Listening to America
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Listening to America
Listening to America aims to “light out for the territories,” traveling less visited byways and taking time to see this immense, extraordinary country with fresh eyes while listening to the many voices of America’s past, present, and future. Led by noted historian and humanities scholar Clay Jenki...
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#1673 In the Belly of the Beast
Clay and his friend Russ Eagle discuss John Steinbeck’s 1960 Travels with Charley tour of America from within Steinbeck’s truck camper Rocinante. Than...
#1672 President Jefferson Discusses America at 250
Guest host David Horton talks with President Thomas Jefferson about the United States as the nation approaches its 250th birthday. Horton asks Jeffers...
#1671 Where Do We Go from Here?
Historian and author David Nicandri joins Clay in the LTA Airstream in Olympia, Washington, for a conversation about lingering mysteries of the Lewis...
#1670 Paddling the Full Lewis and Clark Trail
Clay interviews Montana adventurer Norm Miller, who has undertaken truly heroic canoe and kayak journeys on great rivers of the West. When he was 35,...
#1669 A Conversation About Political Violence in America
In the aftermath of the assassination of Charlie Kirk in Utah, Clay asked his good friend Beau Breslin of Skidmore College to join him in a conversati...
#1668 Bittersweet Homecoming
Clay talks about his 2025 trek across America in his 23-foot Airstream following the Lewis and Clark trail. Clay discusses RV life and provides a sens...
#1667 Lunch With America’s Leading Steinbeck Scholar
Clay and his friend Russ Eagle interview Robert DeMott, one of the greatest living Steinbeck scholars, at his fishing cabin on the Madison River, sout...
#1666 Ten Books on the American Revolution
Frequent guest, Lindsay Chervinsky, makes a late summer appearance to discuss Ten Books on the American Revolution. Ken Burns recently said the Americ...
#1665 Jefferson and Madison on Vacation
Clay's conversation with historian Louis Masur about his new book A Journey North: Jefferson, Madison, & the Forging of a Friendship. In 1791, Thomas...
#1664 The Rivers of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Clay and his good friend Russ Eagle discuss the rivers Lewis and Clark traveled from Pittsburgh to the Pacific Ocean, including the Ohio, the Mississi...
#1663 Presidential Finances
Clay interviews Megan Gorman, the author of the excellent new book, All the President’s Money: How the Men who Governed America Governed their Money....
#1662 Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
Clay’s conversation with Claire Martin, who hiked the entire Pacific Crest Trail in 2020, more than 2,400 miles through some of the most rugged landsc...
#1661 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a New Constitution for the United States
Frequent guest Beau Breslin of Skidmore College and one of his prize students, Prairie Gunnels, talk about a capstone project for Beau’s Introduction...
#1660 Ten Things: The Real Patrick Henry (Live)
Clay’s conversation with popular guest Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky on Patrick Henry. Henry began his life as a shopkeeper but rose to become the governor o...
#1659 Theodore Roosevelt in Grand Canyon Country
Clay’s conversation with Harvey Leake, the great-grandson of the pioneering southwestern archaeologists John and Louisa Wetherill. Harvey tells the s...
#1658 Jay Carson, Boulder Outdoor Survival School and National Service
Clay’s interview with Jay Carson, the executive director of the Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS), located in remote Boulder, Utah. Jay Carson ha...
#1657 Race in America: A Retrospective
Clay’s conversation with Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, professor of history at Norfolk State University in Virginia, about the status of race relatio...
#1656 A Conversation with Novelist Anne Hillerman
Clay interviews the southwestern crime novelist Anne Hillerman, now publishing her 10th novel about crime-solving in the land of the Navajo in Arizona...
#1655 Clay and Lindsay Live: Religious Freedom
Clay’s live conversation with Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky on Religious Freedom. Clay and Lindsay met in person at The Historic Christ Church and Museum in...
#1654 Wandering In Canyon Country — A Conversation with Craig Childs
Clay’s conversation with writer Craig Childs of western Colorado. Childs is the author of more than a dozen books about America’s backcountry. He’s sp...
#1653 Clay and the new History Channel Series, Kevin Costner's The West
Guest host Russ Eagle interviews Clay Jenkinson about the forthcoming eight-part History Channel series, Kevin Costner's The West. Clay was interview...
#1652 America's Public Lands: A Report Card
Clay Jenkinson interviews Jonathan Thompson, the author of books about the American West, including Sagebrush Empire: How a Remote Utah County Became...
#1651 Ten Things About the American Revolution
Clay and frequent guest Lindsay Chervinsky discuss the American Revolution in a “live” podcast recording in Vail, Colorado. Was George Washington a gr...
#1650 A New Look at Edward Abbey
Clay's conversation with Amy Irvine, the author of the 2018 book Desert Cabal: A New Season in the Wilderness. Ms. Irvine published the book on the 50...
#1649 Sean Sherman and Native American Food
Clay talks with noted chef, author, activist, and visionary Sean Sherman, an Oglala Lakota man who is changing the world of indigenous food. Sean is t...
#1648 Hitting the Road With Lewis and Clark
Occasional guest host and LTA videographer Nolan Johnson joins Clay to talk about the epic Lewis and Clark Airstream journey of 2025, wherein Clay wil...
#1647 The Future of the Public Lands
Clay's interview with Walt Dabney, who worked for over 30 years in the National Park System, including serving as America's Chief Ranger for five and...
#1646 The Legacy of Louis L'Amour and American Western Fiction
Clay interviews Beau L’Amour, the son of Louis L'Amour, the celebrated author of multi-million best-selling Westerns. Beau L’Amour is the manager of h...
#1645 The Resurrection of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798
Clay is joined by one of his favorite guests and favorite people, historian Joe Ellis of Vermont. The discussion is about the Trump administration’s a...
#1644 Thomas Jefferson and American Diplomacy and Trade
Guest host David Horton interviews Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, about his life as a diplomat. Jefferson served for five...
#1643 A Cultural Tour of Cuba
Russ Eagle is the guest host for a discussion of Clay’s recent cultural tour of Cuba. Clay, Russ, and guests spent 10 days in Cuba, traveling in a sma...
#1642 The Myths That Hold America Back
Clay is joined by Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky and Dr. Casey Burgat to discuss a new book, We Hold These “Truths”: How to Spot the Myths That are Holding Am...
#1641 Author, Hampton Sides on Captain James Cook’s Amazing Third Voyage
Clay interviews Hampton Sides, the author of a dozen outstanding books, including studies of Kit Carson, Martin Luther King’s assassin James Earl Ray,...
#1640 Traveling America in Search of Its History and Stories
Clay sits down with Nolan Johnson, fellow North Dakotan and Listening to America’s talented videographer and podcast editor. Nolan joined Clay with ca...
#1639 Jefferson and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Guest host Russ Eagle interviews Thomas Jefferson about the American West. When he became the third president in the spring of 1801, Jefferson hired M...
#1638 Joe Ellis on the 2024 Presidential Election
Clay's discussion with Pulitzer Prize winning historian Joseph Ellis, author of over a dozen outstanding, award-winning books on the Founding Fathers...
#1637 Historical Integrity in a Hyper-Partisan Time
Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky and Clay discuss the challenge of maintaining historical integrity during political turmoil and uncertainty. How does a profess...
#1636 Special Episode: Listener Mail On Clay's Great Steinbeck Adventure
Clay and special guest Russ Eagle take up listener mail about Clay's recently completed Travels with Charley tour of America. Thousands of people foll...
#1635 Peaceful Transfer of Power
Clay is joined by David Marchick, the author of the acclaimed book, The Peaceful Transfer of Power: An Oral History of America’s Presidential Transit...
#1634 AI and Quantum Computing, Ready or Not
Clay and frequent guest David Horton talk about the coming Artificial Intelligence revolution. Like it or not, we are already wading (if not rushing)...