#1501 4th of July
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🗓️ 28 June 2022
⏱️ 61 minutes
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We are joined this week by three friends and contributors to The Thomas Jefferson Hour: Brad Crisler, Lindsay Chervinsky and Joseph Ellis for a rousing conversation about Independence Day.
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| 0:00.0 | Good day, Thomas Jefferson. Our podcast listeners as always. Thank you so much for listening. And as always, |
| 0:07.3 | thank you so much. Those of you who have decided to support the efforts of the Thomas Jefferson |
| 0:14.3 | hour, we so appreciate it. It's put to good use. Well, we think it is this week. It's a happy |
| 0:20.6 | Fourth of July, independent stay to everyone. And Clay, we are so fortunate. The contributors that |
| 0:28.2 | have added to the Thomas Jefferson hour over the years. I really thought this this Fourth of July, |
| 0:34.8 | it would be great to hear from some of them. And they all agreed. And I think we put together a |
| 0:41.1 | pretty interesting show for this week. Well, we turned to several of our favorites, the famous |
| 0:46.4 | Chrysler. He's like Cher. He just has one name. And then Joe Ellis are undisclosed champion from |
| 0:55.5 | Vermont. And Dr. Lindsey Chervinsky, our young Turk, who is shaking up the complacent world |
| 1:02.4 | of Thomas Jefferson and the Thomas Jefferson hour. But let me say this about funds. You know, |
| 1:08.9 | we don't spend a single penny on bottle rockets. And I wanted to ask you a question. David Swenson, |
| 1:14.3 | the semi-permanent guest host of the Thomas Jefferson hour. When's the last time you actually |
| 1:17.9 | lit a firecracker or a Roman candle or a bottle rocket? Oh, it's been a while. Years? |
| 1:24.4 | You know, when you have children, you know, young boys at home, well, that's different. But |
| 1:31.6 | becoming an adult, not so much anymore. I've been 15 years, I think, since I lit off |
| 1:39.6 | anything, but as a child, of course, I lived for the Fourth of July. We would often go out into |
| 1:44.7 | the country. And we had our private fireworks. Now, it's much more common to have community |
| 1:49.9 | fireworks. And I often go down to the state capital building in Bismarck, where my friend, |
| 1:54.7 | Beverly Everett is the orchestral director for Suza-like music and other patriotic and festive |
| 2:03.9 | music. And they set up here in North Dakota, pretty impressive set of fireworks. But it's not |
| 2:10.0 | quite the same as when you have that punk. And you put it up, you know, next to the $13 |
| 2:16.6 | cone that you you scrape to purchase and watch it go off. But I was so pleased to hear from |
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