Ken Burns and Nicolle Wallace in Conversation: The American Experiment at 250

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Jun 23, 2026

Join legendary documentarian Ken Burns and MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace for an urgent conversation about what US history tells us about the state of the nation today, ahead of America’s 250th anniversary — a live taping of the chart-topping MS NOW podcast, The Best People with Nicolle Wallace.

Ken Burns’s epic, award-winning documentaries about American life and culture — on everything from the Civil War to jazz and baseball to the American Revolution — have given us a new perspective on our history. Now, examining the breadth of the nation’s past in the context of this milestone anniversary year, Burns and Wallace dive into American society, culture, and democracy from all angles: the good, the bad, the ugly, the absurd, and the remarkable — and what our national story means for our future.

How did we get here? How far have we come? And where are we headed? In a special recording of Wallace’s hit podcast, hear her and Burns in a timely conversation on the state of the American experiment, 250 years in.

[Walleye]

1. I like when Ken Burns said. He thinks of DEI as e pluribus unum

Have we forgotten that we are out of many, one?

[S/V Loner]

2. I am looking forward to...

Seeing it. A friend was a historical consultant for the production.