Mythologist and storyteller Joseph Campbell joins journalist Bill Moyers to explore what enduring myths can tell us about our lives. In each of the six episodes, Moyers and Campbell focus on a ...
Bill Moyers, one of America's foremost journalists, returns to PBS in June 2006 with a seven-part series focused on the question: in a world where religion is poison to some and salvation to ...
"Is God Green?" goes to the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, where mountaintop coal mining has local residents bringing their faith to bear in their effort to stop widespread pollution and ...
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV ...
This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Jail. They tell their compelling stories direct to ...
Having brought Joseph Campbell's ideas on world mythologies (The Power of Myth, 1988) and the intricacies and rhythms of modern poetry (The Language of Life, 1995) to a general audience ...
"There are two ways to slide easily through life," the noted linguist and mathematician Alfred Korzybski once said. "To believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.
BILL MOYERS: You once said that writing depends on an amiable irritant. What exactly is an amiable irritant? GISH JEN: Yeah, well, that's not my phrase. That phrase is from Philip Roth. I think he ...
In contemporary times, the role of women in organized religion has engendered much debate, dispute, and discord. For centuries, women have essentially been relegated to the shadows of the major ...
In his interview with Bill Moyers, Salman Rushdie talked about the recent strife brought about by the publication of cartoons seen by many Muslims as deeply offensive. Rushdie said: "What kind of ...