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America's Gilded Capital

Bill talks with journalist Mark Leibovich about his latest book, This Town, a city where money rules and status is determined by who you know and what they can do for you.
Season 2 Episode 33 Length 54:36 Premiere: 08/22/13

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S2 E52 Length 54:33 Premiere Date 12/27/13

State of Conflict: North Carolina
S2 E51 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 01/03/14

Incarceration Nation
S2 E50 Length 54:31 Premiere Date 12/20/13

Gunfighter Nation
S2 E49 Length 54:33 Premiere Date 12/13/13

Encore: America's Gilded Capital
S2 E48 Length 50:37 Premiere Date 12/06/13

Encore: Wendell Berry: Poet and Prophet
S2 E47 Length 50:37 Premiere Date 11/29/13

Politics in the Age of Casino Capitalism
S2 E46 Length 54:33 Premiere Date 11/22/13

The Path of Positive Resistance
S2 E45 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 11/15/13

How Dollarocracy is Destroying America
S2 E44 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 11/08/13

The Top Secret Trade Deal You Need to Know About
S2 E43 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 10/31/13

Progressives Pick up the Pieces
S2 E42 Length 54:35 Premiere Date 10/24/13

America’s Political Breakdown
S2 E41 Premiere Date 10/17/13

Citizens United: The Sequel
S2 E40 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 10/10/13

Wendell Berry: Poet and Prophet
S2 E39 Length 54:35 Premiere Date 10/03/13

Saving the Earth from Ourselves 
S2 E38 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 09/26/13

Inequality for All
S2 E37 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 09/19/13

The Collision of Sports and Politics
S2 E36 Length 54:35 Premiere Date 09/12/13

What Are We Doing in Syria?

S2 E35 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 09/05/13

Encore: John Lewis Marches On
S2 E34 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 08/27/13

America's Gilded Capital
S2 E33 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 08/22/13

Encore: How People Power Generates Change
S2 E32 Premiere Date 08/15/13

Encore: Taming Capitalism Run Wild
S2 E31 Length 50:37 Premiere Date 08/08/13

Encore: The Faces of America’s Hungry
S2 E30 Length 50:36 Premiere Date 08/01/13

John Lewis Marches On

S2 E29 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 07/25/13

Fighting for Farmworkers
S2 E28 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 07/18/13

Distracted from Democracy
S2 E27 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 07/11/13

Surviving the New American Economy
S2 E26 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 07/02/13

The Faces of America’s Hungry
S2 E25 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 06/27/13

United States of ALEC: A Follow-Up
S2 E24 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 06/20/13

Big Brother’s Prying Eyes
S2 E23 Length 54:37 Premiere Date 06/13/13

Taming Capitalism Run Wild
S2 E22 Length 50:36 Premiere Date 06/06/13

Living Outside Tribal Lines, May 31, 2013
S2 E21 Length 50:36 Premiere Date 05/30/13

Going to Jail for Justice
S2 E20 Length 54:35 Premiere Date 05/23/13

The Toxic Politics of Science
S2 E19 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 05/16/13

How People Power Generates Change
S2 E18 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 05/09/13

The Sandy Hook Promise
S2 E17 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 05/02/13

Trading Democracy for ‘Security’
S2 E16 Length 54:35 Premiere Date 04/25/13

A Mother Fights Toxic Trespassers

S2 E15 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 04/18/13

Living Outside Tribal Lines

S2 E14 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 04/11/13

MLK’s Dream of Economic Justice
S2 E13 Length 54:36 Premiere Date 04/04/13

And Justice for Some
S2 E12 Length 54:37 Premiere Date 03/28/13

What Has Capitalism Done for Us Lately?
S2 E11 Length 54:35 Premiere Date 03/21/13

Ending the Silence on Climate Change
S2 E10 Length 50:36 Premiere Date 03/14/13

What We Can Learn From Lincoln
S2 E9 Length 52:46 Premiere Date 03/08/13

Fighting Creeping Creationism
S2 E8 Length 52:46 Premiere Date 03/01/13

Taming Capitalism Run Wild
S2 E7 Length 56:46 Premiere Date 02/22/13

American Public Television
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