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Moyers & Company Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
44 Episodes 2013 - 2014
Episode 1
Paul Krugman on Why Jobs Come First
Fri, Jan 11, 2013 57 mins
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman (New York Times) explains why jobs should be America's top priority, not cutting the deficit. Also: how the fiscal-cliff deal gave tens of billions in tax breaks to Wall Street and corporations.
Episode 2
Fighting the Filibuster
Fri, Jan 18, 2013 57 mins
The need for filibuster reform in the U.S. Senate is discussed with Larry Cohen (Communications Workers of America). Also: poet Martín Espada ("The Trouble Ball").
Episode 3
What's Fueling the Modern Abortion Debate?
Fri, Jan 25, 2013 57 mins
The changing reproductive rights movement and the challenges it faces are discussed with Jessica González-Rojas (National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health) and Lynn Paltrow (National Advocates for Pregnant Women). Also: Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on repealing a provision in the fiscal-cliff bill that delays price restraints on a specific class of drugs used by kidney dialysis patients.
Episode 4
Are Drones Destroying our Democracy?
Fri, Feb 1, 2013 57 mins
The moral and legal implications of using drones to target enemies are discussed with former Senate Select Committee on Intelligence general counsel Vicki Divoll and Center for Constitutional Rights executive director Vincent Warren. Also: Matt Taibbi (Rolling Stone) on America's big bankers and accountability.
Episode 5
Who's Widening America's Digital Divide
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 57 mins
America's digital divide is discussed with author Susan Crawford ("Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age"). Also: journalist Nick Turse ("Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam") is interviewed.
Episode 6
The Fight to Keep Democracy Alive
Fri, Feb 15, 2013 57 mins
The influence of money on politics is discussed with Dan Cantor Working Families Party) and Jonathan Soros (Friends of Democracy). Also: poet Martín Espada on the power of poetry.
Episode 7
Taming Capitalism Run Wild
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 57 mins
Economist Richard Wolff on economic justice; journalist Saru Jayaraman ("Behind the Kitchen Door") on the pay and working conditions within the restaurant industry.
Episode 8
Fighting Creeping Creationism
Fri, Mar 1, 2013 57 mins
Anti-creationism activist Zack Kopplin on his opposition to laws and voucher programs that support creationist curriculum; historian Susan Jacoby ("The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Free Thought") on secularism and American history.
Episode 9
Ending the Silence on Climate Change
Fri, Mar 15, 2013 57 mins
Anthony Leiserowitz of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication on galvanizing communities to act on climate change.
Episode 10
What Has Capitalism Done for Us Lately?
Fri, Mar 22, 2013 57 mins
Income inequality in America is discussed with economist Richard Wolff ("Democracy at Work"). Also: former FDIC chair Sheila Bair ("Bull by the Horns") on the practices of American banks.
Episode 11
And Justice for Some
Fri, Mar 29, 2013 57 mins
The constitutional right of criminal defendants to legal representation even if they can't afford it is discussed with attorney Bryan Stevenson, whose Alabama-based Equal Justice Initiative has reversed the death sentences of more than 75 inmates.
Episode 12
MLK's Dream of Economic Justice
Fri, Apr 5, 2013 57 mins
Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of economic justice is discussed with historian Taylor Branch and theologian James Cone. Also: poet Kyle Dargan discusses and reads from his work.
Episode 13
Living Outside Tribal Lines
Fri, Apr 12, 2013 57 mins
Wealth and poverty in California's Silicon Valley is examined. Also: writer Sherman Alexie shares his irreverent perspective on contemporary American life.
Episode 14
A Mother Fights Toxic Trespassers
Fri, Apr 19, 2013 57 mins
Biologist and activist Sandra Steingraber explains her opposition to the construction of a storage facility for fracked gas in New York's Finger Lakes region.
Episode 15
Trading Democracy for 'Security'
Fri, Apr 26, 2013 57 mins
Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald on civil liberties, national security and the abuse of government powers; political scholars Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann ("It's Even Worse Than It Looks") on the failure of the gun-control bill to pass the Senate despite having the support of 90 percent of the American public.
Episode 16
The Sandy Hook Promise
Fri, May 3, 2013 57 mins
Gun control is discussed with Francine and David Wheeler, whose son Benjamin was among the victims of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. Also: folksinger Peter Yarrow and Francine Wheeler on the power of music to create change as well as their efforts to protect people from gun violence.
Episode 17
How People Power Generates Change
Fri, May 10, 2013 57 mins
The ability of grassroots groups to spur change is discussed with Marshall Ganz, who worked as a civil-rights organizer in 1964 Mississippi and later with Cesar Chavez; and helped organize volunteers for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Also: Rachel LaForest (Right to the City) and Madeline Janis (Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy) on how social action can change both policy and lives.
Episode 18
The Toxic Politics of Science
Fri, May 17, 2013 57 mins
Public health historians David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz ("Lead Wars") on the dangers that lead presents to children; Sheila Krumholz (OpenSecrets.org) and Danielle Brian (Project on Government Oversight) on transparency in democracy.
Episode 19
Going to Jail for Justice
Fri, May 24, 2013 57 mins
Environmental activist Tim Christopher, who spent 21 months in prison for disrupting a 2008 Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease auction, is interviewed. Also: New York Times columnist Gretchen Morgenson on whether banks are still too big to fail; and also on how corporations game the tax system.
Episode 20
Big Brother's Prying Eyes
Fri, Jun 14, 2013 57 mins
The implications of the NSA surveillance program are discussed with Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig.
Episode 21
United States of ALEC: A Follow-Up
Fri, Jun 21, 2013 57 mins
An update on a 2012 report on the American Legislative Exchange Council. Included: its influence in state legislatures; public protests against its agenda.
Episode 22
The Faces of America's Hungry
Fri, Jun 28, 2013 57 mins
Hunger in America is discussed with filmmaker Kristi Jacobson ("A Place at the Table"), Mariana Chilton (Center for Hunger-Free Communities) and journalist Greg Kaufmann (Nation).
Episode 23
Surviving the New American Economy
Fri, Jul 5, 2013 57 mins
The struggles of two middle-class Milwaukee families over a 20-year period are chronicled. Also: the changing nature of the economy is discussed with authors Barbara Miner ("Lessons From the Heartland") and Barbara Garson ("Down the Up Escalator").
Episode 24
Distracted From Democracy
Fri, Jul 12, 2013 57 mins
American detachment from economic and political issues and the role that media distraction plays in the trend are discussed by media scholar Marty Kaplan. Also: a historical perspective on voting rights in America.
Episode 25
A New Case for Gun Control
Fri, Jul 19, 2013 57 mins
Gun-control advocate Tom Diaz ("The Last Gun") on self-defense laws, concealed carry laws and the marketing of guns; Farm Labor Organizing Committee president Baldemar Velásquez on America's farmworkers.
Episode 26
John Lewis Marches On
Fri, Jul 26, 2013 57 mins
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) reflects on the 1963 March on Washington, which featured Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. At age 23, Lewis—who was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee leader at the time—was one of the other speakers that day. Also: a Bill Moyers essay on the continuing struggle for equal rights and opportunities for all Americans.
Episode 27
How People Power Generates Change
Fri, Aug 16, 2013 57 mins
The ability of grassroots groups to spur change is discussed with Marshall Ganz, who worked as a civil-rights organizer in 1964 Mississippi and later with Cesar Chavez; and helped organize volunteers for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Also: Rachel LaForest (Right to the City) and Madeline Janis (Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy) on how social action can change both policy and lives.
Episode 28
America's Gilded Capital
Fri, Aug 23, 2013 57 mins
The inner-workings of Washington, D.C., are discussed with Mark Leibovich (New York Times Magazine), author of "This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral—Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!—in America's Gilded Capital."
Episode 29
What Are We Doing in Syria?
Fri, Sep 6, 2013 57 mins
Guest host Phil Donahue leads a discussion on the possible repercussions of U.S. intervention in Syria. Guests include NPR Middle East correspondent Deborah Amos and historian Andrew Bacevich.
Episode 30
The Collision of Sports and Politics
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 57 mins
The intersection of sports and politics is discussed with Dave Zirin, the Nation's sports editor.
Episode 31
Inequality for All
Fri, Sep 20, 2013 57 mins
Former labor secretary Robert Reich discusses income inequality and "Inequality for All," a documentary that features him.
Episode 32
Saving the Earth From Ourselves
Fri, Sep 27, 2013 57 mins
Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo discusses global warming and environmental activism.
Episode 33
Wendell Berry: Poet & Prophet
Fri, Oct 4, 2013 57 mins
Writer, environmentalist and farmer Wendell Berry ("The Unsettling of America") is interviewed.
Episode 34
Citizens United: The Sequel
Fri, Oct 11, 2013 57 mins
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, a Supreme Court case that challenges the caps on how much individual donors can give to candidates and political parties, is discussed with constitutional law expert Heather Gerken (Yale Law School). Also: historian Joyce Appleby ("Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination") is interviewed.
Episode 35
America's Political Breakdown
Fri, Oct 18, 2013 57 mins
Martin Wolf (Financial Times) on the debt ceiling; clinical psychologist Sherry Turkle ("Alone Together") on how social media is changing people.
Episode 36
Progressives Pick Up the Pieces
Fri, Oct 25, 2013 57 mins
Wall Street corruption is discussed with financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson (New York Times). Also: historian Peter Dreier ("The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century") on Dr. Seuss and politics.
Episode 37
The Top Secret Trade Deal You Need to Know About
Fri, Nov 1, 2013 57 mins
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, which critics describe as "NAFTA on steroids," is discussed with Yves Smith (Naked Capitalism) and Dean Baker (Center for Economic and Policy Research). Also: a preview of Robert Greenwald's "Unmanned: America's Drone Wars" documentary.
Episode 38
How Dollarocracy is Destroying America
Fri, Nov 8, 2013 57 mins
Money, media and politics are discussed with John Nichols (Nation) and Robert McChesney (University of Illinois), coauthors of "Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex Is Destroying America."
Episode 39
The Path of Positive Resistance
Fri, Nov 15, 2013 57 mins
Green Shadow Cabinet president Jill Stein and health secretary Margaret Flowers discuss what they've learned about the political system and why they remain politically active. Also: viewer response to recent segments on drone attacks and government surveillance; and a preview of "Following the Ninth," a documentary about the global cultural and political influence of Beethoven's masterpiece.
Episode 40
Zombie Politics and Casino Capitalism
Fri, Nov 22, 2013 57 mins
Henry Giroux ("Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism") is interviewed. Also: Nobel-winning novelist Doris Lessing (1919-2013) is remembered; and a look at the "Birth of the Living Dead" documentary, which explores the milieu in which the movie "Night of the Living Dead" was made.
Episode 41
Gunfighter Nation
Fri, Dec 13, 2013 57 mins
Cultural historian Richard Slotkin discusses how the myth of the frontier has shaped the American imagination and gun culture.
Episode 42
Incarceration Nation
Fri, Dec 20, 2013 57 mins
Legal scholar Michelle Alexander ("The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness") discusses America's incarceration rate, which is the highest in the world. Also: an excerpt from "Susan," a documentary about a former California inmate who now runs five houses for women struggling to rebuild their lives.
Episode 43
The Pope, Poverty, and Poetry
Fri, Dec 27, 2013 57 mins
Pope Francis and the relevance of the Catholic Church in the 21st century are discussed with historian Thomas Cahill. Also: poet Philip Levine on the men and women who work in the nation's fields and factories.
Episode 44
State of Conflict: North Carolina
Fri, Jan 3, 2014 57 mins
Examining the state of political affairs in North Carolina, where businessman Art Pope has been called the state's own "Koch brother" due to his financial support of foundations and think tanks that advocate conservative positions. Included: opposition within the state to the conservative agenda enacted by the state government.