#1365 Back from France

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 19 November 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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"Jefferson admits [to John] Adams, you were right and I was wrong about the French Revolution." — Joseph J. Ellis

We welcome Clay Jenkinson back from his recent cultural tour to France, and speak with author Joseph Ellis about what Jefferson learned in France, and how it changed his outlook of the American dream.

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0:00.0	Good Day Thomas Jefferson Hour podcast listeners and as always thank you for listening
0:06.4	We're so glad to be here in the barn on a chilly day. We have a special announcement.
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0:31.0	701 5750727.
0:34.3	701 575 0 727. I need to write that number down.
0:35.5	Tell me again.
0:36.7	This sounds like a like an infomercial.
0:38.6	Well that's what I'm trying for.
0:39.6	701 575 0727.
0:45.8	And this is really great because it's going to give listeners a chance to, in their own voice,
0:52.0	ask you a question.
0:53.6	So instead of necessarily reading their question,
0:55.9	they might get to ask it in their own tones.
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