The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet: The Favorite Founder’s Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity by Michael Meyer

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet: The Favorite Founder’s Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity by Michael Meyer


Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet: The Favorite Founder’s Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity by Michael Meyer

The incredible story of Benjamin Franklin’s parting gift to the working-class people of Boston and Philadelphia—a deathbed wager that captures the Founder’s American Dream and his lessons for our current, conflicted age

Benjamin Franklin was not a gambling man. But at the end of his illustrious life, the Founder allowed himself a final wager on the survival of the United States: a gift of two thousand pounds to Boston and Philadelphia, to be lent out to tradesmen over the next two centuries to jump‑start their careers. Each loan would be repaid with interest over ten years. If all went according to Franklin’s inventive scheme, the accrued final payout in 1991 would be a windfall.

In Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet, Michael Meyer traces the evolution of these twin funds as they age alongside America itself, bankrolling woodworkers and silversmiths, trade schools and space races. Over time, Franklin’s wager was misused, neglected, and contested—but never wholly extinguished. With charm and inquisitive flair, Meyer shows how Franklin’s stake in the “leather-apron” class remains in play to this day, and offers an inspiring blueprint for prosperity in our modern era of growing wealth disparity and social divisions.

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The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Florence Price: Sonata for Piano in E minor by Clipper Erickson

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Florence Price: Sonata for Piano in E minor by Clipper Erickson Clippererickson.com Florence Price: Sonata for Piano in E minor! Clipper Erickson brings commanding insight to Florence Price’s 1932 W...

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The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Beautifully Broken: Learning to Trust God in my Brokenness by Lavon Hodge

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Beautifully Broken: Learning to Trust God in my Brokenness by Lavon Hodge https://www.amazon.com/Beautifully-Broken-Learning-Trust-Brokenness/dp/B0DKB3BZ4X Beautifullybless.com This moving book pro...

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The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Unlicensed Medicine: Releasing Ancestral Trauma and Unleashing the Power of your Lineage by Dr. Meher Chahal

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Unlicensed Medicine: Releasing Ancestral Trauma and Unleashing the Power of your Lineage by Dr. Meher Chahal

Unlicensed Medicine: Releasing Ancestral Trauma and Unleashing the Power of your Lineage by Dr. Meher Chahal Drmeherchahal.com https://www.amazon.com/Unlicensed-Medicine-Releasing-Ancestral-Unleashi...

9 Feb 26min

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Stealing Forbidden Dreams by Edward L Alban

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Stealing Forbidden Dreams by Edward L Alban https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Forbidden-Dreams-Edward-Alban/dp/1962931005 Maria Diaz, originally from Ecuador, teaches math in a Miami high school. She...

9 Feb 28min

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Pharmacology For Babies by Amanda Mullins

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Pharmacology For Babies by Amanda Mullins

Pharmacology For Babies by Amanda Mullins https://www.amazon.com/Pharmacology-Babies-Amanda-Mullins/dp/B0BM3DD9LM Understanding basic pharmacology is important for the safe use of medicines. Recepto...

9 Feb 35min

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Giving Is Not Just For The Very Rich: A How-to Guide for Giving and Philanthropy by Susan Aurelia Gitelson

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Giving Is Not Just For The Very Rich: A How-to Guide for Giving and Philanthropy by Susan Aurelia Gitelson

Giving Is Not Just For The Very Rich: A How-to Guide for Giving and Philanthropy by Susan Aurelia Gitelson https://www.amazon.com/Giving-Just-Very-Rich-How/dp/1468111043 A valuable resource for you...

8 Feb 18min

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – The A-Suite: Trust, Strategy, and Breaking Barriers with Justina Beth-El Johnson

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The A-Suite: Trust, Strategy, and Breaking Barriers with Justina Beth-El Johnson Valkyrie Solutions: Valkyrieus.com Justina Bethel’s Music: justinabethel.com About the Guest(s): Justina Beth-El Jo...

7 Feb 40min

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Rational Thoughts: Common sense improvements to life in America by Sam Galanis

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Rational Thoughts: Common sense improvements to life in America by Sam Galanis https://www.amazon.com/Rational-Thoughts-Common-improvements-America/dp/B0F1GYBRXT Samgalanis.myshopify.com Rational ...

6 Feb 41min

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