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Listening to America

Listening to America

Society & Culture, History

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

"When you die, your legacy is the effect you've had on people, and boy did my mother have an effect on people."

— Clay S. Jenkinson

Clay Jenkinson speaks this week about the death of his mother, Mil, and discusses Jefferson's thoughts and correspondence about death.

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Thomas Jefferson is interpreted by Clay S. Jenkinson.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good.

0:01.0

All right, let's do the...

0:02.0

The podcast intro?

0:04.0

Yes, sir.

0:05.0

Yeah, well, we're rolling already, so we can get right into it.

0:08.0

Hey, Citizens, you are listening to the podcast edition of the Thomas Jefferson Hour about, among other things, death for Jefferson

0:15.1

and the death of my mother.

0:17.1

She was an extraordinary woman, as you will hear,

0:19.5

from this podcast.

0:22.0

And although I was not really wanting to talk about it you David said

0:26.4

let's do. Yes well your mother was a fascinating woman like I said in the show I

0:30.4

met her maybe half a dozen to a dozen times and she certainly she more

0:36.8

than carried herself she had a bit of an aura about her and her nickname was the hammer.

0:42.4

You relate a story where she babbled as you said.

0:45.0

I'm an opioid after an operation.

0:48.0

Anyway, we talk about, we talk a lot about your mom, we talk about you, we talk a lot about your

0:53.0

your daughter and we also talk about Jefferson and death and some of the

0:58.3

correspondence and so I would say we should leave it at that and let listeners listen to this program.

1:06.7

Before we go though I would just like to say.

1:09.2

Oh boy.

1:10.4

If you enjoy the Thomas Jefferson Hour and I know there are some of you listening who do because we get your mail and read every piece of it,

1:18.0

you can help the Jefferson Hour to survive and to thrive by going to Jefferson Hour.com

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