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49 Episodes 2003 - 2004
Episode 1
Fri, Jan 3, 2003 60 mins
How religion (and religious fanaticism) is playing out in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. Included: a panel discussion titled "Whose God?" Panelists include author Michael Lind; Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette executive editor Jim Haught; Munawar Anees, editor of the International Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies; Jean Elshtain of the University of Chicago divinity school; Princeton philosophy professor Kwame Appiah; University of Chicago law professor Philip Hamburger; and Nancey Murphey of the Fuller Theological Seminary. Also: a Bill Moyers interview with University of Texas humanities professor Paul Woodruff, author of "Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue."
Episode 2
Fri, Jan 10, 2003 60 mins
A program on state-budget deficits focuses on California. Host Bill Moyers examines where cuts might be made and whom they might affect.
Episode 3
Fri, Jan 17, 2003 60 mins
Included: a report on the future of free public libraries in light of the public's widening access to the Internet.
Episode 4
Fri, Jan 24, 2003 60 mins
A report on Nuclear Regulatory Commission oversight of nuclear-power plants focuses on Ohio's Davis-Besse facility, which was closed in February 2002 after corrosion was found in its reactor.
Episode 5
Fri, Jan 31, 2003 60 mins
Included: a report on fuel efficiency in automobiles examines efforts to create a demand for cleaner cars and California's new law aimed at reducing emissions, as well as the Federal government's plan to open up new sites for oil drilling.
Episode 6
Fri, Feb 7, 2003 60 mins
A report on smallpox examines its threat as a bioweapon, the safety concerns over President Bush's three-phase vaccination proposal, and the human and financial cost of protecting the U.S. against the disease.
Episode 7
Fri, Feb 14, 2003 60 mins
Included: a report on campaign financing in the wake of the McCain-Feingold campaign-reform law.
Episode 8
Fri, Feb 21, 2003 60 mins
A discussion of the U.S. media and their impact on the political process features John Nichols of the Nation and author Robert McChesney ("Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communications, Politics in Dubious Times"). Also: journalist Seymour Hersh asseses national-security issues posed by nuclear weapons in such countries as Pakistan and North Korea. And photographer Bill Gentile returns to Nicaragua, a country he covered during its 1980s civil war.
Episode 9
Fri, Feb 28, 2003 60 mins
Journalist Nat Henthoff discusses civil liberties in the wake of Sept. 11.
Episode 10
Fri, Mar 7, 2003 60 mins
The impact of a war in Iraq on the U.S. economy is assessed by economist Lew Rockwell. Also: host Bill Moyers interviews Peter Gomes, a Baptist minister and professor of Christian Morals at Harvard.
Episode 11
Fri, Mar 14, 2003 60 mins
Included: Jessica Tuchman Mathews, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discusses weapons inspections in Iraq; John Brady Kiesling, former political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Athens, talks about his resignation over U.S. policy on Iraq.
Episode 12
Fri, Mar 21, 2003 60 mins
Topics include guarding chemical plants against possible terrorist attacks. Guests include former senators Gary Hart and Warren Rudman, who chaired a Council on Foreign Relations committee studying domestic security.
Episode 13
Fri, Mar 28, 2003 60 mins
An assessment of the Bush tax-cut plan on the U.S. economy in light of the Iraq war. Also: a psychological profile of the Iraqi people by by Shafeeq Ghabra, former director of Kuwait's information office and now president of the American University in Kuwait.
Episode 14
Fri, Apr 4, 2003 60 mins
A report on FCC media deregulation includes an interview with FCC commissioner Michael Powell. Also: analysis of the war in Iraq.
Episode 15
Fri, Apr 11, 2003 60 mins
A report on the gun industry includes a profile of Robert Ricker, the former head of an industry trade association who is now a vocal critic.
Episode 16
Fri, Apr 18, 2003 60 mins
Episode 17
Fri, Apr 25, 2003 60 mins
From Cairo: Arab intellectuals assess the Iraq war's effect on the rest of the Middle East.
Episode 18
Fri, May 2, 2003 60 mins
Topics include Wall Street fraud.
Episode 19
Fri, May 9, 2003 60 mins
Bill Gates discusses his philanthropic efforts in the area of global public health in an interview with Bill Moyers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. The hour also includes documentary segments on public-health issues.
Episode 20
Fri, May 16, 2003 60 mins
Frances Kissling of Catholics for a Free Choice, James Bopp of National Right to Life and Rep. Jim Greenwood (R-Pa.) on the Bush administration's position on abortion; journalist Molly Ivins on the redistricting standoff in the Texas legislature. Also: Moyers interviews religious historian Elaine Pagels ("Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas").
Episode 21
Fri, May 23, 2003 60 mins
A report on a proposed loosening of FCC regulations on media ownership (the decision is expected on June 2) focuses on a report on ties between the FCC and the media industry by the Center for Public Integrity, a watchdog group. Moyers interviews the center's executive director, Charles Lewis.
Episode 22
Fri, May 30, 2003 60 mins
A report on conflict-of-influence allegations involving Deputy Secretary of the Interior J. Steven Griles, a former energy-industry lobbyist.
Episode 23
Fri, Jun 6, 2003 60 mins
Topics include Israeli uses for U.S. aid and the political influence of one Florida developer.
Episode 24
Fri, Jun 13, 2003 60 mins
A report on the Bush administration's intelligence regarding Iraqi weapons of mass destruction prior to its invasion of the country includes an interview with retired State Department intelligence analyst Greg Thielmann. David Brancaccio, host of the public-radio program "Marketplace," substitutes for Bill Moyers.
Episode 25
Fri, Jun 20, 2003 60 mins
A report on the rehabilitation of prisoners focuses on David Lewis, an ex-con who runs a Palo Alto, Cal.,-based treatment program called Free at Last.
Episode 26
Fri, Jun 27, 2003 60 mins
Included: a report on the company-sponsored pension system in the U.S.
Episode 27
Fri, Jul 11, 2003 60 mins
A report on the controversial nomination of Alabama attorney general William Pryor for a federal appellate-court seat; an interview with "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart.
Episode 28
Fri, Jul 18, 2003 60 mins
A report on mercury levels in canned tuna and the tuna industry's reaction to them.
Episode 29
Fri, Jul 25, 2003 60 mins
An examination of the growing opposition in Congress to the FCC's June 2 media-consolidation ruling. The opposition is coming from both conservatives and liberals.
Episode 30
Fri, Aug 1, 2003 60 mins
Episode 31
Fri, Aug 22, 2003 60 mins
Host Bill Moyers, reporting from Iraq, assesses the difficulties the U.S. faces with the country's reconstruction in the wake of the Aug. 19 bombing of the United Nations compound.
Episode 32
Fri, Aug 29, 2003 60 mins
Topics include the "exporting" of white-collar U.S. jobs in such fields as technology and financial services to such countries as India.
Episode 33
Fri, Sep 5, 2003 60 mins
The effects of globalization on many Third World women are explored in visits to Senegal and Thailand. Produced by Sherry Jones.
Episode 34
Fri, Sep 12, 2003 60 mins
Financier-philanthropist George Soros discusses the U.S. role in Iraq and American foreign policy in general in an interview with David Brancaccio.
Episode 35
Fri, Sep 19, 2003 60 mins
An examination of the Environmental Protection Agency includes an interview with former EPA head Christine Todd Whitman.
Episode 36
Fri, Sep 26, 2003 60 mins
Part 1 of a two-part assessment of government-funded faith-based social services focuses on Faith Partners, a Colorado agency that works with welfare recipients.
Episode 37
Fri, Oct 3, 2003 60 mins
Episode 38
Fri, Oct 10, 2003 60 mins
Topics include the role of religious groups in providing government social services.
Episode 39
Fri, Oct 17, 2003 60 mins
The Houston school system when Education Secretary Rod Paige was its superintendent is recalled.
Episode 40
Fri, Oct 24, 2003 60 mins
Included: a report on a strike at a Tyson Foods facility in Jefferson, Wis.
Episode 41
Fri, Oct 31, 2003 60 mins
Included: a report on the controversial nomination of California State Supreme Court justice Janice Rogers Brown for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Washington.
Episode 42
Fri, Nov 7, 2003 60 mins
Included: a report on veteran benefits for service personnel injured in Iran and Afghanistan. Correspondent: David Brancaccio.
Episode 43
Fri, Nov 14, 2003 60 mins
Included: a report on how the U.S.funds for rebuilding Iraq are being allocated.
Episode 44
Fri, Nov 21, 2003 60 mins
Topic: income inequality and the perils of a shrinking middle class.
Episode 45
Fri, Nov 28, 2003 60 mins
Included: a discussion of the pitfalls of media consolidation. Guests include critic John Leonard and former baseball player Jim Bouton, whose latest book, "Foul Ball," concerns his efforts to save an old ballpark in Pittsfield, Mass. Also: photographer Sebastiao Salgado ("The End of Polio: A Global Effort to End a Disease").
Episode 46
Fri, Dec 5, 2003 60 mins
A report on Defense Department expenditures profiles former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program Analysis Franklin Spinney. Also: photographer Lori Grinker's pictures taken aboard a U.S. military hospital ship in the Persian Gulf.
Episode 47
Fri, Dec 12, 2003 60 mins
Topic: government secrecy. David Brancaccio reports.
Episode 48
Fri, Dec 19, 2003 60 mins
Host Bill Moyers explores Wal-Mart's economic impact on communities in which it has stores in California and Las Vegas.
Episode 49
Fri, Dec 26, 2003 60 mins
A profile of New York City's Riverside Church and its activist pastor, Rev. James Forbes Jr.