Jun 29, 2026 · 44 min · 15 segments
Did you know that when colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor they dressed up like Native Americans? Rebecca goes to Boston with historian Phil Deloria (Dakota descent) to try and understand…
Rebecca NagleHost
Phil DeloriaGuestJeffGuestEvan O'BrienGuestIn our new series, American Genius, we tell the stories of three great writers who changed the way business works in America.
Our first episode is about Benjamin Franklin, who, among many other things, was a best-selling business writer.
Take a listen.
He's writing this much later in his life, consciously creating this image of himself.
And I do wanna emphasize how unusual this model is at the time, this self-made man myth, because you don't wanna be self-made.
It's low class to be self-made.
You know, this idea that we have today is the opposite, right? And it comes from Franklin.
Today, there is the derisive term nepo baby.
Well, exactly right.
And these days, if you are a billionaire, you had better have a Benjamin Franklin story about starting in a garage, coming up with the idea from nothing.
New episodes release every Wednesday on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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In our new series, American Genius, we tell the stories of three great writers who changed the way business works in America.
Our first episode is about Benjamin Franklin, who, among many other things, was a best-selling business writer.
Take a listen.
He's writing this much later in his life, consciously creating this image of himself.
And I do wanna emphasize how unusual this model is at the time, this self-made man myth, because you don't wanna be self-made.
It's low class to be self-made.
You know, this idea that we have today is the opposite, right? And it comes from Franklin.
Today, there is the derisive term nepo baby.
Well, exactly right.
And these days, if you are a billionaire, you had better have a Benjamin Franklin story about starting in a garage, coming up with the idea from nothing.
New episodes release every Wednesday on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.