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Pursuit: The Founders' Guide to Happiness

Pursuit: The Founders' Guide to Happiness

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Pursuit: The Founders’ Guide to Happiness, is a 12-part series hosted by Jeffrey Rosen featuring Ken Burns and leading scholars. It explores how the founders understood personal growth and lifelong learning as essential to the common good, why those ideas matter today, and how you can put them into practice.

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  • Episode 4: Industry with Thomas Jefferson’s Reading List

    Episode 4: Industry with Thomas Jefferson’s Reading List
    Sep 30 2025

    In 1771, Thomas Jefferson sent his friend Robert Skipwith a curated reading list. In this episode, Jeffrey Rosen, with the help of scholar Eric Slauter and Ken Burns, dives into Jefferson’s recommendations and the importance of deep daily reading.


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    Pursuit: The Founders’ Guide to Happiness is made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation. © 2025 National Constitution Center. All Rights Reserved.
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    29 m
  • Episode 3: Humility with John and Abigail Adams

    Episode 3: Humility with John and Abigail Adams
    Sep 23 2025

    John and Abigail Adams formed a partnership fueled by intellectual curiosity, a desire to be the best versions of themselves and many, many letters. Jeffrey Rosen speaks with political historian Lindsay Chervinsky and Ken Burns on how John and Abigail supported each other through the birth of the United States.


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    • Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org
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    Pursuit: The Founders’ Guide to Happiness is made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation. © 2025 National Constitution Center. All Rights Reserved.
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    34 m
  • Episode 2: Expansive Temperance with Benjamin Franklin

    Episode 2: Expansive Temperance with Benjamin Franklin
    Sep 16 2025

    In his autobiography at the age of 79, Benjamin Franklin attributed the happiness of his long life to his “evenness of temper,” rather than to his public accomplishments. Jeffrey Rosen speaks with Franklin scholar Stacy Schiff about why he put temperance first on his list of virtues. Then, Ken Burns shares what he takes away from Ben Franklin’s incomplete quest for moral perfection.


    Stay Connected and Learn More

    • Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org
    • Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr
    • Explore the America at 250 Civic Toolkit
    • Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate
    • Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen
    • Join us for an upcoming live program or watch recordings on YouTube
    • Support our important work:
    Donate Pursuit: The Founders’ Guide to Happiness is made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation. © 2025 National Constitution Center. All Rights Reserved.
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    38 m
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