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WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Episode 845 - Ken Burns & Lynn Novick

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.629.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2017

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Ken Burns and his frequent collaborator Lynn Novick have made indelible documentaries about American life, on subjects like jazz, baseball, the Civil War, and World War II. Their latest film is a ten-part examination of the Vietnam War, and Marc talks with them about the bold storytelling choices used in the film, the decade-long process that went into making an 18-hour documentary, and the lessons learned that show we are still living in an America defined by this specific war.

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0:00.0

Fuck the game!

0:01.0

Alright let's do this, how are you, what the fuckers, what the fuck buddies, what the fuckin'

0:13.7

ears, what the fuck nicks, what's happening, I'm Mark Marin, this is my podcast WTF, welcome

0:19.0

to it, how's it going, what's happening?

0:22.3

Hey Florida, people, Florida, and South of Florida and all over the South, I hope you

0:29.2

are okay, I'm recording this on Sunday, I know things are getting gnarly and shitty and

0:34.1

bad, I just hope you guys get through it, I don't know what I can do or what I can say,

0:39.4

but my thoughts are with you, and my mother's down there, and I've been trying to text her,

0:45.0

I don't know what exactly is happening, but I hope mom's okay, I hope you're okay,

0:51.2

mommy, I can probably do this on the phone, today on the show Ken Burns and Lynn Novik, they

1:00.0

co-directed the new documentary The Vietnam War that premieres on PBS next Sunday, September

1:06.6

17th, I think it's like 10 parts, I've watched all of them, I'll get into that a little bit

1:11.2

because it definitely blew my fuckin' mind up, that is for sure, it is just awe-inspiring

1:20.5

this documentary, he's done documentaries before that are mind-blowing, but this is nuanced

1:27.5

in a way and the depth of it is pretty astounding, so that's coming up, and shortly, I did

1:34.6

also want to mention that the release of Waiting for the Punch is upon us folks, it's one month

1:39.5

away, October 10th, so go pre-order your copy now at wtfpod.com or markmarinbook.com and

1:46.9

upload your receipt on the pre-order page to get a book plate signed by me, I've been

1:51.6

sitting there at the dining room table signed in the book plates, that's what I've been

1:56.0

doing, again also I want to thank everybody for the tremendous reaction and response to

2:03.3

my special, I'm proud of it, I'm glad you guys are enjoying it, I put a lifetime's worth

2:08.1

of work and experience into that special on Netflix that you can watch now too real,

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