#615 - Ken Burns

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

Theo Von

Comedy

4.8 • 24.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Ken Burns is a documentary filmmaker, writer and historian known for his many films with PBS. His latest, “The American Revolution” premieres November 16th. Ken joins Theo to talk about why he believes the American Revolution was the most important event since the birth of Christ, how George Washington organized America’s first army, and what the founding fathers really had in mind when writing the Declaration of Independence. Ken Burns: https://www.instagram.com/kenlburns/ ------------------------------------------------ Tour Dates! https://theovon.com/tour New Merch: https://www.theovonstore.com ------------------------------------------------- Sponsored By: Celsius: Go to the Celsius Amazon store to check out all of their flavors. #CELSIUSBrandPartner #CELSIUSLiveFit https://amzn.to/3HbAtPJ Moonpay: Head over to https://www.moonpay.com/theo to sign up BetterHelp: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp - go to http://betterhelp.com/theo to get 10% off your first month. Perplexity AI: Ask anything at https://pplx.ai/theo and download their new web browser Comet at https://comet.perplexity.ai/ ------------------------------------------------- Music: “Shine” by Bishop Gunn Bishop Gunn - Shine ------------------------------------------------ Submit your funny videos, TikToks, questions and topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to: tpwproducer@gmail.com Hit the Hotline: 985-664-9503 Video Hotline for Theo Upload here: https://www.theovon.com/fan-upload Send mail to: This Past Weekend 1906 Glen Echo Rd PO Box #159359 Nashville, TN 37215 ------------------------------------------------ Find Theo: Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoVonClips Shorts Channel: https://bit.ly/3ClUj8z ------------------------------------------------ Producer: Zach https://www.instagram.com/zachdpowers Producer: Trevyn https://www.instagram.com/trevyn.s/ Producer: Nick https://www.instagram.com/realnickdavis/ Producer: Andrew https://www.instagram.com/bleachmediaofficial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It was even bad in America.
0:03.0	You know, I'm not home a lot.
0:05.4	You know, I can't keep a plant alive at the moment.
0:08.5	But when I am home, my bedroom is like my sanctuary, you know, it's a sacred spot for sleep.
0:15.2	Thankfully, I have a Helix sleep mattress.
0:19.2	God, I like it.
0:20.6	I mean, I get on that thing and who baby girl, four I know it's
0:24.7	morning and I'm feeling good. In fact, I like mine so much. I got two of them. I put one of them in the
0:31.4	guest room out of there case mom wants to come and just launch some of her dirty dreams into that
0:36.6	thing. Because honestly, sleep matters
0:39.5	more to me than ever, especially when I'm on the go. If I'm home, you know it. Days are long.
0:44.8	When you shut it down, it's time to shut it down. Getting real sleep on my Helix sleep mattress makes
0:50.1	all the difference. If your old mattress has you just launched in, locked in a trench over there,
0:55.1	you need a ladder to get out that thing. It may be time for you to give Helix sleep a try. You can sleep
1:01.6	great too. Just go to helixleep.com slash Theo to get 25% off sitewide for our audience only. That's
1:10.3	helix sleep.com slash t-h-e-o. Make sure you enter our show
1:16.4	name after checkout so they know that we sent you. If you're running a business, today's
1:21.7	guest is a filmmaker. He's a historian. He's a writer. He is a cartographer of time, if you will.
1:30.7	His name is ubiquitous with documentaries.
1:34.7	He's covered some of the biggest events in U.S. history and his new film, The American Revolution, premieres in November.
1:42.4	I had a great chat with the one and only, Mr. Ken Burns.
2:04.7	Shine on me, and I will find a sit back, whatever you feel like, Ken, if you start to feel uncomfortable, just let us know and we'll get you.
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