Welcome to the Eric Metaxus show. Would you consider yourself smart, insightful, precocious, astute, clever, wise beyond your years, and good at checking a cesareth for synonyms.

Well, then you've come to the right place.

Here now is the handsome, attractive, striking, gorgeous, and quite frankly, breathtaking, Eric Mott, Texas.

Hey there, folks, welcome to the program.

As you probably know, if you listen to this program, I am writing a big book on the American Revolution. I have been reading thousands and thousands of pages. For sure, one of my favorite characters, because my book, it's, you know, it's an epic story. It's the

story of stories and all kinds of people. One of my absolute favorite people in the story

is Benjamin Franklin. And it just so happens that someone I've gotten to know, and I'm a fan of,

Mark Scousen, has written a book, brand new book, on, did you guess it? Benjamin Franklin.

The book is called The Greatest American Benjamin Franklin, the world's most versatile genius.

Mark Scousin, welcome to the program.

Well, I'm glad to be with you, and especially I'm delighted that you're writing a book on the

American River. Is it going to be out for next year?

Oh, yes.

Oh, yes.

And I keep saying that I am branding next year.

As you know, the official term, which no one will remember and will never pronounce,

is the semi-quincentennial.

That's the 250th.

And hardly anybody knows that, much less will pronounce it.

We know President Trump's not going to say semi-quincentennial because it's not like bicentennial or tricentennial.

So I have labeled the 250th the supercentennial. So next year is the supercentennial of the United States of America.

And my book will be out next year, by grace of God because it's not easy to write a book.

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