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Episode 305 Erik Seeman, Speaking with the Dead

Episode 305 Erik Seeman, Speaking with the Dead

by Ben Franklin's World | Jun 22, 2021 | The Kiosk

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/305_Seeman.mp3 Death is one of the few universals in life. Everyone who is born, will die. How do the living make peace with death? While different cultures make peace with death in different ways, Erik Seeman joins...
Episode 304 Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth

Episode 304 Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth

by Ben Franklin's World | Jun 8, 2021 | The Kiosk

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/304_Gordon-Reed.mp3 Juneteenth is a state holiday that commemorates June 19, 1865, the day slavery ended in Texas. Over the last decade, a push to make Juneteenth a national holiday to commemorate the end of slavery...
Episode 303: Matthew Powell, La Pointe Krebs House

Episode 303: Matthew Powell, La Pointe Krebs House

by Ben Franklin's World | May 25, 2021 | The Kiosk

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/303_La_Pointe_Krebs.mp3 The Mississippi Gulf Coast was the home of many different peoples, cultures, and empires during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. According to some historians, the Gulf Coast region...
Episode 302: From Inoculation to Vaccination, Part 2

Episode 302: From Inoculation to Vaccination, Part 2

by Ben Franklin's World | May 11, 2021 | The Kiosk

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/302_From_Inoculation_to_Vaccination_Part_2.mp3 Before its eradication in 1980, smallpox was the most feared disease in many parts of the world. Known as the “king of terrors” and the “disease of diseases” the search...
Episode 301: From Inoculation to Vaccination, Part 1

Episode 301: From Inoculation to Vaccination, Part 1

by Ben Franklin's World | Apr 27, 2021 | The Kiosk

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/301_From_Inoculation_to_Vaccination_No_Ad.mp3 Smallpox was the most feared disease in North America and in many parts of the world before its eradication in 1980. So how did early Americans live with smallpox and...
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