A MORE PERFECT UNION examines America’s founding and the ideas and values articulated 250 years ago. It features Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein, co-directors of THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, and Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute, in conversation with Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution Center and Melody Barnes of UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy.
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A More Perfect Union: Inspiring Civic & Civil Conversations Across America, a special for PBS, explores America’s founding and how the ideas and values articulated 250 years ago remain relevant to our democracy today. The one-hour show will air following broadcast of Ken Burns’s film, “The American Revolution on PBS.
Recorded live, on-site at the National Constitution Center the program features Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein, co-directors of the new major six-part, 12-hour documentary series "The American Revolution," and Yuval Levin, director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute, in conversation with Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO, and Melody Barnes, executive director of the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy.
A More Perfect Union: Inspiring Civic & Civil Conversations Across America will premiere to the public Monday, November 24, 2025 at 9–10 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS.
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Major funding is provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Funding is also provided by The Travelers Companies, Inc. , the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, and viewers like you.