Best Thomas Jefferson Hour Podcasts (2023)

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1550 The Death of Glen Canyon Dam 51:31

27m ago51:31

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This week, Clay Jenkinson speaks with the director of the Glen Canyon Institute Eric Balken for our initiative Water and the West: The West Runs Dry. Balken believes Glen Canyon Dam should be re-engineered to pass the water of the Colorado River, including its immense silt load, around Glen Canyon Dam. Given the over-allocation of the Colorado Rive…

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#1549 Welcome to Listening to America 1:03:11

7d ago1:03:11

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This week, Clay Jenkinson inaugurates the first episode of Listening to America with WHRV's Barbara Hamm Lee in the studios of WHRV in Norfolk, Virginia. How will Listening to America be different from the Thomas Jefferson Hour? Clay explains the mission of Listening to America--to go out and find the authentic voices of America as we approach the …

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1548 Ten Things about Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address 59:42

14d ago59:42

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This week, Clay Jenkinson discusses Jefferson’s first inaugural address with regular guest Lindsay Chervinsky. The speech, inaudibly delivered on March 4, 1801, is regarded as one of the top five in American history. After a hotly contested election, Jefferson was able to say, “We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.” Part utopian vision fo…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1547 Jefferson, John Marshall, and Judicial Review 54:35

21d ago54:35

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This week, Clay Jenkinson interviews frequent guest Beau Breslin of Skidmore College about the most famous decision in Supreme Court history. One William Marbury sued the US Government for not installing him into a post to which he had been appointed by outgoing President John Adams. Marshall could not find a way to get Marbury his job, but he did …

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1546 The Founders and the Cutting Room Floor 53:09

28d ago53:09

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Professor Beau Breslin of Skidmore College returns to the Thomas Jefferson Hour to talk about important passages that were edited out of key American documents of the Founding Era, including the famous anti-slavery passage of the Declaration of Independence. How would America have been different if Jefferson’s attack on the slave trade had been inc…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1545 Live from Radford University 51:24

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This week's episode of the Thomas Jefferson Hour was recorded live at Radford University in Radford, Virginia in February 2023. Support the show by joining the 1776 Club or by donating to the Thomas Jefferson Hour, Inc. You can learn more about Clay's cultural tours and retreats at jeffersonhour.com/tours. Check out our merch. You can find Clay's b…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1544 Ten Things about Woodrow Wilson 50:19

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This week, Clay Jenkinson’s conversation with Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky about the 28th President of the United States Woodrow Wilson. Best known for his Fourteen Points and the League of Nations, Wilson was one of the most pronounced idealists among American presidents. He said he wanted to make the world safe for democracy. Meanwhile, at home, he sup…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1543 Are We Rome? 58:24

2M ago58:24

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This week, Clay Jenkinson’s conversation with Dr. Edward Watts, professor of history at the University of California San Diego. Watts, the author of Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny, is a historian of the classical world or more than 2000 years ago, but his work inevitably asks the question, is the American republic in the kind of chaos …

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1542 The Quest for the Wooly Mammoth 55:01

2M ago55:01

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This week, Clay Jenkinson’s conversation with Dr. Grant Zazula, a Yukon paleontologist. Nothing seemed to have fascinated Thomas Jefferson more than the mammoth and the mastodon, to the point that his detractors ridiculed his obsession. Jefferson convinced Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to dig up mastodon bones at Big Bone Lick, Kentucky. Grant…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1541 Ten Things About Dolley Madison 1:00:07

2M ago1:00:07

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This week, Clay Jenkinson and Lindsay Chervinsky discuss the first great First Lady in American history, Dolley Madison. Topics include her attitudes towards race and slavery, her sixteen years as the principal social arbiter and hostess in the new capital in Washington, DC, her relationship with Jefferson and her husband's amazing friendship and c…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1540 The Jeffersonians in Power 58:58

2M ago58:58

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This week, Clay Jenkinson has a conversation with Dr. Kevin Gutzman, Professor of History at Western Connecticut State University and author of The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe. Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe held the presidency between 1800 and 1824. These three close friends and Virginia …

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1539 The Alcoholic Republic 59:24

3M ago59:24

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Guest host Catherine Jenkinson interviews Mr. Jefferson about addiction, alcoholism, and depression in the early American republic. Jefferson explains that there were no treatment programs in his time for either mental illness or addiction. The insane asylums of the time were unspeakably horrible. Jefferson was well aware of the problems of alcohol…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1538 Explaining the Marshall Trilogy 1:05:47

3M ago1:05:47

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This week, former U.S. Attorney Tim Purdon joins Clay Jenkinson to explain the famous "Marshall Trilogy," the three landmark Supreme Court cases issued by Chief Justice John Marshall between 1823 and 1832. The first, Johnson v. M'Intosh (1823) incorporated the Doctrine of Discovery into American law. The second, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) de…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1537 Thinking about Statues and Monuments 59:11

3M ago59:11

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This week, Clay Jenkinson and Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky discuss the movement to remove statues and monuments across the United States. Each of them offers a list of questions that should be asked whenever a monument is under fire, and things we should all keep in mind as we proceed. They highlight the George Mason monument at George Mason University, …

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1536 Ten Things: Jefferson and John Marshall 59:39

3M ago59:39

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This week Clay Jenkinson has a conversation with regular guest Lindsay Chervinsky about the first great Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall. Marshall was a Virginia Federalist, persuaded by George Washington to run for Congress and appointed Chief Justice by President John Adams in early 1801. Topics include the mutual distrust of Jeff…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1535 Forgotten Founder 54:06

4M ago54:06

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This week Clay Jenkinson and Joseph Ellis answer a listener question comparing the events of January 6th with the Boston Tea Party and go on to discuss an almost forgotten founding father - Henry Laurens. Laurens was a merchant, slave trader, and rice planter from South Carolina who became a political leader during the Revolutionary War. He was cap…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1534 Alexander Hamilton and the U.S. Constitution 1:02:51

4M ago1:02:51

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A conversation with retired Lt. Colonel Hal Bidlack, a former political science professor who is one of the nation’s top Alexander Hamilton impersonators. Our focus this week is Hamilton’s role in the constitutional convention of 1787. Did he really give a six hour speech in which he called for the president to serve for life, senators for life, an…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1533 A Conversation with Hamilton Scholar Hal Bidlack 50:26

4M ago50:26

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In this episode, Clay Jenkinson visits with Alexander Hamilton scholar Hal Bidlack exploring the character of Hamilton, his rags to riches story, his essential friendship with George Washington, but also his self-destructive prickliness about his honor. The wide-ranging conversation inevitably leads to the dueling grounds of Wehaukon, New Jersey, w…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1532 The Enlightenment in 2022: A Progress Report 1:03:26

4M ago1:03:26

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The Jefferson Hour's Enlightenment correspondent David Nicandri, author of three books and formerly the director of the Washington State Historical Society, discusses the current state of the Enlightenment with host Clay Jenkinson. The Enlightenment (1680-1826) with its faith in progress, science, reason, and the modest perfectibility of humanity, …

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1531 The Return Journey of Lewis and Clark 1:03:01

4M ago1:03:01

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David Nicandri and Clay Jenkinson discuss the return journey of Lewis and Clark in 1806. Nicandri is the author of the acclaimed book, River of Promise: Lewis and Clark on the Columbia. Both scholars of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Clay and David explore the challenges of getting the Corps of Discovery back from the Pacific coast to St. Louis. T…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1530 A Conversation with Jeffersonian Gardener Pat Brodowski 50:12

5M ago50:12

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This week on the Thomas Jefferson Hour, Clay Jenkinson visits with Pat Brodowski, formerly the head gardener at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Pat explains how she found her way to Monticello, what she learned about Thomas Jefferson from working every day in his extensive garden, and how she is occupying her time now as a retiree. Plus, Pat gives t…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1529 American History with Lindsay Chervinsky (Part Two) 1:00:10

5M ago1:00:10

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This week on the Thomas Jefferson Hour, Clay Jenkinson and Lindsay Chervinsky continue their discussion prompted by a letter from a teacher in Iowa who asks what they think are the ten most important American historical events she should teach to her students. Subscribe to the Thomas Jefferson Hour on YouTube. Support the show by joining the 1776 C…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1528 American History with Lindsay Chervinsky (Part One) 55:34

5M ago55:34

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This week on the Thomas Jefferson Hour, Clay Jenkinson and Lindsay Chervinsky respond to a letter from a teacher in Iowa who asks what they think are the ten most important American historical events she should teach to her students. Subscribe to the Thomas Jefferson Hour on YouTube. Support the show by joining the 1776 Club or by donating to the T…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1527 Year in Review 1:05:11

5M ago1:05:11

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This week on the Thomas Jefferson Hour, we look back and listen to excerpts from some of our favorite conversations from 2022, and wish all our listeners a very happy New Year. Subscribe to the Thomas Jefferson Hour on YouTube. Support the show by joining the 1776 Club or by donating to the Thomas Jefferson Hour, Inc. You can learn more about Clay'…

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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#1526 Christmas 2022 54:11

6M ago54:11

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This week on the Thomas Jefferson Hour, we have a virtual gathering (via Zoom) with some of our favorite friends and contributors to the Jefferson Hour. Brad Crisler debuts a new song written and gifted to the show. Subscribe to the Thomas Jefferson Hour on YouTube. Support the show by joining the 1776 Club or by donating to the Thomas Jefferson Ho…

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#1550 The Death of Glen Canyon Dam 51:31

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#1549 Welcome to Listening to America 1:03:11

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#1548 Ten Things about Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address 59:42

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#1547 Jefferson, John Marshall, and Judicial Review 54:35

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#1546 The Founders and the Cutting Room Floor 53:09

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#1545 Live from Radford University 51:24

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#1544 Ten Things about Woodrow Wilson 50:19

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#1543 Are We Rome? 58:24

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#1542 The Quest for the Wooly Mammoth 55:01

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#1541 Ten Things About Dolley Madison 1:00:07

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#1540 The Jeffersonians in Power 58:58

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#1539 The Alcoholic Republic 59:24

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#1538 Explaining the Marshall Trilogy 1:05:47

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#1537 Thinking about Statues and Monuments 59:11

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#1536 Ten Things: Jefferson and John Marshall 59:39

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#1535 Forgotten Founder 54:06

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#1534 Alexander Hamilton and the U.S. Constitution 1:02:51

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#1533 A Conversation with Hamilton Scholar Hal Bidlack 50:26

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#1532 The Enlightenment in 2022: A Progress Report 1:03:26

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#1531 The Return Journey of Lewis and Clark 1:03:01

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#1530 A Conversation with Jeffersonian Gardener Pat Brodowski 50:12

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#1529 American History with Lindsay Chervinsky (Part Two) 1:00:10

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#1528 American History with Lindsay Chervinsky (Part One) 55:34

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#1527 Year in Review 1:05:11

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#1526 Christmas 2022 54:11

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