Bill Moyers Journal Creators & Guests

Brooke Gladstone is a journalist, author, and media analyst, she is a co-host and managing editor of the WNYC radio program On the Media.

Russell Feingold is a lawyer and politician. He served as a Wisconsin State Senator from 1983 to 1993, and as one of Wisconsin's U.S. Senators from 1993 to 2011.

David Frum is a political commentator and senior editor at The Atlantic.

Nikki Giovanni is a poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator.

Gretchen C. Morgenson is a journalist, known for her Market Watch column for the Sunday Money & Business section of The New York Times. Currently, she is a Senior Financial Reporter for NBC News Investigations.Previously, Morgenson was a Senior Special Writer for The Wall Street Journal. In 2002, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of Wall Street.Morgenson's first book, "The Woman's Guide to the Stock Market," co-authored with Barabara Lee, was published in 1982.Morgenson received her B.A. in English and History from St. Olaf College in Northfield MN.

Keith Olbermann is a sport and political commentator and writer at ESPN.

Dick Durbin is an attorney and politician serving as the senior United States Senator.

Sam Tanenhaus is a historian, biographer, and journalist. Currently, he writes for Prospect.Tanenhaus was an assistant editor at The New York Times from, then a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, then editor of The New York Times Book Review. He is a visiting professor at St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto, where he virtually teaches courses on American politics and media studies.Tanenhaus's first book, "Literature Unbound," was publised in 1986. In 1997, his biography of Whittaker Chambers won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.Tanenhaus received his B.A. in English from Grinnell College and his M.A. in English Literature from Yale University.

Karen Louise Erdrich is an author of novels, short stories, and poetry. She is also the owner of Birchbark Books, which focuses on Native American literature.Erdich's stories have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker. Her first book, "Love Medicine," was published in 1984. She has published a 18 novels, several of which have won awards and/or become best-sellers. She has also published seven collections of short stories, and three collections of poems.Erdich received her B.A. in English from Dartmouth College and her M.A. in Writing from Johns Hopkins University.

Eric Foner is a historian, writer, and researcher.

Linda Lou Chavez is an author, commentator, radio talk show host, and Fox News analyst. Her column appears in newspapers nationwide weekly.Chavez is Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, and a senior fellow at the National Immigration Forum. She sits on the boards of Pilgrim's Pride and ABM Industries.Chavez was the first Latina nominated to the United States Cabinet when President George W. Bush nominated her Secretary of Labor. She withdrew from consideration.

Rory Stewart is a diplomat, author, explorer, academic, politician, and Senior Fellow at the Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.