Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on 'Prohibition'
By today’s standards, the idea of a constitutional amendment banning alcohol in the U.S. seems preposterous, oppressive, and just plain naïve. But 92 years ago, when the National Prohibition Act...
View ArticleHow Our National Parks Define Us
Everyone has their own story to share when they come back from a National Park. When collected together, these stories create a history and a culture. Although they are diverse, they are interwoven...
View ArticleCity Sues for Access to Film Footage in Central Park Jogger Case
WNYC's Marc Garber spoke with Ken Burns and his daughter, Sarah Burns, about the subpoena Wednesday on All Things Considered.Lawyers for New York City are seeking access to footage gathered by...
View ArticleKen Burns on the 'Central Park Five'
New York Mayor Ed Koch called it the "crime of the century." Millions of women called it the reason not to go into the park at night, ever again. And to this day, it remains one of the biggest media...
View ArticleKen Burns, Word Nerd
A few weeks ago, we asked you to create new collective nouns for modern types of people — conceptual artists, Trekkies, yoga instructors, and more. The submissions are rolling in from listeners across...
View ArticleNerding Out with Ken Burns & Rebranding Marijuana
This week, Kurt Andersen calls a listener named Ken in New Hampshire who turns out to be Ken Burns, the filmmaker. Burns has a few good words for our latest listener challenge, like "a reel of...
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The long influence of Jackie Robinson, on and off the field
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Now: the legacy of one of baseball’s greatest, Jackie Robinson, on and off the field.It’s the focus of a new documentary that begins on PBS tonight.John...
View ArticleFact-Checking Donald Trump's Philanthropy, Ken Burns on 'Defying the Nazis'
David Fahrenthold, a political reporter with The Washington Post discusses his investigation into Donald Trump's charitable donations. Filmmakers Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky discuss their new film,...
View ArticleThe American Couple Who Risked Their Lives Saving Jewish Refugees
Filmmakers Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky discuss their new film,“Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War.” It tells the story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp, a Unitarian minister and his wife from...
View ArticleReturning to Vietnam 50 Years Later in 'A Rumor of War'
Philip Caputo talks about his landmark Vietnam War memoir A Rumor of War. He discusses the 16 months he spent as a Marine lieutenant who served with the first ground combat unit deployed to Vietnam in...
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Why America is still raw over the Vietnam War
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: This Sunday night, PBS will air the first of 10 episodes of the new Ken Burns and Lynn Novick documentary “The Vietnam War.”It’s been 10 years in the...
View ArticleBreaking the Silence on the Vietnam War
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. The Vietnam War looms large in the memories of many Americans. More than two and a half million Americans served in South Vietnam, and more than...
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Voices from all sides trace deep roots and wounds in ‘Vietnam War’
Watch VideoHARI SREENIVASAN: Let’s turn our attention again to “The Vietnam War,” Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s latest landmark documentary.The 18-hour film begins on Sunday night.Judy Woodruff sat down...
View ArticleVietnam, Via Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, documentary filmmakers, talk about their ten-part, 18-hour series, “The Vietnam War," airing on PBS September 17-28.
View ArticleKen Burns, Lynn Novick, and Rethinking Vietnam
The vast ambition of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's PBS documentary The Vietnam War has precedents, but most of them are other Burns and Novick documentaries. The two directors' collaborations --...
View Article124 - The Brothers Burns — A Conversation with Filmmakers Ken & Ric Burns
PBS is going to be juiced this year with two remarkable projects from The Brothers Burns — Ken and Ric. The Kitchen Sisters Present an onstage conversation with the two on Labor Day at The Telluride...
View ArticleKen Burns and Rasheeda Ali on 'Muhammad Ali' Documentary
Recently at The Atlantic Festival, Alison spoke with Ken Burns and Rasheeda Ali about the new four-part PBS documentary,"Muhammad Ali," co-directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon. We air...
View ArticleGet Lit Preview: Lauren Groff, Liane Moriarty, Fall Books, Ken Burns'...
Acclaimed author Lauren Groff joins us for a preview conversation highlighting her new novel and our "Get Lit with All Of It" October selection, Matrix. The novel tells the story of Marie de France, a...
View ArticleKen Burns' Latest Film Focuses on Benjamin Franklin
Ken Burns' latest project takes on the legacy of Benjamin Franklin. While Franklin is a figure we all learned about in social studies growing up, there's a more complicated story to unpack. Franklin...
View ArticleKen Burns on his latest film, Get Lit Preview, How to Find a Great Therapist,...
Ken Burns' latest project takes on the legacy of Benjamin Franklin. While Franklin is a figure we all learned about in social studies growing up, there's a more complicated story to unpack. Franklin...
View ArticleEuropean Jews fleeing to America in "The U.S. and the Holocaust"
"The U.S. and the Holocaust" looks at the World War II era when many European Jews fleeing the Nazis were turned away by America. Filmmakers Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein tell a story that...
View ArticleThe Brooklyn Bridge Turns 140!
It has been 140 years since the Brooklyn Bridge opened to the public. Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, who made his first film about it back in the 1980s, and Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic for...
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