Presidents Week: Jon Meacham speaks on Thomas Jefferson

Jon Meacham speaks at the Commonwealth Club of California about his new best-selling book "Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power." This is "Presidents Week" on MPR News Presents, leading up to Inauguration Day.

Guests

• Jon Meacham: Pulitzer Prize-winning author and executive editor at Random House. Former editor at Newsweek. Author of "Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power" and "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House."

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Resources

• about Jon Meacham
• Commonwealth Club of California website, podcasts