I'm going to show you how great I am.

This is a lot of tiny shower.

I just want to say from the bottom of me heart, I'd like to take this chance to

apologize to absolutely nobody.

Hello and welcome to take to Take Over the World.

This is Ben Wilson.

So we left off last episode with Thomas Jefferson in the depths of despair.

He had just had a disastrous tenure as the governor of Virginia, and he has lost his beloved wife sending him into a deep depression.

On this episode, we are going to go into

his tenure as ambassador to France, secretary of state under President George Washington, and president

of the United States. We will see how Thomas Jefferson was able to forge a political dynasty

that would last for decades, double the size of the United States, explore the American West,

and more. The United States celebrates our independence on the Fourth of July, States, explore the American West, and more.

The United States celebrates our independence on the Fourth of July, so this episode is coming out just as everyone in America is celebrating and thinking about our independence

and the contributions of men like Thomas Jefferson.

And by the way, if you're wondering why I'm always giving context like this, about half the

audience of this podcast is outside the United States.

So I don't take for granted that everyone has the context of American culture.

They don't.

So I'm trying to walk the line of providing enough information to make it accessible to

non-American listeners while not bogging it down too much for Americans who obviously have the

background.

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