This week on listening to America with Clay Jenkinson, the Ken Burns documentary on Henry David Thoreau.

My Conversation with Eric and Christopher Ewers, the directors of the upcoming three-hour, three-part documentary on the life and achievement of Henry David Thoreau, the New England Radical, and the author of my favorite American book, Walden.

Five years in the making, with dozens of interviews and fabulous footage of Conc favorite American book, Walden. Five years in the making, with dozens of

interviews and fabulous footage of Concord, Massachusetts, and all the environs of Thoreau's

famous cabin at Walden Pond, this documentary will instantly be the definitive treatment of Thoreau.

The directors assured me that I am, as they put it, all over at this film, as one of the more

significant talking heads. Well, we'll see, won't at this film, as one of the more significant talking heads.

Well, we'll see, won't we?

Throw was one of the most original and morally courageous of American writers.

He denounced slavery with a pure flame of disgust, opposed America's War of Expansion against Mexico,

defended John Brown after his raid on Harper's Ferry and even suggested some careful monkey wrenching

in his book A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Thoreau went to the woods to live deliberately

and to undertake an experiment in simplicity and minimalism. And he wrote some of the most famous

sentences in American history, including, of course, the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

All of that and more on this week's Listening to America.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to this very special edition of Listening to America.

I'm Clay Jenkinson, and across from me are Chris Ewers and Eric Ewers, who are the creators of Ken Burns' new three-hour, three-part documentary on Henry David Thoreau.

So welcome, gentlemen.

Thank you.

I've been so lucky.

This is my seventh appearance in a Ken Burns film.

I have to say, please don't contradict me. It all feels so

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