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Literally! With Rob Lowe

Ken Burns: History Doesn't Repeat Itself

Literally! With Rob Lowe

Stitcher & Team Coco

Society & Culture

4.812.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Ken Burns and Rob Lowe are passionate about history! Legendary documentarian Ken Burns joins Rob Lowe to discuss the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, how to make the American Revolution feel modern, the surprising story behind his classic nine-episode "Civil War" series, why Ken believes history does not repeat itself, and much more. "Leonardo da Vinci" is now streaming!  You can watch the full episode on YouTube at YouTube.com/@LiterallyWithRobLowe! Got a question for Rob? Call our voicemail at 323-570-4551. Your question could get featured on the show!

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0:00.0

They said, boy, this is really good, but no one's going to watch it.

0:02.6

Stephen Botchko has a new police procedural that they sing called cop rock, so nobody's going to watch your thing.

0:27.5

Hey, everybody. Welcome. Hey everybody, welcome to literally with me, Roblo.

0:31.4

One of my favorite filmmakers is with us today, Ken Burns.

0:40.2

His, I think it's 12-part documentary on the Civil War, changed my life.

0:45.6

It remains probably my favorite piece of television ever. But he's also made amazing documentaries on baseball, Vietnam War, the Roosevelt's Dust Bowl,

0:53.5

and his current is on Leonardo da Vinci.

0:58.6

Can you imagine?

1:00.0

Which airs on PBS November 18th and 19th at 8 p.m.

1:05.8

And he's got an amazing just lineup of docs to come that I want to get into with him.

1:12.5

So let's get to it with the amazing and legendary Ken Burns.

1:23.9

Ken, how are you?

1:25.1

I recall meeting you at some point.

1:28.6

I was doing the West Wing, and where did we meet?

1:31.0

Yeah, I was trying to think about that, too, Rob.

1:33.1

It's been too long because this old tired mind is, you know, I know that I've met you.

1:39.3

I know that we hit it off.

1:41.5

I knew all those sorts of things, but, you know, and whether I had Cheerios this morning, I can't remember.

1:46.8

I know.

1:47.4

What is becoming?

1:48.5

That's that, we'll do the documentary on the mind and our losing it.

1:52.6

Yes.

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