Ben Franklin's World

by Liz Covart

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 he...

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Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 8.5K to 43K

Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: history · society

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Publishing Consistency

Frequency: ~3-4 / Week

450+ episodes since 2014

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Most discussed topics

american revolution

declaration of independence

american history

historical interpretation

slavery

second continental congress

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Total monthly reach

8.5K to 43K

Estimated from 3 chart positions in 3 markets.

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US · History
#153
5K to 30K
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VN · History
#81
3K to 10K
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IS · History
#196
500 to 3K

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Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
4.3K to 22K
🎙 ~2x weekly·495 episodes·Last published 1mo ago
Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
8.5K to 43K
🇺🇸70%🇻🇳23%🇮🇸7%
Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
2.5K to 13K

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Hosts

Liz Covart

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Joseph Adelman

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Danielle Allen

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Sara Georgini

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Emily Sneff

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Janet Polasky

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Paul Mapp

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Joseph Adelman

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Aaron Sullivan

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George Boudreau

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Lauren Duval

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Garrett Cloer

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Matthew Keagle

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Leanne O'Boyle

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Nicole Mahoney

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Jeanne Sheehan Zaino

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Shirley Green

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Judith Van Buskirk

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Recent episodes

447 The Other Committee Members: Robert R. Livingston, Roger Sherman, and the Declaration of Independence

Jul 21, 2026

1h 03m 45s

BFW Revisited: A Declaration in Draft, 2026

Jul 14, 2026

1h 23m 12s

446 The Declaration of Independence at 250

Jul 7, 2026

46m 24s

445 How Independence Happened, Pt 3: The Articles of Confederation

Jun 30, 2026

1h 25m 31s

444 How Independence Happened, Part 2: The Model Treaty

Jun 23, 2026

1h 18m 50s

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Episodes

~1.0 per week

Avg length

1h 11m 41s

46m 24s – 1h 27m 57s

Range

Aug 2020 – Apr 2026

Topics

american revolution, declaration of independence +96

Guests

Danielle Allen +36 · last 23 eps

23 of 23

Date	Episode	Topics	Guests	Brands	Places	Keywords	Sponsor	Length
7/21/26	447 The Other Committee Members: Robert R. Livingston, Roger Sherman, and the Declaration of Independence✨	Declaration of IndependenceContinental Congress+3	Geoff BentonMichael Morand	Continental CongressClermont State Historic Site	New YorkConnecticut+1	Declaration CommitteeRobert R. Livingston+3	—	1h 03m 45s
7/14/26	BFW Revisited: A Declaration in Draft, 2026✨	Declaration of IndependenceThomas Jefferson+4	Danielle AllenPatrick Spero+1	Harvard UniversityAmerican Philosophical Society+1	—	Declaration of IndependenceThomas Jefferson+7	—	1h 23m 12s
7/7/26	446 The Declaration of Independence at 250✨	Declaration of IndependenceAmerican history+4	Robert ParkinsonSteve Sarson+2	National Museum of American HistoryAutry Museum of the American West+1	—	Declaration of Independenceequality+4	—	46m 24s
6/30/26	445 How Independence Happened, Pt 3: The Articles of Confederation✨	Articles of ConfederationIndependence+4	Jane CalvertJonathan Gienapp	CongressArticles of Confederation+2	—	John DickinsonArticles of Confederation+5	—	1h 25m 31s
6/23/26	444 How Independence Happened, Part 2: The Model Treaty✨	American Revolutionforeign policy+4	Sara GeorginiEliga Gould	Continental CongressUnited States+1	—	Model TreatyAmerican independence+5	—	1h 18m 50s
6/16/26	443 How Independence Happened, Part 1: The Lee Resolution✨	American independenceforeign alliances+4	Sara GeorginiEliga Gould	Continental CongressModel Treaty	—	independenceforeign policy+5	—	1h 17m 42s
6/9/26	BFW Revisited: Reading the Declaration of Independence for Equality✨	Declaration of Independenceequality+3	Danielle Allen	Harvard UniversityOur Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality+1	—	Declaration of Independenceequality+3	—	51m 25s
6/2/26	442 Everyday Military Life in the American Revolution✨	military lifeAmerican Revolution+4	Eugene ProcknowGabriel Neville+1	Ben Franklin's World	Georgia	American Revolutionmilitary life+5	—	1h 23m 57s
5/26/26	BFW Revisited: Valley Forge✨	Valley ForgeAmerican Revolution+3	Ricardo Herrera	Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778	Valley Forge	Valley ForgeGeorge Washington+5	—	1h 08m 17s
5/19/26	441 The Escapes of David George✨	David George's lifeslavery+5	Greg O'Malley	UC Santa CruzThe Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution	SavannahVirginia+4	David GeorgeGreg O'Malley+8	—	1h 15m 56s
5/12/26	BFW Revisited: Running from Bondage in the American Revolution✨	enslavementself-emancipation+4	Karen Cook-Bell	Ben Franklin's WorldLord Dunmore+1	—	enslaved womenself-emancipation+5	—	57m 40s
5/5/26	440 Jefferson's Cut Grievance and the British Monarchy's Role in Slavery✨	slaveryAmerican history+4	Brooke Newman	The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and SlaveryBritish Monarchy+2	—	Jeffersongrievance+6	—	1h 16m 32s
4/28/26	BFW Revisited: Whose Fourth of July?✨	African American historyFourth of July+3	Christopher BonnerMartha S. Jones	Declaration of Independence	—	Frederick DouglassFourth of July+5	—	1h 15m 09s
4/21/26	439 When the Declaration of Independence Was News✨	Declaration of IndependenceAmerican history+3	Emily Sneff	Second Continental CongressDeclaration of Independence	FranceKing George III+1	Declaration of IndependenceEmily Sneff+3	—	1h 17m 48s
4/14/26	BFW Revisited: Age of Revolutions✨	Age of RevolutionsAmerican Revolution+4	Janet PolaskyPaul Mapp	University of New HampshireWilliam & Mary+1	—	revolutionsAmerican Revolution+5	—	1h 20m 11s
4/7/26	438 The American Revolution & the Fate of the World✨	American Revolutionglobal war+4	Joseph Adelman	Hyder AliSpain+2	FloridaAustralia+5	American Revolutionglobal war+7	—	1h 11m 20s
3/31/26	BFW Revisited: British-Occupied Philadelphia, 1777–1778✨	British occupationPhiladelphia+5	Aaron SullivanGeorge Boudreau+1	Rider UniversityEbenezer Maxwell Mansion Museum	PhiladelphiaGermantown, PA	British Armyindependence+5	—	1h 10m 04s
3/24/26	437 Civilian Life in America's Occupied Cities✨	Civilian lifeBritish occupation+5	Lauren Duval	The Home Front: Revolutionary Households, Military Occupations, and the Making of American Independence	BostonNew York+4	British Armyquartering+5	—	1h 05m 26s
3/17/26	BFW Revisited: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site✨	American RevolutionHistorical Sites+3	Garrett Cloer	Saratoga National Historical ParkHenry Knox's Noble Train of Artillery	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Longfellow HouseWashington's Headquarters+3	—	1h 01m 18s
3/10/26	436 Fort Ticonderoga & Henry Knox's Noble Train of Artillery✨	American RevolutionFort Ticonderoga+4	Matthew Keagle	Fort Ticonderoga	BostonFort Ticonderoga+2	Fort TiconderogaHenry Knox+7	—	1h 27m 57s
3/3/26	435 Common Sense at 250: The Unfinished Work of Democracy, A Live Conversation✨	democracyCommon Sense+4	Leanne O'BoyleNicole Mahoney+1	Institute for Thomas Paine StudiesIona University	Lewes, EnglandBull House	Thomas PaineCommon Sense+6	—	1h 23m 54s
2/24/26	434 Freeborn Black Soldiers in the American Revolution✨	Black soldiers in the American Revolutionequality and freedom+3	Shirley Green	Continental ArmyRevolutionary Blacks: Freeborn Men of Color, Soldiers of Independence	Rhode IslandNova Scotia	freeborn Black soldiersAmerican Revolution+6	—	1h 13m 12s
2/17/26	BFW Revisited: The American Revolution's African American Soldiers✨	African American soldiersAmerican Revolution+3	Judith Van Buskirk	SUNY CortlandStanding in Their Own Light: African American Patriots in the American Revolution	First Rhode Island Regiment	African American soldiersContinental Army+3	—	53m 17s