#97 — The Impossible War

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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🗓️ 15 September 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Sam Harris speaks with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about their latest film, The Vietnam War.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast. This is Sam Harris. Just a note to say that if you're
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0:46.5	Okay, a few new speaking dates to announce. The links are not yet live on my website,
0:52.1	but you can mark your calendars if you live in the relevant cities. I'll be in Seattle on December
0:58.6	6th, San Francisco on December 7th, Boston on January 11th, DC on January 12th, and Philadelphia
1:10.2	on January 14th. Those last three are surrounding the January 13th date in New York, which is virtually
1:20.6	sold out. I believe there are 12 seats left. Last time I looked. So more to come about those events.
1:29.1	Supporters of the podcast will get a link to tickets on September 20th, and then tickets will be
1:35.4	available to the general public a week after that. So you can see my events page on my website
1:40.4	for more details, and you can also join my email list if you want to hear about these things
1:45.8	in the most reliable way. Okay, today I am speaking with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
1:53.6	They are filmmakers who have made some of the most beloved documentaries of our time,
1:59.4	and certainly changed the way that documentary films have been made over the last few decades,
2:05.7	and they're releasing their latest film, The Vietnam War, this weekend on PBS. It premieres on Sunday,
2:12.4	the 17th of September, and it will be available on DVD and Blu-ray very soon after that.
2:18.4	This documentary is in 10 parts, it's 18 hours long, and as you'll hear in this conversation,
2:24.8	it fairly blew my mind. It really is a remarkable piece of work, which took Ken and Lynn and the rest
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