Public Affairs Television (Firm)
Series
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English
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In the 1840s, civil war and famine in southern China drove thousands of young men to seek their fortune in the California Gold Rush. This program traces the Chinese experience in America, from their welcome in San Francisco as "celestial men of commerce," through the Gold Rush and building of the Transcontinental Railroad, to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act banning their entry into this country. This program rediscovers the often-overlooked role of...
Pub. Date
[2006], c1991
Language
English
Description
In this dialogue, noted philosopher Sam Keen shares with Bill Moyers the importance of "personal storytelling"-a way of looking back at life to make sense of where you are today. Family mythology, which assigns roles to children early on, and economic mythology-"the most binding, unconscious myth we live out"-are discussed as major influences on who we become as adults.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum- The Yes Men- have discovered that high-visibility pranks can get major press attention for important issues that would otherwise be ignored. In this program, Bill Moyers gets in on the joke with these two impersonators, who use satirical "identity correction" to make serious points about media consolidation, journalism, business ethics, and separating fact from fiction in a world of spin. Also on the program: poet...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Marking the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Bill Moyers gathers insight from Princeton professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell and environmental journalist Mike Tidwell, focusing on what the destruction of New Orleans says about American culture and values as well as the nation's readiness for future natural disasters. Also on the program, celebrated religious historian Martin E. Marty discusses his latest book, The Mystery of the Child, an innovative...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In the wake of decisions by grand juries in both Missouri and New York's Staten Island not to indict white police officers in the deaths of unarmed African-Americans, this edition of Moyers & Company is an encore broadcast of Bill's conversation earlier this year with journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, a senior editor for The Atlantic, about his cover story "The Case for Reparations" about why America needs to reconcile with its racist past.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In this edition of the Journal, Bill Moyers speaks with award-winning journalist Leila Fadel, who-just back from reporting on the Iraq War while under fire in Sadr City-offers firsthand analysis of the ongoing violence there. Moyers then interviews renowned philosopher Martha Nussbaum, whose latest book, Liberty of Conscience: In Defense of America's Tradition of Religious Equality, offers an interesting take on the separation of church and state...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In this edition of Moyers & Company, Bill speaks with Green Party Leader Gayle McLaughlin and journalist Harriet Blair Rowan about the small city of Richmond, California where in recent elections a slate of progressive candidates challenged pro-business candidates, backed to the tune of more than
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, tens of thousands of people in Mississippi are still displaced, in limbo, with no solution in sight. This edition of Bill Moyers Journal profiles the Steps Coalition, a group fighting on behalf of those still in need of housing. In addition, the Journal continues to probe the FCC's proposed plan to loosen media ownership. Also on the program, the University of Florida's Manuel A. Vásquez sheds light on a growing...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Journalism's job is to cover the news, but it's the work of investigative reporters to uncover the news powerful people prefer to keep hidden, says Bill Moyers. This edition of the Journal takes a hard and fresh look at how earmarks really work with "Mr. Heath Goes to Washington," a segment produced with the public TV series Exposé: America's Investigative Reports. It profiles Seattle Times reporters on the trail of how members of Congress have awarded...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Erik Prince, embattled CEO of the security firm Blackwater, has become a familiar face on TV as he answers questions about the company and the alleged involvement of his contractors in the shooting deaths of Iraqi civilians. But is there more to the controversial Blackwater situation than meets the eye? In this program, Bill Moyers interviews award-winning investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill, author of the best-selling exposé Blackwater: The...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
There is a growing public demand to know the direction of U.S. foreign policy in war-torn Afghanistan. In this edition of the Journal, guest host Lynn Sherr sits down with Rory Stewart, director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University, to discuss his vision for a sustainable policy that could benefit both America and Afghanistan. Then, Sherr talks with Kavita Ramdas, of Global Fund for Women, on the potential of looking to...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Leymah Gbowee was born and raised in Liberia. She inspired and united her countrywomen to march with her against a dictator and restore the rule of law to their country. And her riveting story has been captured in an award-winning documentary, Pray the Devil Back to Hell. In this edition of the Journal, guest host Lynn Sherr, Liberia correspondent for Worldfocus, interviews activist Leymah Gbowee and the filmmaker, Abigail Disney, who recorded her...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In the months before his death, Martin Luther King Jr. had expanded his focus on racial justice to include reducing economic inequality. What has happened to Dr. King's vision of economic justice? In this edition of the Journal, Bill Moyers sits down with attorneys Bryan Stevenson and Michelle Alexander-experts in civil rights advocacy and litigation-to discuss just how far the U.S. has come as a country, why poor and working-class Americans have...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Since becoming the chairperson of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has battled to put global warming at the top of the Congressional priority list. In this program, Senator Boxer sits down with Bill Moyers to talk about the state of the environment, policies she thinks could help clean up the Earth, and the opposition to her measures. Then, the Journal and Exposé: America's Investigative Reports go inside...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A controversial investigation found that both Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces may have committed war crimes in Gaza earlier this year. In this edition of the Journal, Bill Moyers talks with the man at the center of the storm, Justice Richard Goldstone, who despite working with many pro-Israel groups and Israeli institutions in the past has drawn intense criticism from some of Israel's supporters for his report on the investigation for the UN Human...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
What are the implications of the United States' $9 trillion federal debt for future generations of Americans? In this program, Bill Moyers gets a reality check from PublicAgenda.org's Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson, coauthors of Where Does the Money Go? Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis. In addition, Susan Jacoby, author of The Age of American Unreason, talks about the crisis of ignorance in the U.S. and how a "flight from reason" is playing...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Theodore Olson, one of the nation's premier appellate and United States Supreme Court advocates, and David Boies, one of the country's preeminent trial lawyers, argued opposite sides for the fate of the 2000 election in Bush v. Gore but teamed up in the fight to overturn California's Proposition 8 ballot measure outlawing same-sex marriage. In this edition of the Journal, Bill Moyers sits down with them to discuss why this unexpected duo have taken...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Has the U.S. government exceeded the limit of its rightful power in the fight against terrorism? In this program, Bill Moyers interviews ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero and former Congressman Mickey Edwards (R-OK) about legislation expanding the government's domestic surveillance program. In addition, Jack Goldsmith, author of The Terror Presidency and former head of the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice, gives an insider's...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Vietnam War veteran Oliver Stone came back from Southeast Asia a changed man. In this edition of the Journal, Bill Moyers talks with Stone-the Academy Award-winning director of Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July, about how his wartime experiences have affected his life, his work, and his vision of the world today. An essay on America's constitutional war powers, as crafted by the Founding Fathers and manipulated by recent presidents-is also included,...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
How did Big Finance grow so powerful that its recklessness could nearly bring down the global economy? And what hope is there for genuine reform when Washington politicians are essentially on Wall Street's payroll? In this edition of the Journal, Bill Moyers talks these questions over with Simon Johnson and James Kwak, two of the nation's most respected economic experts and coauthors of the book 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial...