Let's Be Frank
Created by Actor and Historian, Bryan Austin, Let's be Frank uses primary sources and historical documents to resurrect Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father, inventor and all around ladies man, to host a podcast about the times and trials that shaped his mind. This weekly podcast encourages viewers to empathetically connect with the past in hopes to better connect empathetically with the present. Clever, quirky and thought provoking; Let's Be Frank is a palette cleanser to your curiosity that will leave you thirsty to learn more. For more information, visit bfranklinlive.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
With the new ways Dr. Franklin has come to engage with his public in his modern almanack, we're taking the opportunity to go back and revisit the first two seasons with our new video format. Catch video episodes of Season One on primary source media's YouTube channel, and circle back to our beginnings over a year ago in new and exciting ways.
The first installment in a four-part series exploring some of the philosophy that built...
With the new ways Dr. Franklin has come to engage with his public in his modern almanack, we're taking the opportunity to go back and revisit the first two seasons with our new video format. Catch video episodes of Season One on primary source media's YouTube channel, and circle back to our beginnings over a year ago in new and exciting ways.
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An exploration of the history of the Soc...
With the new ways Dr. Franklin has come to engage with his public in his modern almanack, we're taking the opportunity to go back and revisit the first two seasons with our new video format. Catch video episodes of Season One on primary source media's YouTube channel, and circle back to our beginnings over a year ago in new and exciting ways.
https://www.youtube.com/@primarysourcemedia
A story of a bird, a bolt of inspiration...
With the new ways Dr. Franklin has come to engage with his public in his modern almanack, we're taking the opportunity to go back and revisit the first two seasons with our new video format. Catch video episodes of Season One on primary source media's YouTube channel, and circle back to our beginnings over a year ago in new and exciting ways.
https://www.youtube.com/@primarysourcemedia
Episode 01: An exploration of Franklin'...
The Season Finale celebrates the 272nd anniversary of Franklin's famous Kite experiment.
Featuring the two primary sources surrounding the electrifying event, as well as the wit and wisdom you love so much from your favorite fake-founding father.
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Is there a roadmap to moral perfection? Can someone develop the formula to becoming a better person? Dr. Franklin certainly tried. This week, the Doctor discusses his plan for moral perfection and the habits he adopted to avoid falling into old habits, and make goodness a habit in, and of, itself.
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On this special episode of Let's Be Frank, the Doctor leads a moment of silence in honor of Memorial Day. He also shares some updates about a very special school visit, and teases next week's episode.
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Everyone's favorite fake founding father is back with special guest Laurel Rockall, co-host of the Hightailing through history podcast, to talk about the gin epidemic of 1740's London.
Hightailing through History features two sisters who, with libation and recreational flair, surprise each other with a story from history's vault of the weird and the wonderful! Covering topics all around the world and all through time that you ...
On Part Two of the Season's lead up to the infamous kite experiment, the Doctor talks about when he first became involved in studying electricity. Through three primary sources, he shares some early observations, innovations and inventions, like the lightning rod.
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Under the shadow of the proposed Tik Tok Ban, Dr. Franklin discusses the 1774 Congressional Ban on Theatre and his 1789 "Account of the Supremest Court of Adjudicator in Pennsylvania, viz. The Court of the Press."
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Joining Dr. Franklin is clothing historian and period tailor Michael McCarty. Together, they talk about fashion in the 18th century, the clothing industry from fiber to fashion, and the role clothing plays in how we express ourselves.
Michael McCarty is a clothing historian and trained historical tailor. He studied under Mark Hutter in a seven year apprenticeship at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. While mostly focusi...
Join the two Doctors to discuss Botany, and prolific Gardner John Bartram and his impact on early American horticulture.
Dr. Austin Menzmer recently graduated from the University of Georgia with a doctoral degree in Plant Biology. He hopes to use his skills as a college professor, spreading curiosity and awe of the natural world to his students. When not at work, he loves to spend time with his wife and visit history museums.
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As we turn our eyes upwards to the imminent solar eclipse, Dr. Franklin sits down with historian and amateur astronomer Robert Weathers to talk about the history of astronomy in the 18th century, and it's ties to morality and virtue.
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Where does the holiday of April Fool's Day even come from? What what does it have to do with Daylight Saving's Time?
Join Dr. Franklin this week for an episode speculating into the origins of the foolish holiday, and for a reading of a satirical essay which would become reality a hundred years later.
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Dr. Franklin makes his return after a long hiatus on this short episode about the tale tale of female, revolutionary icon Sybill Luddington. The Doctor will also discuss the prolific career of his sister in law, Ann Smith Franklin and her place in history for her contributions to early American journalism.
This season, Let's Be Frank is adding video to our format! Check us out on Youtube and enjoy your favorite, fake founding f...
Dr. Franklin brings two primary sources to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, wrapping up Season Two of your Favorite Fake Founding Father's Podcast
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The fourth and final installment of the road that brings us to the Boston Tea Party. Stay tuned for the Season Finale where we explore that revolutionary event with primary sources on the 250th anniversary of it occurring.
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A heady discussion about God, Nature, Good and Evil taken from a paper written from a teenage Benjamin Franklin that he would one day regret.
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What's the deal with the bodies found in Ben Franklin's basement? This week the Doctor is setting the record straight on this episode about soured friendships, medicine and grave-robbing.
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