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Aspen Ideas Festival
Thomas Jefferson Then and Now
Season 1
Episode 37
The author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power” explores Jefferson’s complicated legacy and suggests how we might reclaim the Jeffersonian insistence that political leaders be conversant with the philosophical and cultural currents of their time.
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