The Best People with Nicolle Wallace Ken Burns Believes in the American Experiment (Season 1, Episode 15)
Podcast Episode | 47 min | News

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The Best People with Nicolle Wallace

Ken Burns Believes in the American Experiment (Season 1, Episode 15)

Podcast Episode | 47 min | News

Ken Burns is America's documentarian: From the Civil War to Vietnam, baseball to the Brooklyn Bridge, his films are gospel for generations of Americans curious about the world and our history. This November, in a new six part, 12-hour ...See moreKen Burns is America's documentarian: From the Civil War to Vietnam, baseball to the Brooklyn Bridge, his films are gospel for generations of Americans curious about the world and our history. This November, in a new six part, 12-hour documentary series Burns turns his attention to the American Revolution - and the counterintuitive revelation that democracy was *not* on the table when the fighting first broke out. Burns says what this film showed him is that the tension we feel today in 2025 arcs back to and mirrors the tension that gave birth to our nation. And Burns believes the American story boils down to a simple choice - a question posed in the timeless Frank Capra classic "It's a Wonderful Life": Do you want to live in Pottersville or Bedford Falls? (HINT: Ken Burns only wants to live in Bedford Falls) See less