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Podcast: Around the Table Podcast
Episode:

The original #Brexit, and choose your own amendment
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:57:05
Publish Date: 2016-07-04 02:00:00
Description:

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What you'll hear:

  • Facts of American independence (the original #Brexit,) you didn't learn in history class
  • How Jefferson felt about the revisions to his Declaration of Independence
  • The fraught bromance between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
  • How a flea market could make you a multimillionaire
  • A Kardashian themed confessional
  • The appropriate use for caps lock

Can I quote you on that?

  • “They believed themselves to be part of something greater than themselves [as part of the British empire] and there was a lot of emotion wrapped up in that. It was not something that was an easy decision for those to actually declare independence to do.” Tim Smith
  • “We like to idealize these founding fathers and the purity of their motives and how simple it was, but it was very complicated.” Tim Smith
  • “He [Thomas Jefferson] writes the declcaration with, as one historian put it, ‘eternal truths with literary inspiration.’” Tim Smith
  • “Jefferson loved hosting social gatherings to the point that, when he was in the White House, he had something like an over a thousand dollar monthly bill for wine – that’s in 1803.” Tim Smith
  • “We as adults need to be treated the way children are treated when it comes to our healthcare.” Jacey
  • “My phone had to die before I stopped scrolling.” Jacey, admitting a shameful Kardashian stalking experience

Links:

  • Email today's guest, Tim Smith, at Tim@globaltravelalliance.com if you're interested in Washington D.C., New York City, and other tours!

Thoughts, questions, comments?
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