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Speaking Of Easy We love the way Ken Burns captures American History—the artful pans across still photography, the marvelous vintage footage, the fantastic music, the remarkable interviews and (most important of all) the excellent storytelling. And we couldn’t be more pleased about his latest choice of topic, one of America’s most ambitious experiments: Prohibition. The fantastic Wynton Marsalis provides original music as he and other famous voices help tell the story of how our liquor-loving nation traded in saloons for speakeasies and an era that was supposed to be about abandoning alcohol ended up spawning a memorable cocktail culture that forever changed the face of U.S. society. Funny, enlightening, magical and maddening—we’ll gladly raise a glass to this series, set to premier October 2.
