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The American War

A podcast guide to "The Vietnam War," the new documentary from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Washington Post Opinion columnist Alyssa Rosenberg breaks down each episode of the film with Burns and Novick ... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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Episode 1: “We are possessed by a desire not to know about Vietnam.”

Episode 1: “We are possessed by a desire not to know about Vietnam.”

In the premiere episode of “The American War,” Alyssa talks to Ken Burns and Harvard professor Fredrik Logevall about Ep... Read more

18 Sep 2017

22mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 2: “To me, JFK was God.”

Episode 2: “To me, JFK was God.”

It’s easy to say now that the Vietnam War was always a doomed endeavor. But Americans who went to fight in Vietnam thoug... Read more

19 Sep 2017

22mins

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Ranked #3

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Episode 3: “We are behaving like ugly Americans.”

Episode 3: “We are behaving like ugly Americans.”

To truly understand what happened to America in Vietnam, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick knew they had to talk to our former o... Read more

20 Sep 2017

22mins

Ranked #4

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Preview: 'The American War,' a podcast guide to the new PBS documentary 'The Vietnam War'

Preview: 'The American War,' a podcast guide to the new PBS documentary 'The Vietnam War'

Over 10 episodes, host Alyssa Rosenberg will be joined by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and other collaborators on the film to ... Read more

11 Sep 2017

3mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 4: “We want the dead to come back to us.”

Episode 4: “We want the dead to come back to us.”

Many of the Gold Star parents who lost their children in Vietnam are aging, and as they are, their stories are being los... Read more

21 Sep 2017

22mins

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