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Ken Burns - The Dust Bowl

Ken Burns' latest PBS series is The Dust Bowl, it chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the "Great Plow-Up," followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation.

On Monday, November 26th, the Archives Partnership Trust, Greenberg Traurig, and WMHT present a conversation between Academy and Emmy Award winning American director and PBS producer, Ken Burns, and Nationally Prominent Lincoln Scholar, Harold Holzer at The Egg.

Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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