On this episode, listeners call us and ask their questions directly to President Jefferson. The inquiries cover a broad collection of topics: Jefferson's relationship with the press, postage costs during his time, President Andrew Jackson, patents, banking, and a request for advice on getting involved with local government.
Interested in appearing on a future call-in episode? Please submit your questions!
Further Reading:
- 99% Invisible: "The Revolutionary Post"
- The Washington Post on President Trump's quoting of Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 24 Oct. 1787
Performing as Thomas Jefferson
The Jefferson Watch
From Clay:
I am happiest when I am talking with real people in America. I light up during the Q&A sessions of my performances, when I am engaged with some actual American citizen who has a question she or he really wants answered by one of America’s most remarkable individuals.
Read Clay's Jefferson Watch essay, "Performing as Thomas Jefferson."
What Would Jefferson Do?
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— Lisa Suhay (@NiceChess757) March 7, 2017
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.
This week, Clay Jenkinson interviews frequent guest Beau Breslin of Skidmore College about the most famous decision in Supreme Court history.
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.
This week's episode of the Thomas Jefferson Hour was recorded live at Radford University in Radford, Virginia in February 2023.