A few months ago I found a throwaway container. After sampling the various types of this free information buffet, I found myself particularly drawn to the history book. In my exploration I came across “The Thomas Jefferson Hour.” This small bowl is refreshing and delightful. The show basically follows the format of an interview with host David Swinson asking Thomas Jefferson questions on different topics such as politics and government; history, music, art or foreign affairs.
During the show, Mr. Jefferson also addresses questions from electronic fans. In this one-hour program, listeners can learn about the world of America during the Revolution. Audiences can also glimpse the ideals and illustrations of the philosophers that influenced the works and writings of the third president. “The Thomas Jefferson Hour” offers more than historical and philosophical perspective, however; This show gives audiences a chance to really get to know Jefferson the man.
In the show, Mr. Jefferson is played by scholar and author Clay Jenkinson. Through extensive research into Jefferson’s life, writings and biography as well as more than twenty years of practice, Jenkinson was able to fully understand Jefferson’s theories and explain them. Jenkinson also imitates Jefferson’s personality, sensibilities and speech patterns. However, to complete this perfect picture, Jenkinson can extrapolate Jefferson’s Power reaction to today’s society. Jenkinson, based on Jefferson’s love of science and technology, often expresses Jenkinson’s admiration for Jefferson about the devices of modern society. Jenkinson also provides Jefferson with advice for today’s problems, finding parallels from Jefferson’s own life and presidency. For example, “Lord Jefferson” mentions the American society that the ratio between the debt and the current national gross Domestic product It is essentially the same as the one that followed the Revolutionary War, a debt that Jefferson paid off almost entirely during his administration. Jefferson also provides insights into America’s battle with terrorism and radical Islam by recounting his struggles with the Barbary Pirates at the turn of the 19th century .
Knowledge of Jefferson’s life and work essentially allowed Jenkinson to create a character that he performs to an entertaining effect. Jenkinson only answers for Jefferson in matters where Jefferson’s opinion is known or can be gathered. Thus, Jenkinson will discuss Jefferson’s views on terrorism, air, war, constitutional issues, and revolution because these issues existed in Jefferson’s time. Jenkinson will also discuss the technologies that existed to some extent during Jefferson’s life such as insight, time keeping and engineering. For those questions about which Jenkinson, like Thomas Jefferson, cannot speak easily, he provides an insight into the second part of the development, which is completely out of character. So Jenkinson will discuss, as he himself, how Jefferson might on the Internet, jazz or rap music . a>.
So what is Thomas Jefferson really like? Thomas Jefferson was the epitome of high nobility and learning. Jefferson was born and raised in Virginia, the son of a planter and a farmer. The agrarian and almost feudal culture of eighteenth-century Virginia imbued Jefferson with a strong love of nature, the land, and agriculture. In his character, Jenkinson often discusses Jefferson’s love of gardening and mentions how those who “work the land are God’s chosen people.” As a nobleman from a wealthy Virginia family, Jefferson lived and is said to be very well off. Jefferson was almost unstoppable in life, although he could be a fierce and ruthless politician. In two parts, Jefferson discusses his feelings for his nemesis, Alexander Hamilton, the writer of the Declaration of Independence. admiring the shy man, he would have been completely averse to the dangerous opinions of each. Thus, Jefferson has the manners, courtesy, and swagger that many associate with polite southern society.
Jefferson was also a work of his time. Born at the height of the Enlightenment, Jefferson lived in a society whose focus shifted from religion to the pursuit of knowledge. Jefferson’s curiosity and learning encompassed almost every field. Jefferson was an author, politician, inventor, engineer, architect, gardener, audiophile, bibliophile and wine lover. In one discussion, Jefferson cites the “Trinity of Heroes” as John Locke, Francis Bacon and Isaac Newton. Jefferson’s admiration for these men was based on his empiricism in the search for truth, a philosophy that led to the development of the modern scientific method. With classic Jeffersonian modesty, Jenkinson readily admits that the ideas set forth in the Declaration of Independence were strongly influenced by literary enlightenment, especially by Locke.
I started listening to “The Thomas Jefferson Hour” a few weeks ago and I have to say, I’m hooked. I have always taken a strong interest in the times of the revolution and the personalities that United States. The boy had the classic views of Jefferson as the genius who wrote the Declaration of Independence, bought the Louisiana Territory, and built Monticello. Unfortunately, the American education system does not recognize the children of the complications and contradictions inherent in a person who was a real person, not a marble statue.vn/tag/gore-vidal”>Gore Vidal’s novel Burr, which in The history of early America was one of its enigmatic figures, Aaron Burr, with the federal principles of Alexander Hamilton and with Jefferson’s own principles.
In 1800 Jefferson ran for president with Burr as a running mate. Because of the electoral day system, Jefferson and Burr received the same number of electoral votes and thus tied for the presidency. Burr did nothing to either win or lose the presidency, which ultimately went to Jefferson. Jefferson never trusted Burr again and systematically destroyed Burr’s political career, just as Hamilton did. Burr’s killing of Hamilton in a duel basically represented Jefferson’s ultimate political triumph. While Burr‘s business is new, his facts are generally correct. Jefferson was a complex man who assumed a simple exterior. Jefferson constantly used rumors, the press, and political machinations to make and break things. He lied often, he contradicted himself, he could be a tyrant. Jefferson had attempted treason with little to no evidence and had attempted to subvert the judiciary by impeaching Judge Samuel Chase for relying on the federal courts.
Now I don’t get my history from Gore Vidal, but further research has confirmed much of what Vidal wrote about Jefferson. I was so confused, unable to reconcile the Jeffersons of my youth with the connivance of Vidal’s fiction. Jenkinson, as Jefferson, always questions Jefferson’s slaves, and his alleged relationship with Sally Hemming. Jenkinson explains that Jefferson, like any historical figure, must be considered in the context of his time. Jefferson took many of the prejudices and observed many of the social conventions of his time. Jefferson was strong about slavery, but then Jefferson was strong about many things. Jenkinson’s imagination makes me, as a listener, understand that Jefferson was not so much a hypocrite as an idealist and a man prone to mistakes. I highly recommend Thomas Jefferson’s Hours to anyone who is into history. Jenkinson’s imagination is an anachronistic witch’s brew that represents one of the seminal minds of the independence movement and enlightenment in digital media.
