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Join philanthropist and author David Rubenstein with Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns in conversation on how history and storytelling teach us who we are — and Rubenstein’s new PBS documentary series, Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein.

How we tell our national story has always been contentious — but in recent years it has been used across the political spectrum in a larger cultural war that threatens to divide us. Burns’s films and Rubenstein’s Iconic America aim to tell our national story in a way that unites us — even when it means telling hard truths. Interspersed with clips from Iconic America, hear them discuss how history and storytelling can inspire civic engagement, what it means to be a student of history, what they’ve learned about America through their series, stories that didn’t make it onto the screen, and more.

Recorded on November 20, 2023 at The 92nd Street Y, New York.

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