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	Podcast:		Hidden Brain
	Episode:		The Founding Contradiction
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:45:33
	Publish Date:		2020-06-29 20:25:00
	Description:		"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." These words, penned by Thomas Jefferson more than 240 years ago, continue to inspire many Americans. And yet they were written by a man who owned hundreds of slaves, and fathered six children by an enslaved woman. As we mark Independence Day this week, we return to a 2018 episode with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed. We explore the contradictions in Jefferson's life — and how those contradictions might resonate in our own lives.
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