It was an honor to interview historian Liz Covart, host of the highly regard show Ben Franklin’s World, which is a podcast that explores Early American history. We talked about why this period of our history remains vitally important as well as some of the challenges that face historians.

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• Liz Covart

• Ben Franklin's World- a podcast about Early American History

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• Omohundro Institute

• Proving History: Bayes's Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus by Richard Carrier

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