# Tom Paine

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Meg Bortin — The Rites of Man - with Serge Schmemann

“You’re in for a great ride of twists and turns. A novel for our time. Irresistible.” – Odile Hellier, author of Village Voices Sherry McManus, a New York photographer of musicians in concert, has been around the block in love. As she begins a relationship with Thomas G. Paine, she asks herself: Is…

Ep. 74: Oliver Larkin on Running for Congress and Fighting for Democracy

In this episode, I talk with Oliver Larkin, an activist, union organizer, and Democratic Socialist running for Congress in Florida’s 23rd District against Jared Moskowitz. Oliver’s campaign website is here. Oliver and I discuss the details of his campaign, including what it means to run as a proud …

Thomas Paine's Body

The Morbid Museum returns with a special America 250 episode! In 1776, forgotten revolutionary and Founding Father Thomas Paine blazed a trail of powerful rhetoric with "Common Sense", a pamphlet that galvanized the citizens of British America to break away from the King. Two Hundred and Fifty year…

Ep. 77: Gil Schaeffer on the Declaration of Independence, Tom Paine, Lenin, and Reconstruction

“America is not a democracy, which means we’re being ruled by a small elite. That is just unacceptable. I think that’s the fundamental basis of a political movement in this country. Everyone knows how much power corporations have. They are the elite, and they keep their power by force. They have th…

Fourth of July Books!

Find your copy of: "Heroes of 1776: The Story of the Declaration of Independence" by Neil Gorsuch & Janie Nitze here: https://www.amazon.com/Heroes-1776-Story-Declaration-Independence/dp/0063473976/ Find your copy of "Seven Days in June" by Howard Fast here: https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Days-…

Liberation Day in the Falklands

June 14th is Liberation Day in the Falklands, commemorating the end of the 1982 Falklands War.   Tom Paine was there for BFBS and tells Lauren Mitchell all about it.  🐧In this episode:  Padre and Reverend Micheal Lock remembers the sacrifice Falkland Islanders and British Forces made for freedom. …

A Reading of "Tom Paine, Liberty's Hated Torchbearer" by George Ford Smith

Why did one of America's greatest champions of liberty become one of its most hated figures? To accompany our recent reading of Common Sense and my conversation with George Ford Smith, I'm pleased to share this reading of his outstanding essay, "Tom Paine, Liberty's Hated Torchbearer." Remembered…

Commemorating 9/11: Falkland Island Fire Section’s Memorial Climb

To mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, firefighters in the Falkland Islands took part in a memorial stair climb at Longdon Gym. The team took to Stair Masters, climbing the equivalent of 110 flights of stairs - matching each of the height of the World Trade Centre to…

Jesus, Hitler and the Abolition of God

This series has argued that the origins of modern secularism lie in the age of the Renaissance. This last lecture will track that legacy down to the present. From Tom Paine through Bakunin to modern humanism and anti-Nazism, religion has not collapsed intellectually. Instead, religious impulses - d…

204. Tom Paine's Basic Income -- Alberto Tena-Camporesi

If money is just made up, can't we solve the problem of poverty by just giving people money? This radical idea feels new, but Thomas Paine proposed it as a revolutionary solution during both the US and French revolutions. Alberto Tena-Camporesi joins me to discuss Paine's radical idea, its relation…