#1721 Jefferson and Adams: A Fresh Interpretation
Clay's conversation with historian Jim Rasenberger, the author of "A Perfect Coincidence: The Extraordinary Friendship and Astonishing Death...
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The Thomas Jefferson Hour
The Thomas Jefferson Hour features conversations with Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, as portrayed by the award-winning humanities scholar and author, Clay Jenkin...
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20 of 564 episodes#1720 The Declaration of Independence: The Days After Adoption
Host David Horton interviews the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, about the days and weeks following the Fourth of Ju...
#1719 Reinventing America's Educational System
Clay interviews David Osborne, author of the 1992 bestseller Reinventing Government, about the challenges of the American public education s...
#1718 Clay's Summer Odyssey and Listener Mail
David Horton sits down with Clay Jenkinson to retrace a whirlwind summer of travel, history and adventure. Clay's journey began in May with...
#1717 Optimism and American Success
Clay interviews Richard Battle of Texas about his series of books about the can-do spirit of America. Three of the books tell feel-good stor...
#1716 Once More Down the River and Over the Mountains!
Guest host Russ Eagle and Clay talk about the annual Lewis and Clark Cultural tour, just ended, after three days on the White Cliffs section...
#1715 Can We Save Great Salt Lake?
Clay interviews Dr. Ben Abbott of Brigham Young University about the crisis of Great Salt Lake. Great Salt Lake is a terminal lake, which me...
#1714 Christopher Nolan's Odyssey
Host David Horton interviews Clay about Christopher Nolan's new blockbuster film on Homer's Odyssey. How closely does it follow the Homeric...
#1713 The Magic of Joshua Jay
Clay and his travel partner, Russ Eagle, interview the world-renowned sleight of hand magician Joshua Jay in Las Vegas. In addition to wowin...
#1712 The Changing Face of Hollywood
Clay welcomes Sandra Murray to talk about her 40-year career behind the scenes of major Hollywood film productions. Sandra has worked on ove...
#1711 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Joe Ellis on America at 250
Clay welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Joe Ellis to the program to discuss America at 250. Ellis is the author of more than a dozen...
#1710 President Jefferson Reads the Declaration
Host David Horton interviews the third president, Thomas Jefferson, about the circumstances surrounding the writing of the most important do...
#1709 America at 250: Historian Lindsay Chervinsky
Clay welcomes one of his favorite guests, Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky, to talk about America at 250. Many Americans are bewildered and frightened...
#1708 The Amazing Explorations of Francisco Coronado
Clay interviews Peter Stark, the author of a new book on the 1540 exploration of what would eventually become the United States by Spanish C...
#1707 Teddy Roosevelt, National Monuments and Devils Tower, Wyoming
From Devils Tower in northwestern Wyoming, Host David Horton and Clay Jenkinson discuss Theodore Roosevelt's conservation achievements. When...
#1706 Books about the Declaration of Independence
Clay and his frequent guest, the redoubtable Lindsay Chervinsky, discuss books written about Jefferson's declaration, arguably the most impo...
#1705 Free Expression and Political Repression: Stephen Colbert's Exit
Host David Horton interviews Thomas Jefferson about freedom of expression in America. Did the Founding Fathers know what they were doing whe...
#1704 A New Perspective and Book on Lewis and Clark
Clay interviews Craig Fehrman, the author of an important new book on Lewis and Clark, This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis and Clar...
#1703 Russia and America Today: A Journey Down the Volga River
Clay's conversation with Italian journalist Marzio Mian about his new book, Volga Blues: A Journey into the Heart of Russia. Mian and his ph...
#1702 Thomas Jefferson on British Royalty
Guest host David Horton interviews President Thomas Jefferson about his strong anti-royalist principles. In the Declaration of Independence,...