{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhidden-brain.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-founding-contradiction-wcTSksie","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Founding Contradiction","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/df179a/df179a36-a022-41e3-bf7c-b7a4efc6f51e/4ef3edd3-a55a-43fb-99a9-4c88134cf883/image.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/4ef3edd3-a55a-43fb-99a9-4c88134cf883\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"The Founding Contradiction\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"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."}