Podcast Episodes

Henry David Thoreau on PBS: The Brothers Who Made It

Henry David Thoreau on PBS: The Brothers Who Ma...

Erik and Christopher Ewers, the brothers who directed Henry David Thoreau for PBS, tell how Erik came to work for Ken Burns, how a 22-minute visitor center film grew into...

Henry David Thoreau on PBS: The Brothers Who Ma...

Erik and Christopher Ewers, the brothers who directed Henry David Thoreau for PBS, tell how Erik came to work for Ken Burns, how a 22-minute visitor center film grew into...

What Francesca Bridgerton and a D-Day Veteran Discovered About Grief

What Francesca Bridgerton and a D-Day Veteran D...

Christian Taylor connects a Bridgerton funeral, a D-Day veteran crying as children played on Utah Beach, and C.S. Lewis's A Grief Observed, the book that helped her after her mother's...

What Francesca Bridgerton and a D-Day Veteran D...

Christian Taylor connects a Bridgerton funeral, a D-Day veteran crying as children played on Utah Beach, and C.S. Lewis's A Grief Observed, the book that helped her after her mother's...

Why He Brings Kids and Cops to the D-Day Beaches

Why He Brings Kids and Cops to the D-Day Beaches

Jake Schroeder, a former funk-rock frontman who sang the anthem for the Colorado Avalanche over 1,000 times, explains why he brings inner-city kids, police officers and veterans to Normandy through...

Why He Brings Kids and Cops to the D-Day Beaches

Jake Schroeder, a former funk-rock frontman who sang the anthem for the Colorado Avalanche over 1,000 times, explains why he brings inner-city kids, police officers and veterans to Normandy through...

What If You're Not Actually Failing?

What If You're Not Actually Failing?

Christian Taylor takes Bill Bradley's line from the Epic Bill documentary, "courage is a muscle," and tests it against tennis, muscle science, Edison, Michael Jordan, the 1980 Miracle on Ice...

What If You're Not Actually Failing?

Christian Taylor takes Bill Bradley's line from the Epic Bill documentary, "courage is a muscle," and tests it against tennis, muscle science, Edison, Michael Jordan, the 1980 Miracle on Ice...

Epic Bill: From Video Store Millionaire to Endurance Athlete

Epic Bill: From Video Store Millionaire to Endu...

Quinnolyn Benson-Yates, director of the Epic Bill documentary, tells how a short film about a bankrupt video store owner turned endurance athlete grew into a seven-year feature, and what she...

Epic Bill: From Video Store Millionaire to Endu...

Quinnolyn Benson-Yates, director of the Epic Bill documentary, tells how a short film about a bankrupt video store owner turned endurance athlete grew into a seven-year feature, and what she...