Liz Covart

Boston

Host and Producer at Ben Franklin's World (Podcast)

Historian. Researcher of Articles of Confederation. Creator, Host, Producer @BFWorldPodcast. Digital Projects Editor @OIEAHC. Mother of Schnauzers. Red Sox Fan.

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412 Joyce Chaplin, The Franklin Stove

5 days ago | benfranklinsworld.com | Liz Covart

https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/408_Hattem.mp3The winter of 1740-1741 was exceptionally cold in North America. And as Benjamin Franklin looked around his house and neighborhood, he saw a problem in need of fixing: energy going to waste as people consumed wood to keep their homes warm. How did Franklin’s stove save energy? What does it reveal about wood, trees, and attempts to control the climate? And how can that help us understand how humans relate to their environment?
Episode 411: Paul Kahan, Philadelphia: An Early History

2 weeks ago | benfranklinsworld.com | Liz Covart

https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/411_Kahan.mp3Two hundred fifty years ago, in May 1775, delegates from thirteen British North American colonies gathered in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. Why was Philadelphia chosen as the seat of Congress? What made the city a critical hub for revolutionary ideas, commerce, and culture? And how has Philadelphia’s early history shaped the broader narrative of American Independence?
Episode 410: Mary Beth Norton, The World's First Personal Advice Column

1 month ago | benfranklinsworld.com | Liz Covart

https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/410_Norton.mp3When did people begin seeking anonymous advice for their most profound personal dilemmas? What can the answers to their early questions tell us about the emotional lives of people in the past? We’re traveling back in time to 1690s England to explore the world’s first personal advice column, The Athenian Mercury.
Episode 409: The Battles of Lexington & Concord, 1775

1 month ago | benfranklinsworld.com | Liz Covart

https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/409_Concord.mp3April 19, 2025 marked the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord—the moment the American Revolution turned from protest to war. What do we really know about that fateful day? How did the people of Concord prepare for what they faced in April 1775?
Episode 408: Michael Hattem, The Memory of 1776

2 months ago | benfranklinsworld.com | Liz Covart

https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/408_Hattem.mp3The American Revolution was more than just a series of events that unfolded between 1763 and 1783, the American Revolution is our national origin story– one we’ve passed down, shaped, and reshaped for the last 250 years. But what do we really mean when we talk about “the Revolution?” Whose Revolution are we remembering? And how has the meaning of 1776 shifted from generation to generation?
Episode 407: John A. Ragosta, Patrick Henry: From the American Revolution to Saving the Union

2 months ago | benfranklinsworld.com | Liz Covart

https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/407_Ragosta.mp3Patrick Henry is one of the most famous voices of the American Revolution. He was known in his own time for his powerful speeches and his unwavering commitment to liberty. But did you know that later in life, Patrick Henry opposed the United States Constitution? Did you know that during the political crisis of 1798/99, George Washington wrote to Patrick Henry and asked him to save the nation?
Episode 406: Threads of Power: How Haudenosaunee Women & Fashion Shaped History

2 months ago | benfranklinsworld.com | Liz Covart

https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/406_Kane.mp3Historians use a lot of different sources when they research the past. Many rely on primary source documents, documents that were written by official government bodies or those written by the people who witnessed the events or changes historians are studying. But how do you uncover the voices and stories of people who didn’t know how to write or whose families didn’t preserve much of their writing?
Episode 405: African Americans in Early New York City

Feb 25, 2025 | benfranklinsworld.com | Liz Covart

https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/405_Harris.mp3When we think of slavery in Early America, we often think about the plantations and economies of the South. But did you know that slavery was also deeply entrenched in New York City? Did you know that Africans and African Americans helped New York City confront slavery, freedom, and racism in the Early American Republic and Antebellum periods? Leslie M.
Episode 404: Diane M. Spivey, How Black Chefs Shaped Early America

Feb 11, 2025 | benfranklinsworld.com | Liz Covart

https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/404_Spivey.mp3Did you know that many of the food traditions that define cuisine in the United States today have roots in African American culinary history? Diane M. Spivey, 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.
Episode 403: Lindsay M. Chervinsky, From Crisis to Peace: Re-Evaluating the Presidency of John Adams

Jan 28, 2025 | benfranklinsworld.com | Liz Covart

https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/403_Chervinsky_CW.mp3Did 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.