094 Founding Friendships

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Who are you friends with? Why are you friends with your friends? In the early American republic, men and women formed and maintained friendships for many of the same reasons we make friends today: companionship, shared interests, and, in some cases, because they helped expand thinking and social circles. Today, we explore friendship in the early American republic. Specifically, we investigate what it was like for men and women to form and maintain friendships with each other. Our guide for this exploration is Cassandra Good, author of Founding Friendships: Friendships Between Men & Women in the Early American Republic. Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/094 Helpful Show Links Help Support Ben Franklin's World Crowdfunding Campaign Ask the Historian Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Join the Ben Franklin's World Community Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App *Books purchased through this link will help support the production of Ben Franklin's World. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ben Franklin's World,
0:04.0	Podcast about Early American History with Liz Covert.
0:08.0	The study of history is key to understanding who we are
0:11.0	and how we can affect a better future.
0:13.0	Van Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our present day world.
0:20.0	And now, here's your host, Liz Colarn.
0:23.0	Hello and welcome to episode 94 of Ben Franklin's world.
0:28.0	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.
0:35.9	Who are you friends with and why are you friends with them?
0:39.2	Today's episode has me thinking a lot about friendship and how and why I'm friends with people.
0:43.7	I like to be friends with smart loyal people who share at least a few of my interests and who
0:48.7	often challenge me to think about and try new things. A sense of humor and a love of ice cream help too, because let's be honest. Some
0:56.2	situations require a good joke and a scoop of mint chip. The reason I'm thinking
1:00.8	about my friends and why we're friends is because if we lived in the
1:03.8	Early American Republic, I'm not sure I could be friends with many of my existing friends.
1:09.3	Because the process of forming and maintaining friendships in the early Republic, especially friendships between men and women, was different.
1:17.0	Today, Cassandra Good, author of founding friendships, Friendships Between Men and Women in the Early American Republic joins us to explore, well,
1:25.7	Friendship in the Early Republic.
1:27.8	Specifically, we're going to investigate what it was like for men and women to be friends
1:31.8	with each other.
1:32.8	During our conversation, Cassie reveals the dynamics of friendship between men and women in the
1:38.0	early republic, why men and women form friendships with members of the opposite sex,
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