Ken Burns

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.8 • 59.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Documentarian Ken Burns feels hopeful about being Conan O’Brien’s friend. Ken sits down with Conan to discuss his latest docuseries The American Revolution, the historical myth of “us vs. them", and how his 1990 series The Civil War brought a recent American folk tune into cultural ubiquity. For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com. Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (669) 587-2847.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Ken Burns and I feel hopeful about being Conan O'Brien's friend.
0:11.7	Well, Ken, you shouldn't be? Because this is the takedown of Ken Burns. You have coasted way too long.
0:17.7	50 years of coasting.
0:19.4	Oh, everybody loves their Ken Burns.
0:21.6	That's why all the henchmen are here.
0:23.2	Yeah, get a boss.
0:24.6	Get a boss.
0:25.8	I have with me two people who don't read.
0:30.1	I'm pretty sure they don't write.
0:31.9	We read magazine?
0:33.3	Yeah.
0:33.6	Oh, I'm sorry.
0:34.2	I forgot about Us magazine.
0:35.3	That does count as my 1990s is showing.
0:41.9	Fall is here, hear the yell, back to school, ring the bell, brandy shoes, walking loose,
0:49.6	climb the fence, books and pens, I can tell that we are going to be friends.
0:56.7	Yes, I can tell that we are going to be friends.
1:01.0	Hey there.
1:01.8	Welcome to Conan O'Brien needs a friend, joined by Sonam of Sessian.
1:04.9	Hi.
1:05.3	Matt Gorely is out.
1:06.2	He is on paternity leave, and we wish him and his lovely family the best. God, I'm smooth. And then
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