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The Reason Interview With Nick GillespieWhat We Get Wrong About the American RevolutionThe Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie goes deep on the thinkers, doers, and artists who are making the 21st century a more libertarian—or at least more interesting place—by challenging outmoded ideas and orthodoxies.
Today's guest is Ken Burns, the filmmaker who has massively reshaped national conversations about everything from the Civil War to baseball to jazz to immigration to national parks with epic documentary series that have aired on public television.
His latest work is The American Revolution, a 12-hour series about the nation's founding that he codirected with Sarah Botstein and David P. Sch...
2025-11-261h 03
The History Matters PodcastBonus Episode: Following History's Stories, on Film | Sarah Botstein and David SchmidtThirteen colonies rose up, rebelled against an Empire, and won their independence. These unlikely victors built a new nation on democratic principles that inspired similar movements around the world.How should we tell the story of our nation’s founding? Guests Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, who co-directed The American Revolution with Ken Burns, explain how chronology and characters shape their longform PBS documentaries and accompanying curriculum materials, in a bonus episode of the History Matters Podcast.“We always work chronologically. We don’t work thematically. And I thin...
2025-11-2517 min
The Knowledge Matters PodcastBonus Episode: Following History's Stories, on Film | History Matters PodcastThirteen colonies rose up, rebelled against an Empire, and won their independence. These unlikely victors built a new nation on democratic principles that inspired similar movements around the world.How should we tell the story of our nation’s founding? Guests Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, who co-directed The American Revolution with Ken Burns, explain how chronology and characters shape their longform PBS documentaries and accompanying curriculum materials, in a bonus episode of the History Matters Podcast.“We always work chronologically. We don’t work thematically. And I thin...
2025-11-2517 min
Lincoln News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!The American Revolution: A Warts-and-All Historical EpicThe American Revolution film series by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt offers an in-depth look at the countrys founding, covering heroism, violence, and personal stories. Despite criticism for its length, its praised for intimate details often overlooked in textbooks. The series highlights ironies like the CPBs support, which recently announced its permanent closure due to accusations of liberal bias. It emphasizes the global nature of the Revolutionary War and the involvement of Native nations, arguing against attempts to whitewash history.The Daily News Now! - Every city. Every story. Powered by AI. Hosted on Acast. See...
2025-11-2402 min
The Most Important QuestionThe American Revolution's Unfinished PromiseIf the American Revolution was, as Ken Burns put it, the biggest event since the birth of Christ, then there's probably never been a better time to explore and drastically expand on why it happened, who was involved, and what it set us up for than right now. My guest today again is David Schmidt.David is the producer and co-director, along with Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein, of American Revolution, a six-part, 12-hour series premiering on PBS this November. David is a childhood friend, but two decades after he and I played...
2025-11-2459 min
HISTORY This WeekKen Burns Reimagines the American Revolution | A Conversation with Ken Burns & Sarah BotsteinNovember 16, 1776. George Washington rows toward Manhattan to inspect the fort that bears his name, only to meet a full-scale British assault already underway. By afternoon, Fort Washington has fallen, and General Washington is forced to abandon New York City.
The Continental Army is sick, outnumbered, and demoralized. For a moment, the Revolution seems lost. Facing his worst defeat of the war, Washington himself is questioning their odds.
In their new PBS documentary, The American Revolution, Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein set out to tell this version of the Founding Fathers, showing fear, chaos, and uncertainty. T...
2025-11-1738 minThe DailySunday Special: A Sea of Streaming DocsThere was once a time when documentaries could be found only on public television or in art-house cinemas. But today, documentaries are more popular and accessible than ever, with streaming services serving up true crime, celebrity documentaries, music documentaries and so much more.On today’s Sunday Special, Gilbert is joined by The New York Times’s chief television critic, James Poniewozik, and Alissa Wilkinson, a Times film critic, to talk about the documentaries that are worth your viewing time. On Today’s Episode:James Poniewozik is the chief TV critic for The...
2025-11-1600 min
Everything is a Primary SourceE Pluribus Unum: Looking at The American Revolution (2025) as a Document of Here and NowS5E12: "E Pluribus Unum: Looking at The American Revolution as a Document of Here and Now"Documentaries shape the way we remember the past and they also reveal the time in which they’re made. In this episode, I’m joined by Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, co-directors with Ken Burns of the new film The American Revolution, for a conversation about the craft behind historical storytelling.Together, we explore why the project was conceived, how they and their team chose what stories to tell, , and why every documentary is ultimately a refle...
2025-11-1545 min
Downtown with Rich KimballDowntown with Rich Kimball: Episode 43 (Sarah Botstein, Allen Adams, Mike Tuell, Colin Fraser)Filmmaker Sarah Botstein discusses THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, the film she directed with Ken Burns and David Schmidt, which comes to PBS next week.
Film critic Allen Adams talks about some upcoming movies of note and his recent trip to see Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter on Broadway in Waiting for Godot.
University of Maine hockey broadcaster Mike Tuell shares his thoughts on the early season play of the Black Bears.
Colin Fraser tells us about his company, UPLING, an at-home cannabis delivery service that employs a number of returning citizens.
2025-11-131h 23
Plodding Through The PresidentsDirecting The American Revolution with Sarah Botstein and David SchmidtWe welcome the codirectors of the new documentary The American Revolution, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, for a conversation about what it took to bring this massive project to life. They share behind the scenes stories about the collaborative process with Ken Burns, the incredible voice cast, the Revolution’s fascinating characters, and their road to documentary filmmaking.
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2025-11-1247 min
Podcast Archives - Ben Franklin's WorldEpisode 425: Ken Burns’s The American Revolutionhttps://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/425_Ken_Burns.mp3
What does it take to bring the American Revolution to life?
How can an event that took place 250 years ago be conveyed to us through modern-day film?
Ken Burns and his team worked to answer these questions in their new, epic six-part documentary, Ken Burns’s The American Revolution. Their work promises to deepen, complicate, and transform our understanding of the Revolution over 12 hours of film.
But how did Burns and his team make this film? What stories did they choose to tell? And what ch...
2025-11-1100 minBen Franklin's WorldEpisode 425: Ken Burns’s The American Revolutionhttps://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/425_Ken_Burns.mp3
What does it take to bring the American Revolution to life?
How can an event that took place 250 years ago be conveyed to us through modern-day film?
Ken Burns and his team worked to answer these questions in their new, epic six-part documentary, Ken Burns’s The American Revolution. Their work promises to deepen, complicate, and transform our understanding of the Revolution over 12 hours of film.
But how did Burns and his team make this film? What stories did they choose to tell? And what ch...
2025-11-1100 min
TAKEN TV PodcastsBen Franklin's World - 425 Ken Burns' The American RevolutionWhat does it take to bring the American Revolution to life?
How can an event that took place 250 years ago be conveyed to us through modern-day film?
Ken Burns and his team worked to answer these questions in their new, epic six-part documentary, Ken Burns’ The American Revolution. Their work promises to deepen, complicate, and transform our understanding of the Revolution over 12 hours of film.
But how did Burns and his team make this film? What stories did they choose to tell? And what challenges did they face in telling those stories?
S...
2025-11-1155 minBen Franklin's World425 Ken Burns' The American RevolutionWhat does it take to bring the American Revolution to life?
How can an event that took place 250 years ago be conveyed to us through modern-day film?
Ken Burns and his team worked to answer these questions in their new, epic six-part documentary, Ken Burns’ The American Revolution. Their work promises to deepen, complicate, and transform our understanding of the Revolution over 12 hours of film.
But how did Burns and his team make this film? What stories did they choose to tell? And what challenges did they face in telling those stories?
S...
2025-11-1155 min
The Road to NowThe American Revolution w/ Sarah Botstein & David SchmidtA decade after Ken Burns decided it was time to take on the American Revolution, the film is finished and premieres on your local PBS station on Sunday, November 16! In this episode, we talk with Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, who directed the six-part series alongside Burns, to find out more about the stories and process that they used to construct this remarkable look at one of history's most fascinating and consequential events. Click here to find out more about The American Revolution: A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein & David Schmidt at PBS.com a...
2025-11-1055 min
The Atlantic Out LoudHow Do You Film the Revolution?The co-directors of the new PBS series describe how they made a documentary about a war distant in time and shrouded in myth.
By Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt
From the November 2025 issue.
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2025-10-1019 minThe Atlantic Out LoudHow Do You Film the Revolution?The co-directors of the new PBS series describe how they made a documentary about a war distant in time and shrouded in myth.
By Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt
From the November 2025 issue.
Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-10-1019 minThe Atlantic Out LoudHow Do You Film the Revolution?The co-directors of the new PBS series describe how they made a documentary about a war distant in time and shrouded in myth.
By Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt
From the November 2025 issue.
Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-10-1019 min
podcast Story Archives - West Virginia Public BroadcastingUs & Them: A Fresh Look At America’s Origin Story
As the United States prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, attention is focused on the relevance of the American Revolution to our country today.
The new episode of Us & Them spotlights a recent community event at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia with host Trey Kay and three top historians to talk about the realities of our revolutionary past.
Ken Burns’ upcoming PBS series The American Revolution shines a light on the war that transformed 13 colonies into a nation. This timely episode of Us & Them revisits America’s origin story with f...
2025-09-2500 minBlankenship On TrialUs & Them: A Fresh Look At America’s Origin Story
As the United States prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, attention is focused on the relevance of the American Revolution to our country today.
The new episode of Us & Them spotlights a recent community event at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia with host Trey Kay and three top historians to talk about the realities of our revolutionary past.
Ken Burns’ upcoming PBS series The American Revolution shines a light on the war that transformed 13 colonies into a nation. This timely episode of Us & Them revisits America’s origin story with f...
2025-09-2500 minpodcast Story Archives - West Virginia Public BroadcastingUs & Them: A Fresh Look At America’s Origin Story
As the United States prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, attention is focused on the relevance of the American Revolution to our country today.
The new episode of Us & Them spotlights a recent community event at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia with host Trey Kay and three top historians to talk about the realities of our revolutionary past.
Ken Burns’ upcoming PBS series The American Revolution shines a light on the war that transformed 13 colonies into a nation. This timely episode of Us & Them revisits America’s origin story with f...
2025-09-2500 minpodcast Story Archives - West Virginia Public BroadcastingUs & Them: A Fresh Look At America’s Origin Story
As the United States prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, attention is focused on the relevance of the American Revolution to our country today.
The new episode of Us & Them spotlights a recent community event at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia with host Trey Kay and three top historians to talk about the realities of our revolutionary past.
Ken Burns’ upcoming PBS series The American Revolution shines a light on the war that transformed 13 colonies into a nation. This timely episode of Us & Them revisits America’s origin story with f...
2025-09-2500 min
Bloomberg Daybreak: US EditionWall Street Week Special: Bard College President on Trump’s College CrackdownPresident Trump's efforts to redefine federal relations with higher education have major implications for how the US funds research. From his 50-year tenure as President of Bard, Leon Botstein brings a broader perspective to what he believes is at stake for the country. He speaks with David Westin on this special bonus edition of the Bloomberg Wall Street Week podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-09-2127 min
Bloomberg SurveillanceWall Street Week Special: Bard College President on Trump’s College CrackdownPresident Trump's efforts to redefine federal relations with higher education have major implications for how the US funds research. From his 50-year tenure as President of Bard, Leon Botstein brings a broader perspective to what he believes is at stake for the country. He speaks with David Westin on this special bonus edition of the Bloomberg Wall Street Week podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-09-2127 min
Wall Street WeekSpecial Edition: Bard College President on Trump’s College CrackdownPresident Trump's efforts to redefine federal relations with higher education have major implications for how the US funds research. From his 50-year tenure as President of Bard, Leon Botstein brings a broader perspective to what he believes is at stake for the country. He speaks with David Westin on this special bonus edition of the Bloomberg Wall Street Week podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-09-2127 min
Escape into Period PiecesAMC's Turn: Washington's Spies w/ Kimberly PhyfeIn today's episode uncover the fact, fiction, and folklore of the Culper Spy Ring in the AMC TV show Turn: Washington's Spies that ran for four seasons from 2014-2017. Stephanie is joined by Revolutionary War Historian Kimberly Phyfe from the Three Village Historical Society (located in Setauket, NY). This episode was so much fun to record in person. Buckle up for a longer episode that is filled with passionate and enthusiastic historical discussion between two people who love period pieces. Thank you to everyone who submitted thoughts on the show! Thank you to...
2025-07-132h 22
South Carolina LedeThe Ken Burn-isode: The American RevolutionOn this episode of the South Carolina Lede for July 5, 2025: Gavin Jackson’s interview with PBS legend, award-winning documentarian Ken Burns. The two discuss Burns' latest project The American Revolution that he co-directed with Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt.
2025-07-0523 min
South Carolina LedeThe Ken Burn-isode: The American RevolutionOn this episode of the South Carolina Lede for July 5, 2025: Gavin Jackson’s interview with PBS legend, award-winning documentarian Ken Burns. The two discuss Burns' latest project The American Revolution that he co-directed with Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt.
2025-07-0323 min
Contemporánea69. Segunda Guerra MundialLa Segunda Guerra Mundial es, sin ningún género de duda y con Darmstadt como prueba, el factor temporal determinante de la revolución vivida en la música de la segunda mitad de siglo. La música salvó a muchos, si no de la contienda, al menos de parte de sus traumáticas consecuencias._____Has escuchadoAutobiografía intelectual. Luis de Pablo. Entrevista realizada al compositor el 25 de marzo de 2010 en la Fundación Juan March: [Web]Cuarteto de cuerda nº. 8 en do menor. Largo (1960) / Dmitri Shostakovich. Fitzwilliam String Quartet. Decca (199...
2024-10-1620 min
Speaking SoundlyLeon BotsteinSwiss-American conductor, educator, scholar, and President of Bard College, Leon Botstein has dedicated his musical career to the performance of lesser known repertoire. Maestro Botstein candidly discusses the practical and emotional challenges a conductor faces while leading an orchestra and the importance of forgoing theatrical gestures. Leon reflects on how his choice to pursue music was a form of rebellion within his family of physicians and when he understood he wouldn't be a virtuoso. David and Leon talk about what makes a good leader of school, Leon's belief in a broad education (as opposed to that of a conservatory...
2023-11-2122 min
The Hamilton ReviewTroy Quinn: Conductor of the Santa Monica Symphony OrchestraThis week on The Hamilton Review Podcast, Dr. Bob welcomes American conductor Troy Quinn to the show! In this conversation, Troy shares the details of his impressive musical and academic background as well as his deep love for music. Troy is the new conductor of the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra and the city is excited to have him lead the beloved orchestra. Don't miss this great conversation! American conductor Troy Quinn is quickly establishing himself as one of his generation's most versatile young artists. Lauded for his energetic and riveting, yet sensitive conducting, Quinn is...
2022-11-2926 min
Shaggin' FliesSF 26 - The Bard College Holiday Throwdown with Howard MegdalShaggin' Flies with Ben and Zach
Zach is joined for a special solo session with Howard Megdal (@howardmegdal) of Baseball Prospectus, The IX, and the Next for a lovely ninety-minute conversation about women's sports, Bard College, the Mets, New Jersey, and plenty more baseball.
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5 – Mouse!
7 – The Next and The IX
10 – A nearly half-hour tangent about the wonderfulness of women’s sports and the criminality of their underfunding
31 – Name and Image Likeness
33 – Loving sports at Bard College
35 – Sen...
2021-11-271h 30
New Books in Higher EducationA Conversation with Leon Botstein, President of Bard CollegePresident Botstein shares insights from his remarkable career which started as the youngest college president in the U.S. at just 23, when he joined the experimental Franconia College in New Hampshire and has continued through 46 years as the visionary leader of Bard College. He describes in detail 4 major innovations he has launched at Bard: 1) the Early College network in 7 cities across the U.S., 2) the Bard Prison Initiative, 3) the Open Society University Network of dual degree liberal arts programs around the world that culminated in a $500 million matching gift from George Soros, and 4) the development of Bard as a...
2021-11-081h 36
The Mind Over Finger PodcastArnaud Sussman: Fluency & Music MakingIn this episode, I discuss with solo violinist Arnaud Sussmann. He elaborates on the mindsets and strategies to adopt when working on sound quality, the importance of having a strong concept of phrasing and of bow distribution in musicality, the importance of creating fluency in his playing and how he achieves it, the importance of purpose in our practice, warming up during busy periods, the value of recording ourselves when we practice, and why he believes it's important to work hard. Nous avons aussi une discussion en francais! Nous vous offrons un retour sur certains point abordés...
2019-09-1344 min
Wabash On My MindCelebrating the Value of Liberal Arts Education: Ethics and Working in a Diverse WorldThe second panel in the Celebrating the Value of Liberal Arts Education series addresses the question: How did the liberal arts develop each panelist's deeper sense of ethics and the capacity to work effectively in a diverse world? Panel Chair: Bob Grand '78, Managing Partner of Barnes Thornburg LLP Panelists: Leon Botstein, President of Bard College; Bobby Schnadel, Dean of the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University; David N. Shane '70, retired CEO of LDI, Ltd., LLC. (Episode 34)
2015-01-051h 08
Futures in Biotech (Audio)The Homebrew Genomics Club
A first hand account on the genesis of the Human Genome Project with our guest, Dr. David Botstein, Director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University.
Hosts: Marc Pelletier and Andre Nantel, Ph.D
Guest: Dr. David Botstein
For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/biotech.
Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.
Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.
2010-09-111h 05
Futures in Biotech (Video)The Homebrew Genomics Club
A first hand account on the genesis of the Human Genome Project with our guest, Dr. David Botstein, Director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University.
Hosts: Marc Pelletier and Andre Nantel, Ph.D
Guest: Dr. David Botstein
For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/biotech.
Thanks to Phil Pelletier and Will Hall for the great themes.
Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.
2010-09-111h 05
ScienceApple Science Innovator - Dr. David Botstein - Princeton UniversityThe Apple Science Innovators podcast series profiles scientists using Apple technology to advance research and learning in colleges and universities. Botstein, a world-renowned geneticist and educator, was one of the pioneers of the Human Genome Project.
2009-10-2704 min