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Going Home with Maya Angelou

Going Home with Maya Angelou

Season 3 Episode 31
22:27
Facing Evil with Maya Angelou

Facing Evil with Maya Angelou

Season 3 Episode 32
22:27
Joseph E. Stiglitz: Let’s Stop Subsidizing Tax Dodgers

Joseph E. Stiglitz: Let’s Stop Subsidizing Tax Dodgers

Season 3 Episode 33
25:42
How Tax Reform Can Save the Middle Class

How Tax Reform Can Save the Middle Class

Season 3 Episode 34
24:44
Elizabeth Warren on Fighting Back Against Wall St. Giants

Elizabeth Warren on Fighting Back Against Wall St. Giants

Season 3 Episode 35
24:43
Climate Change: Faith and Fact

Climate Change: Faith and Fact

Season 3 Episode 36
24:43
Climate Change: The Next Generation

Climate Change: The Next Generation

Season 3 Episode 37
24:42
America’s New War in the Middle East

America’s New War in the Middle East

Season 3 Episode 38
24:42
Too Big to Jail?

Too Big to Jail?

Season 3 Episode 39
24:43
Restoring an America That Has Lost Its Way

Restoring an America That Has Lost Its Way

Season 3 Episode 40
24:43
Keeping Faith in Democracy

Keeping Faith in Democracy

Season 3 Episode 41
24:43
The Fight — and the Right — to Vote

The Fight — and the Right — to Vote

Season 3 Episode 42
24:43

John Lithgow on The Role of a Lifetime

Season 3 Episode 30

As violent images on the front pages confront us daily, we’re surrounded by productions of Shakespeare’s King Lear, the story of an elderly monarch losing strength and sanity, seeking order in chaos. Actor John Lithgow is playing him right now in The Public Theater's free Shakespeare in the Park production. He talks to Bill about what it’s like to perform the monumental role and its significance.
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