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"Would I be a loyalist?" - Ken Burns</p><p>0:09:52 - “Obliged to destroy him” </p><p>0:12:10 - Ten years in the making </p><p>0:13:44 - Working with PBS </p><p>0:14:49 - "Brooklyn Stories that will blow your mind" </p><p>0:16:45 - How Peter Coyote does the voice </p><p>0:18:40 - Shakespeare, First Amendment </p><p>0:21:00 - “I could walk out on this” </p><p>0:21:55 - "Don’t you need ONE them?" - Large </p><p>0:22:33 - Binary </p><p>0:25:00 - "I’ve got a problem with that" - Ken Burns </p><p>0:25:19 - Global land war </p><p>0:26:00 - Ben Franklin </p><p>0:28:47 - Glamorizing History </p><p>0:31:01 - Anything you find boring? </p><p>0:32:32 - The "dash" in-between </p><p>0:34:11 - Randy Peacock and Horse Girls </p><p>0:37:23 - "The History you don’t know" - Harry Truman </p><p>0:37:57 - John Peters and Jeremiah Post </p><p>0:38:22 - Documentaries in the classroom </p><p>0:39:26 - Steve Jobs </p><p>0:40:25 - Ken Burns Effect </p><p>0:41:41 - Sound design nerd </p><p>0:42:22 - SimpliSafe </p><p>0:43:54 - Walking through an Art Museum </p><p>0:47:15 - Wall of Sound </p><p>0:48:28 - "In The Beginning Is The Word" </p><p>0:49:50 - Premieres on Sunday, November 16 </p><p>0:50:20 - Joseph Plum Martin </p><p>0:51:16 - Vietnam War</p><p>0:52:08 - George Washington </p><p>0:53:19 - "Heroism is not perfection" </p><p>0:54:30 - The next generation of (mis)information </p><p>0:56:40 - Jame Forten </p><p>0:58:46 - January 6 </p><p>1:00:56 - Germans </p><p>1:02:49 - Are Governments ever obstructionist? </p><p>1:05:41 - The Umpire </p><p>1:08:01 - The Brooklyn Bridge </p><p>1:09:54 - 9/11 </p><p>1:11:06 - Brooklyn, NY </p><p>1:11:50 - Actor voices </p><p>1:13:00 - Maya Hawke is Betsy Ambler </p><p>1:13:27 - The quilt collector </p><p>1:15:46 - Large is in BIG trouble </p><p>1:16:17 - "History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes ..."</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/tJub93Uh?_showcaption=true" href="https://twitter.com/twistedhistory/status/1988730412554916036?utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=63390_102_ken-burns-visits-barstool-hq&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_63390_102_ken-burns-visits-barstool-hq"></a></div></div></div><p></p></body></html>

<p><em>(Producer John)</em></p><p>The legendary filmmaker visited Barstool HQ in New York City to promote his latest project, and proceeded to clown on Klemmer for being a Jets fan, steal Large's wife, and drop history knowledge like a poet.</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/S4K98pBU?_showcaption=true" href="https://twitter.com/ChrisKlemmer/status/1989048982509875218?utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=63390_102_ken-burns-visits-barstool-hq&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_63390_102_ken-burns-visits-barstool-hq"></a></div></div></div><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/CFpEnYx6?_showcaption=true" href="https://twitter.com/twistedhistory/status/1988735191331008761?utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=63390_102_ken-burns-visits-barstool-hq&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_63390_102_ken-burns-visits-barstool-hq"></a></div></div><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div></div><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/AN5Ah2ql?_showcaption=true" href="https://twitter.com/twistedhistory/status/1988994367768432845?utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=63390_102_ken-burns-visits-barstool-hq&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_63390_102_ken-burns-visits-barstool-hq"></a></div></div></div><p>The entire interview is worth a listen, as Burns explains how his strenuous process of fact-checking relies on PBS' support and ability to grant him ten years(!) to finish this project.</p><p>Head to YouTube and click on a topic in the description: </p><p>0:08:33 - "Would I be a loyalist?" - Ken Burns</p><p>0:09:52 - “Obliged to destroy him” </p><p>0:12:10 - Ten years in the making </p><p>0:13:44 - Working with PBS </p><p>0:14:49 - "Brooklyn Stories that will blow your mind" </p><p>0:16:45 - How Peter Coyote does the voice </p><p>0:18:40 - Shakespeare, First Amendment </p><p>0:21:00 - “I could walk out on this” </p><p>0:21:55 - "Don’t you need ONE them?" - Large </p><p>0:22:33 - Binary </p><p>0:25:00 - "I’ve got a problem with that" - Ken Burns </p><p>0:25:19 - Global land war </p><p>0:26:00 - Ben Franklin </p><p>0:28:47 - Glamorizing History </p><p>0:31:01 - Anything you find boring? </p><p>0:32:32 - The "dash" in-between </p><p>0:34:11 - Randy Peacock and Horse Girls </p><p>0:37:23 - "The History you don’t know" - Harry Truman </p><p>0:37:57 - John Peters and Jeremiah Post </p><p>0:38:22 - Documentaries in the classroom </p><p>0:39:26 - Steve Jobs </p><p>0:40:25 - Ken Burns Effect </p><p>0:41:41 - Sound design nerd </p><p>0:42:22 - SimpliSafe </p><p>0:43:54 - Walking through an Art Museum </p><p>0:47:15 - Wall of Sound </p><p>0:48:28 - "In The Beginning Is The Word" </p><p>0:49:50 - Premieres on Sunday, November 16 </p><p>0:50:20 - Joseph Plum Martin </p><p>0:51:16 - Vietnam War</p><p>0:52:08 - George Washington </p><p>0:53:19 - "Heroism is not perfection" </p><p>0:54:30 - The next generation of (mis)information </p><p>0:56:40 - Jame Forten </p><p>0:58:46 - January 6 </p><p>1:00:56 - Germans </p><p>1:02:49 - Are Governments ever obstructionist? </p><p>1:05:41 - The Umpire </p><p>1:08:01 - The Brooklyn Bridge </p><p>1:09:54 - 9/11 </p><p>1:11:06 - Brooklyn, NY </p><p>1:11:50 - Actor voices </p><p>1:13:00 - Maya Hawke is Betsy Ambler </p><p>1:13:27 - The quilt collector </p><p>1:15:46 - Large is in BIG trouble </p><p>1:16:17 - "History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes ..."</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/tJub93Uh?_showcaption=true" href="https://twitter.com/twistedhistory/status/1988730412554916036?utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=63390_102_ken-burns-visits-barstool-hq&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_63390_102_ken-burns-visits-barstool-hq"></a></div></div></div><p></p>

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