
It is a show for people who love history and for those who want to know more about the historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our present-day world.Įach episode features a conversation with a historian who helps us shed light on important people and events in early American history.īen Franklin’s World is a production of the Omohundro Institute. About the Showīen Franklin’s World is a podcast about early American history. Rick Atkinson, a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a journalist who has worked at The Washington Post, and the author of The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777, joins us to explore how the War for Independence has impacted and shaped the American character. It’s an event that can tell us who we are, how we came to be who we are, and how we can strive to be who we want to be as a nation and people. The American Revolution is embedded in the American character.
