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The Jackpod: The revolutionary mind

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November 21, 2025

Shown are entries of births in a historic family bible owned by the Forten family, during a press preview of a new special exhibition Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the role that concepts of power, liberty and conspiracy played in the American Revolution. (Inspired by Ken Burns’ PBS documentary series, ‘The American Revolution.’)

The Jackpod: History, literature and politics with Jack Beatty