Ben Franklin's World
Hosted by Liz Covart and Liz · Liz Covart
4.4from 1,670 ratings
- 519
- Episodes
- 108
- Transcribed
- 1,670
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
- 53K
- YouTube views
About Ben Franklin's World
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.
- Publisher
- Liz Covart
- Category
- arts · history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 Sept 2014
- Latest episode
- 18 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
108 of 519 episodes have a transcript.
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
BFW Bonus: We Want More History
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
451 The Court-Martial That Put The American Revolution on Trial
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
BFW Revisited: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
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BFW Bonus: We Want More History
Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] What is the goal for We Want More History? What do you hope that this National Day of Coordinated History Programming will accomplish and do? The goal really is to make history visible and to just show the public, show the media to the extent that they'll be interested, to show your listeners to the degree that they want to participate, that there is this enormous public appetite for history, that people love it, that people want to be connected with it. And that history is all around us. It's everywhere you look. It's in your communities. It's in all the places you go. So we just want to create a really visible way for people to participate in that love of knowing about the past. […]
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- Beth English
- Kate Masur
- Timothy Breen
- Bernard Bailyn
- Jeremy Johnson
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 53,073
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 1,550 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 120 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 77 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 99
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Questions about Ben Franklin's World
Who hosts Ben Franklin's World?
Liz Covart and Liz host the show. Published by Liz Covart.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Ben Franklin's World take guests?
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