Ken Burns’ new PBS series, The American Revolution, reframes the founding war as a brutal, chaotic conflict fought on ...

Burns’s 12-hour documentary about our national origin story is landing in the middle of a culture war. Yes, it’s complicated. No, he does not want to talk about President Trump. Burns’s 12-hour ...

PROVIDENCE – Filmmaker Ken Burns will present two panel discussions in Rhode Island Thursday, Oct. 16, in advance of his upcoming PBS documentary “The American Revolution,” which premiers Nov. 16.

From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know. After screening excerpts of Ken Burns’ documentary “The American ...

A documentary about renowned playwright and screenwriter Luis Valdez has won the seventh annual $200,000 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize. Directed by David Alvarado, “American Pachuco: The ...

On Idaho Today, host Mellisa Paul sits down in an exclusive Zoom interview with legendary filmmaker Ken Burns ahead of the premiere of his sweeping new series The American Revolution. Drawing on his ...

Ken Burns and I have just met at Bowling Green, the tiny park at the bottom tip of Manhattan, when he brings up “all the lives that have been through here.” He doesn’t mean the tourists lined up to ...

Durk's Bar-B-Q in Providence is closing at the end of November The owner of Durk’s Bar-B-Q in Providence has announced the restaurant will close at the end of this month. Dozens of animals rescued ...

A powerful new documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt is set to premiere on PBS this fall. The American Revolution, a six-part, 12-hour series, will ...

Even by his standards, Ken Burns has assembled a very impressive voice cast for his six-part documentary “The American Revolution.” It starts airing on GBH 2 and streaming on PBS.com Nov. 16. Burns ...

It would be hard to imagine today, but for a week in the fall of 1990, it seemed almost everyone in America was watching the same thing, at the same time. Nearly 40 million people tuned in for at ...

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, as well as new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, ...