“From Poor Richard’s Almanac to Podcasting: The Next New New Things in Communications” is a Benjamin Franklin Legacy Series event to explore Franklin’s contributions to communications technology and the guests look ahead to what’s next in the 21st century.

The panel included: Matt Bond; Joe Trippi, Democratic campaign operative who revolutionized the use of the Internet for political campaigns; and William Bastone, co-founder and editor of The Smoking Gun who broke the story on James Frey’s discrepancies in his latest novel A Million Little Pieces. The program was moderated by John Palfrey.