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Listening to America; 110; Future Talk

Date: 1992-06-09

Bill Moyers examines how choices Americans make about the environment today will determine how much we jeopardize our children’s future. The program covers the myriad problems Americans are confronting: population growth, energy policies, depletion of our natural resources and relations between the developing and developed nations. Contributors include: Jessica Tuchman Mathews, molecular biologist and vice president of the World Resources Institute; John Holland who pioneered computer models ......

Listening to America; 111; Curing the Economy

Date: 1992-06-16

Bill Moyers asks what we can do to repair the U.S economy — drawing on the work of Pulitzer prize-winning team of Don Barlett and James Steele's AMERICA: WHAT WENT WRONG? Moyers tells the stories of Americans who’ve been put out of work by economic change. Moyers then interviews Andrew Galef, Chairman, MagneTek, Inc,. one of the corporations that consolidated operations and fired those same workers.

Listening to America; 112; What Price the Drug War?

Date: 1992-06-23

The U.S. has spent millions on the War on Drugs, but every year more and more drugs hit American streets and we spend millions more on enforcement and incarceration. Bill Moyers talks with Michael Isikoff, THE WASHINGTON POST; Rep. Charles Schumer (D-NY); Robin Kirk, a journalist reporting on Latin America; Michael Levine, Former DEA Agent, author, DEEP COVER and FIGHT BACK; John Walters, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; Randolph Stone, University of Chicago Law School; Mar......

Listening to America; 113; Families Matter

Date: 1992-06-30

Bill Moyers examines the ways in which America has become an unfriendly culture for families and children. The program explores efforts to rebuild a web of support for families — talking with those developing the practical steps needed to create a more hospitable social climate for families. Moyers visits a San Diego family struggling with the modern problems affecting the quality of parents’ and children’s lives. Contributors include: Richard Louv, journalist, author CHILDHOOD’S FUTURE; Stev......

Listening to America; 115; And Justice for All

Date: 1992-07-21

Bill Moyers examines the crisis within the American court system. In many parts of the country, funding for already burdened and backlogged courts is being reduced. Public defenders and legal aid attorneys are in short supply, leaving the poor without adequate or timely representation. In this program, a panel of judges discuss a variety of potential remedies. Contributors include: Judge Higginbotham, Judge Emeritus, PA; Kenneth Starr, U.S. Solicitor General, CA; Judge Harmon, Houston, TX; Ju......

Listening to America; 116; Making Government Work

Date: 1992-07-28

Bill Moyers explores firsthand how citizens are taking action to improve their communities. In Chicago, citizens groups have joined with government officials to preserve manufacturing jobs, revitalize parks and prevent crime. Barbara Williams of WTTW, Chicago reports on how one community group pushed to achieve economic change in their neighborhood.

Listening to America; 117; The Good Society Part 1 of 2

Date: 1992-08-04

Citizens have lost faith in American institutions. Bill Moyers visits Atlanta, Georgia to understand what citizens are doing to create a good society. Moyers talks with Robert Bellah, contributor to THE GOOD SOCIETY, who uses baseball to illustrate the qualities of an institution. Bellah says individuals perform but teams win. Contributors include: President Jimmy Carter; Joe Martin, real estate developer; Maynard Jackson, Atlanta Mayor; and citizens of Atlanta. Part 1 of 2.

Listening to America; 118; The Good Society Part 2 of 2

Date: 1992-08-11

Bill Moyers continues his conversation with Robert Bellah, contributor to THE GOOD SOCIETY. Moyers focuses on Los Angeles and tells the stories of people who have long recognized the need for cooperative action to benefit the community as a whole. Moyers features individuals in schools, churches, and grassroots organizations who share their ideas about how to best build community in economically devastated urban areas. Part 2 of 2

Listening to America; 119; The Politics of Trees

Date: 1992-09-01

Bill Moyers asks what we can do about the rapidly disappearing old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest — tapping environmentalists, politicians and industry representatives for ideas. Contributors include: Richard Manning, author, LAST STAND; Jeff DeBonis; Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics; Roy Keene, forester; Chris Maser, forest ecologist; Cecelia Lanman, Environmental Protection Information Center; Robert Stephens, The Pacific Lumber Company; Congressman Ron Chandler (R......

Listening to America; 121; The Religious Right

Date: 1992-09-15

Bill Moyers illustrates the growing power of the conservative evangelical movement in the U.S. — presenting an eye-opening report on the “National Affairs Briefing,” a meeting of members of the religious right that followed the Republican National Convention in 1992. Speakers included: Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum; Rev. Wildmon; Rev. Gene Antonio, Foundation for the Advancement of Compassion and Truth; Lt. Col. Oliver North, U.S. Marines (Ret), Freedom Alliance; Pat Buchanan; Rev. E.V. Hill,......

Listening to America; 122; Reagan Democrats: Up for Grabs

Date: 1992-09-22

LISTENING TO AMERICA travels Macomb County, Michigan, a mostly-white suburb of Detroit, home of the auto industry. The county is known for its "Reagan Democrats," those formerly staunch Democrats who have voted overwhelmingly Republican in the last three elections.

Listening to America; 124; The Money Trail

Date: 1992-10-06

Bill Moyers and Kathleen Hall Jamieson discuss the upcoming presidential debates and the effect a report on the RU 486 abortion pill is having on the conversation. Political ads on abortion are shaping the campaign conversation but have nothing to do with the candidates. Jamieson is Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.

Listening to America; 125; Live Debate Analysis

Date: 1992-10-13

Bill Moyers and Kathleen Hall Jamieson analyze the first two debates in the 1992 presidential election during this live edition of LISTENING TO AMERICA. Studio conversation and analysis continue with: Ted Forstmann, founder Forstmann, Little & Company, National co-chair for the Bush-Quayle reelection campaign; Sherrie Rollins, former assistant to President Bush, Sr. and vice president of U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT; Ron Silver, actor, president Actors Equity and the Creative Coalition; Anthony M......

Listening to America; 126; Charisma, Personality and Power

Date: 1992-10-20

LISTENING TO AMERICA heads into the heart and head of the campaigns. Abraham Zaleznik, psychoanalyst, professor emeritus of the Harvard Business School, author LEARNING LEADERSHIP; Steve Pieczenik, psychiatrist, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and author of MAXIMUM VIGILANCE, talk with Bill Moyers about presidential leadership.

Listening to America; 127; Countdown to the Election

Date: 1992-10-27

Bill Moyers and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, discuss developments one week before the election — looking at campaign and advertising strategies of each candidate.

Healing and the Mind; 102; The Mind Body Connection

Date: 1993-02-22

Bill Moyers speaks with neuroscientists and doctors as he investigates the mysteries and science of the mind-body connection, discussing such topics as the biochemistry of emotion, how emotional states affect the brain and how thoughts and feelings affect the body.

Healing and the Mind; 101; The Mystery of Chi

Date: 1993-02-22

Bill Moyers travels to China to learn about healing and the mind from the perspective of another culture. “What I discovered in China was another way of thinking about mind and body, about health and illness, and a phenomenon called chi,” Bill Moyers tells the audience in his introduction.

Healing and the Mind; 103; Healing From Within

Date: 1993-02-23

Bill Moyers meets two therapists who use Eastern meditation and Western group psychotherapy to heal their patients -- and not drugs or surgery. Jon Kabat-Zinn runs a stress reduction clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, which involves Eastern meditation techniques and Dr. David Spiegel, Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, California is helping a group of women with metastatic breast cancer speak to each other about their experiences and extending their live......

Healing and the Mind; 104; The Art of Healing

Date: 1993-02-24

Bill Moyers talks with physicians, scientists, therapists and patients about what they are learning about the role emotional states can play in the development and treatment of diseases

Bill Moyers Journal (1993-1994); 1002; Bullish on America

Date: 1993-10-22

An interview from London on the state of affairs in the world with former and present editors of THE ECONOMIST: Bill Emmot, Present Editor; Sir Alastair Burnet, Editor 1967-74; Andrew Knight, Editor 1974-86; Rupert Pennant-Rea 1986-93.

Bill Moyers Journal (1993-1994); 1004; A Life Together

Date: 1993-12-17

A profile of two celebrated American literary figures -- Donald Hall and his wife, Jane Kenyon. Kenyon is an award-winning poet and translator; Hall is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry and in June of 2006 was named U.S. Poet Laureate.

Video Birthday Greetings

Date: 1994-01-01

Bill Moyers accepts Columbia's Alfred I. duPont Gold Baton Award for Public Affairs Television's programs AFTER THE WAR, THE HOME FRONT, BEYOND HATE and AMAZING GRACE at the University's 1992 ceremony. Moyers gives his acceptance speech.

Video Birthday Greetings

Date: 1994-01-01

An extended collection of Bill Moyers friends and colleagues wishing him a happy birthday. Includes Dan Rather, Maya Angelou, and others.

The Great Health Care Debate

Date: 1994-10-07

Bill Moyers reviews President Bill Clinton’s 1993 and 1994 efforts to reform our nation’s health care system. What is the role of public relations, advertising and lobbying in shaping the health care debate — this report raises important questions about how democracy works.

What Can We Do About Violence?; 102; Part 2: Domestic Violence, Street Violence

Date: 1995-01-09

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is one of the least reported crimes in America. In Nashville, TN intense police investigation and follow-up have led to the imprisonment of repeat offenders. And, a Los Angeles doctor, weary of treating young gunshot victims, founded Teens on Target where former teenage patients (half of whom have spinal injuries from gunshot wounds) speak to younger kids about weapons and violence.

What Can We Do About Violence?; 103; Part 3: Crisis in Our Inner Cities

Date: 1995-01-11

CRISIS IN OUR INNER CITIES examines the tragic story of nine-year-old James Darby, who sent a letter to President Clinton asking him to stop the violence in his city as part of a classroom project. Nine days after he sent the letter, Darby was shot walking home from a local park. Successful community efforts such as Cleveland Works and Beat the Streets show how local businesses, religious organizations, and individuals can help at-risk youths divide their time between attending school and com......

Solutions to Violence; 105; Understanding Violence

Date: 1995-10-01

Dr. Carl Bell, who focuses on children who have witnessed violent acts, committed violence or been the victims of violence, discusses the psychological approach to understanding violence and its victims.

Solutions to Violence; 106; Decoding the Rap

Date: 1995-10-01

Sergeant Ron Stallworth, a 20-year veteran of law enforcement and head of the unit dealing with gangs for the Utah Division of Investigation, finds a close correlation between gang activity and "gangster rap."

Solutions to Violence; 103; Rebuilding Communities

Date: 1995-10-01

Angela Blackwell, director of Urban Strategies Council in Oakland , CA and of the nation-wide Black Community Crusade for Children, focuses on community cooperation in the inner city.

Solutions to Violence; 101; On Parenting

Date: 1995-10-01

New Mexico’s public health chief Dr. Victor La Cerva who specializes in treating victims of domestic violence, both women and children gives practical suggestions for better parenting and avoidance of violence in the home.

The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith; 104; Islam

Date: 1996-04-16

The doors of Islam were opened to Huston Smith when he was an adult, after discovering the Sufi mystics. He became enamored with Islamic conceptions of order, justice, mercy and compassion. He still prays five times a day as Muslims do. Smith discusses misconceptions about Islam held in the West today.

Genesis: A Living Conversation; 101; The First Murder

Date: 1996-10-16

The first story in the book of Genesis, God's creation of the Earth and humanity. Participants: Walter Brueggemann, Roberta Hestenes, John S. Kselman, Hugh O'Donnell, Burton L. Visotzky, Renita J. Weems, Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg.

Genesis: A Living Conversation; 102; In God's Image

Date: 1996-10-20

Adam and Eve's tasting of the forbidden fruit and their expulsion from Eden. Participants: Leon R. Kass, Stephen Mitchell, Elaine H. Pagels, Naomi H. Rosenblatt, Jean-Pierre M. Ruiz, Marianne Meye Thompson, Robin Darling Young.

Genesis: A Living Conversation; 103; Temptation

Date: 1996-10-27

Cain and Abel, the biblical tale of brother killing brother and the complex relationships among victim, perpetrator and judge. Participants: John Barth, Rebecca Goldstein, Mary Gordon, Oscar Hijuelos, Charles Johnson, Faye Kellerman, Burton L. Visotzky.

Genesis: A Living Conversation; 104; Apocalypse

Date: 1996-11-03

The story of Noah and the great flood. Participants: Karen Armstrong, Byron E. Calame, Alexander A. DiLella, Carol Gilligan, Blu Greenberg, Samuel D. Proctor, Burton L. Visotzky.

Genesis: A Living Conversation; 106; A Family Affair

Date: 1996-11-17

The story of Abraham's relationship with Hagar and Sarah. Participants: Azizah Y. al-Hibri, Robert Alter, Bharati Mukherjee, Eugene Rivers III, Lewis B. Smedes, Elizabeth Swados, Burton L. Visotzky.

Genesis: A Living Conversation; 107; The Test

Date: 1996-11-24

God’s command to Abraham to sacrifice Isaac raises disturbing questions. What kind of God would make such a demand? And what kind of parent would consider obeying it? Participants: Dianne Bergant, Norman J. Cohen, Francisco O. Garcia-Treto, P.K. McCary, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Phyllis Trible, Burton L. Visotzky.

Genesis: A Living Conversation; 108; Blessed Deception

Date: 1996-12-01

The story of Isaac's blessing for Jacob obtained through Rebecca's deceit. Participants: Leon R. Kass, Stephen Mitchell, Elaine H. Pagels, Naomi H. Rosenblatt, Jean-Pierre M. Ruiz, Marianne Meye Thompson, Robin Darling Young.

Genesis: A Living Conversation; 110; Exile

Date: 1996-12-15

Joseph, gifted, talented, and handsome survives slavery and exile by his wits. What does his story mean today? Participants: Dianne Bergant, Norman J. Cohen, Francisco O. Garcia-Treto, P.K. McCary, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Phyllis Trible, Burton L. Visotzky.

Bill T. Jones - Still/Here

Date: 1997-01-15

A glimpse into dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones’s highly acclaimed dance, STILL/HERE. At workshops around the country people facing life-threatening illnesses are asked to remember the highs and lows of their lives and transform their feelings into expressive movement. Later, Jones demonstrates for Bill Moyers the movements of his own life story.

A Conversation With Bill Moyers; Master

Date: 1997-03-24 Producing Organization: KERA

Lee Cullum interviews Bill Moyers on his life in journalism. They discuss a variety of topics including Theology and Myth, Public Television, Lyndon B. Johnson, and others.

Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home; 102; The Hijacked Brain

Date: 1998-03-29

Aided by powerful new diagnostic tools, scientists are making dramatic discoveries about how addiction affects the brain. We see images of a cocaine user's brain as the drug takes effect. A doctor explains how these scans reveal addiction as a chronic relapsing brain disease.

Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home; 103; Changing Lives

Date: 1998-03-30

Treatment works and behavior can be changed but there is no "one-size-fits-all" solution and recovery requires individual discipline. Bill Moyers visits innovative treatment programs, including the one that helped his son.

Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home; 104; The Next Generation

Date: 1998-03-31

THE NEXT GENERATION examines how the cycle of addiction passes from generation to generation and experts are increasingly focusing on prevention efforts based on community and family to combat addiction in young people. Two organizations taking on the task of safeguarding teens are profiled.

Facing the Truth (Reel Two)

Date: 1999-03-30

A documentary on South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the struggle to overcome the bitter legacy of apartheid.

Facing the Truth

Date: 1999-03-30

Bill Moyers reports on the efforts of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as it investigates human rights violations and helps South Africa in its process of healing and reinvention.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Bill Moyers

Date: 1999-04-27

Bill Moyers talks with Archbishop Desmond Tutu who has been a tireless voice for justice and racial reconciliation. In 1984, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa.

Free Speech for Sale

Date: 1999-06-08

FREE SPEECH FOR SALE is a documentary investigation of how the Constitutional guarantee of free speech is increasingly dominated by those who can afford it. Bill Moyers and key legal and public interest advocates examine how industries with deep pockets use their access to the media to overwhelm the public debate.

Surviving the Good Times: A Moyers Report

Date: 2000-03-28

SURVIVING THE GOOD TIMES: A MOYERS REPORT is a third visit to two Milwaukee families documenting their continuing struggle to adjust to changes in the global economy. Combining new filming with two previous documentaries, this broadcast provides a look at ten years in the lives of these working class Americans.

On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying; 101; Living with Dying

Date: 2000-09-10

Death, which sooner or later comes to all, is a strangely taboo subject in America. In this program, Bill Moyers unravels the complexities underlying the many choices at the end of life, including the bitter debate over physician-assisted suicide.

On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying; 102; A Different Kind of Care

Date: 2000-09-11

In this program, Bill Moyers presents the important strides being made in the area of palliative care at pioneering institutions such as New York's Mt. Sinai Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Real people with terminal illnesses share their stories of living with dying and their caretakers share the challenges of delivering a "good death."

On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying; 103; A Death of One's Own

Date: 2000-09-12

Bill Moyers unravels the complexities underlying the many choices at the end of life, including the bitter debate over physician-assisted suicide. Our cultural attitudes towards suffering are sometimes used as a rationale to withhold medications — attitudes that palliative-care physicians hope to change in order to make dying less frightening and less painful.

On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying; 104; A Time to Change

Date: 2000-09-13

Four out of five Americans will likely die in hospitals or nursing homes and the care they get will depend on both who is providing it and who is footing the bill. In this program, Bill Moyers visits The Balm of Gilead project in Birmingham, Alabama which puts the comfort and care of a hospice into a hospital setting providing dignified, loving treatment for indigent patients. There, the caregivers help find financial resources for the uninsured and support family members.

Trade Secrets: A Moyers Report

Date: 2001-03-26

TRADE SECRETS, a report based on never before published documents uncovers how chemical companies have collaborated to keep from American workers and the American public the full truth about the impact of chemicals on health and safety.

Bill Moyers Reports: Earth on Edge

Date: 2001-06-19

EARTH ON EDGE reports on the state of the global environment, including field reports from Mongolia, British Columbia, the American Midwest, Brazil and South Africa. Bill Moyers explores how human behavior has changed the forests, coastal areas, freshwater, grasslands and agricultural systems on which all life depends and the kind of behavioral changes that may help restore them.

NOW with Bill Moyers; 103; Nafta; The Invisible Ones

Date: 2002-02-01

NOW WITH BILL MOYERS: A weekly news magazine, reported in conjunction with NPR, includes documentary reporting, in-depth one-on-one interviews, and insightful commentary from a wide variety of media-makers and those behind the headlines.

Bill Moyers Reports: Trading Democracy

Date: 2002-02-05

The first television investigation of NAFTA's Chapter 11 - what has been called an "end run around the Constitution." The one-hour program details a system of private justice that is enabling companies to obtain covertly what they would be unlikely to achieve publicly in America's legislatures or courts.

NOW with Bill Moyers; 106; South Africa’s child rape outrage

Date: 2002-02-22

NOW WITH BILL MOYERS: A weekly news magazine, reported in conjunction with NPR, includes documentary reporting, in-depth one-on-one interviews, and insightful commentary from a wide variety of media-makers and those behind the headlines.

NOW with Bill Moyers; 108; Water wars in Wyoming

Date: 2002-03-08

NOW WITH BILL MOYERS: A weekly news magazine, reported in conjunction with NPR, includes documentary reporting, in-depth one-on-one interviews, and insightful commentary from a wide variety of media-makers and those behind the headlines.

NOW with Bill Moyers; 111; Living Wage

Date: 2002-03-29

NOW WITH BILL MOYERS: A weekly news magazine, reported in conjunction with NPR, includes documentary reporting, in-depth one-on-one interviews, and insightful commentary from a wide variety of media-makers and those behind the headlines.

NOW with Bill Moyers; 112; West Bank Settlements

Date: 2002-04-05

NOW WITH BILL MOYERS: A weekly news magazine, reported in conjunction with NPR, includes documentary reporting, in-depth one-on-one interviews, and insightful commentary from a wide variety of media-makers and those behind the headlines.

America's First River: Bill Moyers on the Hudson; 101; Stories from the Hudson

Date: 2002-04-23

Bill Moyers tells the story of the mighty Hudson River, whose 315-mile course travels from its source in the Adirondack Mountains to its outlet at New York harbor — and runs through so much of the nation’s history, literature and art. Moyers examines both the beauty that attracted the Hudson River school painters and the potential that lured America’s early industrialists.

America's First River: Bill Moyers on the Hudson; 102; The Fight to Save the River

Date: 2002-04-24

The Hudson River was a catalyst for the conservation movement. In this program, Robert Boyle, author of THE HUDSON RIVER: A NATURAL AND UNNATURAL HISTORY; Hudson Riverkeeper John Cronin; folk singer Pete Seeger, founder of the Clearwater Foundation; Franny Reese, chair emeritus of Scenic Hudson; GE's apologist and former CEO Jack Welch; and others discuss the long-running fight to rescue the river through far-reaching environmental legislation.

NOW with Bill Moyers; 117; Kids and Chemicals

Date: 2002-05-10

Are we making our children sick? In the last 70 years, more than 75,000 synthetic chemicals and metals have been put to use in America - chemicals that in many cases make our lives easier and better. They kill insects and weeds, clean our clothes and carpets, unclog our drains, create produce and lawns as pretty as a picture. But most of these chemicals have never been tested for their toxic effects on children. And scientists are concerned that recent increases in childhood illnesses like as......

NOW with Bill Moyers; 119; September 11 families

Date: 2002-05-24

NOW WITH BILL MOYERS: A weekly news magazine, reported in conjunction with NPR, includes documentary reporting, in-depth one-on-one interviews, and insightful commentary from a wide variety of media-makers and those behind the headlines.

NOW with Bill Moyers; 121; A Special Update of the Bill Moyers Special FROM D-DAY TO THE RHINE

Date: 2002-06-07

The soldiers of World War II, the heroes among us, are dying at the startling rate of over 1,100 veterans per day. They are the living connection to our country's wartime history and, as they pass away, so do their stories. NOW looks back on the honor, bravery and patriotism of these veterans in celebration of the 58th anniversary of D-Day (June 6, 2002). In Bill Moyers 1990 documentary, FROM D-DAY TO THE RHINE, eight World War II veterans returned to Europe to speak about their wartime exper......

NOW with Bill Moyers; 126; Justice and Jihad

Date: 2002-07-12

NOW WITH BILL MOYERS: A weekly news magazine, reported in conjunction with NPR, includes documentary reporting, in-depth one-on-one interviews, and insightful commentary from a wide variety of media-makers and those behind the headlines.