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ON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Episode 4: The Statesman
Season 2 · Episode 4

ON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Episode 4: The Statesman

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September 19, 202437m 46s

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Show Notes

After retiring at the age of 42, Ben Franklin immersed himself in politics, taking on enormous diplomatic challenges on behalf of Pennsylvania and the colonies. In this episode, we dive into Franklin the talented statesman-- a man who emerged from his mission in England with a taste for revenge, charmed the French into supporting a burgeoning nation, and somehow found time to get involved in every revolutionary tract-- from Common Sense to the Constitution... in between playing chess in the bathtub!   

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