“There’s always the certainty that the opposite of what I might believe in might also be true.” — Ken BurnsKen Burns&nbsp;(<a href="https://twitter.com/KenBurns" target="_blank">@KenBurns</a>) has been making documentary films for more than 40 years.Since the Academy Award nominated&nbsp;Brooklyn Bridge&nbsp;in 1981, Ken has gone on to direct and produce&nbsp;<a href="http://kenburns.com/the-films/" target="_blank">some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made</a>, including&nbsp;The Civil War;&nbsp;Baseball;&nbsp;Jazz;&nbsp;The Statue of Liberty;&nbsp;Huey Long;&nbsp;Lewis &amp; Clark;&nbsp;Frank Lloyd Wright;&nbsp;Mark Twain;&nbsp;Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson;&nbsp;The War;&nbsp;The National Parks: America’s Best Idea;&nbsp;The Roosevelts;&nbsp;Jackie Robinson;&nbsp;Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War;&nbsp;The Vietnam War, and&nbsp;The Mayo Clinic: Faith — Hope — Science.Ken’s films have been honored with dozens of major awards, including sixteen Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Oscar nominations; and in September of 2008, at the News &amp; Documentary Emmy Awards, Ken was honored by the Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences with a Lifetime Achievement Award.His newest work is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music/" target="_blank">Country Music</a>. It explores the history of a uniquely American art form: country music. From its deep and tangled roots in ballads, blues, and hymns performed in small settings, to its worldwide popularity, learn how country music evolved over the course of the twentieth century, as it eventually emerged to become America’s music.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music/" target="_blank">Country Music</a>&nbsp;features never-before-seen footage and photographs, plus interviews with more than 80 country music artists.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music/" target="_blank">The eight-part, 16-hour series</a>&nbsp;is directed and produced by Ken Burns, written and produced by Dayton Duncan, and produced by Julie Dunfey.It debuts on PBS on Sunday, September 15th, 2019, at 8 EST/7 CST.The first four episodes will stream on station-branded PBS platforms, including&nbsp;<a href="http://pbs.org/" target="_blank">PBS.org</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pbs.org/pbs-video-app/" target="_blank">PBS apps</a>, timed to coincide with the Sunday, September 15th premiere. The second four episodes will be timed alongside the broadcast of Episode 5 on Sunday, September 22nd; each episode will stream for a period of three weeks. PBS Passport members will be able to stream the entire series for a period of six months beginning Sunday, September 15th.This podcast is brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.athleticgreens.com/tim" target="_blank">Athletic Greens</a>.&nbsp;I get asked all the time, “If you could only use one supplement, what would it be?” My answer is, inevitably,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.athleticgreens.com/tim" target="_blank">Athletic Greens</a>. It is my all-in-one nutritional insurance. I recommended it in&nbsp;The 4-Hour Body&nbsp;and did not get paid to do so.As a listener of The Tim Ferriss Show, you’ll get a free 20-count travel pack (valued at $79) with your first order at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.athleticgreens.com/tim" target="_blank">athleticgreens.com/tim</a>.This podcast is also brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.onepeloton.com/" target="_blank">Peloton</a>, which has become a staple of my daily routine. I picked up this bike after seeing the success of my friend Kevin Rose, and I’ve been enjoying it more than I ever imagined. Peloton is an indoor cycling bike that brings live studio classes right to your home. No worrying about fitting classes into your busy schedule or making it to a studio with a crazy commute.New classes are added every day, and this includes options led by elite NYC instructors in your own living room. You can even live stream studio classes taught by the world’s best instructors, or find your favorite class on demand.<a href="https://www.onepeloton.com/" target="_blank">Peloton</a>&nbsp;is offering listeners to this show a special offer:&nbsp;Enter the code you heard during the Peloton ad of this episode&nbsp;at checkout to&nbsp;receive $100 off accessories with your Peloton bike purchase.&nbsp;This is a great way to get in your workouts, or an incredible gift. That’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.onepeloton.com/" target="_blank">onepeloton.com</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;enter the code you heard during the Peloton ad of this episode to receive $100 off accessories with your Peloton bike purchase.

#386: Ken Burns — A Master Filmmaker on Creative Process, the Long Game, and the Noumenal

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