Podcast Episodes featuring Thomas Jefferson

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Wilson Jeremiah Moses, "Thomas Jefferson: A Modern Prometheus" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

New Books Network - December 10, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 123 ratings
In Greek mythology Prometheus is the trickster Titan who gives fire to humanity. As Wilson Jeremiah Moses explains in his book Thomas Jefferson: A Modern Prometheus (Cambridge University Press, 2019) America’s third president demonstrated many of the same traits as this legendary figure over the ...

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Thomas Jefferson’s Utopian Vision and the Violent Reality

KERA's Think - October 28, 2019 19:34 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratings
Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia with equality and enlightenment in mind. In reality, the citizens of the state didn’t share the same values. Alan Taylor, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how a school founded, in part, to end slaver...

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Matthew Crow, "Thomas Jefferson, Legal History, and the Art of Recollection" (Cambridge UP, 2017)

New Books Network - September 05, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 123 ratings
Today I talked to Matthew Crow about his book Thomas Jefferson, Legal History, and the Art of Recollection, published by Cambridge University Press in 2017.  Crow studies how Jefferson’s association with legal history was born out of America’s long history as part of an early modern empire and th...

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Ann Coulter on the Thomas Jefferson Slander and Dennis Prager America: The Greatest Nation on Earth and A Fine Time to Become an American.

American Conservative University - July 10, 2019 11:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
Ann Coulter Interview and Article on the Thomas Jefferson Slander and Dennis Prager America: The Greatest Nation on Earth and A Fine Time to Become an American. PragerU- America: The Greatest Nation on Earth PragerU- A Fine Time to Become an American. Ann Coulter Interview and Article on th...

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#82: Dems' Investigation Obsession, Buttigieg Takes On Thomas Jefferson, Clown Bus Full Steam Ahead

Triggered - May 21, 2019 17:31 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 509 ratings
It's episode 82. Storm and Matt are back in the studio to talk about a recent Gallup poll that may shock you. Four in 10 Americans embrace some form of socialism. They also discuss President Trump's latest immigration plan, the House Democrats' investigation obsession, Pete Buttigieg taking on T...


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Investigating the Executive Branch: The Trial of Thomas Jefferson, Governor

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics - January 02, 2019 17:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
"Public offices are, what they should be, burdens to those appointed to them which it would be wrong to decline, though foreseen to bring with them intense labor and great private loss." So wrote a newly elected governor Jefferson to a friend. We take a look at his experience and the Revolutionar...

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Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings with Stephen O'Connor

Life Lines The Books Podcast - December 14, 2018 11:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
In this episode, we had the privilege to interview author Stephen O'Connor about his debut novel, Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings. We talked about the challenges of writing, his writing career and the themes that underlie all of his work. For show notes and more visit: www.BrooklynWrite...

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Ep. 1229 Thomas Jefferson: The History You Never Learned

The Tom Woods Show - August 31, 2018 00:05 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
Jefferson biographer Kevin Gutzman, who just released a new course on Jefferson for my LibertyClassroom.com, joins me to discuss Jefferson's influences, his early political career, his extraordinary accomplishments even outside politics, and a lot more.

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21: Thomas Jefferson Presents: Lewis & Clark’s Excellent Expedition

History That Doesn't Suck - August 06, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4.5K ratings
“Damn sugar, damn coffee, damn colonies!” This is the story of Thomas Jefferson building an “empire of liberty.” As the new US President, Tommy’s lowering taxes while cutting the deficit, trimming the government, fighting off Federalist judges, and an increasingly Republican America is loving it....

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303 – Thomas Jefferson University LIVE Part 2

PT Pintcast - Physical Therapy - May 23, 2018 09:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 188 ratings
We went to Thomas Jefferson University in the city of brotherly love with students and professors from TJ, Temple, University of the Sciences, Widener and Drexel for a live show and then a few beers. David Logerstedt, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy at University of the Sciences. Current...

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302 – Thomas Jefferson University LIVE Part 1

PT Pintcast - Physical Therapy - May 21, 2018 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 188 ratings
We went to Thomas Jefferson University in the city of brotherly love with students and professors from TJ, Temple, University of the Sciences, Widener and Drexel for a live show and then a few beers. David Logerstedt, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy at University of the Sciences. Current...

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16: The Founding Fractures: Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson

History That Doesn't Suck - May 08, 2018 00:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.5K ratings
“I always knew Colonel Hamilton to be a man of superior talents, but never supposed that he had any knowledge of finance.” This is the story of conflict. Infighting. Intrigue. Dissension. This is the story of George Washington’s first term as President of the United States. The new government is ...

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Jamie Kilstein and Thomas Jefferson

Modern Day Philosophers with Daniel Lobell - December 11, 2017 21:54 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 464 ratings
Jamie Kilstein came over and discussed his longtime friendship with Danny and how the two wound up on very different paths over the years. Jamie addresses the scandal that he found himself caught in and where he was at in that point in life. The two delve into how and why Jamie had gotten there....

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Show 1741 Thomas Jefferson, Revolutionary- A Radical’s Struggle to Remake America

American Conservative University - March 06, 2017 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
Show 1741 Thomas Jefferson, Revolutionary- A Radical’s Struggle to Remake America Kevin Gutzman, Thomas Jefferson, Revolutionary: A Radical’s Struggle to Remake America  This ACU show consists of two selections from the Tom Woods Show. Selection 1- Episode 851 Thomas Jefferson, Revolutiona...

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Ep. 856 The Thomas Jefferson Nobody Knows

The Tom Woods Show - February 23, 2017 18:47 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
Kevin Gutzman returns to explain where historians have gone wrong on Jefferson, why Jefferson was no conservative, the ups and downs of his presidency, and more.

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Ep. 851 Thomas Jefferson, Revolutionary: A Radical's Struggle to Remake America

The Tom Woods Show - February 17, 2017 20:37 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
Thomas Jefferson, says biographer Kevin Gutzman, is the most significant statesman in American history. We discuss Jefferson's views on federalism, education, the University of Virginia, slavery, colonization, American Indians, and freedom of conscience.

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Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemings and the Burden of Slavery with Annette Gordon-Reed - Conversations with History

Conversations with History (Video) - November 14, 2016 21:00 - 54 minutes - Video
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harvard Professor Annette Gordon-Reed for a discussion of her work as a lawyer/historian focusing on the contradictions in the life of Thomas Jefferson. Topics covered in the conversation include how her training as a lawyer empowered her to overturn the...

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Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemings and the Burden of Slavery with Annette Gordon-Reed - Conversations with History

Conversations with History (Audio) - November 14, 2016 21:00 - 54 minutes
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harvard Professor Annette Gordon-Reed for a discussion of her work as a lawyer/historian focusing on the contradictions in the life of Thomas Jefferson. Topics covered in the conversation include how her training as a lawyer empowered her to overturn the...

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Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemings and the Burden of Slavery with Annette Gordon-Reed - Conversations with History

Conversations with History (Audio) - November 14, 2016 21:00 - 54 minutes
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harvard Professor Annette Gordon-Reed for a discussion of her work as a lawyer/historian focusing on the contradictions in the life of Thomas Jefferson. Topics covered in the conversation include how her training as a lawyer empowered her to overturn the...

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Thomas Jefferson: An American Original

Aspen Ideas to Go - February 09, 2016 17:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 213 ratings
In honor of President's Day, biographer Jon Meacham explores Jefferson's complicated legacy and suggests how we might reclaim the Jeffersonian insistence that political leaders be conversant with the philosophical and cultural currents of their time. Meacham wrote the No. 1 New York Times bestse...

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Brian Kilmeade, Co-Host of "Fox & Friends" on Thomas Jefferson & America's First War w/ Radical Islam

Kickass News - Afar - November 17, 2015 07:33 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
Brian Kilmeade is the co-host of Fox News morning show Fox & Friends and host of his own national radio show called Kilmeade & Friends. He's the co-author of the  bestseller GEORGE WASHINGTON’S SECRET SIX, and new he and his co-author Don Yaegar have a new book on a often over-looked chapter in A...

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Henry Wiencek, “Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves” (FSG, 2012)

New Books Network - May 15, 2013 14:55 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratings
The Louisiana Purchase was a perfect illustration of the challenges, yet seemingly boundless opportunities that slavery presented statesmen like Thomas Jefferson. Napoleon Bonaparte had been dealt a significant military defeat at the hands of a slave revolt in Haiti, forcing him to reconsider his...

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Michael Kranish, “Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War” (Oxford UP, 2010)

New Books Network - July 01, 2010 16:59 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratings
The past is always with us, but it’s really always with politicians. Once you put yourself up for office, and particularly national office, everybody and his brother is going to start digging into your past to see what kind of “dirt” they can find. It’s true now, and it was true when Thomas Jeffe...

Books written by Thomas Jefferson

The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth
Thomas Jefferson

103 pages - ★★★★ - 995 ratings

Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson

112 pages - ★★★★ - 598 ratings

The Portable Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson, Merrill D. Peterson

589 pages - ★★★★ - 166 ratings