#1381 No Kings, No Queens

Listening to America

Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 10 March 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

President Jefferson responds to questions submitted by listeners including inquiries about the rise of political parties during Jefferson's time, Jefferson's office space in the White House, his immediate family and how he feels about America's fascination with the British royals.

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0:00.0	Good Day Thomas Jefferson Hour podcast listeners and let's get this right out of the way.
0:05.6	I have been tasked with encouraging you if you listen to the Thomas Jefferson Hour and if you enjoy the Thomas Jefferson Hour and if you enjoy the Thomas Jefferson
0:14.2	hour even when we mess up or present opinions you might not agree with.
0:19.6	You know and and other public radio programs say we are supported by listeners like you and that is
0:27.5	certainly the case that we don't take any money you or I from this although the
0:31.7	barn needs some work.
0:33.0	There was a, you had a very controversial essay,
0:37.0	was great about three or four weeks ago.
0:40.0	About what?
0:41.0	Oh, it was a big one.
0:42.8	Property or money or something?
0:44.3	Anyway, and you know a lot of discussion goes on social media.
0:48.8	I rarely, you know, I rarely ever go on social media, but I get notifications anyway.
0:55.0	So I went there and one of the guys who really disagreed with that essay, kind of got threatening in the in really do you guys receive any
1:06.4	government funding or grants you know like well shut you down it takes my
1:12.3	take my tax dollars away from you, Jefferson Hour.
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1:17.2	We don't have a corporate sponsor and, you know, a month doesn't go by when we get a couple inquiries, whether or not we'd like one.
1:26.8	We have no government grants.
1:29.6	It costs us money to put the show up on the public radio satellite system.
1:35.0	Neither Clay and I, neither one of us take a salary for this.
1:40.0	It's not that we don't, it's not that we don't benefit from it because we do you're always
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