A new episode of the “History This Week” podcast from History Channel tells the story of how and why the Second Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin postmaster general on July 26, 1775.
The podcast features USPS Historian Steve Kochersperger along with Dan Piazza and Lynn Heidelbaugh of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum.
The “Ben Franklin Gets Fired” episode was released on July 20 and is available on Substack and most podcast platforms.
