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Episode 12·Aug 9, 2026
Jefferson and Two Approaches to Judaism
Two revolutionaries, two theologies, and two ways of reading America's Hebraic inheritance.
A Letter’s Legacy: Washington, the Founding Presidents, and the Jews·Episode 13·Aug 10, 2026
Adams, Jefferson, and the French Revolution
Jefferson saw the French Revolution as heir to 1776. Adams saw it as a betrayal of the American Revolution's principles—a divide that would drive the two men apart.
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Present in a Painting: An Introduction to Adams and Jefferson
Before they wrote a revolution together, Adams and Jefferson first clashed over faith.
12:12Episode 10·Aug 6, 2026
Longfellow and Lazarus in Newport
Longfellow's elegy for the dead meets Lazarus's hymn to the living—together marking a religious liberty unique to America, and still unfolding.
13:51Episode 9·Aug 5, 2026
The Philadelphia Letter and the Legacy of Newport
Washington's letters to American Jews reveal a nation built on both unity and religious difference. Why does the Newport letter loom larger than the rest?
