#1257 Down from the Mountain

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 24 October 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

"Jefferson was a gentleman. Mountains weren't climbed in his time."

— Clay

This week, we speak with Clay about his recent mountain climbing experience and answer listener questions.

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Thomas Jefferson is interpreted by Clay S. Jenkinson.

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0:00.0	Good day Thomas Jefferson, our podcast listeners.
0:03.0	Good to be with you again.
0:05.0	This week we have a show of,
0:07.0	we're finally catching up on mail.
0:09.0	We never really catch up on mail,
0:11.0	but we go through the motions and make a pretty good attempt
0:15.0	this week. We're out of character and it begins with an account of my recent
0:19.7	ascent of Mount Whitney which has crippled me in about seven or eight different ways.
0:25.0	And so...
0:26.0	And then we have that great letter from that guy in Northamptonshire.
0:30.0	Sure? Shire.
0:31.0	Shire.
0:32.0	Our fellow, Stuart, Shire. Shire. Our fellow, Stuart, isn't it from England?
0:34.0	Yes, Stuart Webb, I believe.
0:35.7	And yes, he wrote a great letter full of praise, but also asking some interesting questions.
0:41.5	So we talk about that this week.
0:43.9	We talk about the federalist, the nomenclature.
0:48.1	What's a Republican?
0:49.1	Yeah, that was, you know, I love those kind of questions.
0:50.6	Very simple question, would you please clarify what a Republican
0:53.8	was during Jefferson's time and what a Federalist was during Jefferson's time?
0:57.8	And David, we got some really interesting mail following our program, show Mr Jefferson.
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