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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.On Winner-Take-All Politics
13-01-2012In its premiere episode, Moyers & Company dives into one of the most important and controversial issues of our time: How Washington and Big Business colluded to make the super-rich...
- Ep 2
2.Crony Capitalism
20-01-2012This weekend, continuing its sharp multi-episode focus on the intersection of money and politics, Moyers & Company explores the tight connection between Wall Street and the White H...
- Ep 3
3.How Big Banks are Rewriting the Rules of Our Economy
27-01-2012Big banks are rewriting the rules of our economy to the exclusive benefit of their own bottom line. But how did our political and financial class shift the benefits of the economy...
- Ep 4
4.How Do Conservatives and Liberals See the World?
03-02-2012Our country is more politically polarized than ever. Is it possible to agree to disagree and still move on to solve our massive problems? Or are the blind leading the blind — over...
- Ep 5
5.Economic Malpractice and the Millennials
10-02-2012There are 80-plus million Americans today who were born roughly between 1978 and 2000, and they’re getting hit hard by economic circumstances created over the past 30 years. The Mi...
- Ep 6
6.Decoding the Campaigns
17-02-2012We’re saturated with deceptive political advertising — aided and abetted now with spending by citizens, corporations and super PACs that seems to know no bounds. Add to that relati...
- Ep 7
7.Where Movies End and Politics Begins
24-02-2012This weekend’s Moyers & Company starts with a compelling Bill Moyers Essay: Is it fair for parents to opt out of vaccinations for their children on the basis of religion or philoso...
- Ep 8
8.Moving Beyond War
23-03-2012Nine years after Baghdad erupted in “shock and awe,” we’re once again hearing in America the drumbeat for war in the Middle East. Now, the bull’s-eye is on Iran. But what we need m...
- Ep 9
9.Standing Up For Democracy
29-03-2012American history is rich with stories of social change inspired by the actions of motivated individuals and organized groups. Today’s activists are no different — facing long odds...
- Ep 10
10.Gambling With Your Money
05-04-2012You’d think after such a calamitous economic fall, there’d be a strong consensus on reinforcing the protections that keep us out of harm’s way. But in some powerful corners, the op...
- Ep 11
11.An Optimist for Our Times
13-04-2012Angela Glover Blackwell has spent her adult life advocating practical ways to fulfill America’s promise of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” for all. Now, with our midd...
- Ep 12
12.The Case for Old-School Faith & Politics
18-04-2012Two movements once at the vital center of our society, liberal politics and American Christianity have gone astray, says Eric Alterman (from the left) and Ross Douthat (from the ri...
- Ep 13
13.Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble
27-04-2012Big money and big media have coupled to create a ‘Disney World’ of democracy in which TV shows, televised debates, even news coverage is being dumbed down, resulting in a public le...
- Ep 14
14.Between Two Worlds - Life on the Border
04-05-2012No writer understands the border culture between Mexico and the United States more intimately than Luis Alberto Urrea, whose life is the stuff of great novels. Son of a Mexican fat...
- Ep 15
15.Fighting for Fair Play on TV and Taxes
11-05-2012With the 2012 campaign season moving from primary to election mode, Bill invites back to his studio master media decoder Kathleen Hall Jamieson for a closer look at the role misinf...
- Ep 16
16.Tom Morello, Troubadour for Justice
18-05-2012Songs of social protest — music and the quest for justice — have long been intertwined, and the troubadours of troubling times — Guthrie, Seeger, Baez, Dylan, and Springsteen among...
- Ep 17
17.Reckoning with Torture
26-05-2012 - Ep 18
18.Dark Money in Politics
15-06-2012 - Ep 19
19.How Big Banks Victimize Our Democracy
22-06-2012Matt Taibbi and Yves Smith discuss the folly and corruption of both banks and government. Also, Peter Edelman on fighting U.S. poverty.
- Ep 20
20.Confronting the Contradictions of America’s Past
29-06-2012Bill and Khalil Gibran Muhammad discuss what we should learn from our racial past to better understand the present.
- Ep 21
21.Is Labor A Lost Cause?
06-07-2012Exploring if unions can rebound and once again act strongly in the interest of ordinary workers.
- Ep 22
22.Banking on Greed
13-07-2012The uphill fight to make banks honest and accountable, plus the latest battleground in the war on Planet Earth.
- Ep 23
23.Capitalism’s ‘Sacrifice Zones’
20-07-2012Bill and journalist Chris Hedges talk about parts of America “that have been destroyed for quarterly profit.
- Ep 24
24.What It’s Like to Go to War
27-07-2012Bill talks to Vietnam veteran and author Karl Marlantes about what we need to understand about the minds and hearts of our modern warriors.
- Ep 25
25.Suppressing the Vote
03-08-2012Bill talks with Keesha Gaskins and Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice about how voter ID laws enable voting suppression.
- Ep 26
26.Nuns, Faith and Politics
24-08-2012On a road trip of faith and politics, American nuns spread the word: Paul Ryan’s budget would hurt those already struggling to make ends meet.
- Ep 27
27.The Resurrection of Ralph Reed
31-08-2012 - Ep 28
28.Challenging Power, Changing Politics
07-09-2012Bill discusses the power of independent thinking with Senator Bernie Sanders and Green Party candidates Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala.
- Ep 29
29.The One Percent Court
14-09-2012 - Ep 30
30.Elections for Sale
21-09-2012Bill Moyers and Trevor Potter discuss how American elections are bought and sold, who covers the cost, and how the rest of us pay the price.
- Ep 31
31.United States of ALEC
28-09-2012How corporations and state legislators are colluding to write laws and remake America, one statehouse at a time.
- Ep 32
32.Hispanic America’s Turn
05-10-201256mUnivision’s Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas on Hispanic influence and power in America.
- Ep 33
33.Justice, Not Politics
12-10-201256mExploring efforts to capture climate change in action, and the fight to protect our state courts from predatory politics.
- Ep 34
34.Plutocracy Rising
19-10-201256mJournalists Matt Taibbi and Chrystia Freeland discuss how far America’s super-rich will go to keep the One Percent in charge.
- Ep 35
35.What’s Behind the Presidential Campaign Messages?
26-10-2012Marty Kaplan and Kathleen Hall Jamieson judge the political debates, and Neil Barofsky describes the obstacles to banking reform.
- Ep 36
36.The Election is Over — Now What?
09-11-201256mA bitter election behind us, and burning questions ahead. Bill explores what happens next with journalists Bob Herbert, Reihan Salam, and James Fallows.
- Ep 37
37.Hurricanes, Capitalism & Democracy
16-11-201256mNaomi Klein joins Bill to discusses the links between capitalism and climate change, and Trevor Potter assesses Big Money’s true impact on the election.
- Ep 38
38.Big Media’s Power Play
07-12-201256mWhat you can do to stop Big Media from controlling more of what we see, hear and read.
- Ep 39
39.Fiscal Cliffs and Fiscal Realities
14-12-201256mWhy the fiscal cliff is merely a phantom menace — and what we should be talking about instead.
- Ep 40
40.Junot Díaz on Rewriting the Story of America
28-12-2012Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz straddles two cultures while telling the story of America’s past and future.
- Ep 41
41.What We Can Learn from Lincoln
21-12-2012Tony Kushner, who wrote the screenplay for Lincoln, talks about America’s 16th president and “the history lesson of politics.
- Ep 42
42.Ending the Silence on Climate Change
04-01-2013Climate change communication expert Anthony Leiserowitz explains why climate change gets the silent treatment, and what we should do about it.
- Ep 43
43.Paul Krugman on Why Jobs Come First
11-01-2013The New York Times columnist explains why our top priority should be getting America back to work – if only Washington would stop throwing distractions in the way.
- Ep 44
44.Fighting for Filibuster Reform
18-01-2013Larry Cohen, president of the Communications Workers of America, joins Bill to make the case for common-sense reform that would bring the Senate back to serving democracy.
- Ep 45
45.Foul Play in the Senate, and Today’s Abortion Debate
25-01-2013Bill explores Senate favoritism for the world’s largest biotech firm, and takes a deeper look at modern abortion rights activism.
- Ep 46
46.Are Drones Destroying our Democracy?
01-02-2013Bill explores the moral and legal implications of using drones to target our enemies. Also, Matt Taibbi on big bank privileges.
- Ep 47
47.Who’s Widening America’s Digital Divide?
08-02-2013Internet scholar Susan Crawford explains how media conglomerates put profit ahead of the public interest, and author Nick Turse shares what we never knew about the Vietnam War.
- Ep 48
48.The Fight to Keep Democracy Alive
15-02-2013Exploring the virus of money in our politics, and how we need to combat it.
- Ep 49
49.Taming Capitalism Run Wild
22-02-2013Economist Richard Wolff and Restaurant Worker Advocate Saru Jayaraman talk about battling rampant capitalism, and fighting for economic justice.
- Ep 50
50.Fighting Creeping Creationism
01-03-2013Zack Kopplin on fighting the onslaught of creationism and Susan Jacoby on the challenges of free thinking in America.
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