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Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

Earlyrepublic, History, Benfranklin, Society & Culture, Warforindependence, Earlyamericanrepublic, Earlyamericanhistory, Education, Colonialamerica, Americanrevolution, Ushistory, Benjaminfranklin

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

What in the first 40 years of his life made Benjamin Franklin the genius he became?

Benjamin Franklin serves as a great window on to the early American past because as a man of “variety” he pursued many interests: literature, poetry, science, business, philosophy, philanthropy, and politics.

But one aspect of Franklin’s life has gone largely unstudied: his childhood and early life.

Nick Bunker, author of Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity, joins us to explore Benjamin Franklin’s early life and how family, childhood, and youthful experiences shaped him as a scientist and diplomat.

This episode originally posted as Episode 207.

Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/268

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0:00.0	Ben Franklin's world is a production of the
0:02.5	O'Mohandro Institute. Hello and welcome to episode 268 of Ben Franklin's Whirl.
0:17.0	The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our
0:21.8	early American past have shaped the present
0:24.0	day world we live in.
0:25.6	And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.
0:28.4	Well, here we are back at that hectic time of year again, the holidays.
0:32.8	Can you believe how fast 2019 went by?
0:35.7	For many of us, the holidays provide us with time to spend with our friends and family.
0:40.2	And this year, I'd like to introduce you to several of my friends.
0:44.0	Three of my five teammates on the Omaha Institute's Digital Projects team.
0:48.0	Over the next three episodes you'll meet my colleagues Joseph Fadelman, Holly White, and Karen Wolf.
0:53.6	In turn, Joe, Holly, and Karen will share their favorite episodes with you and tell you
0:57.8	why those episodes are their favorite episodes.
1:00.6	Then, on December 31st, I'll share one of my favorite episodes with you.
1:05.0	Now, we begin our team favorite series with Joseph Hadelman, an assistant professor of history at
1:09.9	Framingham State University in Massachusetts, and assistant editor of Digital Initiatives
1:14.4	at the Omaha Institute.
1:16.4	You may remember Joe from episode 243,
1:19.0	when he shared details with us from his book,
1:21.3	Revolutionary Networks,
1:22.7	the business and politics of printing the news.
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