Clay & David discuss Alexander Hamilton; Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical, Hamilton; and related topics, including Jason Frank and Isaac Kramnick's June 2016 opinion piece in the New York Times, "What ‘Hamilton’ Forgets About Hamilton".
All You Need Is Love
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What Jefferson Said
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Daisy
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Noah
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Banned…Again
The Oracle of Delphi
Dumas Malone
Lost Artifacts
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"Æneas carries his father Anchises out of burning Troy," from the New York Public Library Digital Collections.
More With Doctor Beltramini
God & Farming
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"An Acre of Grapes from a Single Vine, California," c. 1898-1931 from the New York Public Library Digital Collections.
Paradox & Hypocrisy
Have Another Brownie, Mr. Madison
It's sex, drugs and... puritanical Jefferson on this week's 1776 Club exclusive broadcast. Clay tells a story about going onstage after a band to explain how to grow hemp to an audience of angry heavy metal fans. After you hear the show, let us know — are you as excited about those t-shirts as we are? If anyone finds one, we want to see! Apparently there are still 4,992 lying around waiting to be sold!
Monticello: What to See
Rome in a Day
Clay is back in the barn again today to speak with David for this 1776 Club broadcast. Rome wasn't built in a day — but now, as Clay tells us after his flight, you can get from Rome to Bismarck, ND in less than 24 hours. Clay talks about his history in radio and the stack of tapes in his basement that contain his early days on the air.
Jefferson Would Have Loved It
Clay wonders why Jefferson never made it to Rome considering that it would have been a high point of Jefferson's life. David lists three character traits that Clay has in common with Jefferson — both good and bad! Finally, the hosts discuss listener questions and international views on the presidential elections of the Unites States.
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.