34 min listen
Benjamin Franklin and the Constitution
FromWe the People
ratings:
Length:
71 minutes
Released:
Jul 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Benjamin Franklin is well known as a Founding Father and an innovative inventor, scientist, and diplomat. But did you know he had a major and often unsung role at the Constitutional Convention? Historians H.W. Brands, author of The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, and Ed Larson, author of Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership, join host Jeffrey Rosen on this week’s episode. They illuminate Franklin’s involvement in drafting and debating the Constitution during the summer of 1787 in Philadelphia—as host of the Constitutional Convention and one of the Convention’s most-respected delegates—as well as his vision for America’s future.
Additional resources and transcript available at constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/media-library
Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.
Additional resources and transcript available at constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/media-library
Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.
Released:
Jul 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Ask Jeff Rosen, Episode 2: Congress and the Constitution: Questions about the 14th Amendment by We the People