Season 1 (2012)

On Winner-Take-All Politics
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January 13, 2012

In its premiere episode, Moyers & Company dives into one of the most important and controversial issues of our time: How Washingto...Read more

Crony Capitalism
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January 20, 2012

This weekend, continuing its sharp multi-episode focus on the intersection of money and politics, Moyers & Company explores the ti...Read more

How Big Banks are Rewriting the Rules of Our Economy
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January 27, 2012

Big banks are rewriting the rules of our economy to the exclusive benefit of their own bottom line. But how did our political and ...Read more

How Do Conservatives and Liberals See the World?
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February 3, 2012

Our country is more politically polarized than ever. Is it possible to agree to disagree and still move on to solve our massive pr...Read more

Economic Malpractice and the Millennials
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February 10, 2012

There are 80-plus million Americans today who were born roughly between 1978 and 2000, and they’re getting hit hard by economic ci...Read more

Decoding the Campaigns
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February 17, 2012

We’re saturated with deceptive political advertising — aided and abetted now with spending by citizens, corporations and super PAC...Read more

Where Movies End and Politics Begins
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February 24, 2012

This weekend’s Moyers & Company starts with a compelling Bill Moyers Essay: Is it fair for parents to opt out of vaccinations for ...Read more

Moving Beyond War
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March 23, 2012

Nine years after Baghdad erupted in “shock and awe,” we’re once again hearing in America the drumbeat for war in the Middle East. ...Read more

Standing Up For Democracy
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March 29, 2012

American history is rich with stories of social change inspired by the actions of motivated individuals and organized groups. Toda...Read more

Gambling With Your Money
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April 5, 2012

You’d think after such a calamitous economic fall, there’d be a strong consensus on reinforcing the protections that keep us out o...Read more

An Optimist for Our Times
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April 13, 2012

Angela Glover Blackwell has spent her adult life advocating practical ways to fulfill America’s promise of “life, liberty, and the...Read more

The Case for Old-School Faith & Politics
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April 18, 2012

Two movements once at the vital center of our society, liberal politics and American Christianity have gone astray, says Eric Alte...Read more

Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble
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April 27, 2012

Big money and big media have coupled to create a ‘Disney World’ of democracy in which TV shows, televised debates, even news cover...Read more

Between Two Worlds - Life on the Border
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May 4, 2012

No writer understands the border culture between Mexico and the United States more intimately than Luis Alberto Urrea, whose life ...Read more

Fighting for Fair Play on TV and Taxes
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May 11, 2012

With the 2012 campaign season moving from primary to election mode, Bill invites back to his studio master media decoder Kathleen ...Read more

Tom Morello, Troubadour for Justice
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May 18, 2012

Songs of social protest — music and the quest for justice — have long been intertwined, and the troubadours of troubling times — G...Read more

Reckoning with Torture
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May 26, 2012

Episode 17 of Season 1 premiered on May 26, 2012

Dark Money in Politics
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June 15, 2012

Episode 18 of Season 1 premiered on June 15, 2012

How Big Banks Victimize Our Democracy
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June 22, 2012

Matt Taibbi and Yves Smith discuss the folly and corruption of both banks and government. Also, Peter Edelman on fighting U.S. poverty.

Confronting the Contradictions of America’s Past
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June 29, 2012

Bill and Khalil Gibran Muhammad discuss what we should learn from our racial past to better understand the present.

Is Labor A Lost Cause?
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July 6, 2012

Exploring if unions can rebound and once again act strongly in the interest of ordinary workers.

Banking on Greed
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July 13, 2012

The uphill fight to make banks honest and accountable, plus the latest battleground in the war on Planet Earth.

Capitalism’s ‘Sacrifice Zones’
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July 20, 2012

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
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July 27, 2012

Bill talks to Vietnam veteran and author Karl Marlantes about what we need to understand about the minds and hearts of our modern warriors.

Suppressing the Vote
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August 3, 2012

Bill talks with Keesha Gaskins and Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice about how voter ID laws enable voting suppression.

Nuns, Faith and Politics
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August 24, 2012

On 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.

The Resurrection of Ralph Reed
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August 31, 2012

Episode 27 of Season 1 premiered on August 31, 2012

Challenging Power, Changing Politics
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September 7, 2012

Bill discusses the power of independent thinking with Senator Bernie Sanders and Green Party candidates Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala.

The One Percent Court
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September 14, 2012

Episode 29 of Season 1 premiered on September 14, 2012

Elections for Sale
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September 21, 2012

Bill 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.

United States of ALEC
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September 28, 2012

How corporations and state legislators are colluding to write laws and remake America, one statehouse at a time.

Hispanic America’s Turn
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October 5, 2012 • 56m

Univision’s Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas on Hispanic influence and power in America.

Justice, Not Politics
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October 12, 2012 • 56m

Exploring efforts to capture climate change in action, and the fight to protect our state courts from predatory politics.

Plutocracy Rising
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October 19, 2012 • 56m

Journalists Matt Taibbi and Chrystia Freeland discuss how far America’s super-rich will go to keep the One Percent in charge.

What’s Behind the Presidential Campaign Messages?
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October 26, 2012

Marty Kaplan and Kathleen Hall Jamieson judge the political debates, and Neil Barofsky describes the obstacles to banking reform.

The Election is Over — Now What?
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November 9, 2012 • 56m

A bitter election behind us, and burning questions ahead. Bill explores what happens next with journalists Bob Herbert, Reihan Sal...Read more

Hurricanes, Capitalism & Democracy
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November 16, 2012 • 56m

Naomi Klein joins Bill to discusses the links between capitalism and climate change, and Trevor Potter assesses Big Money’s true i...Read more

Big Media’s Power Play
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December 7, 2012 • 56m

What you can do to stop Big Media from controlling more of what we see, hear and read.

Fiscal Cliffs and Fiscal Realities
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December 14, 2012 • 56m

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
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December 28, 2012

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
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December 21, 2012

Tony Kushner, who wrote the screenplay for Lincoln, talks about America’s 16th president and “the history lesson of politics.

Ending the Silence on Climate Change
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January 4, 2013

Climate change communication expert Anthony Leiserowitz explains why climate change gets the silent treatment, and what we should do about it.

Paul Krugman on Why Jobs Come First
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January 11, 2013

The New York Times columnist explains why our top priority should be getting America back to work – if only Washington would stop ...Read more

Fighting for Filibuster Reform
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January 18, 2013

Larry Cohen, president of the Communications Workers of America, joins Bill to make the case for common-sense reform that would br...Read more

Foul Play in the Senate, and Today’s Abortion Debate
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January 25, 2013

Bill explores Senate favoritism for the world’s largest biotech firm, and takes a deeper look at modern abortion rights activism.

Are Drones Destroying our Democracy?
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February 1, 2013

Bill explores the moral and legal implications of using drones to target our enemies. Also, Matt Taibbi on big bank privileges.

Who’s Widening America’s Digital Divide?
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February 8, 2013

Internet scholar Susan Crawford explains how media conglomerates put profit ahead of the public interest, and author Nick Turse sh...Read more

The Fight to Keep Democracy Alive
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February 15, 2013

Exploring the virus of money in our politics, and how we need to combat it.

Taming Capitalism Run Wild
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February 22, 2013

Economist Richard Wolff and Restaurant Worker Advocate Saru Jayaraman talk about battling rampant capitalism, and fighting for economic justice.

Fighting Creeping Creationism
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March 1, 2013

Zack Kopplin on fighting the onslaught of creationism and Susan Jacoby on the challenges of free thinking in America.