Ken Burns

Ken Burns is a documentary filmmaker whose work includes The Vietnam War, Baseball, and The Central Park Five. His new series is Country Music.

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Wikipedia

Ken Burns has been a guest on 33 podcasts across 32 episodes, most recently Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend in March 2026. Each show is judged on its own.

Appearances

Others on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

Others on SmartLess

Others on Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Others on Longform

Others on Making Sense with Sam Harris

Others on Literally! With Rob Lowe

Others on Fresh Air

Others on Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

Others on Decoder with Nilay Patel

Others on Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Others on Freakonomics Radio

Others on Honestly with Bari Weiss

Others on How I Built This with Guy Raz

Others on Masters of Scale

Others on People I (Mostly) Admire

Others on Pivot

Others on The Tim Ferriss Show

Others on Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Others on Conversations with Tyler

Others on Plain English with Derek Thompson

Others on The Bulwark Daily

Others on The Joe Rogan Experience

Others on Awards Chatter

Others on How Long Gone

Others on On with Kara Swisher

Others on Stay Tuned with Preet

Others on The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

Others on Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)

Others on The Business

Others on The Jordan Harbinger Show

Others on Maltin on Movies

Others on The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Others on The Treatment