{"podcast":{"title":"TomWoodsTV","slug":"tomwoodstv-6654460","podcast_index_feed_id":6654460,"rss_url":"https://vigilante.tv/feeds/videos.xml?videoChannelId=138","website_url":"https://vigilante.tv/c/tomwoodstv/videos","image_url":"https://vigilante.tv/lazy-static/avatars/9bad6973-c0fa-4c00-9c4c-051ac939de85.jpg","author":"Tom Woods","episode_count":20,"summary":"Keep up with New York Times bestselling author and Liberty Classroom founder Tom Woods on TomWoodsTV. TomWoods.com","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T18:20:09.479327+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tomwoodstv-6654460"},"episode":{"title":"Why Benjamin Franklin Worried About Immigrants","slug":"why-benjamin-franklin-worried-about-immigrants","published_at":"2026-07-27T15:00:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tomwoodstv-6654460/why-benjamin-franklin-worried-about-immigrants","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tomwoodstv-6654460","url":"https://vigilante.tv/w/6LoQxW9Ef2omoxmp1BxdD6","audio_url":"https://vigilante.tv/static/streaming-playlists/hls/2eb07e37-3517-4071-a1fe-3215e4e0e6df/dd99761d-7534-4ebc-a3ff-775f8b7f6097-360-fragmented.mp4","summary":"Was Benjamin Franklin opposed to immigration—or concerned about the scale and consequences of mass migration? In this clip from The Tom Woods Show, Tom reads Franklin’s own words about German immigration into colonial Pennsylvania, including concerns about language, culture, population, and political power. The quoted language reflects 18th-century historical context and is presented for discussion—not as a modern statement by Tom Woods or a simple one-to-one comparison with today’s immigration debates. Watch TWS 2781: Four Forgotten (or Suppressed) Right-Wing Books https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGOM72cEEn4 #benjaminfranklin #benjaminfranklinquotes #massmigration #pennsylvania #germany #immigration #assimilation ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoQL74YWDDQ","meta_description":"Was Benjamin Franklin opposed to immigration—or concerned about the scale and consequences of mass migration? In this clip from The Tom Woods Show, Tom re…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":117,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tomwoodstv-6654460/episodes/why-benjamin-franklin-worried-about-immigrants/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tomwoodstv-6654460/why-benjamin-franklin-worried-about-immigrants.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}