Constitutional Convention (United States)
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Constitutional Convention (United States) has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
Holland praises Franklin's pragmatic, compromising spirit at the Constitutional Convention over the certainty of other revolutionaries.
“Who wouldn't prefer that kind of spirit of pragmatic compromise to the white-hot certainty of a Cromwell or a Robespierre or a Lenin?”
The Rest Is History: 684. Franklin: Revenge of the American Genius (Part 2) (Jul 1, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:26
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- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
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684. Franklin: Revenge of the American Genius (Part 2)The Rest Is History · Jul 1, 2026 · 1 h 13 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace Benjamin Franklin's life from Puritan Boston boyhood and Enlightenment fame to revolutionary diplomat, Constitution signatory and late abolitionist.