I'd recommend the Thomas Jefferson Hour for people interested in early US history or the enlightenment period. http://www.jeffersonhour.org/?id=16 http://www.j

I'd recommend the Thomas Jefferson Hour for people interested in early US history or the enlightenment period. http://www.jeffersonhour.org/?id=16 http://www.jeffersonhour.org/?id=16 The podcast consists of Clay Jenkinson, a Jefferson impersonator, being interviewed and answering listener questions on various historical or modern topics. I wouldn't normally like this, but Jenkinson has accumulated a mountain of knowledge on the period, and seems to have read everything that was formative in Jefferson's intellectual development. This creates a remarkably effective illusion that Jefferson is actually speaking. The format is two in-character sections where Jefferson answers questions, then one out-of-character section where Clay Jenkinson gives context for the answers. Occasionally Jenkinson also does an entirely out-of-character show where he talks about recent events in the news. While out-of-character, Jenkinson always maintains a clear separation between Jefferson's opinions and his own thoughts on a subject. I don't think The Thomas Jefferson Hour is as good as Radiolab or the Philosopher's Zone, but it's still one of the best podcasts I've ever listened to.