We think of Franklin is the doddery dude flying a kite in a rain.

Benjamin Franklin is our subject for a new season with Walter Isickson.

He's the most successful self-made business person in America.

A printer, a scientist, a founding father, but maybe not the guy we think we know.

Franklin casts his lot on the side of Revolution and it's another thing that splits the family apart.

Listen to On Benjamin Franklin with Walter Isaacakson on the I-Heart radio app, Apple

Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

I'm Maria Kaunakova, and I'm Nate Silver.

And our new podcast, Risky Business, is a show about making better decisions.

We're both journalists who would light as poker players, and that's the lens we're going to

use to approach this entire show.

We're going to be discussing everything

from high-stakes poker to personal questions.

Like whether I should call a plumber or fix my shower myself.

And of course we'll be talking about the election, too. Listen on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

I'm Dr. Laurie Sandos, host of the Happiness Lab podcast.

As the US elections approach, it can feel like we're angrier and more divided than ever.

But in a new hopeful season of my podcast, I'll share with the science really shows

that we're surprisingly more united than most people think.

We all know something is wrong in our culture, in our politics,

and that we need to do better and that we can be better.

Listen on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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