Moyers & Company
Moyers & Company
Bill Moyers returns with a weekly hour of compelling and vital conversation about life and the state of American democracy, featuring some of the best thinkers of our time. A range of scholars, artists, activists, scientists, philosophers and newsmakers bring context, insight and meaning to important topics. The series occasionally includes Moyers' own timely and penetrating essays on society and government.
In a multimedia marketplace saturated with shallow sound bites and partisan name-calling, this series digs deeper. As the Los Angeles Times put it in 2010, "No one on television has centralized the discussion of ideas as much as Moyers. He not only gives a forum to unusual thinkers, he is truly interested in what they have to say and who they are because he believes their ideas really matter."
Upcoming Broadcasts:
The Toxic Politics of Science (#219H) Duration: 56:46 STEREO TVRE
* Science can be a battleground - witness the politics of climate change, the teaching of evolution, the uncharted terrain of genetic modification and stem cell research, among other contentious issues. But when industries release untested chemicals into our environment - putting profits before public health - our children are the first to suffer. Nowhere is this more troubling than in the ongoing story of lead poisoning.
This week, Bill talks with David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz, public health historians who've been taking on the chemical industry for years - writing about the hazards of industrial pollution and the neglect of worker safety - despite industry efforts to undermine them. Their latest book, Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America's Children, is the culmination of 20 years of research. Markowitz and Rosner warn that, for young children, there's no safe level of exposure to this dangerous toxin still lurking in millions of homes.
Rosner and Markowitz discuss thwarted efforts to hold the lead industry accountable, failed attempts to find cheap solutions, and the cost to the future of our children. As long as the chemical industry and its powerful lobbies prevail in blocking efforts to reform outdated laws, the authors say, we will continue to float in a soup of toxins - inhaling, drinking, and absorbing chemicals that we may learn, years later, have put us all in harm's way.
* Also on the show, Bill is joined by the heads of two independent watchdog groups keeping an eye on government as well as on powerful interests - like chemical companies - seeking to influence it. Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics and OpenSecrets.org, and Danielle Brian, who runs the Project on Government Oversight, talk to Bill about the importance of transparency to our democracy, and their efforts to scrutinize who's giving money, who's receiving it, and most importantly, what's expected in return.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Sun, May 19, 2013 -- 11:30am
- KQED World: Sun, May 19, 2013 -- 3:30pm
- KQED 9: Sun, May 19, 2013 -- 5:00pm
- KQED World: Sun, May 19, 2013 -- 8:00pm
- KQED Plus: Mon, May 20, 2013 -- 12:00am
Episode #220H Duration: 56:46 STEREO TVRE
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Fri, May 24, 2013 -- 11:00pm email reminder
- KQED Plus: Sat, May 25, 2013 -- 5:00am email reminder
- KQED World: Sat, May 25, 2013 -- 12:00pm email reminder
- KQED Plus: Sat, May 25, 2013 -- 4:00pm email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, May 26, 2013 -- 11:30am email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, May 26, 2013 -- 3:30pm email reminder
- KQED 9: Sun, May 26, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, May 26, 2013 -- 8:00pm email reminder
- KQED Plus: Mon, May 27, 2013 -- 12:00am email reminder
Episode #221H Duration: 52:46 STEREO TVRE
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Fri, May 31, 2013 -- 11:00pm email reminder
- KQED Plus: Sat, Jun 1, 2013 -- 5:00am email reminder
- KQED World: Sat, Jun 1, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED World: Sat, Jun 1, 2013 -- 12:00pm email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 2, 2013 -- 3:00am email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 2, 2013 -- 11:30am email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 2, 2013 -- 3:30pm email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 2, 2013 -- 8:00pm email reminder
- KQED Plus: Mon, Jun 3, 2013 -- 12:00am email reminder
Episode #222H Duration: 52:46 STEREO TVRE
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- KQED World: Sat, Jun 8, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED World: Sat, Jun 8, 2013 -- 12:00pm email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 9, 2013 -- 3:00am email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 9, 2013 -- 11:30am email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 9, 2013 -- 3:30pm email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 9, 2013 -- 8:00pm email reminder
- KQED Plus: Mon, Jun 10, 2013 -- 12:00am email reminder
Episode #223H Duration: 56:46 STEREO TVRE
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- KQED Plus: Fri, Jun 14, 2013 -- 11:00pm email reminder
- KQED Plus: Sat, Jun 15, 2013 -- 5:00am email reminder
- KQED World: Sat, Jun 15, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED World: Sat, Jun 15, 2013 -- 12:00pm email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 16, 2013 -- 3:00am email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 16, 2013 -- 11:30am email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 16, 2013 -- 3:30pm email reminder
- KQED 9: Sun, Jun 16, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 16, 2013 -- 8:00pm email reminder
- KQED Plus: Mon, Jun 17, 2013 -- 12:00am email reminder
Episode #224H Duration: 56:46 STEREO TVRE
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- KQED Plus: Fri, Jun 21, 2013 -- 11:00pm email reminder
- KQED Plus: Sat, Jun 22, 2013 -- 5:00am email reminder
- KQED World: Sat, Jun 22, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED World: Sat, Jun 22, 2013 -- 12:00pm email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 -- 3:00am email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 -- 11:30am email reminder
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- KQED 9: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
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- KQED Plus: Mon, Jun 24, 2013 -- 12:00am email reminder
Episode #225H Duration: 56:46 STEREO TVRE
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Fri, Jun 28, 2013 -- 11:00pm email reminder
- KQED Plus: Sat, Jun 29, 2013 -- 5:00am email reminder
- KQED World: Sat, Jun 29, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED World: Sat, Jun 29, 2013 -- 12:00pm email reminder
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- KQED World: Sun, Jun 30, 2013 -- 3:00am email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 30, 2013 -- 11:30am email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 30, 2013 -- 3:30pm email reminder
- KQED 9: Sun, Jun 30, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
- KQED World: Sun, Jun 30, 2013 -- 8:00pm email reminder









