Two In The Think Tank - 89 - Benjamin Franklin

Episode Date: July 5, 2017

We dip into the Golden Hat this week do discover the life of one of the Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin! Hear about his scientific discoveries, his well received writing and his love of the ladies. You'll also hear some fun characters from Dave, and a lot of regret from Matt. Also, a special announcement at the end of the ep....Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPoTwitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [e-mail] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Always drive safely. This podcast is part of the Planet Broadcasting Network. Visit planetbcasting.com for more podcasts from our great mates. Hello and welcome to another episode of DoGo on my name is Dave Warnocky and I'm here with Matt and Jess Hello guys. Hello guys. Hello guys. Fuck. Hi guys.

It's great to be here live in the room. We are in the room. Where we just did our first ever and Matt and I's first ever ever live Facebook stream. Am I saying that right? We popped your Facebook live cherries. It was real fun. There was a lot of blood. There wasn't that much blood Dave. Right, there wasn't that much. Yeah, that was very exciting. That was really fun. I enjoyed doing that. I would almost prefer to just do that consistently rather than the podcast. Less research involved. There is to sure.

Well, people were really got involved. We got about 500 comments on there from so thanks to everyone watching for around the world and Sweden and Ireland and Japan. Did it not want to be funny actually is more of a behind the scenes because what they got to see there was just how we interact when we sit in close proximity. I think it would be funny to do a Facebook live video while you research to topic. It would be like it would just be sitting in your computer like reading. Yeah, just sort of like a gaze. It's like, mm-hmm.

Oh, that's interesting. I'll take a note of that. Copy that bit. I'd like to know, sort of like, what music you listen to while you're doing it. I'd be sweating. It'd have been gone shit. And I'd have to be behind you going, hey Matt, you nearly ready to record? Just Matt glancing at a clock.

Oh no. Oh no. It's nearly 130. We're going to record it Just Matt glancing at a clock. Oh no. Oh no. It's nearly 130. We're going to record it too. I'll work best under pressure. Hey, that's all right. I do a lot of research, you guys. No, no.

I was making a little joke there. We know you do. You do, you work hard for the pot. I work hard to play hard. What's the be drunk? Not. You are hungover though. I'm hung let's you are hung well hung Seven out of ten hung you said on the Facebook video

Have you see would get hung again? And just we haven't seen you in a while. We haven't seen any of it each other I know because when one of us is away in this instance it was me. The other two are contractually bound to not see each other in that time. And if we find out that we've seen each other you will of course kill us. I was going to say divorce us. So after killing us. It's a strange order I know. We can only all it's all or nothing with us. We can either, we're either all together or nothing. Yeah, we're the Voltron of podcasts.

Yeah. So yeah, we haven't been there. I mean, sure, the lines are something. So it doesn't quite make sense, but they're not really anything to their Voltron. I mean, you see one of the Voltron parts walking down the street, you'd be like, you wouldn't even think, wouldn't even look twice.

One of those red or yellow leg lines. Yeah. But then suddenly they come together. You're like, oh my god, that thing's 100 twice. One of those red or yellow leg lines. Yeah. But then suddenly they come together. You're like, oh my god, that thing's a hundred foot tall. This is awesome. Sweet leg lines. What are you talking about? Yes, you don't know Voltron.

No. It's like the mighty muffin power ranges before my muffin power ranges. Of the 80s. Interesting. What do you know it then? Because I inherited a toy from my older cousin. Oh, that's cool.

Man, I've got a Voltron. Still got it. Still got it. Still got it. Voltron's still got it. Still got it. Still got it. Voltron still got it. But it is great to be back in the studio it is and it is great that Jess has organized a report for us. I have. I've done it boys. I'm bloody done it. Did you write this while you were away on tour? I should have. Oh you should. So you were, of course you were in the the Colby Melbourne Community Festival Roadshow tour doing some shows into state. Very cool. I I was in the morning. Yeah I was over in WA and if anybody is listening who came to

those shows hello thanks for coming. Dig up any gems. Oh very cool. No. I should have done this but to be completely honest I had a lot of internet issues.. Bailey had Wi-Fi well over there, so I would have probably started some research, because I had a lot of downtime. But I did this yesterday. So it's fresh, that's good, that's a good thing. I like that. I saved a good funny. I liked it though, I think I might try it on for good. Your Your first opportunity you missed oh no Oh boy that is no good He keeps missing his shot you did the regret face then you wouldn't do it on the Facebook live video before I wanted to see it Yeah, it's hard when I think when people want it, you know, they want it

I'm like I don't know what it is. I have to genuinely regret something to do it Yeah, and obviously everything I said on that was not regrettable. 100% gold. It was a joy. So this is a... The video is still there by the way on our Facebook page. If you want to see us interacting for about half an hour with comments coming in and out, but if you Q&A and also just a guess bag.

Just have a little bit of bloody fat. We're catching up. We're in directly with comments coming in, but also comments coming out. About our mouths. Yeah, you fucking idiot. I see, I get it. I've got you back, Dave. Jess, can I bring you to your question, please? Absolutely, which I did write this time.

Hmm. Congratulations. Granted, it was five minutes ago before we started recording. I went, oh, I'm really question. And I wrote it. Still counts. Okay, gentlemen, my question to you is which of the founding fathers was the biggest ladies man?

Oh, my goodness. So you've got George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, the signature guy. Ah, gives you John Hancock. What's the other one? Alexander Hamilton? Oh, the musical guy. I would not have, he'd be the one I wouldn't have known until the musical. Who, can you think of any others?

Because it's none of those. It's none of those ones. Jefferson. No. Jefferson, Jefferson, Jefferson, Ford. Oh, the man with the kite, Benjamin Franklin. Yay! Oh, 100 dollar bills.

Very good. Yes, it's great. He was a lady's man. Apparently. Oh. This is actually a golden hat suggestion from Justin McCain. Thank you, Justin. Mr. Justin McCain.

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Ladies and gentlemen, Ladies and gentlemen, Ladies and gentlemen, Ladies and gentlemen, Ladies and gentlemen, the kids in the street they like to say his name anyway watch your face with arm in shoes brush your teeth with bubble gum there's a video on on YouTube of me interviewing Peter Coombe so Peter Coombe is a for like an 80s and 90s children at the town who sang non-s and songs like that that's why we're singing you know the big here and you've interviewed him I-s and songs like that. That's why we're singing you. It's a big here. And you've interviewed him. I interviewed him and then he sang, oh, he sang, he sang Toffee Apple. And I got to do the very nice bits.

We'll be sharing that. That's got to be a life far like. That is good stuff. How have you not brought this up? I don't know, I just remembered it then. Well, that'd be on your life show. I would have it. It was quite a few years ago. When they bring back this is your life,

that will be a big moment for Matt and his episode. Very nice. So Justin said, the one he suggested better than Franklin, he said he was an inventor and American patriot and diplomat, but also a dirty perv. I would love you to do an episode on the lute life of Benjamin Franklin. Oh my goodness.

But to be completely honest with you too and also Justin, I did find a little bit like I had to really dig to be honest to find anything. What websites were you on? Some weird ones. Benderman Franklin Nudes.org. Well, because he's somewhat of a legend. He's held in very high regards. So imagine that if he does have a CD pass,

they'd probably paper over it with a lot of the more positive things, like kites. Which I'll go into. I mean, the kites story is obviously nonsense. They just said that to try and cover that time that he went, you know. Yeah, is dick out at a school fight. Oh, is that, no, it's not that kind of.

No, that kind of, I'll talk about it a little bit later, but one question. Yes. Oh, is that kind of, no, it's not like I kind of, that kind of, I'll talk about it a little bit later, but one question. Yes. How many three sums? Oh, countless. countless. I don't know. That's a lot. I assume. You wish, okay, there's a lot of assumption in this. Okay, so, yeah, because there isn't a lot of, obviously there's not a lot of evidence about it. It probably wouldn't have been all that well documented, because he's, basically they found a letter that he wrote to a younger acquaintance of his another guy and he was a Benjamin Franklin was saying that you should go after like older women for a series of reasons so generally it was like they're more grateful they're just so grateful for male attention

okay secondly let's look at it'm going to have those pesky kids around. Right. This is literally something about like the inconvenience of having children. Right. It was pretty gross. It sounded like a really great guy. Also, they're more discreet. They're more discreet. No, I'm going to tell what I'm about it. But the grateful part was what I enjoyed the most. So none of the maturity part. Yeah. No only experience, life experience. None of those things. That's what I was thinking. That's what I was thinking. Sexual experiences, I mean, yeah, he enjoyed that experience. The experience of not being able to have children anymore. Yeah.

I imagine changes here. Yeah, that's good. You get really just, because back then condoms are made out of wood. So I think in a lot of ways, wouldn't condom. In a lot of ways, it makes sense. You don't want to have to wear those. Yeah, you don't want to block up.

And the other thing that he was quite happy about, like, that he pointed out to the guys, like it doesn't really matter what they look like So I know older women are gross, but it doesn't really matter in the dark Can't tell and I like just see that in the round, right? He genuinely was a Any holes a goal, you know, he said that he pointed that phrase wow Wow, he was a dirty person It's funny that a guy most famous for being on a note coin defraze He noted a phrase should've been on a coin.

Yeah. So anyway, that's the lude part. Well, that's all that I could find, Justin, if you've got more evidence. Evidence, mate, service of email. Oh, that was the whole lude part. Yeah, because basically what I was hoping that, you know, when somebody has, like the Charlie Chaplin episode a few weeks ago, all of his like weird and fucked things were like right there.

From Santa. Front and Santa, like they were just part of, you're reading about his life and they came up where they were relevant. Whereas with Benjamin Franklin, I just kept reading and reading and reading and reading and reading and nothing, none of this was coming up. It was just more like, oh my god, this guy's incredible. And I had to like really search to find anything that kind of suggested he was a bit of a kid. Sounds like proper gandered of me. Mmm, so we don't know. But I would like to tell you a little bit about Benjamin Franklin, if I may. I'd love to hear a bit about him.

Safe. Thank you. Now I've just put him in a different, you know, category, Perth. Let's see if I can talk you around. Yeah, we'll be back. How many categories do you have to put people in in your book? Perth non-perth What are we? Still deciding? I want to be perth. You want to be perth? Kind of. I'll tell you that you're both in different categories about that but I will never reveal which.

But isn't, isn't, isn't, yeah! My mum always said if you want to be a perv you never will be. Does your mom say that? Yeah, it's a coin, she phrase. Why would she phrase that coin? She phrase that coin. Ty-n. Did she often say that?

I was trying to, you know, that thing about being cool, if you're trying to be cool. Oh yeah, I was trying to do that, and it did not work. If you're trying to be a perv, you never will be. Being a perv should come naturally. Is that what you say? If you're trying too hard. To perv it up.

Perv it up. To tell people you're a perv, you're not a perv. I'm not saying this, it's just going to come back and kick me. Unless you edit it out as a favor to me. Yeah, okay, come back. All right, so maybe it was better that I say that up the top instead of like telling you his life story and you guys like he's amazing and I'm like also dirty perft. Right, right.

I mean it's good that we've got a bit of buzz. We started from the bottom. Now we're here. But also, you know, we're all humans, we all have flaws. We're all pervs. We're all pervs in a way. At some point in our life we'll all be pervs. Yeah, well I'm close doors, sure I've pervs. We're all pervs in a way. At some point in our life, we'll all be pervs. Yeah. Mine closed doors.

Sure, I've perved. And I'll admit that. I'm happy to cop out. I'll put my hand up. Mine closed doors. Mine closed doors. I'll perv. You perv eat yourself?

Yeah, I'm just having a look. Seven out of ten, my friend. Seven out of ten, huh? Seven look. Seven a little look. It's a mirror. Look at that. Just in a pool, you know, you're pooled in pants for a little bit. So, there you go. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, we will. So my mate, more art, would say. Whoa, whoa, we will. Seven out of ten, hunger, hunger.

How much are you hating yourself right now? So much. Do you want me to now? So much. Do you want me to start talking? Please. Alright, so Benjamin Franklin was born on the 17th of January, 1706. Wow. What a time to be alive. What an old man.

1706. Assuming he's still alive. Yeah, I think so. I haven't heard, and the other was, in Boston, in what was then known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony, his father, English born soap and candle maker It's not at all we need both of those things. We need both. We need candles. We did it then So when he said where I thought you meant you were talking about I need candles. Yeah, okay How's my I'm gonna make my house smell nice some people love smelly candles. I like candles. Yeah, okay. How's my I'm gonna make my house smell nice. Some people love

smelly candles. I like candles. Yeah, I'll take them all even. There's the options. Well, I'm not like obsessed with them, you know, I won't spend heaps of money on I know people who spend a lot of money on candles. I don't really give a shit. Yeah, I know some people that budget for them like 50% of the household budget is candles. I think you've helped in John and Flowers, sorry. 50% Oh man, the man's been to millions of dollars a year on Flowers. Why? Because he's a very sophisticated man. Not fair enough, I'm not going to argue with that. Anyway, so...

Seems to me that you live your life, like a flower in the... Living room. So his father was a candlemaker, and his father had seven children with his first wife and ten more with his second wife. What, can I just ask one question? Do they know what was causing you? Do they?

Yes. Seventeen children. Jess's face was like, okay, you can ask your question and let's see what it is. I'm ready to wear. Oh, he did it. He did it again. When I saw... Genuine shock on her face. I'm ready to work. Oh, he did it again when I saw genuine shock on her face How many because Ben was the 15th child of the second of the second one? No, oh, yeah, 15 overall

Right, and when I saw that I was like oh my god. I can't wait. I can't wait for the they know what's causing it joke Do they really know and I know John Perkins, my own father. Who coined that? Who coined that? Whenever he hears it, he probably just does a little... That's crazy. That's mine. One a month.

And he only had two children, and I am one of them. Do they know what was causing it? Yeah. So, 15 out of 17 children. He's number 15. That does put in perspective why he's obsessed with trying to find a woman that won't have children, that doesn't it. Yeah, because looking around and having 16 siblings, you'd be like, I imagine it would

be hard. It's like a classroom. Money, money, money. There's so many of them. How would you? Oh, no. I've told you guys this before, my dad was one of 13, which is a couple of foster children on top. That was incredible. Yeah, I a couple of foster children on top.

That was incredible. Yeah, I think it was 15. That's amazing. Amazing that they took extra zen. Yeah. And maybe two, maybe four foster kids. But maybe they had the older kids growing up and moved out. Well, it's funny because the older kids,

even if you have in those kids every year and a bit, you know, like maximum capacity Yeah, then you're the oldest and your youngest is gonna be like something like 20 years apart My dad is the youngest and his eldest brother is 16 years older than him Yeah, right, so I mean the out they sort of help they must have helped out a bit I guess I guess they do We have not got far enough. Yeah, sorry. Okay, so a bit I guess. I guess I do. Geez, we have not got far enough support.

Yes, so, okay, so. Ben learned to read at an early age and despite his success at the Boston Latin School, he stopped his formal education at the age of 10 to work full-time in his cash-strapped father's candle and soap shop. Big O, you got too many kids, mate. Well, he literally could only afford to send him to school for a couple of years, so by the time he was 10, they couldn't afford it anymore, so they pulled him out and he was working in his dad's shop. Um, finally enough, dipping wax and cutting wax didn't fire the young boys' imagination. Um, to dissuade him from going to see, as one of his brothers had done, his father, a apprentice Ben at the age of 12, to his brother James at his print shop. So James had a

print shop and Ben went to work for his older brother. I suppose you got connections with older brothers, that's good. Yeah, that's true. It's all about nepotism. It's all about who you know. Any industries like that, release it. Medicine. Network network. Medicine. It's all about who you know. It's all about qualifications. Don't worry about them. I know a guy. I know a doctor. I know a doctor. Please welcome to the fraternity. Do I know any doctors? Your doctor? Yeah, but I go at no one. Right. You know. You've never seen him without the white coat. Got no. I don't, you know what? I don't bloody want to. Actually, no, I won't get distracted. I was going to tell you about the

most lovely doctor I've ever been to. But never mind. Although James mistreated and frequently beat his younger brother, Ben learned a great deal about newspaper publishing. When James refused to publish any of his brothers writing, then 16-year-old Ben adopted a pseudonym. Mrs. Silence Do Good. There it is. That's the best name I've ever. Who was an elderly widow, apparently. Silence, do good. And her 14 imaginative and witty letters, delighted readers of his brother's newspaper,

which was the new England current. And so he's, silence, do good. And his brother's like, wow, that's clearly a real person. These are great letters. There's very funny, unpublishing them. But then when James learned that his brother and apprentice had penned the letters, he was furious. But like it was too like that already been published. And they were really funny. And people loved them. He was a Franklin was an advocate for free speech from a very early age. When his brother was jailed for

three weeks in 1722 for publishing material unflattering to the governor, young Franklin took over the newspaper and had Mrs. Do Good, who was, so he wrote a letter as Mrs. Do Good and published it, but she was quoting Kato's letters, and he wrote, without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech. I mean that's deep. That is deep. That's also a little bit lured. It's a bit lured. All right let's clean it up there Ben. All right. And did he like have to like ever do press conferences and dress up Mrs. Pat Fias. Oh hello.

Oh hello! Anyone who is against free speed should leave. French? It's a little bit cheap from... My name is Silence, yo. At Italian? I've traveled a lot. My voice is very hard to pin down. As my pronunciation changes for every word.

But I am very eloquent when I need to be in a lot of form. Thank you and good day. We still have questions. Okay, if I were fairly fairly. So, yeah, we're just wondering, is your editor, Jeffrey Edison or whatever this guy's name around at the moment Is name Ben Franklin? It's Ben Frank. Can we just it's Ben Franklin around your is your boss right? Yes, I find young man with a very large

Well, long man And he's that's that's fine, but we're just wondering if if we could ask the two of you together some questions Yeah, I'm afraid he's ill. Meaning sick. We're really going to need a chat to him if that's okay. I don't pass on any questions to the great man. The great man. He's such a lovely young boy.

He should be published more under his own name. We're actually maybe- Maybe he made published more under his own name. We're actually meeting- Maybe he made publish more under his own name. Apparently his brother, the massive beep, is a- Is not publishing him a Lord? Of Lord, okay. I don't know what that means. We're actually meeting him for dinner

at the restaurant around the corner at 8 o'clock tonight. I was wondering if we could meet you there as well for another like an alternative important meeting just on the other side of the restaurant. I'm afraid I have a prior engagement. You're insane Mrs. Depp, I'm having tea with the queen. I've got to put a pie on my face and you caught you and eating standing up. The two scenes I can recall from your sister's life. And... SING! Very good, yes, sounding there, boys.

Very good. Well, I don't know what just happened. Black there. F***ing good. So good. Okay. I don't know what just happened. Black guy? Freakable. No. So good. Okay.

So, eventually, obviously Ben grew tired of his brother's harsh and mean behaviour. So Ben fled Boston in 1723, although he still had three years remaining on a legally binding contract with his master. He's, he's master being his brother. But beat him. If my brother ever heard that, like, oh, I'm your master, I'd be in a lot of trouble. But your brother is a tradesman,

so you could do an apprenticeship under him. I could. He could be your master. That could be so fun. I'd love that, because I do no work. Probably wouldn't pass my apprenticeship, actually, yeah. Yeah, I think you gotta do work, that's part of it. No, but I'd be like, Mikey, you do something.

Oh, that's true. Which I've done my entire life. That's true, he could just sign the papers, right? Mikey, you fix it. I tried. I tried my- I tried my- I tried, can I go get coffee now?

Oh man, you sound like the worst. Yeah, only to my big brother. To anybody else, I'm delightful. Right, guys? Yes, oh yes. Okay, Matt jumped in quicker, but still hesitated. Dave, you hesitated quite a lot, and then your oh yes, was very sarcastic.

Hmm, wasn't it? What the? I just can't get read on this guy. Yeah, it is. Okay, so Ben escaped to New York before settling in Philadelphia, which became his home base for the rest of his life. Oh, and I believe where they signed. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee broken bell there or something like that the Liberty Bell the correct Liberty Bell is that a thing? No. All the playgrounds. Where is fair most buddies? I'm pretty sure that's where Rocky ran up the steps. Maybe

Rocky's from there. I don't. Rocky Bell Bowen, no. I don't think the bell has mentioned in the Fresh Prince rap. Okay. I'm just I'm trying stuff out now. And that is my knowledge of Philly. There's the basketball team which is named after the year they were formed. I forget whether it was 76ers or that was Adelaide. Look to my king, Dimash finally. Thirty-nineers. Thirty-nineers. The Prince of Belair. Dude.

46ers. The number. Okay, great. Can I? Let's list them all and we'll edit in the right one. Overnumbers. Alright, one. The one is.

The one is. The two is. The Billy one is. Um, encouraged by Pennsylvania Governor William Keith The one is. The two is. The silly one is. Encouraged by Pennsylvania Governor William Keith to set up his own print shop, Franklin left for London in 1724 to purchase supplies from stationers, booksellers, and printers. So he's like, I'm going to set up shop. But he was still a teenager and he arrived in England.

He still a teenager at this point, wow, sorry. Yeah, and he felt kind of duped because William Keith was supposed to send all these letters of introduction. I don't really know how they work, but it was going to help him, you know, meet all the people that he needed to meet and those letters never arrived. So he's just kind of left in London with nothing. So, he was forced to find work at a London print shop, which he did. But he also took full advantage of the city's pleasures. He attended theatre performances, he mingled with the populace in coffee houses.

I know what that means. And he continued his lifelong passion for reading. Pornography. Just reading the articles. Yeah, he really likes reading the articles. In 1725 Franklin published his first pamphlet, a dissertation upon liberty and necessity, pleasure and pain. Oh, pleasure, underlined.

Philadelphia are the 76s and their mascot is Franklin the Dog. Oh. Coincidence? Franklin, you old dog. And that makes sense. So yeah, this was his... Does he become a dog later at the time? Yeah. That makes sense. So yeah this was he was busy to see become a dog later at time. Yeah. That makes sense. Trust me go along with this. So this this pamphlet that he wrote

dissertation upon liberty and necessity pleasure and pain. I give that humans lack free will and thus are not morally responsible for their actions. Oh I see he's just trying to get a jet get out of jail free card for later on when he's caught doing some loot. Yeah, but he later, he sort of like took this back and he burned all but one copy of the pamphlet. So he maybe changed his, changed his two. Yeah, but then he could say that it was under his control, his actions when he burnt the pamphlets.

Yeah. Maddie, you're still looking up the 76s. Yeah, I've just gone down a bit of a 76s so. The 69s. All right, because apparently they actually began in 1949. I thought it was, that was 76s of it. How did they get their name? You guys were fascinated by this. I might just keep going.

Yeah. And you could just figure that out for yourself. Probably don't share it on the podcast. Okay. And I this to Dave until you're back. How's that sound? Yeah. Cool. So following this, he returned to Philadelphia in 1726 with the help of a guy called Thomas Denham, who was a merchant who employed Franklin as a clerk, shopkeeper, and bookkeeper in his business. He returned to a familiar trade in 1728 when he printed paper currency in New Jersey before partnering with a friend to open his own print shop in Philadelphia and that print shop published

government pamphlets and books. In 1730 he was named the official printer of Pennsylvania. Sounds like a bit of a step up. He's got the whole market share, you know? He's like, I'm the printer. Still not very old this time, is he? No, he's still fairly young. He's 20s. By that time he'd formed the, I want to say Junto, which was a social and self-improvement study group for young men that met every Friday. Oh, that's lured. Oh, yeah. You know what's going on there. Yes, they met every Friday, right, to debate morality. They've read every Friday at club X. Morality, philosophy and politics. When Junto members sought to expand their rite, Junto, J-U-N-T-O, it's going to be like Junto, right? That sounds right. Junto sounds really dumb. Yeah. Junto? Junto. Junto.

Probably better. Ylnto. When they sought to expand their reading choices, Franklin helped to incorporate America's first subscription library, the library company in Philadelphia in 1731. So they'd all put their money in, buy books with that money, and then they could all share the books. Because books were expensive and they couldn't all afford to have many. So they had a library.

Yeah, so they sort of all shared originally they would just sort of put in like, oh, I've got these books and the others could sort of... Pawn. Yeah, I've got these pawns. I've got these pawns. Here, read my favourite pawns. That's nice, actually, isn't it? Because they need to get an insight into what other people's fetishes are.

Yeah, from uncle's doors. Yeah, that's nice. What other people's fetishes are? Yeah, one of them closed doors. Yeah, that's nice. In 1728, Franklin had set up a printing house in partnership with a guy called Hugh Meredith. The following year he became the publisher of a newspaper called Dependsylvania Gazette. Gazette is a fun word too. The Gazette gave Franklin a forum for agitation,

about a variety of local reforms and initiatives through printed essays and observations. Over time, his commentary and his positive image as an industrial and intellectual young man earned him a great deal of social respect. Ah, but they didn't know what he was doing behind closed doors. He didn't know about all the lured things. Slured, nude, rude bits. In 1732, Ben Franklin published the first German language newspaper in America. Dave, can you help me with the German here?

Oh my god. It's pretty good. Die Philadelphia Saitong. Oh, very good. Did it sound good? Was that real? Have you, do you know German? No, not at all.

I just have German blood. One okay. One okay. Very good. Did it sound good? Was that real? Have you, do you know German? No, not at all. I just have German blood. One okay. One okay. Very, very old German blood. And he still did it so much better than I possibly could. It sounded, I believed it, 100%. Although the paper failed after only a year,

because four other newly founded German papers quickly dominated the newspaper market. I'm just unlucky. Damn crazy. That's a surprise. So you're going to say, German newspapers. It folded quickly because only four people in the whole city spoke German. No, apparently there's a big market for German newspapers. Which town are we in now? Philodalfiac. Philodalfiac. Philodalfiac. Philodalfiac. I don't know. Of course. Yeah. So...

This is like guys. Was that was a must have been a big German settlement I guess. Interest. Oh, it must have been a big German settlement, I guess, inter-essing. Oh, it must have been, yeah. Franklin saw the printing press as a device to instruct colonial Americans in Moral virtue. Despite his own moral lapses, that's the only thing that kind of implies any kind of ludeness. Franklin saw himself as uniquely qualified to instruct Americans in morality. He tried to influence American moral life through a construction of a printing network based on a chain of partnerships from the Carolinas to New England. Franklin thereby invented the first newspaper chain.

It was more than a business venture. For like many publishers since he believed the press had a public service duty. He's just spreading news and morality. Spreading legs everywhere. Luke do. Speaking of spreading legs. Okay, interested to see where this goes. Back in 1723, at the age of 17, Franklin proposed to 15-year-old Deborah Reed while he was a border in the Reed home. At that time, Reed's mother was wary of allowing her young daughter to marry Franklin,

who was on his way to London at the time, when he was sent over to London, and also because of his financial instability. You know, if you're going to let your kid marry... You want him to be... You want him to be a wealthy 17-year-old. Her own husband had recently died and she declined Frankl's request to marry her daughter. When he was in London, his trip was extended and there were problems with civil-eum's promise of support, like I sort of mentioned before.

Perhaps because of these circumstances and the delay, Debra married a man named John Rogers. Oh no. This proved to be a regrettable decision. Yeah, I knew it. Just could tell John Rogers, he sounds like a prick. Rogers shortly avoided his debts and prosecution by fleeing to Barbados or Matt. Um, Barbados. He fled with her dowry, leaving her behind.

Oh no. Rogers' fate was unknown and because of bigamy laws, Deborah was not free to remarry. So she was left shortly after she got married, but she was just stuck. She wasn't, wait, she didn't even get married. No, they got married and then he left not long after because he got her dowry. Got the cash. Got the cash. Really?

He got the down payment. And you couldn't do... That concept is so weird, isn't it? It's like, please take my daughter. It's very strange. We know she sucks, but please take it. Yeah. I find that really strange.

Bring it back. Hmm. You know? Then people can get someone for it. I mean who's getting it? The parents. No. Does the new husband get it? Because then they sort of just given it to the daughter anyway, right? Sometimes I think it either goes to the husband or the other family. Right. I probably, yeah, I bet it is a weird system. It's a really weird system. Don't bring it back. I was being lighthearted there. Don't bring it back. Get rid of it if anything. If it still exists. If it still exists which it does probably in some places. Hey if you are saving up if you have a young daughter and you're saving up a dowry for her. Yeah. I reckon. Just buy

something nice with it. No I'll okay I was gonna say get on to patreon.com Great Subscription to our podcast in her name, you know, we're really close to that tattoo goal So what every teenage girl wants yeah, that's a subscription to do go on patreon. Yeah, that's what I wanted But I was a little girl. Yeah, and my parents never gave it to me and I never forgave them Do you want to be that parent? And you did not turn out well. I am not okay.

At all. You were wrong. You're wrong. You're wrong as you turn out real wrong. Oh, yuck. Anyway, so she's stuck unable to get married. So this is why I've been to Brinkland may also like old women,

because you don't have these young like parents telling you off. Right. Yeah, maybe, because they're... Make their own decisions. Parents are dead. Yeah, oh yeah. What's that, Dad's gone.

All right. Real turn on. Oh yeah. Dead parents. Oh, mom, I guess my mother running. Jackpot has been hit. My mother's probably an advantage yet, will they? No, but he's Mota was running.

Pura and like the body. Mota and his balls. Pura and like the rib big bag of balls. Which had been invented the year before. The bags of balls. They were all the rage. Oh cool. So. Please tell me more. Franklin established a common law marriage with Dembra. Oh, when he came back? Yeah. Well a little bit, yeah, a little bit later. Who's still in 1730? You still obviously liked her then? Yeah. Uh oh. No, no, he did. Although I have read that he wasn't all that complimentary about her and other people had sort of suggested that he only married her so that he could, he had and other people had sort of suggested that he only married us, so that he could, he had like access to sex anytime he wanted,

which was always. Lute. Access to sex. But again, no. So I married her. Access to sex is a good band name. Access to sex, yeah really. Last turn of phrase.

What? Access of sex. Access of sex. Like the access of evil. Well, the access of awesome. Now, the access of sex? Axis of sex. Axis of evil. Or the axis of awesome. No, the axis of sex. Axis of sex. It's fun to say.

Good hashtag. Too many essays and axes. Hashtag. Axis for sex. Axis. Axis for sex. Oh, that sounds real bad. They're an evil group of countries.

Who are pro-sex? They're pro-sex. Oh, no, no, we're going pro. They're pro-sex. They're pro-sex. They've come up from the little is. Okay, I'm going to keep going, I think. So they're now together.

I guess it's kind of like de facto, you know? Like they're not actually married, but they're married. And they took in, this is good. They took in Franklin's recently acknowledged young illegitimate son William and raised him in their household. William had been born in 1730 as well, so not, uh, maybe earlier, it said circus 1730, so he could have been... Pauling the circus. He was very young and... He was just one of your strong men? His mother was never identical. Beaded lady of things. Some of the bearded lady.

Yeah, we don't know. So... Eligenum at bearded lady some, we've all got one. Do you have an affinity with elephants? Yes. You never lose that Yes You never lose that You never lose it. So you never you never forget your affinity with elephants What do they say? Never forget an elephant never forgets its infinity Infinity

Oh boy So yeah, Deborah raised William as well Um and Deborah and Ben had two children together. Their son Francis was born in 1732, but he died of smallpox when he was about four. And their daughter Sarah went by Sally, was born in 1743 and grew up to marry Richard Bash and have seven children and look after her father in his old age.

So yeah, okay. So in 1733, Franklin began to publish the noted poor Richard's Almanac with content that was both original and borrowed under the pseudonym Richard Saunders, on which much of his popular reputation is based. Hello! Is this Richard Saunders. I only have one voice! That's also Benjamin from... I put it to you, Mrs. Dugood, that you sound very similar to Benjamin Franklin, and this other bloke.

No! It's just a New England accent too. We all live in... How do you like them apples. We're very good friends. So do we sound similar and also like ghosts. Woo. The transition into the Aflo have to be easy for those ghosts.

Yeah, imagine you trying to be a ghost. Woo. I'm haunting you. So deep. Woo.! I'm haunting you. So deep! Woooo! So sarcastic! Oh, scared, ah, yeah. Not really no. You've kind of... Why are you sassin' me ghost? I'm sorry. Why are you sassin' me ghost? I'm sorry, sir, I'll see myself out now. Jesus, what have I done? I'm not good for this game. I'm imagining a ghost mat on the other side of the door. Just looking really...

What have I done? What have I done with my life? This is a horrible choice. Should have stayed alive. What have I done with my death? Very good. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, comedy! Are you working way too hard for way too little?

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Call 800-333-4-Kia for details. Always drive safely. All right, this is a long report. I'm going to keep going. Pleased to come on. So he's publishing... What's he suited to against him? Richard Saunders. And they're publishing Poor Richard's Almanac.

It was no secret that Franklin was the author of this, but he's Richard Saunders' characters repeatedly denied it. I am not Benjamin Franklin. So many people are writing it and saying, oh, Benjamin Franklin, we know that's you, but it's not. No, no, no, I'm Richard Saunders. I'm completely different. I'm a completely bleepable character. Look, I have freckles. No, they are not drawn on. Benjamin Franklin does not have frinkles. I think you're rich. You're rich it's a little Welsh.

I can't do a Welsh accident if I try. So it's nice that I'm accidentally doing one. Oh, stop asking if I'm Benjamin Franklin. I'm not. I'm rich and so does. It's a bit Welsh. Is it? Cool. All right, well, there I. It's a bit Welsh. Cool.

Alright, well now I know how to do Welsh accent, just do ghost pen to a Franklin. It's a rule of thumb that I've always known. Anyway, so poor Richard's proverbs were addages from this almanac that are actually still used today, such as a penny saved is two-pent steer, a tuppuppens dear which is often misquoted as a penny saved as a penny earned and all right I've heard that one this one's so good fish and visitors stink in three days that's a good that is good that's good it's a good rule too yeah fuck of visitors in three days in three days three days of the max it's funny because you get out of here with your three day old fish.

Especially if your visitors are three day old fish in the first place. Oh, and the six days. Six days. Oh, yeah. No good at all. He sold about 10,000 copies per year. It became a complete institution. People loved this Almanac that he wrote.

Unless, of course, we're talking about living fish because they're quite young fish, three day old fish. Hmm. Do you think about it like that? Unless of course we're talking about living fish because they're quite young fish three day old fish If you think about it like that Are they three day dead old? Dead old When you're stamping on my foot like that Jess is that a sign of keep going Didn't mean to stamp on your foot, but I'm glad I figured out a way to shut you up Loves it loves it loves a Dave riff.

Really does not enjoy when I riff. That's because your riffs are midway through a sentence you go, oh, do, do, do, but that's something seven minutes ago. Whereas Dave, Dave's with it and I often out of the corner my eye, I see Dave open his mouth, realize Jess is speaking and shut his mouth.

I see that so often. The signal. Never seen that from you. I dare to listen back to an episode of Here When Dave Talks. It is always in the middle of your sentences. You're just looking at Dave through these weird positive goggles. You don't see him for the devil that he is. The secret is, use the silly voice.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha. It gets me every time. Sorry. Yeah, go ahead, try and see your voice. It's a good trick. Think about all the times Dave has broken me. It's been with the silly voice. It gets me every time. So really. Yeah go and try and see a voice. Think about all the times Dave has broken me. It's been with a silly voice. Oh my god it actually has. You're not actually funny.

Jess is a real basic bitch. Very easy to make laugh. I don't know if anyone's noticed that. But just a silly voice. I have not noticed. Okay so I'm an easy laugh. I don't think that equates to being a basic bitch. I really don't know what basic bitch means, obviously.

But it means it's easy to laugh at silly voices. I'm pretty sure. And I think that's it. What does it mean? Not that. And with that, shut down. I'm going to keep going. Shut down my Jess.

What a weird new experience. Don't know how to deal with it. Dave, can you help with this tension that- Please do go. Thank you. I'm giving you the finger mat. I acknowledge it. I will not acknowledge my finger.

I won't acknowledge. Jess is fingering mat. Should be doing it real good. Okay. Jess is fingering Matt. She's fingering a real good. Okay, Franklin was quite an inventor. Among his many creations were the Lightning Rod, Glass Harmonica, which I'll talk about a bit more later. The Franklin stove, Bifocal Glasses, and the Flexible Euronry catheter.

Now, okay, we'll go through those. But with the Franklin stove, is he just pointing at other people's inventions and just putting his name in front of it? Mine. So the Walnicky TV, Walnicky Microphone in here, Walnicky Walls, Walnicky Podcast. This is a Perkins laptop.

Wow, the Perkins laptop. Yep. Which I saw that. This is a Perkins big old hairy fuckhead. I invented this. Pointing it, Matt. Just invented that, didn't I? Big old hairy fuckhead. I invented this point at Matt So invented that didn't I big old hairy fuckhead, okay? It's a real pleasure to be here

And the urinary catheter. Let's talk about that. I don't want to talk about that. Let's not talk about it Do you want to talk about a catheter? Okay? Go on invented that invented it. Wow an alightning rod. You would not want to get those two confused Oh my god. Oh my God. Oh my God. I'm just putting a lightning rod up your rod. No. Oh, wordplay.

Is that how they work? Cathedis. They go right up the p-hole. Up your wreath. Right. Really. Oh, cover grip, bring you that. I thought they just drill like up in your stomach

here straight on the bladder and just pops out from there But it's up your dick. We established before none of us know any doctors. I know nurses Hmm, I just remembered yeah no good No good. He held that is no good at all that he thought of it It was his idea the Dictrile he He thought of it copyright fraculist Dictrile. Do thought of it. Copyright Franklin. Franklin's Dictriol. Do you know what's interesting is he never he never patented his inventions. Really? And in his autobiography he wrote, as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad

of an opportunity to serve others by any inventions of ours and this we should do freely and generously. That's very noble. That's very noble. So obviously scientific discovery is a wood to there are so many. In fact I got a list here of just like some of the inventions and like scientific studies that he sort of looked at. So I've got a little list here. So he looked at population studies, Atlantic Ocean currents, wave theory of light, meteorology, tracking, concept of cooling, temperatures effect on electrical conductivity, and oceanography findings. So, and he never did any more education?

No, he was... That's a bit... ...when he was 10, he must have been a bit of a natural genius. He was self-taught, he liked it a lot of reading and stuff. It's amazing. It's pretty amazing. Of these scientific discoveries, perhaps he's most famous, was the kite experiment that you mentioned at the very top of the show. So I'll talk a little bit

about that because I don't have a science brain so some of it doesn't make a lot of sense to me, obviously. Well Matt will explain all of that. Yeah, no I've got this. Okay cool. So in 1750, he published a proposal for an experiment to prove that lightning is electricity by flying a kite in a storm that appeared capable of becoming a lightning storm. So in 1752, another guy, Thomas Francois Dalybad of France, conducted Franklin's experiment using a 40-foot tall iron rod instead of a kite and he extracted electrical sparks from a cloud. So they're kind of going, oh my god, this series, right? Oh, right, but are they friends or are they rivals? Oh, I think he'd read the proposal.

I think, didn't you say on his behalf? No. A weird thing that from a brainer, didn't. So just stole the idea. He went, that's mine. But around the same time, Franklin may possibly have conducted his well-known card experiment in Philadelphia, successfully extracting sparks from a cloud. Philadelphia.

He described the experiment in the Pennsylvania Gazette on October 19, 1752, so a little bit later that year, without mentioning that he himself had performed the experiment He just kind of described what had happened without being like I did it me So it's not even renting characters and distancing themselves from stuff. Yeah, he's quite humble He's so humble. Do you know what I mean? So modest also maybe he's hiding something something Loo there we go This account was read to the Royal Society on December 21 and printed as such in the philosophical transactions. Great name for publication. Joseph Priestley published details in his 1767 history and present status of electricity, and Franklin was careful to stand on an insulator, keeping dry under a roof to avoid the danger of electric shock. Ah, right.

Others, such as Professor George Wilhelm in Russia, were indeed electrocuted during the months that followed Franklin's experiment. Oh. Yeah, so he was fine because he knew to stand like, how to avoid, stand in the puddle. That's how you avoid getting hit by lightning. Stand in the puddle, hold metal objects. This is what you should do in a storm. And taunt lightning.

Being a bath, have you toasted her? Hold your toast from the bath. I was in the bath. During a storm. The only way to avoid being left repeated. You gotta get the bath outside. Sorry if your bathroom's upstairs. You gotta get that downstairs.

It is a hassle, but I mean, it's be alive a hassle to you need you need to live Yeah, you're gonna live get that bath out of the wall. Thank you. I'm not a science person either So I appreciate your advice map. Yeah live by this. Thank you outside bath So it's hard you have to get an extension cord for the toaster right Which is one of the tricky parts and if you could get an extension cord for the toaster. Right. Which is one of the tricky parts. And if you could get an extension cord that's faulty and has some of the wiring. Oh, well that sucks. Well that sucks some of the electricity out of the storm. Yeah, right.

So that reduces it even more. Oh, God. Yeah, yeah. So a lot of people say throw out your old faulty wiring. Yeah. But. Yeah, throw it out into your cupboard of good wiring. That's what you have to do. Right. Yeah, put that into the box that you have in your garage labeled in case of lightning.

Mm-hmm. Which I assume we all have right. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Well, if we're alive then we do. Yeah, right. So there's a lot of dead people who didn't have that box. What's that myth of filling the bath of gasoline and grabbing it? That's not a myth, my son. You're getting a candle. Does that actually help a storm? Yeah, yeah.

And put your head in an oven as well. Fuck, this is a long list. It is a long list. But I want to be safe. You got to have a long neck to make that work, but unless you got your oven outside as well. I mean, that's a hassle. Well, in some ways, I'm all Nick, so.

Some ways you are. I used all Nick, it's something recently. Was it our podcast? No, it was not another thing. I did not at all credit air you guys. I just said there was some snakes were mentions, I could, in some ways snakes were all Nick. Oh Nick, it's a laugh, get a good laugh.

Oh there was no studio audience, but I reckon there would be people laughing when it goes, it's going out, it'll be out on, it's on this new web series that I've done at Chevrolet Studios, what Evan's doing called, Gamie Gamie Gamie, about video games. Oh, really? Which you were on the private concept of. Yes, I've filled in for you as the guy who doesn't understand games. Excellent, welcome.

Cool. Well, that's great tonight, the legacy lives on. games. Excellent, welcome. Cool. Well, that's great to know that the legacy lives on. Yeah, the neck legacy. The necklassy. Oh. It's a process yourself there. In his writings, Franklin's indicated that he was aware of the dangers and offered alternative ways

to demonstrate that lighting was electrical. And he did not perform this experiment an offered alternative way to demonstrate that lightning was electrical and he did not perform this experiment in the way that often that is often pictured in popular literature flying the kite and waiting to be struck by lighting that's not that's not how it happened people have this. He didn't do that. No. He didn't tie a key to it. That's what everyone talks about. Yeah he didn't just have like a he wasn't just flying a normal kite. What he was doing was he used the kite to collect some electrical charge from a storm

cloud showing that lightning was electrical. That's way less fun, isn't it? Yeah. Like I imagine about there with like the story I heard. He's got the key with his metal and all the conduct electricity. Yeah, I'm running out there. And in my memory, memories also in naked Having sex and an apple falls on his head Yep, and then he goes hmm. I think I've just thought up penicillin. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Oh, I'm Eric Yuri That's the Mara Curie story. She was there too. She was the one who's doing the loot axe with yeah Oh Man, they don't smart babies If they want it's they forgot to wear the wooden condo, which is as easy to forget. It's actually pretty

hard to forget. You know when you're not wooded up. Got wood, that's why the same got wood came from. That makes sense. I got a woody. Okay, just a few other things that he did because he's not done yet. In 1736 Franklin created the Union Fire Company, one of the first volunteer fire fighting companies in America. Wow! In the same year he printed a new currency for new joysy based on innovative anti-counter-fitting techniques he had devised. He's incredible. counter-fitting techniques he had devised. He's incredible. Sorry, do you want to jump in? No. No, I was just taking it all in and to be honest I was just impressed over here. I know. No, you can't. I can't. But still at the back of my head I'm like I know he's a per... Yeah well to be honest I think his currency was probably like those poker cards with naked women on them. Yeah that's probably what he's using. As he mature...

Four races please. Four would be on a nice. Oh yeah you know what's on a nice. And us. Oh yeah. A for us. Four races please. As he matured Franklin began to concern himself more with public affairs.

Oh there we go. The public to concern himself more with public affairs. Oh, there we go. The public, he's gone public with his affairs. They're out from behind closed doors. In 1743, he first devised a scheme for the Academy, charity school and college of Philadelphia. However, the person that he had in mind to run the Academy was Reverend Richard Peters, and he refused. He was like, not doing it. And Franklin put his ideas away until 1749 when he printed his own pamphlet, proposals relating to the education of youth in Pennsylvania. It's not catchy, but... People just handing out pamphlets in this era. Yeah, he's just got pamphlets galore. He's just on

the straight flying... Oh, he's flying. He's his own ideas. Yeah. He was appointed president of the Academy on November 13, 1749. And the school opened in 1751. So he's just, he's founded a school now. In 1743 as well, Franklin founded the American philosophical society to help scientific men discuss their discoveries and theories. He began the electrical research that along with other scientific inquiries would occupy him for the rest of his life in between about abouts of politics and money-making. Oh, I'm just gonna go off for about a politics and then I'll probably

follow that I was some money-making come back to my science after some money-making. His calendar would have been awesome. Wednesday, money making. Thursday, politics. Friday, founder school, Saturday, banging. Ha ha ha ha. Saturday for banging. Old day long. Saturday, banging. Right on.

That's nice. You know, safe Sunday for just a rest day. Yeah, a little cart flying. Yeah, that's fine. Can't find a little bit of relaxation. Franklin became involved in Philadelphia politics and rapidly progressed. In October of 1748, he was selected as a councilman

and in the following June, he became the Justice of the Peace for Philadelphia. And in 1751, he was elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly. And he's also, this is the same time he's founded a bloody school. Yeah. So at this stage, this is confusing me. So at this stage, Philadelphia is in Pennsylvania or is that where Philadelphia is now So I looked at Dave because he's the geography boy, but you're not necessarily the states of America guy

City it Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Oh, Philadelphia is in Pennsylvania I just think Pittsburgh's the the big dog there, but Philadelphia. Wow, that's that probably an even bigger dog. Pennsylvania. I just think Pittsburgh's the big dog there, but Philadelphia. Wow, that's probably an even bigger dog. I love that none of us knew that. Well, I think you probably assume it was right, and I'll put it down in your mind. He a little bit. Yeah, so he's rapidly doing that while also founding schools and doing some science stuff and a bit of money making. In 1753, he was appointed Deputy Postmaster General of the British North America,

and his most notable service in domestic politics was his reform of the postal system, with mail sent out every week. Wow. Well, before that, were there like once a year? It was like, if and when. Oh, right. When I get around to it, I don't know how it was before. If anything's like once a year. It was like even when. Oh right. When I get around to it, I don't know how it was, but If anything, once a week now.

If anything's looted about this guy, it's how much he achieved. I know. It's gross. It's so gross. I'm disgusted. It's, and you sort of like, oh, he sounds so much. And how does he have time for all this, all this, wankin' and bangin' whatever?

He mustn't sleep. He mustn't. Must not sleep you know tell you what I've had enough having a job and a podcast it's body exhausting I'm tired of hearing about him yeah I'm tired I need a nap in 1751 Franklin and Dr Thomas Bond Bond Thomas Bond that That's not funny. Obtained a charter for the Pennsylvania legislature to establish a hospital, which is Pennsylvania hospital. And it was the first hospital in what was to become the United States of America.

He founded the first fucking hospital. How do they have schools and not hospitals? They have a school. They have a volunteer fire. Before a hospital. They've sent me out mail once a They have a school. They have a volunteer fire. Before a hospital. They've sent me out mail once a week before a hospital. Fucking hell. He's doing cut. He's, what are you saying? They were the fucking cut. There's no hospital. He's got time for cuts. Well the concept haven't been invented yet. Are you

invented hospitals? He's a fuck he's good. He's self-education and he's honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, England's Oxford University and Scotland's University of Cedandry's. Oh, I feel like the four oldest and most famous ones. Yep. In 1749, Franklin wrote a pamphlet relating to the education of youth in Pennsylvania that resulted in the establishment of the Academy of Philadelphia and now the University of Pennsylvania. Oh, so you've done a uni, a hospital, and a school?

He's not at all. When the French and Indian War began in 1754, Franklin called on the colonies to bear together for their common defense, which he dramatized in the Pennsylvania Gazette with a cartoon of a snake cut into sections with a captioned join or die. So we also does cartoon. God is good. He represented Pennsylvania at the Albany Congress, which adopted his proposal

to create a unified government for the 13 colonies. Franklin's plan of union, however, failed to be ratified by the colonies. So he's just like, guys, everybody, get together, let's do this. I found that interesting. I read that recently that the original states were a lot from the I think I read that recently because of that email was sent yes, and I listen to send this long email about American was fucking sick. It was amazing but I learned yeah the because Early on the the first states were just in the top North East. Yeah, I didn't realize that. And just slowly, Mexico had a whole big chunk on the California

and France in the middle somewhere. All right. Class and mating. Fascinating. Fascinating. Fascinating. In 1757, he was appointed by the Pennsylvania Assembly to serve as the colonist agent in England.

He sailed to London to negotiate a longstanding dispute with the proprietors of the colony, the Penn family, taking William and his two slaves, but leaving behind Debra and Sarah. He spent most of the next two decades in London, where he was drawn to the higher society and intellectual salons of the Cosmopolitan city. I don't know why I'm talking like it's 1940s. Because you love it. Oh, fucking, I love it. You love it, that's the thing. If you get a Thomas shame, where would you go, Jim?

40s. Really? But yeah. Well, straight to the second world war. Well, actually, it's a great time for the planet. Yeah, and I would want to be like a radio announcer doing those voices, but I'm a lady. So they probably wouldn't let me. Even though I'd be like, give me a crack. I'll show you what I can do I've seen movies you

just have to put on a little mustache and wear a hat time I hear up hello no you gotta go deeper I'm a man no I only have one more hello I am yes can you do you're 1940s voice in a man voice though? The year. What, no. Because they sound up top. The year. The 1943. I think that does sound like a man. A man. Or, you know, a man voice at all times.

Wow. This is Dave speaking by the way, not Jess. I know I have a monster in a voice in her, but it's hard to tell, I know. Hey, women's voices can be men too. Okay. about it's hard to tell I know. Hey, women's voices can be men too. Okay, so Franklin returned to Philadelphia in 1762 and he toured the colonies to inspect its post offices. So it's got to go to a routine check. Priorities. Check in the post offices and his son William took office as New Jersey's

Royal Governor, the position that his father arranged through his political connections in the British government. It is an epitome. No, but it is all about who you know. Franklin lost his seat in the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1764 and he returned to London as the colonies agent without Deborah who refused to leave Philadelphia. It would be the last time the couple saw each other. Franklin would not return home before Deborah passed away in 1774, from a stroke at the age of 66. It's a bummer.

In 1776, he was appointed Commissioner to Canada and was one of five men to draft the Declaration of Independence. Franklin's support for the Patriot cause put him at odds with his loyalist son. Oh wow. So they had opposing views. He loved the Britons. He loved the Brit's. When the New Jersey militia stripped William Franklin of his post as Royal Governor and imprisoned him, his father chose not to not to jump in to defend him. He was like, no you'll be right. After voting for independence, Franklin was elected Commissioner to France and set

sale to negotiate a treaty for the country's military and financial support. So now he's in Paris and he was there. So he's just set up a new country and now he's off to Paris. The city of love, he comes the Louie. Here we go. Uh-oh. Much has been made of Franklin's years in Paris, chiefly his romantic life as essentially the first US ambassador to France. Really old at this time.

After Debra's death Franklin had a retro romantic life in his 9 years abroad. At the age of 74 he even proposed marriage to a widow named Madame Herveteus but she rejected him. Bam. Bam. Bam. Boom and I'm gone. It's getting harder and harder for him to stick to his older women. No, he's looking for it maybe means older women compared to his 15 year old first wife.

Right. That's where he draws the standard. Yeah, but when you know you know, you know, you know, when you know, he doesn't know. Do you trust? What's this in reference to? Well, he met everyone, she was 15 and he knew. Right, but he was 17 as well. And he knew. No, I don't say it working out. Hey, knew. Young idiots don't make good decisions.

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I care too much I work too hard Great money. We're too much. That is a great one job interviews My only weakness is I'm married to the job. I don't have a great work-life balance. I just work too hard for you in the future. I love you. As a boss. I've never done it again.

Will inevitably leave me if I get this job. So please. My only weakness is my addiction to sex. Oh, okay. Well, I appreciate your honesty. But to be honest, I only do it outside of the hours of my entire day. Yeah, so I don't worry about it. Not to bother more yours.

Not to bother. I cannot think about boobs. Yeah, I get through my addiction by having sex with the job. I'd have to do it for eight hours a day. I will be fucking my desk. And my job is satisfied. Oh, wow. Oh wow. My job.

And Billy walked at the end of the day. My work is done to climax. Ha ha ha. Well, you're doing the regret face again. Is it like that one? Benjamin Franklin. Is this how he's gotten so much done? He was married to the job.

Sounds like he was. Just banging the job. He must be, I've had a few overachievers. He must be right up there at the top. Cason over did a lot. Yeah, Cason over really got you done. Yeah, but he got you done but also fucked up a lot. Right, yeah. So this guy is, as you may have seen, he's made any enemies. Ah, I'm sure he has. His wife died alone. Okay, but he couldn't help that he was overseas. I'm here so I'd know. He couldn't help it. We don't go overseas thinking,

well you're gonna die, well I'm away do you? No, but he didn't want to go, he should have stayed with her. She didn't want to go because she was scared of the ocean. Nah, fuck her. She's clearly an idiot. Why would you be scared of that terrifying body of water? When you spend weeks on it. Yeah, what an idiot. I mean, if the Titanic's taught us anything, it's that the ocean is a friendly place. 100%. I've got no more to add to that. I think you know of it. But icebergs are the problem. Yeah. I'm scared of icebergs. Yes. I won't put ice in my drink. You know what my dad calls ice-in drinks? Speed bumps. Really?

Slow down the drink. Does he know what's causing you? Does anybody says, If you offer like a glass of water, do you know what fish do in that? Swim. Shit, he's thinking shit, isn't he? He's thinking shit. They do everything in there. Everything would be the correct answer. Yeah. Think. Mattertap. Smile. Go like this. Connect. They do, they do do that in water.

They do, they do that in water. Anyway, I'm nearly finished. So he just doesn't drink water, John. Is that right? Look, he'll chuck down cordial at the best. Cordial? Your dad is such a character. I'm not drinking water, I'm not some weirdo give me that cordial. I'll mix it with some sugar, man.

Don't you bloody worry. So funny. Frankl was embraced in France as much. with some sugar man. Don't you bloody worry. So funny. Franklin was embraced in France as much if not more for his wit and intellectual standing in the scientific community as for his status as a political appointee from a fledgling country. His reputation facilitated respect and entries into close communities, including that of King Louis, who's good with Roman numerals? What was that on the other hand? XVI.

XVI. F***. King Louis XVI. Yeah. X is 10. V. Five. One.

Or I, even, is one. If it's after the V-day, if it's before the V, it's a subtraction, is that right? That's correct. So IV is four. I get it. There's a subtraction, is that right? That's correct. So IV is four. I get it. There's a little crash course. It was his adept diplomacy that led to the Treaty of Paris

in 1783, which ended the Revolutionary War. He just ended a war, too. So what, say, read that sentence again, please. It was his adept diplomacy that led to the Treaty of Paris in 1783, which ended the Revolutionary War. Wait, right, but that's not the Revolution there. It's just a Revolutionary War.

Oh, right, sorry, yes. Did I say finished or ended a war? Yeah, right, right. OK, great. I thought I'd said he ended the Revolution. I was correct in his hand, myself. Yeah, but I thought I was like, yeah. He finished the round.

I know that would have been huge I can feel big anyway right just after that though What is what's the revolutionary wall? Oh? I'm just a bit of French revolution. I'm not sure about the right is Late 17 80s to 1790 I think So after almost a decade in France Franklin returned to the United States in 1783. He was elected in 1787 to represent Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention, which drafted and ratified their new US Constitution.

Franklin helped found the society for political inquiries dedicated to improving knowledge of government in 1787. He served as president for the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of slavery and wrote many tracks urging the abolition of slavery and petitioned the US Congress in 1790 to end slavery and the slave trade. He'd had slaves earlier in his life, but as he's like as he's views sort of changed more and more, he was like, no, that's not right. I'm pretty sure he let his slaves go. He must have. Anyway, Benjamin Franklin died on April 17, 1790 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the home of his daughter, Sarah. He was 84, suffered from gout and had complained of

ailments for some time, and he bequeathed most of his estate to Sarah, and very little to William, whose opposition to the Patriot caused, still stung him. Oh, so he never made up? Not really. He also donated money that funded scholarships, schools, and museums in Boston and Philadelphia. So he's just like left, because he was quite wealthy. And so he left money to Sarah and to fund scholarships. So he, so he, when did America founded? So he died a little while into that. You went, when you said the son that, like he was the founding father, right? So he, he died in the USA, right?

Or whatever. Yeah. Yeah. But he, he was born in like the, right? Or whatever. Yeah. Yeah. But he was born in like the British North America, whatever. Is that sort of wrong? Yes. That's fair. That's what he saw so much change as well.

Yeah, a lot of change. And probably he can get a lot of... Yeah, I was so influential. Wow. I had no idea. I knew him as the kite guy really, and being... Is he one of the... He's not on the rock, is he?

I thought he was and that's what was gonna be my question. I was gonna be like, who's third from the left? But he's not. No, that's, that's Babe or Ham Lincoln. Jefferson Lincoln, Washington and Roosevelt. Very good. Right. Now I wanna end on something that I haven't done

for a little while. Oh, fun facts. Fun facts. Woo! Oh, I have the done for a little while. Oh, fun facts. Fun facts! Woooow! I have the lured facts too. They're not lured. So, a self-taught swimmer who crafted his own wooden flippers, Frankl have performed long-distance swims on the Thames.

In 1968 he was inducted as an honorary member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. What? That's a little bit fun. What year? Not until the 1960s. Ah, still cool. That is amazing. All these honors, that's probably the reason number one.

Wooden flippers. Wooden flippers, together with wooden and dingers. He was an avid chess player. He was playing... I don't understand how he fit everything in. I know. He was an avid chess player. I don't understand how he fit everything in. I know. He was an avid chess player. Didn't have Netflix. No, they're, he did have a podcast.

Ah, right. This was, I got some time. So much time. I think all the stuff we could do, I would have found at least one hospital. Ah, easily, yeah, yeah. And I would have attended it. I would have probably watched a movie last night. Wouldn't have paid you bill for about six months.

I would have watched a movie on Netflix instead of doing this report last night on the Saturday night. Wow. I know. Yeah, anyway. Makes you think. Makes you think. He was playing chess by around 1733, making him the first chess player known by name in the American colonies. That's a weird note. Anyway. Everyone else is known by name in the American colonies. That's a weird, that's a weird note. Anyway. Everyone else is known by their height. Good evening, 1.68.

Good evening, 1.74. His essay on the morals of chess in Colombian magazine in December of 1786 is the second known writing on chess in America. He also wrote about chess. He was beaten by 1.68. Franklin is known to have played the violin, the harp, and the guitar. Fuck off, mate.

He also composed music, notably a string quartet in the early classical style. He developed a much improved version of the glass harmonica, in which the glass rotate, glasses rotate on a shaft and the plays, players, fingers hold them steady. And this version soon found its way to Europe. Both Beethoven and Mozart composed music for this instrument. What? That's cool. That's cool. That's fun. Those are my fun facts. That's a rock solid fun facts.

Oh, killer no filler. We've got to remember though that he was a dirty perv. And we've got to take him on face value because he's in the golden hat. And I started up the top with the dirty perv stuff but I couldn't find a lot in there. So, I mean, dig a little deeper if you want to. Because when he got to Paris he had a few darling answers. Yeah. I think he may have back home too.

Oh, alright. And we'll put, I'm sure we'll find some stuff listeners Twedis or whatever and we'll we'll share them out any sort of loot tails Yeah, any Benjamin Franklin pornos any any photos of videos any gifts Bring on the gifts sure. Surely there's a founding father themed porn. Oh Okay, what would you call it Dave? Pounding fathers Which is such it sounds funny, but then you think about it. It's that's it's so fucked

Fuck you're so good at porn names, though Thank you. Thank you. It's a real art. I know I wish I could somehow monetize it. Yeah Well, I suppose I could just work in the porn industry. There you go, bang. There we go, you're done. Anyway, as always, we should probably thank some of our Patreon listeners, shouldn't we? We should, and I'm keen to maybe, we'll

thank a few more because we've had a few people messaging, I say, no, it's taking a while to get up to my name. So we're going to start doing twice as many as we normally do at the end. Because we're kind of getting, which we are so thankful for, more people pledging than the three of a week that we can actually get through. So thank you so much everyone that does support the show. You obviously get rewards like being read out or bonus episodes, which are always very, very fun. There'll be a bonus episode

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Oh, I did it. Yeah, that was fun. Yeah, do you want us to, we haven't really talked about that. Maybe we should give a little sizzle so Matt did the topic Prince What was his name? Prince von Einholm. That's right and he is a real crazy character is born in Germany And he ended up moving over to America and marrying Jar Jar Gabor and he was not a prince. He wasn't a prince. He got, he basically, he paid to be adopted.

As an adult. As like, he was like 36 when he got adopted. He got a princess to adopt him. So we, we talk, I think that episode, they meant to be mini, but they often end up going for nearly an hour anyway. He got for an hour. Well that one might have even, yeah. Anyway, so check that out. It's just like hanging out. So if you pledge those old episodes are still there available, for now anyway, we didn't have them all keep them up forever. But, you know, I think there's seven or eight feet of catch up on it.

A lot of fun. Anyway, I'd love to thank a couple of my favorite listeners and slash patrons now. Obviously, first off the list is Stephen Lask. He's a guy you can depend on. That's when I think of Steven Last. He's a guy that is there when you need him to the very end. And also Robert Fahli. He is one fine piece of ace. Let's say, yeah, Fowl,

just Fowl, he quote from Billy Madison. He's an Englishman from... Yeah, Veronica Wally. Fowl is one fine piece of ace. That is correct. That's what he's doing, the stripping. As he stripping. Billy's getting onto the bus.

And this farly says that. And then he goes, you know, if you know what I mean. And Sam's like, no, no, I don't know what I'm doing. And he goes, me and her, we got it on. And he goes, no, he didn't. And he goes, you can imagine what it'd be like, but they drive. Everybody on the bus? God, great, grand.

Real fun stuff. Remember when Adam Sanders made good movies? I don't know if he ever made good movies or if we were just younger, that's a big debate. Yeah, okay. Because you watch him now and you're like, eh. Anyway.

I have not seen that in a long time, but I do have fond memories of it. But anyway, Robert Filey, what a legend. He's from... Carl Shulton in England. I wonder if he's gonna be our only Carl Shulton, a little village south of London. So stoked to hear this thing.

He's got his earth. Supporting, thanks so much, Robert. Can I call you Bobbie F? I wanna call him Rob. Rob. Rob Fahley. Robbie. Do his accent.

You'd know the Carl Shulton accent from South London. South London. It's probably not quite that. Definitely not that. You'd know the casual turn accent from South London. South London. It's probably not quite that. Definitely not that. Straight to a Dell every time. I love good evening London. Thanks so much Robert and thanks so much Steven Last. You guys are there, Jens.

Dave, you got some people to thank? Well, from one side of Europe to the other. Well, not fully to the other side, but still incredible that we're sitting here in Melbourne, Australia. And we have two people that pledge, first of all, all the way from Germany. A large country. And of course, I share the German blood that no doubt runs through your veins. Chris, Micka Lear, thank you so much for pledging from there. On your Chris, thank you Lear, thank you so much for pledging from there. It's um... On your Chris. Thank you.

So so cool. Let me just do a little German for you Chris. It can't kind dodge Sprecken. Connancy English Sprecken. I can't speak German. Do you speak English? Clearly you do Chris, otherwise you've just pledged something that you don't understand. Well he finally, the first words he finally understood on the podcast

You just said Possibly also very patronizing he obviously understands English possibly also the first words that our next Patreon just because Australia doesn't learn other languages, which is a real downfall in our education system Did you just come in that conversation right at the end? Anyway, can I also say that those words may also have been the first words ever understood by our Swiss listener. Whoa. Many of them do speak German.

Roger Federer. It is Roger Federer's neighbor, Jeffrey Neckis. Oh, Neckis. Oh, so, so good. That's a good name. Neckis, any K.Y.S. I'm so sorry for mispronounced that, but let me just say it can't kind Deutsch bracket. Contents the English bracket, Jeffrey Ne Neckons do you speak English Jeffrey?

Let us know so thank you so much It's incredible that people in the other world are pledging every month. You know I've got Swiss blood my great great Grandfather came to Australia from Gudo he grew up in this tiny village in Switzerland near the border of Italy called Gudo I'm gonna go visit it next year. That's cool. Yeah, we're just, just figured out what a mate is going to go near there. I'm like, can I come too? So good.

Very good, that's awesome. Oh, well, let me ask you a question, Matt. It can't kind German, Conancy English, Matt Stewart. Matt Stewart. See. He's nailed it that it's on the board of there Italy and See I can speak English say Paulo Paulo, L'Englese

See Vavenin no non-Sempré in Ritardo means no I wasn't like I went that in you know, I retarded. I mean, no, I wasn't late. I went that in, you know, I'm... I would also like to thank a couple of people all the way from Canada. Oh my god, we've been so international today. Very international. I would love to thank the lovely Kathleen Neves. I hope it's Neves. Neves are names. It's probably Neves. Oh, Neves. Neves. Never. Kathleen, you know who you are deep down. Thanks so much, Kat. You are an absolute champion.

Thank you very much for listening to the show and contributing on Patreon. I'm happy 150's birthday to Canada this year. Happy birthday Canada. 150 years ago. You've been looking so fine. Good on you guys. Everyone loves Canada, right? That's one thing about Canada is there's no haters of Canada

I think Canada are in New Zealand. Yeah nobody hates them. There's definitely there's so nice. They're so nice I reckon we're probably a little bit hated. Yeah, but we're mostly nice, but we can be dicks. Yeah, well, yeah no doubt about that. Yeah You know who isn't a dick and is Australian Is our good friend and patreon contributor Phil kit oh Phil kit Phil with legit no Phil we know Phil met him at a live shows Phil came to our live shows and he's a is an awesome dude and he's a photographer and he's just a great great human being He looks like Nick Mason high-fill big Phil fan. Big Phil fan. He's like a Hollywood Nick Mason. Oh my god, yes.

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Amazing. Rami to the moose. Really tickle me. Oh that's good. Yeah so we're dumb. Let's get out of here. Alright thank you so much for listening guys. If you want to get in contact, all the links are in,

including the Patreon link in the description of the episode. Jess is telling me she wants to say something. I was thinking of the page, I was like, I gave it to you, I was like, wrap it up Dave, but we are so, so close to our goal of $2,000, which will mean that listeners will get to vote on either Matt or I getting a tattoo. So if you are listening to this and you don't, you don't get to be on Patreon, maybe you've got a few bucks you want to throw and also you'd like to embarrass us.

Can I just say I feel so good that I did not agree with that? Yeah, my regret face, maybe that's what I should get tattooed, is my regret face that I have while getting the tattooed. Artists have to keep checking your face. Oh that would be great. Yeah, so you're really close. So if you want to contribute to your pay... Obviously there are rewards for most levels and there's a real diverse range of rewards

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excited about than anything ever is we've got a target, a stretch goal of 7,000. If we get there, we're going to do an American tour and maybe even elsewhere as well. Canada and one Canada is in America, right? North America. Anyway. You mean in our tour? To our show. I want it. And it isn't in America.

It's in North America anyway. It's weird that the USA gets to own America as a word when North America is in anywhere. Whatever. I'm not here to bloody talk politics. Sorry. Sorry to get up there on my high horse. Get down. Not a finish up. Yes, we do And then can we go to let's do it to her in Europe as well. Okay. Yes. Oh, thanks, Jess

I'm ready to go. Connancy English. Brick and I'll say a palo un po italiano Un po Is that I speak pretty good to speak a little bit of Italian And then they start going, I get, hmm, see, see, and then I accidentally sell Matt into a sex library. In Italy? Yes! Oh, they're all studs. Don't worry about it. Yeah, you'll be great. You're not a good time.

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