Show notes
The year is 1762! Benjamin Franklin throws things away in Philadelphia! Peter the Great isn't great for very long. And we learn about America's oldest tavern, Fraunces Tavern, before hearing about the execution of Jean Calas.
Warning - the discussion of Jean Calas contains mentions of suicide.
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Intro Music: "Horse Race" by EstherGarcia.
https://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/history
www.biography.com/.amp/political-figure/peter-iii
https://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/the-romanov-dynasty/peter-iii/
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/03/13/broken-on-the-wheel/
https://www.epa.gov/npdes/industrial-wastewater
http://www.phillyh2o.org/canvas/canvas02.htm
http://www.wrc.udel.edu/wp-content/Research/The%20Delaware%20River%20Revival%20G%20J%20Kauffman%202010.pdf
The Delaware River Revival: Four Centuries of Historic Water Quality Change from Henry Hudson to Benjamin Franklin to JFK,
“Small Matters”: Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia and the “Progress of Cities” A Michal McMAhon
