This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Chris Flynn, Studio Manager at Franklin TV. We met at the Franklin TV studios on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.

Key topics

• Horace Mann project
• Conceptually four episodes to retell the life of Mann
• Uses virtual technology to film real time with a green screen
• Looking for actors interested in participating in the production

Reach out to Chris via email to CFLYNN@franklin.tv

The recording runs about 33 minutes. Let’s listen to my conversation with Chris on his Horace Mann project

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Louise Hall Tharp -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Hall_Tharp

** The Peabody Sisters of Salem (Little, Brown and Company: Boston, 1950). 1968 pbk reprint. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003UY3FFA

** Until Victory: Horace Mann and Mary Peabody (Boston: Little, Brown, 1953)

Jonathan MESSERLI (Author)

** Horace Mann: A Biography Hardcover – January 1, 1972

Horace Mann burial site in Providence RI, info and a site map

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/664/horace-mann

John Adams mini series on HBO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams_(miniseries)

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