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The Megyn Kelly Show

Past Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan - Megyn's History Mega-Episode

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.438.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2026

⏱️ 183 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly takes a look back in the archives at our past history shows for this mega-episode, featuring deep dives on Thomas Jefferson and the founding of America, and Ronald Reagan and the assassination attempt.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.

0:12.2

Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show in today's Sunday mega episode going back into the archives and looking at history week. Today, a deep dive into two

0:23.2

presidents Thomas Jefferson and the founding of America and Ronald Reagan and the assassination

0:29.4

attempt against him. Enjoy and tomorrow you have got to listen to the Memorial Day show

0:37.1

that we taped with an incredible war hero, Alan C. Mac.

0:42.9

Okay? Just trust me. Listen to it. You won't be sorry.

0:48.3

Today we are going back to the time of America's founding to focus on one of the most influential men in American

0:55.4

politics in American history, Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was the third president

1:01.3

of the United States, author of the Declaration of Independence, and governor of Virginia. He played a

1:07.0

key role in executing a vision that shaped America as we know it today. Some of us

1:12.1

continue to live his values, whether we know it or not. While he led a very successful life,

1:18.9

there were plenty of pitfalls, and he, as a man, was far from perfect, something that the left

1:25.3

is trying to use in the 21st century to cancel the American icon

1:30.0

in an attempt to erase him from history and to make him no more than the sum of his faults.

1:37.1

Joining us today is Humanity Scholar and author and host of the Thomas Jefferson Hour, Clay Jenkinson.

1:50.0

Welcome to the show, Clay.

1:50.8

Thanks for being here.

1:54.5

Megan, it's a delight to be here, eager to talk about this great man.

1:56.1

Yeah, me too.

2:02.9

So I'll keep it simple, and I'll just assume people know only the basics about him, and you can fill in the rest of the story.

2:10.0

I think most people know that he authored the Declaration of Independence and that you've got Monticello, which was his house.

2:19.2

Some of us have seen it on our tours and so on of America, but I don't know how much people know about Thomas Jefferson behind that or beyond that.

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