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**Moyers on Democracy**

Bill Moyers and others from our team in conversation with writers, academics, activists and other big thinkers about the issues of vital concern to our democracy.

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Salman Rushdie & Bill Moyers talk about Faith & Reason May 29, 2020

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Bill talks to writer Salman Rushdie about the politicization of religion and its implications for artists.

Jeanette Winterson & Bill Moyers talk about Faith & Reason May 29, 2020

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Jeanette Winterson talks translating ancient myths into modern-day parables in Bill Moyers on Faith & Reason.

Anne Provoost & Bill Moyers talk about Faith & Reason May 29, 2020

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Author Anne Provoost discusses her latest book, the story of Noah and the ark during the Great Flood of Genesis.

Bill Moyers and David Daley on Stealing the Vote Apr 08, 2020

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"I think that there is a big connection between down and dirty politics, and where we go from here. We have to be careful that in this moment, a public health crisis, doesn't also turn into a full blown constitutional crisis. And there's lots of evidence that it may well turn in that direction." — Journalist David Daley, author of "Unrigged" Bill Moyers and David Daley on voter suppression. Read the full transcript at https://billmoyers.com/story/coronavirus-voting-rights-election-gerrymandering.

Neil Barofsky and Bill Moyers on Bailouts Apr 01, 2020

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Neil Barofsky was TARP’s chief inspector general, its top cop, with a mandate to flush out waste, fraud and abuse, now he talks with Bill Moyers about the CARES act.

Bill Moyers and Dahlia Lithwick on the Rule of Law Mar 23, 2020

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As the coronavirus stalks America, Dahlia Lithwick talks with Bill Moyers about the rule of law and politics. Lithwick is a Supreme Court watcher, senior editor at Slate.com, and a contributing editor for Newsweek. She’s been honored as one of the country’s best legal commentators.

Bill Moyers and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Conversation Mar 06, 2020

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Bill Moyers and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Conversation by Moyers on Democracy

Losing Reality: Can We Get the Truth Back? Mar 04, 2020

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This being the Trump era, we find ourselves once again engulfed in two realities. There’s the reality of a spiraling global challenge from coronavirus, and there’s the ALTERNATE reality created by the president and his political and propaganda empire. They are spreading a virus of their own, lulling true believers into complacent ignorance with lies and misinformation. In this conversation, Bill Moyers talks with psychiatrist and author Robert Jay Lifton about the dueling realities in today's America.

Bill Moyers and Andrew Bacevich: What Does it Mean to be an American After the Cold War? Jan 15, 2020

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Bill Moyers goes behind the headlines to talk with Andrew Bacevich about democracy and how to navigate a post Cold War world.

Bill Moyers: Campaign Finance Reform — It's Not Just Liberals Anymore Apr 20, 2016

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When I first met Richard Painter some months ago, I thought he must be the loneliest man in the Republican Party. He’s a conservative, and of course, I’m not. But he believes, as I do, that there’s too much money in politics. Now, political insiders know Richard Painter well as President George W. Bush’s White House counselor and chief ethical advisor. He’s now teaching law at the University of Minnesota, and he’s causing heads to turn with a book advocating that we reduce the power of big money in politics. Its title is Taxation Only With Representation: The Conservative Conscience and Campaign Finance Reform. There’s a lot to learn from it, and I urge you to read it, because it is rare today to find a conservative who will admit, as Mr. Painter does, that money corrupts politics and then makes his case with so much passion and logic. His book is also timely because the issue has reached a boiling point this year. Thousands of people descended on Washington just last week in a movement they call Democracy Spring, deliberately getting arrested to protest for cleaner politics and for government liberated from Big Money. Every poll I’ve consulted reveals a deep and substantial support in the country for those objectives. Most Americans seem to agree that rich people should be able to buy more houses than anyone else, buy more cars and more clothes and more gizmos, even take more vacations than any one else, but we don’t think they should be able to buy more democracy than anyone else. Richard Painter joins me now to talk about how to rein in the power of big money in politics so that we are indeed, as his book suggests, government of, by, and for the people.

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