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.

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

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

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 Isaacson on the thing that splits the family apart.

Listen to On Benjamin Franklin with Walter

Isaacson on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcast.

In 1982, Atari players had one game on their minds.

Sword quest.

Because the company had promised 150 grand in prizes to four finalists.

But the prizes disappeared,

leading to one of the biggest controversies in 80s pop culture.

I'm Jamie Loftus.

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