In 1918 and early 1919, with giddy thoughts of reforming society, voters in 36 states overwhelmingly approved the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, banning the sale and manufacture of intoxicating ...

Today's guest is Ken Burns, the filmmaker who has massively reshaped national conversations about everything from the Civil ...

Ken Burns was in his studio working on the final edits of a forthcoming documentary film series on the American Revolution when he learned UNC-Chapel Hill historian William E. Leuchtenburg had died at ...

Ken Burns talks too fast. Must be because he's learned so much about his latest exploration of history that he wants to make sure you hear enough to get as excited about it as he is. Last week, Burns ...

Dennis White has been making up tunes ever since he learned to play the piano at 5 years old, sharing a bench with his mother. He would play many more instruments as he got older, and for many years ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns has examined some of the most defining moments of American history. He's delved into the Civil War, dissected America's response to the Holocaust and chronicled the evolution of ...

Sarah Botstein has for more than two decades produced some of the most widely-watched and acclaimed documentaries on PBS. Her work, in collaboration with directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, includes ...