#1726 The November Elections and the End of Summer
David Horton and Clay discuss the likelihood of a calm transfer of power during and after the November midterm elections. Does anyone believ...
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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 569 episodes#1725 Mesa Verde, Bears Ears and National Monuments
Host David Horton debriefs Clay on his recent cultural tour of the National Monuments of the Four Corners area. Clay teamed up with his frie...
#1724 Great Censorship Legal Cases
Clay Jenkinson gives four or five lectures annually for the Smithsonian Associates. In his most recent talk, he analyzed three notorious 20t...
#1723 On the Trail of Marco Polo
Author and explorer Denis Belliveau talks with Clay about his epic journey along the entire Silk Road in the footsteps of Marco Polo. Polo (...
#1722 September 11, 25 Years Later
Host David Horton asks Clay Jenkinson what we have learned from the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and all that has t...
#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...
#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...