# Ben Franklin's World

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RSS feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ARML8526255853
Official site: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com
Author: Liz Covart
Episodes: 499

## Resource

This is a multiple award-winning podcast about early American history. It’s a show for people who love history and who want to know more about the historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our present-day world. Each episode features conversations with professional historians who help shed light on important people and events in early American history.

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## Episodes
- [BFW Revisited: Running from Bondage in the American Revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/bfw-revisited-running-from-bondage-in-the-american-revolution) — 2026-05-12T05:00:00+00:00
- [440 Jefferson's Cut Grievance and the British Monarchy's Role in Slavery](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/440-jefferson-s-cut-grievance-and-the-british-monarchy-s-role-in-slavery) — 2026-05-05T05:00:00+00:00
- [BFW Revisited: Whose Fourth of July?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/bfw-revisited-whose-fourth-of-july) — 2026-04-28T05:00:00+00:00
- [439 When the Declaration of Independence Was News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/439-when-the-declaration-of-independence-was-news) — 2026-04-21T05:00:00+00:00
- [BFW Revisited: Age of Revolutions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/bfw-revisited-age-of-revolutions) — 2026-04-14T05:00:00+00:00
- [438 The American Revolution & the Fate of the World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/438-the-american-revolution-the-fate-of-the-world) — 2026-04-07T05:00:00+00:00
- [BFW Revisited: British-Occupied Philadelphia, 1777–1778](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/bfw-revisited-british-occupied-philadelphia-1777-1778) — 2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00
- [437 Civilian Life in America's Occupied Cities](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/437-civilian-life-in-america-s-occupied-cities) — 2026-03-24T05:00:00+00:00
- [BFW Revisited: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/bfw-revisited-longfellow-house-washington-s-headquarters-national-historic-site) — 2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00
- [436 Fort Ticonderoga & Henry Knox's Noble Train of Artillery](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/436-fort-ticonderoga-henry-knox-s-noble-train-of-artillery) — 2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00
- [435 Common Sense at 250: The Unfinished Work of Democracy, A Live Conversation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/435-common-sense-at-250-the-unfinished-work-of-democracy-a-live-conversation) — 2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00
- [434 Freeborn Black Soldiers in the American Revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/434-freeborn-black-soldiers-in-the-american-revolution) — 2026-02-24T06:00:00+00:00
- [BFW Revisited: The American Revolution's African American Soldiers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/bfw-revisited-the-american-revolution-s-african-american-soldiers) — 2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00
- [433 Entangled Revolutions: Haiti, France, and the American Revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/433-entangled-revolutions-haiti-france-and-the-american-revolution) — 2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00
- [BFW Revisited: The Marquis de Lafayette](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/bfw-revisited-the-marquis-de-lafayette) — 2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00
- [432 How France and Spain Helped Win the American Revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/432-how-france-and-spain-helped-win-the-american-revolution) — 2026-01-27T06:00:00+00:00
- [BFW Revisited: The Common Cause](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/bfw-revisited-the-common-cause) — 2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00
- [431 Common Sense at 250: The Pamphlet That Sparked a Revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/431-common-sense-at-250-the-pamphlet-that-sparked-a-revolution) — 2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00
- [BFW Revisited: The Power of the Press in the American Revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/bfw-revisited-the-power-of-the-press-in-the-american-revolution) — 2026-01-06T06:00:00+00:00
- [430 The Founding Father of American Medicine: Benjamin Rush](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/430-the-founding-father-of-american-medicine-benjamin-rush) — 2025-12-30T06:00:00+00:00
- [BFW Revisited: Smuggling and the American Revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/bfw-revisited-smuggling-and-the-american-revolution) — 2025-12-23T06:00:00+00:00
- [429 Coffee in Early America: Why Americans Really Drink Coffee](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/429-coffee-in-early-america-why-americans-really-drink-coffee) — 2025-12-16T06:00:00+00:00
- [428 America's Forgotten Quest to Link Two Oceans](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/428-america-s-forgotten-quest-to-link-two-oceans) — 2025-12-09T06:00:00+00:00
- [427 How States Are Planning the 250th: Commemorating the American Revolution in 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/427-how-states-are-planning-the-250th-commemorating-the-american-revolution-in-2026) — 2025-12-02T06:00:00+00:00
- [BFW Revisited: The Mayflower](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/bfw-revisited-the-mayflower) — 2025-11-25T06:00:00+00:00

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