Ben Franklin's World

Did you know that many of the food traditions that define cuisine in the United States today have roots in African culinary traditions and history?Diane Spviey, a culinary historian and author of three culinary history books, joins us to uncover the rich and complex legacy of African and African American foodways and how those foodways helped establish the United States.Diane’s Website | Book |Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/404 RECOMMENDED NEXT EPISODES🎧 Episode 137: The Washingtons’ Runaway Slave, Ona Judge🎧 Episode 170: New England Bound🎧 Episode 222: Early History of Washington, D.C.🎧 Episode 226: Making the State of South Carolina🎧 Episode 250: Virginia, 1619🎧 Episode 348: Valley Forge🎧 Episode 395: The Great New York Fire of 1776REQUEST A TOPIC📨 Topic Request Form📫 liz@benfranklinsworld.comWHEN YOU'RE READY🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter 👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener CommunityLISTEN 🎧🍎 Apple Podcasts 💚 Spotify 🎶 Amazon Music🛜 PandoraCONNECT🦋 Liz on Bluesky👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn🛜 Liz’s Website SAY THANKS💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts💚 Leave a rating on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Karen Cook-Bell, an associate professor of history and author specializing in slavery and women's history, as she unveils the extraordinary stories of enslaved women seeking freedom during the American Revolution. They faced heart-wrenching decisions, risking everything for liberty amid wartime chaos. Discover the complexities of their escape attempts, the vital support networks, and the often-overlooked narratives of resilience that shaped their pursuit of emancipation. These powerful insights shed light on a pivotal chapter in history.

Did you know that John Adams, not George Washington, solidified the precedents of the executive branch and the presidency?Lindsay Chervinsky, an award-winning presidential historian and the Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library, has written a book Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic. She joins us to investigate the presidency of the United States’ second president, John Adams.Lindsay’s Website | Book | Instagram Show Notes:  https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/403  RECOMMENDED NEXT EPISODES🎧 Episode 040: For Fear of an Elected King🎧 Episode 117: The Life and Ideas of Thomas Jefferson🎧 Episode 188: The Alien & Sedition Acts of 1798🎧 Episode 193: Partisans: The Friendship & Rivalry of Adams and Jefferson🎧 Episode 203: Alexander Hamilton🎧 Episode 279: The Cabinet: Creation of An American InstitutionREQUEST A TOPIC📨  Topic Request Form 📫  liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter  👩‍💻  Join the BFW Listener Community LISTEN 🎧🍎  Apple Podcasts  💚  Spotify  🎶  Amazon Music  🛜 Pandora CONNECT🦋  Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻  Liz on LinkedIn 🛜  Liz’s Website SAY THANKS💜  Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚  Leave a rating on Spotify  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

January 20th, marked Inauguration Day in the United States, the day a new president and his administration takes office. So it seems a fitting time for us to revisit a conversation we had in 2020 about the creation of the Executive Branch, and more specifically, the creation of the president’s cabinet. Lindsay Chervinsky is an award-winning presidential historian and the Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library. In 2020, she published her first book called The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/279 Sponsor Links Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Complementary Episodes Episode 040: Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon, For Fear of an Elected King Episode 137: Erica Dunbar, The Washington’s Runaway Slave, Ona Judge Episode 193: Partisans: The Friendship and Rivalry of John Adams & Thomas Jefferson Episode 202: The Early History of the United States Congress Episode 203: Joanne Freeman: Alexander Hamilton Episode 265: Lindsay Chervinsky, An Early History of the White House Listen! Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Amazon Music Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App Helpful Links Join the Ben Franklin's World Facebook Group Ben Franklin’s World Twitter: @BFWorldPodcast Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join horologist Bob Frishman, a scholar of clocks and watches, as he explores the enchanting world of early American timekeeping. Discover how people in bustling cities like Philadelphia accessed the time without their own clocks. Uncover the fascinating life of Edward Duffield, a prominent clockmaker and friend of Benjamin Franklin. Frishman highlights the craftsmanship behind luxury timepieces and the essential roles of artisans and women in sustaining clockmaking traditions, all set against the backdrop of a transforming society during the American Revolution.

To close out our mini-series on Tea in early America, we’re going to revisit Episode 160: The Politics of Tea. This episode was part of our Doing History: To the Revolution series with the Omohundro Institute in 2017. In this episode, we’ll revisit how early Americans went from attending tea parties to holding the Boston Tea Party. We’ll also explore more in depth information about how tea became a central part of many early Americans’ lives. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/160 Sponsor Links Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Complementary Episodes Episode 112: The Tea Crisis of 1773 Episode 229: The Townshend Moment Episode 401: Tea, Boycotts, and Revolution Listen! Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Amazon Music Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App Helpful Links Join the Ben Franklin's World Facebook Group Ben Franklin’s World Twitter: @BFWorldPodcast Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the early days of the American Revolution, British Americans attempted to sway their fellow Britons with consumer politics.In 1768 and 1769, they organized a non-consumption movement of British goods to protest the Townshend Duties. In 1774, they arranged a non-importation and non-exportation movement to protest the Tea Act and Coercive Acts.Why did the colonists protest the Tea Act and Coercive Acts? Why did they chose to protest those acts with the consumer politics of a non-importation/non-exportation program?James Fichter, the author of Tea: Consumption, Politics, and Revolution, 1773-1776, joins us to explore the Tea Crisis of 1773 and the resulting non-importation/non-exportation movement the colonists organized after Parliament passed the Coercive Acts.Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/401 REQUEST A TOPIC📨  Topic Request Form 📫  liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW History Behind the Headlines Newsletter 👩‍💻  Join the BFW Listener Community LISTEN 🎧🍎  Apple Podcasts  💚  Spotify  🎶  Amazon Music  🛜 Pandora  CONNECT🦋  Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻  Liz on LinkedIn 🛜  Liz’s Website SAY THANKS💜  Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚  Leave a rating on Spotify  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 401, we’ll be exploring the Tea Crisis and how it led to the non-importation/non-exportation movement of 1774-1776. Our guest historian, James Fichter, references the work of Mary Beth Norton and her “The Seventh Tea Ship” article from The William and Mary Quarterly. In this BFW Revisited episode, we’ll travel back to December 2016, when we spoke with Mary Beth Norton about her article and the Tea Crisis of 1773. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/112 Sponsor Links Colonial Williamsburg Foundation   Complementary Episodes Episode 135: Moral Commerce: The Transatlantic Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy Episode 160: The Politics of Tea Episode 228: The Boston Massacre Episode 229: The Townshend Moment Episode 337: Early America's Trade with China   Listen! Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Amazon Music Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App Helpful Links Join the Ben Franklin's World Facebook Group Ben Franklin’s World Twitter: @BFWorldPodcast Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do historians define Ben Franklin’s “world?” What historical event, person, or place in the era of Ben Franklin do they wish you knew about?In celebration of the 400th episode of Ben Franklin’s World, we posed these questions to more than 20 scholars. What do they think? Join the celebration and discover more about the world Ben Franklin lived in.Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/400 Complementary Episodes🎧 Episode 114: Karin Wulf, The History of the Genealogy🎧 Episode 285: Elections & Voting in the Early Republic🎧 Episode 300: Vast Early America🎧 Episode 389: Indigenous Justice in Early America🎧 Episode 393: Politics and Political Culture in the Early American Republic REQUEST A TOPIC📨  Topic Request Form 📫  liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW History Behind the Headlines Newsletter 👩‍💻  Join the BFW Listener Community LISTEN 🎧🍎  Apple Podcasts  💚  Spotify  🎶  Amazon Music  🛜 Pandora  CONNECT🦋  Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻  Liz on LinkedIn 🛜  Liz’s Website SAY THANKS💜  Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚  Leave a rating on Spotify  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our last episode, Episode 399, we discussed Denmark Vesey’s revolt and the way biblical texts and scripture enabled Vesey to organize what would have been the largest slave revolt in United States history if the revolt had not been thwarted before Vesey could put it into action. Early American history is filled with revolts against enslavers that were thwarted and never made it past the planning stage. But, one uprising that did move beyond planning and into action was the Southampton Rebellion or Nat Turner’s Revolt in August 1831. In this BFW Revisited episode, Episode 133, which was released in May 2017, we met with Patrick Breen, an Associate Professor of History at Providence College. Patrick joined us to investigate Nat Turner’s Revolt with details from his book The Land Shall Be Deluged in Blood: A New History of the Nat Turner Revolt. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/133 Sponsor Links Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Complementary Episodes Episode 016: The Internal Enemy Episode 083: Slavery in Colonial Boston Episode 091: Rumors, Legends, and Hoaxes in Early America Episode 124: Making the Haitian Revolution Episode 125: Death, Suicide, and Slavery in British North America Episode 336: Suviving the Southampton Rebellion Episode 399: Denmark Vesey's Revolt   Listen! Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Amazon Music Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App Helpful Links Join the Ben Franklin's World Facebook Group Ben Franklin’s World Twitter: @BFWorldPodcast Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices