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Bill Moyers Journal
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers returns to PBS with a weekly public affairs series that features interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy. Moyers is re-inventing the broadcast for the 21st century.
Episode #1341 In the wake of a controversial Supreme Court decision giving corporations and unions more freedom to spend on elections, many federal and state lawmakers are hoping to curb Citizens United v. the FEC's effect on elections. The Journal explores how some legislators are fighting to curb Big Money spending even as the Court invalidates laws in 24 states aimed at keeping elections clean. Bill Moyers sits down with the libertarian journalist Nick Gillespie and legal scholar Lawrence Lessig to discuss public financing of campaigns and the effects of money on politics. Gillespie is editor in chief of Reason. tv and Reason.com and Lessig is a professor of law and director of Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics. Also on the program, with healthcare reform stalled, pediatrician Margaret Flowers speaks about protesting for change and her recent arrest in an effort to get a Medicare-for-all plan back on the table.
Friday , February, 05, 2010 MPT
01:30 AM
Episode #1341 In the wake of a controversial Supreme Court decision giving corporations and unions more freedom to spend on elections, many federal and state lawmakers are hoping to curb Citizens United v. the FEC's effect on elections. The Journal explores how some legislators are fighting to curb Big Money spending even as the Court invalidates laws in 24 states aimed at keeping elections clean. Bill Moyers sits down with the libertarian journalist Nick Gillespie and legal scholar Lawrence Lessig to discuss public financing of campaigns and the effects of money on politics. Gillespie is editor in chief of Reason. tv and Reason.com and Lessig is a professor of law and director of Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics. Also on the program, with healthcare reform stalled, pediatrician Margaret Flowers speaks about protesting for change and her recent arrest in an effort to get a Medicare-for-all plan back on the table. Rebroadcast
Saturday , February, 06, 2010 MPT
04:00 AM
Episode #1342 On Lincoln's birthday, Bill Moyers Journal takes a unique look at our nation's 16th President - through the eyes of critically acclaimed, veteran dance artist Bill T. Jones. In a groundbreaking work of choreography called Fondly Do We Hope...Fervently Do We Pray, Jones reimagines a young Lincoln in his formative years through dance. Bill Moyers speaks with Jones about his creative process, his insights into Lincoln, and how dance can give us fresh perspective on America's most-studied president. "The number of ways in which one could ask the question 'Who was this man?" is less interesting to me than 'Can we see that man anywhere in ourselves or around us right now?'" says Jones.
Saturday , February, 13, 2010 MPT
10:00 PM
Episode #1343 As two-thirds of American voters oppose the Supreme Courts decision in Citizens United v. FEC, Bill Moyers Journal takes a hard look at how campaign cash in judicial races may sway America's courts. The Journal revisits the 1999 FRONTLINE special "Justice for Sale" which looked at the growing concern - even among Supreme Court justices themselves - that campaign contributions may be corrupting the judicial process. Then, Bill Moyers sits down with legal analyst and journalist Jeffrey Toobin to talk about the relationship between big money and judicial elections today.
Friday , February, 19, 2010 MPT
01:30 AM
Episode #1343 As two-thirds of American voters oppose the Supreme Courts decision in Citizens United v. FEC, Bill Moyers Journal takes a hard look at how campaign cash in judicial races may sway America's courts. The Journal revisits the 1999 FRONTLINE special "Justice for Sale" which looked at the growing concern - even among Supreme Court justices themselves - that campaign contributions may be corrupting the judicial process. Then, Bill Moyers sits down with legal analyst and journalist Jeffrey Toobin to talk about the relationship between big money and judicial elections today. Rebroadcast
Saturday , February, 20, 2010 MPT
04:00 AM
Episode #1344 They battled it out as legal adversaries in 2000 before the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore. But what's got these two prominent lawyers -one conservative and one liberal - working together in court now? 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 but are now teamed up in the fight to overturn California's Proposition 8 ballot measure outlawing same-sex marriage. The unexpected pair discusses why they've taken on the hot-button issue - even as some gay rights activists objected - and why they don't believe that same-sex marriage is a right or left issue.
Saturday , February, 27, 2010 MPT
04:00 AM
Episode #1345 After months of lobbying, grandstanding and political theater, Americans are wondering if there's any real reform left in the health reform bill. Bill Moyers sits down with former insurance executive turned public health advocate Wendell Potter, who argues that all is not lost in the healthcare bill and details what he likes about the legislation. Then, Bill Moyers speaks with single-payer advocate Marcia Angell on why she thinks the debate over reform needs a fresh look at the economics and delivery of the care promised in the bill. Wendell Potter, a former executive at CIGNA, is a senior fellow at the Center for Media and Democracy. Marcia Angell, the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of the NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, is a senior lecturer in the department of social medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Saturday , March, 06, 2010 MPT
04:00 AM
Episode #1346 Bill Moyers sits down with NYU president and modern renaissance man John Sexton for a wide-ranging conversation about God, baseball, and the importance of thoughtful discourse in society. Previously a champion debate coach and scholar of religion and law, Sexton discusses his unique take on theology, contemporary politics, and the evolving role of universities throughout the world. Born to a struggling Catholic family in Brooklyn, John Sexton still teaches undergraduates in addition to his work as president of one of the world's largest and most prestigious universities.
Saturday , March, 13, 2010 MPT
04:00 AM
Episode #1347 Despite dire warnings for our endangered planet, Dr. Jane Goodall says all is not yet lost - we can change course, if we act now. And she should know. Her tough-minded optimism comes from her work as the world's foremost authority on chimpanzees. As a scientist and conservationist, she has produced landmark studies on the behavior of the chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe National Park that led to revolutionary insights into what it means to be human. Now, traveling 300 days a year, she has become a global advocate for all life, challenging everyone to see ourselves as caretakers of the planet. Her new book, Hope for the Animals and Their World, features the heroic work of men and women working across the globe to protect and preserve the Earth.
Saturday , March, 20, 2010 MPT
10:00 PM
Episode #1348
Friday , March, 26, 2010 MPT
02:00 AM
Episode #1348 Rebroadcast
Saturday , March, 27, 2010 MPT
04:30 AM
Episode #1348 Rebroadcast
Saturday , March, 27, 2010 MPT
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