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Sep 2021
56m 13s

"Ken Burns"

JASON BATEMAN, SEAN HAYES, WILL ARNETT
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We are blessed to have Ken Burns sit down with us this week. Ken clears up the rumors about George Washington’s wooden teeth and teaches us how much sap it takes to make syrup... amongst other things like The Civil War, Baseball, and his upcoming series, Muhammed Ali. After all, history is “story” plus ‘hi.”

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