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The Story of ‘The Roosevelts’ Continues Online

For many public television viewers, a seven-night TV viewing marathon came to a close Saturday with the final on-air broadcast of The Roosevelts: An Intimate History. For anyone who didn’t sprint to the finish (myself included) there’s still time to … Continue reading

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Watch Ken Burns on The Daily Show

A big national documentary project like The Roosevelts: An Intimate History means more than just a week of great TV on Wisconsin Public Television. It also means we get to see and hear more from filmmaker Ken Burns on a … Continue reading

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Watch the Full Roosevelts Series Online Now

Did you watch the first episode of Ken Burns’ The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Sunday night? Can’t wait for the rest of the seven-part documentary to air? If you’re a TV binge watcher, won’t be around at the nightly 7 … Continue reading

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Theodore Roosevelt - America’s Real Renaissance Man

“He’s the writing-est president in American history, by far… He’s an intellectual. He read a book a day, sometimes three books in a day if he had some leisure. We think of Jefferson as America’s renaissance man, but it’s really … Continue reading

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Watch Ken Burns’ visit to Letterman

“Is Peter Coyote still doing the voice of these?” David Letterman asked Ken Burns last night about his award-winning documentary films. “Yes, he is,” Burns replied. “I’ll do it for half the money…” Letterman offered, as the audience laughed. That … Continue reading

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