Thomas Jefferson as America's Founding Plagiarist: David Fleming explains how Jefferson stole the words of the Declaration of Independence from Irish and Scottish migrants to North Carolina

Keen On

English - May 18, 2023 22:17 - 31 minutes - 22 MB - ★★★★ - 72 ratings
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EPISODE 1498: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to David Fleming, the author of WHO'S YOUR FOUNDING FATHER, about how Thomas Jefferson stole the words of the Declaration of Independence from Irish and Scottish migrants to America

David Fleming is a senior writer at ESPN. During the last three decades at Sports Illustrated, ESPN The Magazine and ESPN he has been one of the industry’s most prolific, versatile, and imaginative longform writers, traveling the globe while penning more than 35 cover stories and numerous groundbreaking pieces on everything from the Super Bowl and Steph Curry to the Musical Chairs World Championship and the NFL’s obsession with glutes. Fleming’s unique work has earned numerous national awards as well as a handwritten note from the White House. He is also the author of three books, Breaker Boys: The NFL’s Greatest Team and the Stolen 1925 Championship and Noah's Rainbow: A Father’s Emotional Journey from the Death of his Son to the Birth of his Daughter. A native of Detroit, Fleming and his wife, Kim, live in North Carolina with their daughters. His latest book is Who’s Your Founding Father? One Man’s Epic Quest to Uncover the First, True Declaration of Independence (2023)

Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.

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