Welcome to Ben Franklin's World,

Podcast about Early American History with Liz Covert.

The study of history is key to understanding who we are

and how we can affect a better future.

Van Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our present day world.

And now, here's your host, Liz Colarn.

Hello and welcome to episode 65 of Ben Franklin's world.

The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our early American

past have shaped the present-day world we live in. I would make an awful spy. I just

spent way too long trying to figure out how to introduce this episode in code, but I failed.

I just couldn't find a good way to do it.

The reason I wanted to introduce this episode in Code is because today we are going to talk about

spycraft during the American War for Independence. This is a listener requested episode. You requested both the topic and our guest historian

Alexander Rose, author of Washington Spies, the Story of America's First Spy Ring.

Now if that title doesn't ring a bell,

perhaps this one might.

AMC adapted Alex's book for its television drama,

Turn, Washington Spies.

During our conversation, Alex reveals information

about the origins and participants of the Culper Spy Ring,

how the Culper Ring worked, and how his book Washington Spies became

the basis for AMC's television drama, Turn.

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