Ken Burns is no longer a mere documentarian; he is a brand, a franchise, a one-man industrial complex. When he has a new project heading for the small screen, everybody wants a part of him. Ken Burns on Leonardo da Vinci: ‘He may be the person of the last millennium’ Read more

Burns has done “more fucking podcasts than I ever thought possible”, he says, nearing the end of nine-month promotional tour that included 40 cities, 80 screenings and hundreds of interviews. “I think there are 340.1m podcasts, one for every American, and I’ve done half of them.”

Fortunately Burns is a force of nature, as loquacious behind the mic as he is prolific in the editing room. The 72-year-old has gone everywhere from Monticello to The Joe Rogan Experience to talk about one of his most ambitious proj

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