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ON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Episode 5: Legacy

Published Oct 3, 2024, 4:26 AM

In this final episode of our series, host Evan Ratliff and biographer Walter Isaacson discuss Benjamin Franklin's remarkable late-in-life achievements-- from his last anonymous essay, to the way he empowered George Washington, to his evolution on slavery, to the beautiful way Philadelphia mourned its favorite son... oh, and they discuss Ben Franklin's favorite magic trick, too! 

 

ON Benjamin Franklin with Walter Isaacson

He didn’t have a role in Hamilton, but America wouldn’t be the same without him!  From Walter Isaac 
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