Ben Franklin – Philly’s Most Famous Citizen

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This is Ben Franklin like you’ve never heard him, obviously. As part of the Philadelphia Podcast Festival, we sat down with Philly most famous and accomplished resident at the National Liberty Museum for our first-ever recording in front of a live audience.Don’t be afraid. This isn’t a boring history lesson. This is Benjamin Franklin talking dirt on John Adams, discussing the use of your own children in dangerous experiments to avoid lawsuits, farting, public nudity, and why he advised young men in selecting older mistresses. He drank a beer and survived the Philly Blunt segment like a true Revolutionary, even letting us know what he’d be getting into on a typical Friday night.You are guaranteed to learn something new about Ben and have an entirely new appreciation for him.History should always be this fun.

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