Prompted by a listener letter, Clay answers the question, “If Thomas Jefferson appeared before you today, what would you want to show him from our time?”
Further Reading
- Episode #1114 Dinner for Five
- The Jefferson Image in the American Mind by Merrill D. Peterson
- Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation: A Biography by Merrill D. Peterson
- Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham
- Empire of Liberty: The Statecraft of Thomas Jefferson by Robert W. Tucker and David C. Hendrickson
- American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis
- Thomas Jefferson: A Strange Case of Mistaken Identity by Alf J. Mapp
- Thomas Jefferson: Passionate Pilgrim (The Presidency, the Founding of the University, and the Private Battle) by Alf J. Mapp
- Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty by John B. Boles
- Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
What Would Jefferson Do?
“I wanted a much looser system of self-government amongst the students.”
Tune in to your local public radio or join the 1776 Club to hear this episode of What Would Thomas Jefferson Do?
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.