“Understand him for his flaws as well as for his greatness.”
We welcome historian Joseph Ellis to the program this week to talk about his book American Creation. In the book, Ellis notes a series of five contributions the founding fathers made and Clay Jenkinson asks how those contributions are holding up during our time.
Further Reading
American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic by Joseph J. Ellis
Thomas Jefferson by Ken Burns
The Spirit of the Laws by Montesquieu
You can now record a question for President Jefferson by calling the TJH Hotline: (701) 575-0727
What Would Jefferson Do?
“I don’t think that he was as intellectually acute as he had been at previous moments in his life.”
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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.
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.
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.
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.