#1525 Both Sides Now
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4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2022
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Clay Jenkinson responds to listener comments and questions. He speculates on how Jefferson would have responded to social media — spoiler alert — Clay says he would have been great at it, and he guesses how Jefferson would have responded to some of the social phenomena of our time. Clay also responds to a letter from a teacher in Iowa who says it is important to teach all sides of history.
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| 0:00.0 | Good day Thomas Jefferson Howard podcast listeners first as always. Thank you so much for listening and |
| 0:07.6 | I will quickly say thank you so much for supporting the show |
| 0:11.0 | I am reminded that I need to |
| 0:14.4 | Remind you that we need you support to keep the show on the air and it's it's not for clay or I it's for the maintenance costs of |
| 0:22.8 | Posting the show and getting it up on public radio etc |
| 0:26.6 | So we really do appreciate that we need it and if you'd like to support the show go to Jefferson Howard dot com and click on donate |
| 0:34.6 | You can listen to shows there and the website is extremely deep. There's a lot there |
| 0:40.6 | Including all the information about Clay's cultural tours and upcoming events for him |
| 0:48.8 | But I need to start with something I've forgotten for two weeks. Oh, right the vindication |
| 0:55.0 | This is an email from Ryan McKee. It's a long email and some of it makes me blush |
| 1:01.8 | So I may skip that |
| 1:03.8 | I want to hear the blush. I want to hear the blush. Let me read it |
| 1:06.1 | Well, he starts where he says I've been a long time listener of the podcast and I've enjoyed every episode available |
| 1:11.6 | One thing I've been noticing for some time is that David seems to be increasingly concerned about the length of the show |
| 1:21.0 | Opening and I've been wondering why |
| 1:24.2 | Well, I love the re-broadcast to the radio portion my favorite part of the podcast has always been the informal discussions |
| 1:32.0 | You have with each other at the beginning hearing Clay's insights without concern for the clock is what initially drew me to the show |
| 1:41.1 | Some of the most popular podcasts in the world are two to three hours long |
| 1:46.5 | And it's just two or more people sitting around having a conversation |
| 1:50.6 | I want to encourage you to know that the conversations and perspectives you're sharing with us |
| 1:56.1 | Are some of the most important happening in our time. Oh my |
| 2:00.1 | And I would certainly love to hear more not less |
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