A World of Ideas - Production & Contact Info

A World of Ideas (1988– )
TV Series | Biography

A World of Ideas (1988– )

TV Series | Biography

Culled from the many interviews taped by Moyers throughout his career, these are far-reaching discussions about weighty topics.

Seasons

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Directors

Gail Pellett | Betsy McCarthy | Kate Roth Knull (segment director) | Catherine Tatge & 4 more

Producers

Betsy McCarthy (producer) | Gail Pellett (producer) | Leslie Clark (producer) | Kate Roth Knull (producer) & 7 more

Composer

Michael Bacon (theme music)

Cinematographers

Joel Shapiro (director of photography) | Mark Falstad (director of photography) | Phil Gries (director of photography) (series director of photography) | Mark Allan (director of photography) & 6 more

Editors

Michael Collins | Scott P. Doniger | David Pentecost | Bill Stephan & 5 more

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Updated Sep 12, 1988

Release date (First episode)

Sep 1988 (United States)

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65 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Bill Moyers Self - Host / self - Host Self - Host / self - Host See fewer	81	Bill Moyers' Journal (1972)
T. Berry Brazelton Self Self See fewer	4	What Every Baby Knows (1983)
David Puttnam Self Self See fewer	3	Chariots of Fire (1981)
Tom Wolfe Self Self See fewer	3	The Right Stuff (1983)
Elaine Pagels Self - Historian of Religion Self - Historian of Religion See fewer	3	Mary (I) (2005)
Leon R. Kass Self Self See fewer	3	Genesis: A Living Conversation (1996)
Isaac Asimov Self Self See fewer	2	I, Robot (2004)
Noam Chomsky Self Self See fewer	2	Triangle of Sadness (2022)
August Wilson Self Self See fewer	2	Fences (2016)
Martha Nussbaum Self Self See fewer	2	Leaves of Grass (2009)
Mary Catherine Bateson Self Self See fewer	2	The Anthropologist (2015)
John Lukacs Self Self See fewer	2	Darkest Hour (2017)
Henry Steele Commager Self Self See fewer	2	The Americans (1961)
Barbara Tuchman Self Self See fewer	2	The Guns of August
Sissela Bok Self Self See fewer	2	Independent Lens (1999)
Robert N. Bellah Self Self See fewer	2	Lamp Unto My Feet (1948)
Willard Gaylin Self Self See fewer	2	Fatal Attraction: Social Attraction (2002)
Sheldon Wolin Self Self See fewer	2	A World of Ideas (1988)
Peter Sellars Self Self See fewer	2	The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (1991)
Toni Morrison Self Self See fewer	2	Beloved (1998)
William L. Shirer Self Self See fewer	2	Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years (1960)
Maxine Hong Kingston Self Self See fewer	2	Becoming American: The Chinese Experience (2003)
Robert Lucky Self Self See fewer	2	A World of Ideas (1988)
E.L. Doctorow Self Self See fewer	1	Daniel (1983)
Carlos Fuentes Self Self See fewer	1	Aura (IX)
Chinua Achebe Self Self See fewer	1	Things Fall Apart (1971)
James MacGregor Burns Self Self See fewer	1	LBJ (1998)
John Searle Self Self See fewer	1	You Are Here (II) (2010)
Derek Walcott Self Self See fewer	1	Haytian Earth (1984)
Peter Drucker Self Self See fewer	1	The Effective Executive: Managing Time (1968)
Vartan Gregorian Self - president of Brown University Self - president of Brown University See fewer	1	The Statue of Liberty (1985)
William Julius Wilson Self (as Dr. William Julius Wilson) Self (as Dr. William Julius Wilson) See fewer	1	Independent Lens (1999)
Jessica Tuchman Mathews Self Self See fewer	1	On the Edge (I) (1998)
Steven Weinberg Self Self See fewer	1	Hvælv - videnskabens verdensbilleder (1986)
Northrop Frye Self Self See fewer	1	University (1961)
Michael Josephson Self Self See fewer	1	Kids for Character (1996)
Forrest McDonald Self Self See fewer	1	In Search of the Constitution (1987)
Arturo Madrid Self Self See fewer	1	A World of Ideas (1988)
Mary Ann Glendon Self Self See fewer	1	For Everyone, Everywhere: The Making of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1998)
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Self (as Sara Lightfoot) Self (as Sara Lightfoot) See fewer	1	Bill Moyers' Journal (1972)
Mary Ann Glendon Self Self See fewer	1	For Everyone Everywhere (1998)
F. Forrester Church Self Self See fewer	1	A World of Ideas (1988)
Maxine Singer Self - Molecular Biologist Self - Molecular Biologist See fewer	1	A World of Ideas (1988)
Anne Wortham Self Self See fewer	1	A World of Ideas (1988)
Joseph Heller Self Self See fewer	1	Catch-22 (1970)
Cornel West Self Self See fewer	1	The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Lester Brown Self Self See fewer	1	Racing Extinction (2015)
Leo Braudy Self Self See fewer	1	Ice (1970)
Steven Clark Rockefeller Self Self See fewer	1	A World of Ideas (1988)
Jonas Salk Self Self See fewer	1	Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (2019)
Murray Gell-Mann Self Self See fewer	1	Horizon (I) (1964)
Gro Harlem Brundtland Self Self See fewer	1	Dagsrevyen (1958)
Michael Sandel Self Self See fewer	1	What Money Can't Buy (2018)
Seyyed Hossein Nasr Self Self See fewer	1	In Search of the Sacred
M.F.K. Fisher Self Self See fewer	1	Untitled M.F.K. Fisher Project
Jacob Needleman Self Self See fewer	1	The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984)
Seymour Melman Self Self See fewer	1	What If? (1996)
Mike Rose Self Self See fewer	1	The Tradesmen (2011)
Louis O. Kelso Self (as Louis Kelso) Self (as Louis Kelso) See fewer	1	The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Patricia Smith Churchland Self (as Patricia Churchland) Self (as Patricia Churchland) See fewer	1	Closer to Truth (2000)
Bharati Mukherjee Self Self See fewer	1	Genesis: A Living Conversation (1996)
Evelyn Fox Keller Self Self See fewer	1	A Dangerous Idea (2016)
Jeannette Haien Self Self See fewer	1	A World of Ideas (1988)
Joanne Ciulla Self - philosopher Self - philosopher See fewer	1	A World of Ideas (1988)
Wei-ming Tu Self Self See fewer	1	A Parliament of Minds: Philosophy for a New Millennium (2000)