Hello and welcome to this episode of Kennedy Saves the World.

It is a book club episode and I have a really fun historical biography for you to dive into the summer.

And this book is so great because you can take up sections, you can take up chunks,

you can read the whole thing cover to cover and be completely satisfied and filled with

knowledge on the greatest American.

Now, who do you think that would be?

For me, hearing the title of that book,

I would say, maybe Ulysses S. Grant or my grandfather. But no, the greatest American is Benjamin Franklin, according to one of his direct descendants, Mark Skousen.

For those of you who have ever attended Freedom Fest, you can thank Dr. Skousen for that honor because he is the founder of Freedom Fest.

He is an economist. He is a professor. He is a best-selling author.

And he is deeply obsessed with Benjamin Franklin, and rightly so. The subtitle,

Benjamin Franklin, the world's most versatile genius, not light words written by one of the greatest

thinkers I know. Mark Skousin, welcome to Kennedy Saves the World.

Well, thank you. You said I was obsessed with Franklin. I should tell you, Franklin is famous for

saying, he that boasts of his ancestors does but advertise his own insignificance.

That's really, that's very interesting because, you know, the fact that you are a direct

descendant and you have studied Benjamin Franklin your entire life, you and your wife actually

completed his autobiography in 2006, the latter years of his life where he wasn't writing as much.

Does he still continue to fascinate you?

Well, I think I'm pretty, he's endlessly fascinating.

There's no question about that.

And I see so many opportunities in today's world where you could apply

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