Ted Danson Joins Ken Burns Thoreau Docuseries

0:00On March 31, Ted Danson is lending his voice to a new Ken Burns docu-series on Henry David Thoreau, joining stars like George Clooney, Jeff Goldblum, and Meryl Streep. The film dives into Thoreau's life as a thinker, abolitionist, and conservation pioneer behind Walden and civil disobedience. Earlier this week, Danson shared how his buddy Don Henley pulled him into the Thoreau world almost 40 years ago through fundraisers to protect. Walden Woods in Massachusetts. In return, Henley backed Danson's American Oceans campaign, now known as Oceana. Danson admits he faked knowing Thoreau in Emerson for years, but got hooked during the project, linking their ideas straight to his own parents, and his lifelong push for ocean protection. Thoreau battled tuberculosis much of his adult life and passed in 1862 at age 44, while mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, a. Transcendentalism leader died in 1882 at 78. Danson says their voices hit harder now, amid fights for social and environmental

1:03justice. With the series streaming on PBS, Danson bets it'll spark the same fire and folks chasing those big changes today. I'm Cory with the story, and you've been listening to entertainment and celebrity news today, AI-powered pop culture coverage.