan discusses economic inequality in the U.S.; historian Gary May.
A New Case for Gun Control
Tom Diaz discusses gun control; Baldemar Velásquez fights for the rights of farmworkers.
John Lewis Marches On
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) discusses his leadership role during the civil-rights movement of the 1960s.
The Faces of America's Hungry
Director Kristi Jacobson and Mariana Chilton, director of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, discuss hunger, food i
Taming Capitalism Run Wild
Economist Richard Wolff; activist Saru Jayaraman.
How People Power Generates Change
Marshall Ganz, senior lecturer at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government; Rachel LaForest, executive director
America's Gilded Capital
Journalist and author Mark Leibovich discusses his views on Washington, D.C.
John Lewis Marches On
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) discusses the 1963 march for civil rights.
What Are We Doing in Syria?
Correspondent Deborah Amos, National Public Radio; historian Andrew Bacevich; guest host Phil Donahue.
The Collision of Sports and Politics
Davie Zirin, sports editor of The Nation.
Robert Reich on Inequality for All
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich discusses the movie "Inequality for All," which examines income disparity in Amer
Saving the Earth From Ourselves
Kumi Naidoo, international executive director of Greenpeace.
Wendell Berry: Poet & Prophet
Writer Wendell Berry discusses the environment.
Citizens United: The Sequel
Yale Law School professor Heather Gerken discusses McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission; historian Joyce Appleby.
The Debt Ceiling Is a Nuclear Bomb the US Has Aimed at Itself
British journalist Martin Wolf discusses the debt ceiling debate and its potential impact on the global economy; MIT pro
Progressives Pick Up the Pieces
Financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson; historian Peter Dreier.
The Top Secret Trade Deal You Need to Know About
Yves Smith, the Naked Capitalism blog; Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research; a preview
How Dollarocracy Is Destroying America
John Nichols, The Nation; professor Robert McChesney.
The Path of Positive Resistance
Dr. Jill Stein, co-founder of the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities; Dr. Margaret Flowers, Physicians for
Zombie Politics and Casino Capitalism
Author Henry Giroux; remembering novelist Doris Lessing; the documentary "Birth of the Living Dead."
Wendell Berry: Poet & Prophet
Author and environmental activist Wendell Berry; short documentary "Dance of the Honey Bee."
Behind Washington's Closed Doors
Mark Leibovich, The New York Times Magazine, discusses Washington's powerbrokers.
Gunfighter Nation
Historian Richard Slotkin talks about guns and violence in America.
Incarceration Nation
Civil rights lawyer and legal scholar Michelle Alexander.
The Pope, Poverty, and Poetry
Historian Thomas Cahill discusses Pope Francis and the relevance of the church in the 21st century.
State of Conflict: North Carolina
The battle of American politics rages on in North Carolina.
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