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.

For decades the mafia had New York City in a stranglehold,

with law enforcement seemingly powerless to intervene.

It uses terror to extort people.

But the murder of Carmichaelante

marked the beginning of the end.

It sent the message that we can prosecute these people.

Listen to law and order criminal justice system

on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

podcasts.

Hey everyone, this is Jimmy O'Brien from Jom Boy Media. I want to quickly tell you about

my podcast. It's called Jimmy's Three Things. Episodes come out every

Tuesday and for 30 minutes I dive into three stories in Major League Baseball that I want to talk about or I do a stat deep dive.

Sometimes I create my own stats. It gets weird. It's now your go-to podcast for staying up to date and in the

weeds with Major League Baseball. No topic is off limits or too small. Bad umpires,

great pitcher-catcher duos, new rules, old rules, three things that I want to talk about.

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