American Philosophical Society
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3 mentions
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first heard May 2026
last heard 13 Jun
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Scientific society founded by Franklin to promote knowledge exchange
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Peak in the week of 26 May — 2 mentions across 2 series.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentLucas BottaHistoria en Podcast · 255. Benjamin Franklin · 41:45 · 13 Jun
…impulsa lo que va a ser la American Philosophical Society, una institución que va a estar dedicada al intercambio científico e intelectual.…
Jeremy GoldsteinThis American Life · 137: The Book That Changed Your Life · 37:21 · 31 May
…Most of the journals are stored at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.…
UnknownBoring History for Sleep · Benjamin Franklin — A Life of Curiosity and Contradictions... · 3:25:47 · 30 May
…The American Philosophical Society, which he helped found in 1743 and which still exists today, was explicitly modelled on the principle that knowledge advances through exchange rather than competition, that the collective enterprise of understanding the natural world was better served by sharing findings freely than by protecting them commercially.…
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