Episode 334-Caputo and Franklin-A Conversation

Philip Caputo wrote more than a dozen books, including ‘Notes from the Longest Road’ about a trip he took with his wife that started in Key West, Florida, and ended in Point Barrow, Alaska, towing an Airstream camper behind their pickup. The goal? Answer one question: After nearly 250 years, a Civil War, countless other conflicts, racial divides, and political turmoil, what is it that holds this country together, still governed by the same Constitution that the nation’s founders adopted in 1789? As I was reading Caputo’s book, I was also reading Walter Isaacson’s ‘Benjamin Franklin.’ And in fact, I finished them at about the same time. The weird thing is that both authors reached similar conclusions about the country. In this episode, I weave them together. Enjoy.