#1488 Ten Things About Benjamin Franklin
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🗓️ 29 March 2022
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Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky and Clay Jenkinson discuss Benjamin Franklin. When Franklin was asked what the U.S. Constitution would provide, he answered, "A republic, if you can keep it."
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| 0:00.0 | Good day, Thomas Jefferson, our podcast listeners, and we're so grateful that you listen to the show. |
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| 0:19.5 | whatever way you'd like to. Things got a little out of hand this week towards the end of the show. |
| 0:25.8 | Simply simply in the sense of time keeping. As usual, we had this great conversation with |
| 0:32.0 | Lindsey Trevinsky. This week's subject is Benjamin Franklin. There were so many things that we |
| 0:38.2 | didn't really have time for in the show. I guess I started it off by talking about what a prolific |
| 0:43.8 | author he was and how early he retired and then often running the conversation went. I'm not |
| 0:51.6 | going to say anymore, but we're going to insert that sort of overtime section here if that's |
| 0:57.6 | all right with you, sir. 1706 to 1790, one of the greatest men in human history, an inventor, |
| 1:06.1 | a raccontour, a diplomat, a constitution writer, brilliant wit, and a scientist, a very considerable |
| 1:14.3 | acumen. So we're lucky to be able to talk about him with Lindsey Trevinsky. She's just so much |
| 1:20.4 | fun. It's sad that people can't see her face because we're doing this on Zoom because she's so |
| 1:24.6 | expressive. Let's listen to this little overtime conversation. Then we'll come back. Fair enough. |
| 1:31.1 | We didn't even get into what a prolific writer he was and how he retired at age 42. We'll have to |
| 1:36.9 | bring that up in the podcast and then we didn't talk about poor Richard, not once. Yeah, there's just |
| 1:41.3 | too much for, you know, what's your, what's your admiration level of him, Lindsey? I guess he |
| 1:47.1 | minds higher, but I just, I think maybe because he was of a different generation, I've just never |
| 1:52.9 | felt the same sort of connection, whether it be positive or negative that I often feel with the |
| 1:58.1 | the later generations. And I think that's just because I haven't done as much reading on the colonial |
| 2:03.1 | period. And so, and I haven't done as much reading on the history of science. So it's just I don't, |
| 2:08.4 | I don't feel the same sense either strongly or negatively that I do about others. I mean, |
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