Ken Burns has been called “America’s Storyteller.” Audie spoke with him live on stage about his process, and about trying to get to the truth of a subject, especially in a political and cultural climate that actively challenges the very idea of truth. Their conversation was part of The Connecticut Forum's season of live, unscripted conversations among renown ... Show More
Aug 28
Television's Prestige Hangover Era Is Here
Television's golden age is over, replaced by one that’s decidedly more, as they say, “mid.” Audie and Ari weigh in on whether TV really got worse, the industry's post-prestige identity crisis, and the ingredients for making some of your favorite shows with TV’s best director, Hir ... Show More
38m 24s
Aug 21
RushTok is Southern Soft Power
This week, the internet turned its eyes to an annual 2020s tradition: watching freshman girls rush sororities at big Southern state schools via an endless stream of social videos. What does our obsession with RushTok tell us about the South, the internet, and America? Plus, what' ... Show More
32m 12s
Aug 14
Lauren Weedman From 'Hacks' Has Main Character Energy
As generational warfare feeds TV scripts from Beef to Hacks, Emmy nominee Lauren Weedman joins the party to talk about hanging with Gen Z on the Hacks set, the art of scene stealing, and finding main character energy after 50. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice ... Show More
42m 23s
Sep 2025
Ken Burns Believes in our American Experiment
<p>Ken Burns is America’s documentarian: From the Civil War to Vietnam, baseball to the Brooklyn Bridge, his films are gospel for generations of Americans curious about the world and our history. This November, in a new six part, 12-hour documentary series Burns turns his attenti ... Show More
47m 26s
Jan 2022
Chasing History With Carl Bernstein
Bakari Sellers is joined by legendary journalist Carl Bernstein to discuss the start of his career during the civil rights movement (8:57), the current state of political journalism (13:11), and what he wants readers to take away from his new book, ‘Chasing History: A Kid in the ... Show More
30m 37s